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.

my table, leaving me flustered as he gazed at me all the time. Whatever happened between us was stranger than fiction. Cliché? I know, but

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

eyes and picked up a French

happened, okay?” I replied rather

to know, your

said, lowering my head. “And I’m not ready for all that after mom

Briana hugged me. “Don’t go

I think I made the right decision to come to my

also mentioned that the boys had their own villa, and that

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 smiled at me and went back to watching it with her legs on

you like to have coffee?” Briana asked as Nate wont

organize my bag for tomorrow, And really Cedartowns a nice place.” Those words

Chapter 123

I busied myself with arranging my bag. My schedule was available online and so I checked it on the computer, taking time to read more about the academy

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.

near to me. Was he watching me? I whipped my head to the right and left, narrowed my eyes to pierce my vision through the woods, but there was no

awake for a long time waiting for my mystery 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,

you left the

So the mystery man was a mystery, but he was there in my room last night.

h i t h

to herself as I walked into the

How did you sleep?” Bree said with a grin as