Contract With Alpha Logan

Chapter 123

Astrid POV

The way he filled the doorway of the bathroom, I felt like there was no escape. As our gazes lacked, his lips curled up in a panty-dropping, knee weakening smile. What the hell was going on, because my whole skin was heating up?

I fore my

my gaze from him and looked outside, silently asking him to step away. But he didn’t. “Are you joining the Cedar Academy tomorrow?” he asked.

“Yes!” I replied in a breathy voice. I really wanted to go back to Briana and Nate and stand with him at the same time. This strange attraction towards him was enough to drive me insane. “But how did you know?” I asked, amused.

“Loverheard,” he shrugged. “Besides, this is a small town. Everyone knows about everyone.”

D a m n. I glanced at my cousins. “I need to go.”

“Sure,” he replied, still blocking my way. Did he just lean closer and sniffed? Surely, I was imagining,

mess of my “Umm… you are kind of blocking the door,” I added, rather croaked as i stared into his dark eyes. S h i t. I was in deep s h t. Before I made a emotions and revealed to him that I loved his company, I needed to exit and break whatever s t u p i d attraction I was feeling for him. Also, I was sure that this wasn’t the first time he was trying to charm a girl. For G o d’ s sake, he had a steady girlfriend, Tracy.

His expression turned somber, and he pushed away from the doorframe. I literally fled from there because I didn’t want to get between him and Tracy. Breaking a relationship was last on my agenda and after my parents’ death, I had more in mind than to focus on a football captain,

“See you tomorrow,” he called out as I walked towards my

table.

bathroom’s door and walked past my table, leaving me flustered as he gazed at me all the time. Whatever happened between us was stranger

of football approached you?” Briana said in a low, excited voice, fangirling

eyes and picked up a French

I

Tracy comes to know,

my head. “And I’m not ready for all

Briana hugged me. “Don’t go

and closed my eyes. I think I made the right decision to come to my uncle’s place.

one could visit in the Cedartown. Briana also mentioned that the boys had their own villa, and that they had

superb, and I was surely coming back here for more burgers. Nate and Briana told me more about the academy on our drive back home. Aunt and uncle were in the living room, watching a sitcom. Bree

to have coffee?” Briana asked as Nate wont to his

She smiled when I called her by her nickname. “I want to sleep and organize my bag for tomorrow, And really Cedartowns a nice

Chapter 123

online and so I checked it on the computer, taking time to read more about the academy and the advanced courses

computer and walked over to the window where I stared out into the darkness of the night. Did someone really jump in the window last night? Was that Kael? I m n t a l l y smacked myself. He had a girlfriend,

think about him.

presence somewhere near to me. Was he watching me? I whipped my head to the right and left, narrowed my eyes to

man. and then fell asleep. In the morning when I woke up, I found myself covered in a blanket with a rose and a note on my table. I gasped, surprise

the

mystery, but he was there in my room last night. Was

h i t h

to herself as I walked into the kitchen.

with a grin as she served