Alle Kapitel von Forbidden obsession ; She’ll be the death of me : Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 40

ZANE’s POV. It was three days after the meetup in front of Alessia’s dorm. And during those three days, she’d been happier than ever, and I’d felt lighter and more comfortable around her. I don’t know what it was, but something about her drew me in.And the rumours didn’t stop. In fact, seeing Alessia and me together again around school only increased the rumours. It didn’t matter to me what they said. As long as I had the girl I wanted close to me, they could go to hell for all I cared.I knew I’d lost Adrian as a friend the minute I’d kissed Alessia back. It was something I knew I shouldn’t have done. But fuck it… she was there, asking me for the one thing I wanted, and I couldn’t ignore her anymore.I hadn’t seen Adrian around campus for a while, and judging from the way Alessia avoided topics about him, I didn’t think they were on good terms. Even though we lived together, he was always in his room or returning home past midnight.Mason was hosting a party at the house tonight, t

ALESSIA’s POV. “I dare you to kiss Alessia.”For a second, I thought I had heard wrong.Then the entire room erupted.Everyone started laughing and making those annoying noises people made whenever something remotely interesting happened at a party. I stared at the student who had given Freddie the dare, wondering if he had completely lost his mind.I slowly turned toward Freddie.He looked just as surprised as I felt.“Well…” someone called from the circle. “What are you waiting for?”I rolled my eyes.Apparently, these people had forgotten that I was actually a human being and not some party attraction.Freddie laughed awkwardly and looked at me. “You don’t have to do it.”That immediately made me relax.“Thank you,” I said, giving him a small smile.“Boooo!” someone shouted.More laughter followed.I was about to tell them all to find something better to do when I felt it.Someone watching me.I didn’t even have to look to know who it was.Still, I did.My eyes found Zane across t

ALESSIA’s POV. I should have been upset about what Zane said about being scared of losing me. But I wasn’t. Because somewhere along the line, I had become something he didn’t want to lose. And somehow, that made me feel better.I remembered the way he’d said it—the clenched jaw, the seriousness in his eyes. It wasn’t teasing Zane. He genuinely meant it. He genuinely meant me.I smiled despite myself, then immediately got annoyed at myself for smiling so easily because this man had already given me enough reasons to be confused. I stared at the ceiling, wishing for just one sign that I was okay and that everything between us was okay. Of course everything was okay. I had the life I wanted.I was smiling stupidly at the ceiling and didn’t even realize it until Kendra walked in and scowled at me. “You shouldn’t be all teeth this early in the morning. Spill,” she demanded, stepping over the piles of clothes scattered across my floor before plopping down on my bed.I told her what happene

ZANE’s POV. I was beginning to hate the way my phone had become the source of every fucking problem in my life.Especially when Mason shoved it in my face without saying a word.I frowned and took the phone from him, expecting some stupid hockey meme or one of the team’s group-chat arguments.Instead, I saw Alessia.My stomach dropped.She was standing in the middle of a crowd at Campus, facing Brittany, and judging by the number of phones pointed at them, half the damn campus had decided to turn whatever was happening into entertainment.I watched the video for barely ten seconds before my jaw tightened.“What the fuck happened?” I asked.Mason didn’t answer immediately.That was when I knew it was bad.I looked at him. “Mason.”He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.“Brittany happened.”My eyes went back to the screen.Alessia was arguing with her.Then Brittany slapped her.Everything in me went completely still.I replayed that part. Something twice.I didn’t even realize I’d t

ZANE’s POV. The minute I dropped Alessia off at her dorm and Mason got into the front seat, my chest felt slightly empty from the little loss of her absence.I cursed silently, my hand tightening around the steering wheel as I pushed the car back into motion and left her dorm. Mason noticed. Of course he always did. And it was becoming a constant problem in my life.“If you don’t say what’s on your mind, I feel like you’re going to run us into a moving car,” he said, and I scoffed.“Okay, I’m going to guess. You’re finding it hard deciding your feelings. Welcome onboard,” he said when I didn’t respond.Love.I scoffed at the thought.Love was stupid. Love was exactly what I had spent years avoiding. I wasn’t going to suddenly become one of those idiots because Alessia smiled at me and made my chest feel weird.“You’ve figured it out already, huh?” he asked.“Fuck off.”“That’s not a no. I’m happy for you. The Zane Jaxon playboy era is officially over. Oh my days, I’ve been waiting fo