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“First tell us what you were doing in the library,” Ronald said to Ian.
Ian turned his head in the direction of him. Ronald looked at him with a smirk on his face.
“Yeah, I have never seen you go to the library before,” Paul said as he agreed with Ronald.
“Are you starting to get interested in books?” Cyrus said with a chuckle.
Ava, on the other hand, felt awkward in the conversation with the boys. She did not know them much. She thought about leaving. But before she could say anything to Stephen she heard a female voice.
“Ian?”
When Ava turned around, she saw Nova approaching them from the opposite direction. She noticed that Nova’s gaze was drawn to her. A frown appeared on Nova’s face. Afterwards, she looked over to Ian.
“You are here! I was looking for you on the whole campus,” she said as she approached Ian and embraced him. Ava averted her gaze from them.
Meanwhile, Ian rolled his eyes when Nova hugged him.
“Why were you looking for me?” he asked Nova.
Ava was stunned by his cold tone. His voice was not this icy when he was talking with others for a little while. ‘He is just an asshole! He doesn’t even talk to his girlfriend properly.‘ Ava thought.
Nova broke the hug and lowered her head.
I have heard that Gamma Harper is going to get married this coming weekend. I am very happy for him. I can’t wait to come to the pack house to attend the wedding.”
Before anyone else, Ava questioned her with a confused look, “Are you also invited to the wedding?”
Nova turned to look at her when she heard her.
With a questioning expression on her face, she looked at Ava and wondered, ‘What is she doing with Ian and his friends?‘
But she could not help but let out a chuckle when her gaze landed on Stephen, who was standing right next to Ava. “Of course, I am invited. I am this pack’s beta’s daughter. Each and every official, along with his family, is invited to attend the wedding.”
At that moment, Ava had the realization that she had almost completely forgotten about Nova’s identity.
When Nova noticed that Ava was remaining silent.
she responded by saying, “But you said also. That means you are also invited. I am not sure how you got the invitation to such a private wedding. Well, let me guess.”
She tapped her finger on her chin to act as if she were thinking, then she raised her brows.
“Oh yes! How can I forget about you and Stephen? You two are seeing each other, aren’t you? He might have invited you there.”
Ava’s eyes were widened by Nova’s remarks. She thought that Ian and this girl were both the same. Both of their
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mentalities were so compatible with one another. That was why they were together.
“No, they are not.”
Ian was the one who replied to Nova. It was as if he was clearing up the misunderstanding.
“Oh, please, Ian. I know it is difficult to believe Stephen can choose her. But I heard that she was with Stephen all- the time at his party. In fact, they even danced together.”
Stephen was ready to defend it, but Ava grabbed his arm and said,
“I’m leaving now. I have to go to my class.”
Stephen gave her a nod. “Take care. I will talk to you later.”
Ava glanced at Ian and others for the last time, then left from their side while heading to her class.
As she moved forward, Ian’s eyes followed her wherever she went. Including Nova, everyone noticed that. Nova frowned at Ava’s back while thinking,
‘How did this nerd capture Ian’s eyes? I do not understand why even Stephen is hanging out with this ugly duck.‘
She locked her arm with Ian’s and asked with a soft tone,
“Ian, why don’t you receive my calls whenever I call you? When I asked you to accompany me to Stephen’s party, you said that you did not wish to go. But you actually went to Stephen’s party. You lied to me.”
Ian snatched his arm away from her hold. His expression became displeased.
“I don’t need to lie to you. I just changed my mind later. If you think you can’t be with me like this, you can leave. I won’t stop you.”
Nova appeared to be taken aback by Ian’s words. She immediately shook her head in response.
“Please don’t mind me. I am a foolish girl. I should not have asked you that. You can go anywhere you want. I will never question it again.”
Ian stared at her for some time, which made her feel nervous. She lowered her head in submission.
“Go to your class. Leave me and my friends alone,” Ian said to her.
“Okay. Bye,” she mumbled, and she walked to the other side.
The entire time, everyone had been keeping a close eye on Ian. Cyrus felt annoyed and asked,
“Bro, you clearly don’t like her. Why don’t you break up with her?”
Ian looked at him and replied,
“Didn’t you see how I just tried to do that?”
“Just tell her that you can’t be with her. You are not with her anyway,” Paul said.
Man shook his head “You all know my dad. He and his rules and regulations. He does not want his beta to be heartbroken by his daughter’s breakup. By the way, she is not that bad. My parents like her. So let them remain in their bubble.”
Ronald crossed his arms over his chest. “If everything is going well, then why are you after Ava?”
Ian raised an eyebrow. “I’m not after her. It was just that I could not accept that one of my friends would be with the girl who I had rejected.”
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“Good. That means it makes no difference to you if she goes with someone else. You don’t care, right?” Stephen asked
Ian shrugged his shoulders and replied,
“Of course not. Why would I care if she goes with anyone else?”
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