“Me?” Stephen asked as he looked at Ava.
“Yeah.” Ava nodded her head.
Stephen glanced at Ian, whose eyes were fixed on Ava.
“Steph, don’t you know? You should not make a beauty wall,” Ronald spoke out.
Ava heard it and her cheeks turned red. She lowered her head while waiting for Stephen.
“Beauty? My foot!” Ian muttered, which was quite audible,
Ava’s face became upset after hearing him. He was insulting her once again.
Stephen got down from the car trunk and said,”
“Yes. We can talk.”
Ava looked at him and shook her head. “In private.”
Now every one of them turned to Ian to look at him. His eyes narrowed, but he remained silent.
Stephen swallowed his breath at his friend’s enraged expression. However, he was curious as to what Ava wanted to discuss with him.
“Sure,” he replied, motioning his hand in the opposite direction.
Then both Ava and Stephen walked to the other side and stood aside to talk with each other.
On the other hand,
Ian’s eyes remained on them.
“I told you. She has moved on.” Ronald uttered his words as he observed the angry expression on the face of his best friend.
“Yeah, I can see that too. She has moved on really damn well.” Ian muttered while glaring at them.
“Why are you mad? I can’t find any reason.” Cyrus spoke as he leaned back on his bike.
Ian was sitting on the trunk with Stephen the entire time. But after Stephen left, he was all alone on the trunk. With his elbows resting on the car, he leaned back.
“How can I not be mad? That nerdy omega kept talking back to me. Should I punish her again?”
Ronald rolled his eyes. “Yeah, sure. You will punish her, and then you will be the one to run the whole university once you see that she has become unwell.”
“What did you say?”
“What? Did I say anything wrong? You upside down the whole university for her last week. You warned every single soul who saw you running to the clinic carrying her not to say anything about,” Ronald retorted back.
Paul could not help but laugh. Ian glared at Ronald.
Ronald did not lie. Ian indeed warned others. It was because he did not want that girl to know about it.
His eyes drew back to the two people again who were having a conversation.
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‘What are they talking about? How does she know Stephen Ian thought while gazing at them.
He recalled the day when Ava came to the pack house. That day, Stephen met Ava. He remembered that he was the one who left her with Stephen that night.
‘Did they come close after I left? What gave her the audacity to come here and ask him to have a private talk? No one can do that to a stranger,‘ Ian thought.
So many questions ran through his mind, which he tried to push.
He had no idea why he was even thinking about all of this. His mind was completely screwed up. His gaze had been following her unintentionally for the entire week. He could not stop himself from keeping an eye on her every day.
He snapped out of his reverie when he noticed Stephen holding Ava’s hand. He looked at them with a frown. For some unknown reason, he was not liking it.
His heart was pounding as if he wanted to rush to them and yank her hand from Stephen’s grasp.
His wolf started to growl inside, as if he did not like it as well.
‘What the fuck is wrong with me? This nerd is driving me crazy. I need a distraction. It’s been a long time since I have had some fun at night. All I need now is a distraction from this girl. I will be fine after that,‘ he assured himself.
“BABY”
Nova’s loud voice caught his attention. He turned around to see her running towards him.
“Your so–called girlfriend is on her way. We should leave now. See you tomorrow,” Ronald said that and got on his bike.
Ian knew his friends did not like Nova, but he was not sure if he liked her. It was just a relationship of compromise. His parents wanted a girl who could be their Luna, and he wanted a girl with high rank who could stand next to him. Nova was the right choice. So he had no problem with her.
Nova approached and hugged him. When she noticed he looked lost, she seized the opportunity to place her head
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“Where have you been? You are my boyfriend, but you don’t give me time.”
Ian did not reply to her, nor did he hug her back. He moved her away from him. His gaze fell behind her to Ava, who was conversing with Stephen.
When he noticed Stephen wrapping his left hand around Ava’s waist and she holding his right arm, his face darkened.
“Where are you looking?” Nova inquired, turning to face the direction he was looking. She raised her eyebrows as she looked at Ava.
“She’s always like that.”
“Like, how?” Ian asked while gritting his teeth.
“She is not innocent. She is a pretentious girl. I always saw her with different boys. I think she acts like a nerd to grab boys‘ attention.”
Ian tightened his fists, as he had no idea who he was getting angry at.
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He looked away from Ava and grabbed Nova’s waist, then pulled her to him. He yearned for a distraction. So he kissed Nova,
Nova’s eyes widened. She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back.
Ian closed his eyes, but his thoughts were drawn to the girl he kissed in the club.
Suddenly, Ava’s face flashed across his mind. He pushed Nova away to end the kiss.
‘Fuck!‘
He could not believe what he had just thought. Why did he think about Ava just now while kissing his girlfriend?
“Ian, what’s wrong?” Nova asked.
He looked at her and replied, “Nothing. What are you still doing on campus? Go back home.”
At that time, another voice interrupted them.
“Ian, I am leaving, Ava and I need to talk.”
Ian looked at Stephen and Ava, who had come in his direction.
Stephen unlocked his car and opened the front door for Ava
Ian got down in front of the trunk of his car and asked,
“Talk? So, what have you two been doing all this time?”
“We need some more time. Maybe we will have to make time for each other starting now.”
Ian was enraged by Stephen’s reply. Nova held his arm and chuckled.
“Let them spend some time with each other, baby. They look really close.”
Ian expected Ava to oppose Nova, but she said nothing and got into Stephen’s car.
Stephen walked over to the driver’s seat and opened the door.
“So, what will you two talk about?” Ian questioned him from behind.
Stephen turned to him and replied,
“It’s personal, bro.”
