บททั้งหมดของ Claimed By The Three Alpha Princes: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

Tristan’s POVThe silence after my words didn’t last long. It never did with them, this has always been our problem with each other.“She’s a BlueMoon,” Geoffrey repeated slowly, like he was testing the weight of it on his tongue.He was sceptical as hell, definitely the one who has always been sceptical about almost everything in our trio.I could sense the skepticism still lingering in his expression but it wasn’t as sharp as before and also not dismissive anymore.It was just cautious, as if he was trying to pinpoint the exact way and answer to make sure everything is sorted out before our father finds out .Jeremiah leaned back slightly against one of the desks, arms crossed, his gaze distant. He was thinking. He is the logical one here, apart from me. He has always been the smart one who helps with the thinking in the group, provides reasonable answers and resources to counter a situation.“If that’s true,” he said after a moment, “then we have a bigger problem than just a share

Tristan’s POVThe moment I saw the pairing list, I knew.It was not luck nor coincidence, it was just… timing. The perfect timing to be exact.My gaze lingered on the board a second longer than necessary, my name sitting right next to hers.“Barbara.”A faint smirk tugged at my lips as I came across the name.Around me, the classroom buzzed with mixed reactions, some were groans, some laughter, and others were complaints but I barely heard any of it. My attention had already shifted towards her. She was sitting two rows ahead. She looked composed for a girl that has so much anger in her.She had already seen it too, the list like she already knew.Slowly, she turned and our eyes met.And there it was again, there was that flicker, annoyance and resistance. It was something deeper underneath it, something she was trying very hard to hide.That meant I was getting closer.“Alright,” the lecturer called from the front. “This is a paired assignment. You’ll work together and submit by to

Barbara’s POVI didn’t remember leaving the classroom at all. One moment, I was sitting there, frozen in place while every word Cheryl said carved into me like a blade…and the next, I was walking as fast my legs could carry me.I was walking too fast that even one of my teachers had to ask me to slow down and I felt like if I slowed down, I’d break right there in the middle of the hallway.My chest felt tight, it was not the sharp, familiar pain from my condition.No, this one was different which felt heavier.It sat somewhere between my ribs and my throat, making it hard to breathe, hard to think, hard to feel anything except humiliationzMy fingers clenched tightly around my bag strap as I moved through the crowded hallway. People were talking, laughing, whispering and I couldn’t tell if it was about me.It felt like it was because every glance felt heavier, every laugh felt sharper and every whisper felt like it carried my name.“You’re nothing.” Her voice echoed in my head. “Kno

Barbara’s POVI should have said no faster when Lily had suggested her plan, that was the thought that kept repeating in my head long after Lily and I left the hallway. I didn’t regret it exactly… but it was something heavier.It felt like something that sat in my chest like a stone and I couldn’t shift no matter how I tried to breathe around it.I didn’t say no, and that was the problem.We walked in silence for a while, side by side, back toward the dorms. The campus looked normal as usual. Students laughing, talking, living like nothing underneath the surface was about to crack open.Meanwhile, my mind wasn’t there. It was still stuck on Cheryl’s voice and how silent Tristan was and the feeling of standing in a room full of people and still being completely alone.Lily broke the silence first. “So,” she said casually, like we weren’t already standing on the edge of something, “you’ve thought about it, right? And you agreed to it?I didn’t answer immediately because I had said mu

Barbara’s POVBy the time classes ended, my head felt heavy. I could barely remember anything that had been said but from everything else. TheI stepped out into the courtyard with Lily beside me, the late afternoon sun casting long shadows across the stone paths. Students were scattered everywhere, some were sitting on benches, others gathered in small groups, laughing like the world was simple, I really envied that.“How many times did you zone out today?” Lily asked casually, stretching her arms as we walked.I exhaled. “I wasn’t counting..why are you even counting?”She glanced at me. “More than five times? And yeah, I’ve been counting for minutes now.”We walked in silence for a moment after that, the kind that wasn’t uncomfortable but wasn’t entirely peaceful either.My mind drifted again to him and to that moment in class. I can’t seem to remove that image from my head and I’ve been replaying it ever since that day.I hated that it still bothered me.“Hey,” Lily said suddenly.