A Beauty In An All-Male Alpha Academy

Chapter 20: The Sweet Alpha.

Chapter 20.

"It’s not what you think..." Angela started to explain, but Alex didn’t even look at her.

"I didn’t see anything. I didn’t hear anything either. Alright?" he said flatly, walking into the classroom like nothing happened.

Her mouth stayed open for a moment, caught off guard by how cold he sounded. She kept wondering if he would tell Kaito? Would he tell anyone at all? But even if he did... what did it matter? After what happened on her first day, everyone already thought the worst of her. No one took her side. They all backed the Alphas.

"What are you doing here?" she asked suddenly, realizing a second too late how dumb that question sounded. After what happened with Hiro, her brain wasn’t working right. She felt stuck, embarrassed, angry.

Stupid Hiro. He put her in this mess and just walked away, leaving her to do the clean up.

"This is my class too. Form Two. I guess you got transferred," Alex replied as he sat down beside her.

Angela looked down at the seat he took. It had his name scratched into the side. The one she was sitting on? It said "Xavier." Great. Someone else’s seat. Like she didn’t already feel out of place enough.

"I was in Form Three in my former school, but they gave me Form Two when I got in," she said quietly.

"You’d have ended up in Form One if Kaito hadn’t stepped in," Alex muttered, adjusting his chair like it didn’t mean anything.

She blinked. "Why?"

"He wanted us to be in the same class. Said it’d be easier for me to help you out," he said, looking ahead.

Angela let out a short laugh, but there was no humor in it. She already hated that her admission was thanks to Kaito. Now she owed him even more? What was she supposed to do with that kind of debt?

"Do you know why he got me in at all?" she asked, rubbing the back of her neck, her voice lower now. The question had been eating at her. Same way it was clearly eating at Hiro too.

Alex shook his head. "No. Maybe it was just luck."

"You think so?"

"You don’t?"

Angela looked away, her voice barely a whisper. "No. I think this was planned."

"How?" he asked, clearly curious now.

Angela hesitated. Should she really be saying this to Kaito’s beta? It felt stupid to open up, but the words were already pushing at her chest, needing to come out.

the Alphas planned all of this. Kaito brought me here for a reason. Maybe to frustrate

his lap and started pulling out books, placing them one by

to do?" he said without looking at her. "What happened to you was bad, yeah, but it’s not unusual around here. You’re just different because you won’t back down. You keep

stunned. "So you want me to just sit still and let them do whatever

the way you react. They enjoy watching you fight back. They want to break you, Angel. And they will, if you keep pushing. You’ll burn yourself out. Just

she could respond, the noise of returning students filled the room. They came in laughing, chatting, and a few stopped by to greet Alex, like he was some kind

She knew she’d never understand these boys.

not in school, so she had no choice but to remain

nice, asking the new students to introduce themselves. That part went okay, but then came the

The other new students gave decent answers. Some even

But her?

Nothing made sense. She could feel her stomach sink, her

kind that says, I knew you’d mess this up, but I didn’t think

hurt more than anything

weight of all those eyes on her during class, the silent judgment, the whispers she couldn’t hear but felt anyway...it was crushing. She knew the mocking wouldn’t stop. They’d keep laughing at her, waiting for her next mistake. And if anyone dared to say it to

she let out a breath she didn’t know she’d been holding. Her stomach growled

was still thinking about how she’d find something to eat when Alex nudged

he said without looking away from

the door.

Taros.

smile that made something flutter deep in her stomach. She didn’t know why. She barely knew him but seeing him there made her heart

said to Alex as she stood, brushing off her

Angel," Alex said with a

to say it, but she knew what he meant. The next class was important, and if she didn’t show up, the teacher and of

voice light and warm. He looked good in the school uniform, but his red tie stood out.

voice soft. She tried not to stare, but it was hard. He had this way

breakfast," he said. "So I thought I’d

starving," she said, a little too quickly,

felt the heat of a hundred eyes on her. The stares were sharp, almost painful. If looks could kill, she’d already be on

they were thinking. Why Angel? Why is Taros

gone. They wanted

a moment, Angela wondered if he would treat her the

him, to talk, to ask the things that had been spinning in her head for days. But her stomach had other plans. It was empty, painfully so, and right now, food had to

away

Taros said, pulling

a second. No one had done that for her in a long time. It made her feel seen, like she actually mattered. She