Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 0014

Chapter 14

I approach the door with trepidation. Has Mr Collins come to personally reprimand me for the message? Has Mason got away from Theo and has come to finish me once and for all? With my breath held I press my ear to the door in hopes I’ll pick up a clue as to who it is.

“Girl, open this damn door. I know you’re up, Theo text me” Dot’s voice shouts with another bang against the door, making me almost jump out of my skin.

I pull the door open, “You scared the shit out of me,

“Sorry,” Dot smiles innocently. “Are you coming for breakfast with us?”

“Sure, let me grab my stuff,” I rush to retrieve my bag and grab a jacket from my wardrobe, shoving my phone into the pocket. “Let’s go,” I grin, joining Dot, Joe and Max in the hall.

in

We sit at the same table we had for dinner and I choose a bowl of fruit and a croissant for my breakfast. I cast a glance over at the unbonded table. It’s mostly empty and there’s no sign of Mason or Theo. A guy with short brown hair and glasses gives me a friendly smile and I smile back, then my eyes zero in on the Starbucks coffee front of him. I’d kill for a Starbucks right now. I scan the room, looking for the coffee source but I see none. I look back to the Starbucks coffee guy and he gives me a wink and tips his cup towards me before downing the rest the drink and leaving. I need to find out where he got that.

“Where can I get coffee?” I ask Dot.

“There is a filtered coffee near the juice station but I warn you, it is rank,” she says with a shudder.

“I just saw someone with a Starbucks cup,” I frown.

“A what?”

do

what you are talking about,” Dot laughs.

mind,” I pout and pick at my fruit bowl.

me your timetable, I want to see if we have any classes together,” Dot says and I reach into

of

he wants, she remarks and I snatch the

you better spill

it,”

nothing to spill,” I shrug.

see the special treatment you’re

“What special treatment?”

has travelled to the human realm to visit with your mother himself. Plus he has arranged extra tutoring and assigned me as your personal escort. Not to mention the rumour that he had food brought in from

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messages to your phone, but no, nothing going on there at all,” she scoffs.

he visit my mum? And what is the big deal

and the only red I see are at our table. I look

put me in Ruby? I’m going to go and sort this out and ask to be moved,” I stand to leave, feeling embarrassed. I don’t want special treatment and I don’t want to feel like the poor girl hanging out with the elites. I’m not

be movetl to Ruby

in a place that I shouldn’t

I didn’t mean to upset you,”

taking the seat

Nothing.” I huff.