Ava opened her eyes. She frowned when she found herself lying on a bed. She sat up immediately.
“Relax.”
She turned her head and saw a cold face. It was none other than Ronald Solace, Ian Dawson’s best friend.
Ava realized that she was in the infirmary again. She took a shaky breath and remembered what happened when she passed out in pain.
“How did I come here?” she asked in a low tone.
“Do you always talk like this?” Ronald asked as he stood up from the stool and took a step toward the bed.
“Like, what?” she asked.
“Like stuttering or speaking in a low tone.”
Ava felt embarrassed. Ronald was right. She lacked confidence in herself. Her mother had always told her to remain calm and talk less to others. As a result, she felt uncomfortable whenever she spoke with anyone other than her friends and mother.
She rubbed her forehead with her hand and realized that her glasses were off. She started to search for it.
Ronald bent down, and she moved back right away. He picked up her glasses near the pillow and handed them to her.
She immediately took it and said, “Thank you.”
She put on the glasses and grabbed the hair band that was placed beside her.
“You don’t look like you have a vision problem. Why do you always wear glasses?” Ronald asked as he observed her.
“Allergy.” She just let out a word and got out of the bed.
“Or maybe you are hiding your beautiful face from others?” she heard him say from behind.
She did not reply to him, so he started to chuckle.
When she walked to the door, he asked,
“Where are you going? You are sick. The doctor said you and your wolf are both weak.”
Ava’s eyes widened because she remembered that she almost told Ian about her wolf. She turned around and asked,
“Who brought me here?”
“Stephen,” Ronald replied.
“Stephen?” Ava mumbled as her stupid heart expected someone else.
“Yeah. He found you in the storeroom, unconscious. So he carried you here.”
Ava felt a pang in her heart. She could not believe that Ian hated her so much that he did not even care if she died there.
She gave him a nod and turned to leave.
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“I know what lan did really hurt you. All I can say is that has a food. He had been wating for his mate for pas yet he
“I don’t want to hear about him. Thank you for being hate when I was woonedious
Ava walked out of the room, leaving the infirmary,
Jan’s demeanor came to her mind like a flashback, the could not forget how he behaved with her in the storeron
Ava tried to push through everything and headed to the mat gate of her university.
Out of the gate, she saw Stephen. He also noticed her and walked to her.
“Hey, how are you now?”
“I heard you helped me get to the infirmary. Thanks a lot, Stephen. I’m really grateful to you.”
Stephen looked stunned by her words, but he nodded his head. “That’s nothing, How are you feeling right now?”
“Just fine.”
“That’s good. I’ve got something for you.”
Stephen pulled out a phone from his pocket and gave it to her.
It was her phone. She took it and said, “Thanks a lot.”
“It’s the least I could do. Take care of yourself.”
After thanking Stephen, she left the main gate and began walking to the bus stop.
She thought about her wolf. She could not believe how much pain she was in before passing out. Why was she going through this?
“What happened to you? Why can’t you respond to me?” she asked her wolf, who caged herself inside after bearing so much pain.
She came to the bus stop and sat down on a bench to wait for a bus. Many cars passed by from there, and she ignored the road to concentrate on her phone. She unlocked it and saw a bunch of messages.
She read the message, which she had not sent, but Ian did.
“Mom Called, so I am going home. See you tomorrow.”
She remembered what Ian had said to her in the storeroom. He said he sent a text to her friend.
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Ava regretted going to watch the basketball match today. Nothing would have happened if she had not gone there.
‘He made fun of me by calling me a weak girl; now, after today, he has the opportunity to call me vulnerable.‘
A screeching sound reached her ears. She looked up and noticed a car pull up beside her. Luke got out of the car.
“Ava? What are you doing here?” He asked and walked over to her.
Ava rose up. She had no idea what else she could use as an excuse. She was fed up with everything. She did not want to tell him the truth. Luke would surely go to Ian and fight with him for that.
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“Abigail said you left for your home at that time. Then why are you still here?” Luke asked with a surprised look, thinking, Why did she lie to them?
Ava thought for a moment, then said,
“I was feeling sick, so I was in the infirmary.”
“Why didn’t you tell us? What happened to you?” Luke inquired, grabbing her shoulders lightly.
“I’m fine, Luke. Just feeling a little weak.”
Luke was about to say something, but his gaze fell on someone, and he asked her,
“Did that scoundrel do something again?”
Ava followed his gaze.
A black car was parked on the side of the road across from the bus stop.
Ian was smoking as he leaned against the car.
‘He was here? From when?‘ she thought.
She had been at the bus stop for over ten minutes and had not noticed him. Perhaps because she was too preoccupied with her thoughts to notice anything.
She noticed a bus coming on her way.
“I have to go,” she said.
Luke grabbed her hand and requested, “You are sick. Let me drop you off.”
She could not say no to Luke and got in the front seat. Luke got into the car and started it.
When the car started moving, she looked out the window.
Her gaze met a pair of dark eyes. Ian was staring at her from afar. He blew smoke out of his mouth while looking at her.
She turned away from him and silently uttered,
‘I hate you, Ian Dawson.‘
