Knot Me Alpha Daddy のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

CHAPTER 32REINA'S POV The remaining days of the holiday slipped away far too fast, and the atmosphere inside the pack house shifted drastically.Ever since the night at the club, Charles had become completely hard to see. He was either locked in his study dealing with regional council updates, attending late-night meetings off the estate, or walking past me in the hallways as if I were nothing more than a passing shadow. When he did address me, his tone was strictly polite and distant, the exact voice he used when speaking to Iris's casual school friends.It was driving me insane. One night he was pinning me against his desk and growling in my ear about who I belonged to, and the next, he barely even looked in my direction.It felt like a damn deja vu.By Thursday night, my bags were mostly packed for my return to campus. I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the ceiling as the digital clock on my nightstand ticked past midnight. Iris was already fast asleep down the hall, exhaust

CHAPTER 34REINA'S POV The black town car dropped us off right in front of our off-campus apartment building just before noon. The driver unloaded our luggage, carried the bags into the lobby, and wished us a good semester before driving off.Stepping through the front door of our apartment was like exhaling a breath I had been holding for two straight weeks. The place smelled faintly of lavender and dust. “I can't believe I'm saying this… but I actually missed school,” Iris dropped down on the couch.“Tell me about it,” I agreed with her. The holiday had been wild, the kind of thing you could write in a class essay and get an A. I dropped my suitcases by the entryway and let myself fall backward onto the living room sofa, staring up at the popcorn ceiling with an overwhelming sense of relief."We are officially free!" Iris yelled, throwing her keys onto the coffee table and skipping over to where I was, before flopping right down on top of my legs. “I missed moments like this when

CHAPTER 36REINA'S POV My brain was already fried by nine in the morning and now I had Bio323 to deal with. Forget the class itself, why do Steven and Micah have to be in the same class with us?“Erm… why are you crouching in the middle of the road?” Iris stopped ahead of me, turning back to look at a dejected me.“I'm wailing in agony,” I grabbed my hair in frustration.“Come on, Bio323 isn't even that hard and you're smarter than me,” she put her hand on her waist before walking over to pull me up. “You're going to draw attention to us if you don't get up.”Hesitantly, I let her pull me up. “It's not about the class, Iris. Why do we have to be in the same class as Steven and Micah?”“But I thought you liked Micah?” Iris raised a brow as we continued our journey to class.“I do,” well, technically I like your dad more but yeah, I do. “My issue is Steven.”“You seemed to like him that night we went clubbing though,” Iris brushed it off. “Well, that was then. Besides, it's so obvious

CHAPTER 38REINA'S POV It was past midnight by the time I finished reviewing my organic chemistry lecture notes. Knowing Iris, she was probably knocked out good by now.“Does she know we have to prepare for our presentation?” I worried a bit about her carefree nature sometimes. I closed my laptop, rubbed my tired eyes, and reached for my phone on the nightstand to plug it into the charger. The screen lit up with a notification from a number I had saved earlier against my will.“Told you to text me later but you didn't. That kinda hurt,” Steven texted. “Are you asleep yet?” He texted right after.I stared at the glowing preview banner for a long second, my thumb hovering over the screen. I opened the chat, let the blue read receipts register, and locked my phone without typing a single word. I wasn't going to entertain him right now.Not even two minutes later, the screen lit up again.“I know you saw that, Reina. Don't try to act like you're asleep.”“Does he never give up?” I groan

CHAPTER 40REINA’S POVBy ten in the morning, the main science auditorium was filled with nearly a hundred students. The low hum of voices echoed off the high ceiling while groups took turns walking up to the podium to deliver their Bio 323 presentations.My stomach was doing mild flips, but not because of public speaking. I had done plenty of class presentations before. The real issue was the three people standing beside me behind the podium stage.Iris had the visual slides ready on the main laptop, Micah was leaning against the wooden lectern, and Steven stood right beside me with his hands shoved loosely into his trousers pockets.Steven was so unpredictable that it bothered me. He wouldn't do anything to ruin our presentation, would he?"Group four, you're up," the professor announced from his seat in the front row, holding a clipboard and pen.We walked up to the center of the stage. Micah took the microphone first, stepping up with that easy, confident charm that always came na