Semua Bab Alexa and the Badboy: Bab 111 - Bab 120

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER TWENTYAurora's POVClosing time always left the pub steeped in a kind of lazy quiet. Chairs were flipped onto tables, the jukebox finally silenced, and only the soft buzz of the cooler filled the space. I’d grown to like this part of the evening. The calm after the rush, when everything slowed down enough to hear myself think. It was all so peaceful, and j often found myself wishing it'd never end. Tonight, Knox and I had drawn the short straws for cleanup, not that he seemed to mind. He hadslipped into the rhythm of the place so smoothly you’d think he’d been here for years instead of a week. Everyone liked him. Even the regulars who never remembered new faces greeted him like an old friend. I guess that all came as a benefit of his natural charisma. It was one of his fine qualities. I headed into the supply room for another bottle of detergent. The shelf had been reorganized again, and the new stock was stacked annoyingly high. I sighed, eyeing

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER TWENTY ONEKnox's POVThe second I stepped through the gates Friday morning, I knew something was off.People kept looking at me. Not in the new kid, still figuring him out way, but in the sly, conspiratorial way that meant they knew something I didn’t. A cluster of sophomores by the bike racks broke into laughter the moment I passed. One of them actually winked.By the time I hit my locker, the whispers were louder.“…biggest pool party this Friday... "“...Knox said everyone’s invited...”“Dude, he’s throwing it at his place, it’s gonna be insane...”I stopped mid-spin of my combination, a frown tugging at my mouth. Pool party? At my place? When the hell was that even going to happen? Who said that? In first period, a guy I barely knew clapped me on the back. “Epic move, man! Whole school’s buzzing. You better have enough burgers.”“I- what?” I said.He grinned. “Your party, Friday. Someone said you’re bringing your old-school vibe here. City legen

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER TWENTY-THREEAurora’s POV“Closer. Closer…”The thought pulsed through me like a drumbeat, my body betraying me as it leaned toward his. My breath mingled with his, his gaze so sharp and consuming that the world around us blurred, melted away. His lips hovered an inch from mine, and for once, I didn’t feel the walls I always built so carefully around myself. I only felt him.And then... “Knox! We’re heading out!” someone called from the other side of the hedge. The shout jolted me like a thunderclap.I startled, jerking back, my arms instinctively tightening around Knox’s shoulders. Water rippled violently around us, the spell broken.Knox’s jaw flexed, the muscle ticking, and when his eyes shifted toward the voice, I caught the flicker of irritation there. He didn’t say it out loud, but I saw it written across his face: we were so close.I followed his gaze.A figure stood by the far edge of the pool yard, half in shadow, half haloed by the dim outd

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER TWENTY FIVEKnox's POVI don’t know what came over me.All I know is that the second I saw her standing there, back slightly turned, a streak of sunlight slipping through the cracked door and painting her hair in a halo I knew she’d never acknowledge, I was gone. Aurora, in her own little bubble, reaching for supplies, completely unaware of me barreling closer like a storm that couldn’t be stopped.Weeks of restraint unraveled in a heartbeat. Every smirk I’d swallowed, every sarcastic comeback I’d bitten back, every stolen glance I’d forced myself to look away from, it all slammed into me at once. I had been holding back too much, for too long.And she turned, startled, those eyes locking on me with that sharp edge of curiosity and a softness she didn’t even realize she carried. Something inside me cracked.I didn’t think. Thinking would’ve stopped me.I just closed the space in three strides, caught her wrist before she could say a word, and pressed

Ice Queens Need Love TooCHAPTER TWENTY SIXAurora's POVI don’t think I had stopped smiling since it happened.Even now, hours later, while I pretended to sort receipts behind the counter and half-listen to the noise of the clubhouse, my lips still tingled. My chest still felt light and dizzy, like I had swallowed a whole jar of honey in one greedy gulp.My first kiss. And not just a kiss. Knox’s kiss.The memory kept replaying in flashes. The way he had stormed into that back store like he had no patience left, the fire in his eyes, the way his mouth claimed mine before I could even catch my breath. I should’ve been shocked. Maybe I was. But God, I melted. I melted so completely that it scared me to think about it now.And yet… as I watched him from across the room, laughing with one of the guys, that easy, composed mask of his firmly back in place, I couldn’t help but wonder: does it mean something to him too? Or was it just… a moment?The thought snagged me like a splinter, shar