جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 45

Lyra spent the entire next morning pretending the practice room never happened. She got to campus early. Sat in the front of every lecture. Kept her headphones in and her eyes on her notes. When people spoke to her, she answered normally. From the outside, nothing looked different. Then she walked out of her second class and saw Kai leaning against the wall across the hall. He wasn’t even trying to hide it. The moment she appeared, his eyes found hers, and that same slow, knowing look settled on his face. A couple of his friends were with him. One of them smirked. Lyra turned the other way. She made it ten steps before he caught up. “Ignoring me now?” Kai said, falling into pace beside her. “That’s cute.” “Leave me alone.” “No.” She stopped walking and faced him. “What happened yesterday was a mistake.” Kai’s mouth curved. “You came on my cock like it was a mistake?” Heat rushed up her neck. “You’re disgusting.” “And you’re still talking to me.” He stepped closer, voice dr

Lyra didn’t see him for most of the morning, and that somehow made it worse. She kept expecting him around every corner. In the lecture hall. Outside the library. Near the vending machines where he had cornered her two days ago with nothing but a look and a quiet *later*. When he didn’t appear, her body stayed wound tight anyway, like it had learned his schedule better than she had. By the afternoon she was angry at herself for noticing his absence at all. She left her last class through the side exit, hoping the different route would give her five clean minutes. Instead she found Kai parked along the curb again, leaning against the side of his car like he had all the time in the world. “You’re predictable,” he said when she stopped. Lyra kept her bag strap tight in her hand. “And you’re obsessive.” “Yeah.” He opened the passenger door. “Get in.” “No.” Kai’s eyes lifted to her face. “We’ve done this. You say no. You get in anyway. Save us both the time.” “I’m serious, Kai. T