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.

table, leaving me flustered as he gazed at me all the time.

o d of football approached you?” Briana

his eyes and picked

happened, okay?” I

know, it’s better that nothing happened. Because if Tracy comes to know, your life is going to be a hell in the

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

Briana hugged me.

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

to talk about the various places one could visit in the Cedartown. Briana also mentioned that the

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

asked as Nate wont to his room and banged the

called her by her nickname. “I want to sleep and organize my bag for tomorrow, And really Cedartowns a nice place.” Those words reminded me of my encounter with Kaql-his dark eyes and

Chapter 123

busied myself with arranging my bag. My schedule was available online and so I checked it on the computer, taking

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, and it was wrong of me to

think about him.

but I felt… drawn. Strangely, I felt Kael’s presence somewhere near to me. Was he watching me? I whipped my head to the right and

covered in a blanket with a rose and a note on my table. I gasped, surprise coursing through me, and reached for the note

know you left the window open for

throat went paper dry. So the mystery man was a mystery, but he

h

as I walked into the kitchen. Nate and Briana were already there, eating pancakes with

Bree said with a grin as she served pancakes to