Semua Bab Alexa and the Badboy: Bab 91 - Bab 100

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER THREEKnox's POVMy legs were cramped in the backseat and my hoodie sleeves were shoved over my fists. My forehead rested against the cold window, like it would knock some sense into me.This car ride had been silent for the last twenty minutes, and honestly, I was grateful. The lectures had stopped yesterday after the “welcome” dinner at my grandparents’ house.The atmosphere had been lukewarm, a mild stew and tighter smiles. Even grandpa and grandma had been unsuccessful from cooling mom and dad's anger. But now, I think they were quite worn out. I even believed dad was tired of being mad. I closed my eyes and replayed the principal's words from last week like they’re a damn record on loop.“Knox, you’ve left us no choice.”Expelled. The words still tasted sour in my mouth. I deserved it,I know that. At least 70% of that was my fault. The other 30% was my defense. Anyway, none of that meant I wanted to be here, in some middle-of-nowhere town, far

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER FIVEAurora's POVThe whispers had started before first period.Not loud. Not obvious.Just that faint, buzzing current in the air that told me someone had said my name out loud, and someone else had listened.Word really got out fast around here. It was always like that. And after all these years, I’d become an expert at reading silences.They used to say it louder. Back then, when people still had the energy to hate me to my face. Now, it was all side glances. Shallow smiles. Pauses in the hallway that lasted a second too long.And today, I knew exactly why. Because he sat at my table.Knox Blackwood. The new boy. The one people had been whispering about before he ever showed up, because this boring school devoursed newness like it’s blood in the water. And he had caused quite the stir on campus. I hadn't stopped hearing about him since he arrived. And yesterday, he made a choice. One that I wasn't too pleased about. And it seemed I wasn't the onl

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER SEVENKnox's POVPeople talked about Aurora Hale like she was some kind of weather phenomenon. Cold. Untouchable. Beautiful in that distant, storm-cloud way.They called her Ice Queen like it was clever, like they knew her. But they didn’t.They’d just never had the nerve to get close enough to melt anything.I wasn’t planning to be the next idiot who tried.I wasn’t going to chase her down the hallway, or sit at her lunch table like a golden retriever with something to prove.I had long realised how those foolish actions had only made her ice cage colder. Yes, Miles' continuous rumbling in my ears had actually come to good use, and he had told me about the past few stupid goons that had goon after her for their own entertainment. I hated that stupid nickname that they had shoved onto her. It had been designed as a way for these fools to point figures at someone they didn't understand and then make themselves feel good at their own imperfections.It wa

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER NINEKnox's POVI watched her flee, and I couldn't help but smile. But even then, I hadn't missed the sudden realization that had dawned in her eyes. That this was the real deal. And that I wasn't backing off in the slightest. Good. I wanted her to realize that those dense walls of ice she had put up were not going to deter me. Not in the least. I had set my eyes on Aurora Hale, and I wouldn't stop until she let me in. I sounded like a creep, I know. But to be honest, I was hooked, from the beginning. I wanted to know her. To be let in. And I don't remember the last time I was interested in a person as I was with her. It was clear as day that she wasn't the type who would open up because I smiled or glanced her way, so budging in was the only way when it came to her. And I wanted her to know it. F**k. I sounded like I was obsessed. And maybe I was, but I didn't care. Aurora was a mystery I had come to crave. She had my full attention without ev

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER ELEVENAurora's POVThe moment Knox had said it, hat he liked me, that all his teasing wasn’t a game but his way of reaching me, I’d frozen. My mind had gone blank, my pulse roaring in my ears so loud I barely heard the rest. And then, before he could say anything else, I’d done the only thing my body seemed capable of.I fled.I didn’t stop until I was safely in my room that night, heart still hammering, his words replaying over and over like some cruel loop I couldn’t escape.“I don’t just want your attention, Aurora. I want to know you. I want to court you.”No one had ever said something like that to me. Not with that raw, unwavering certainty. And Knox, Knox, of all people, was the last I’d expected it from.The first night, I tossed and turned, every time my eyes closed his face flashing in my mind, wet hair falling over his eyes, his voice steady and unshakable. The second night, I caught myself blushing when I remembered the way he’d said the w