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LYRIC
Yeah. And that ‘disvirginer‘ was you, Mr. Arrogant. I wish I could tell him. I rolled my eyes instead.
His eyes seemed to dance with delight now, like he was having fun or something.
“You haven’t told me if my apology has been accepted or not.”
I bit my bottom lip as I dragged my gaze to the floor. Geez! So much for trying to be tough, Lyric.
“Do you need some privacy to keep chewing those lips?”
My gaze snapped up to meet his, and a red hue crept up my cheeks in an instant.
What was wrong with me?
“I-“I cleared my throat. “I’m only going to accept your apology on one condition.”
His smile was gone in an instant. Ooh. Jaris Dreadmoor clearly didn’t like conditions.
But he didn’t try to stop me anyway. So, I went on. “I need you to promise me that you’ll never call me a slut again, because I am not one.”
He chuckled.
My heart stopped beating for a second.
I couldn’t help how cute he was each time he did that.
“In my defense, I never called you a slut,” he said.
Oh, seriously? “You didn’t need to say the word. Your words defined it.”
He chuckled again. But it was lighter this time.
“You have my word, Lyric. No matter what happens, I’ll never call you names again.”
That calmed me instantly, as much as it’s spread warmth through my chest, down to my belly.
All of a sudden, I felt a deep, comforting kind of peace.
“Thank you,” I muttered, my eyes returning to the floor.
Geez. Why was I thanking him for promising not to call me names?
Well, I guessed Jaris would always be Jaris. He’d always have this dominant effect on people, even if he was wrong to them.
Someone knocked on the door, and when I granted entrance, Kael came in, holding a small bag.
“Hi, Lyric.” He nodded at me while Jaris took the bag from him.
“Hi.” I smiled at him before he left.
Funny how I disliked Kael in the beginning due to his grumpy attitude. The guy could actually be chill to the people he wanted to be chill with.
“So,” Jaris said as he pulled out a brand new shirt from the bag. “I want to believe you’re coming home today?”
I simply nodded, tucking some strands of hair behind my ear.
“Say it, Lyric.” There was an echo of impatience in his voice.
Geez. What was his problem?
“Yes!” I rolled my eyes. “Yes, I’ll be back.”
His lips twisted in a smile.
“Good. I’ll see you, then.” He started toward the door.
That was when it registered on me.
“I–I’m not done with the wound!”
Oh, how professional, Lyric. You were so busy blushing in front of him you forgot the reason he was there in the first place.
He scoffed. “Don’t worry, doc. I’m perfectly fine now. Like you said, it wasn’t that bad.”
I could feel my cheeks getting hotter.
He reached the door and opened it.
“Wh–What happened to you?!” Finally, I could ask.
Standing at the threshold, he shrugged. “Just my crazy little sister.”
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Then, he was gone.
For minutes, I simply stood staring at the door, unable to understand how I felt.
Within minutes, Jaris had made me feel intense emotions, made me blush from it, and I didn’t know what to do with myself
anymore.
Since I’d made up my mind to go back to Darkspire, I needed to go to my father’s Pack one more time to grab my things. One of them being my ‘necklace.‘
I was in my room, gathering up the few things I’d bought and used over the last few days when the door opened. I thought it’d be father or my sister who had been here as well for the past three days. But when I turned to the door, it turned out to be Roderick.
I was startled, the last dress I was trying to put away hanging in my hand.
“What’re you doing here?” I arched my brows at him, trying to stop my heart from raging.
He wore one of his dubious smiles as he leaned against the doorframe, crossing his legs.
“If I’d known you were here, I’d have come visiting.”
I glared at him from head to toe. For goodness sake, how did I ever find this guy attractive?
No doubt, Roderick was physically hot. Anyone who didn’t know him personally would definitely fall for him.
But that was the point. His personality was shit. He used people and treated everyone around him like slaves. I was his victim. Too bad Nora was as well.
“Well, it’s a good thing you didn’t know.” I angrily turned around to resume my arrangement, hoping he’d leave me alone. But who was I kidding?
“How have you been, Lyric?” He sounded calm, and by the Moon, I wanted to punch his throat for it.
He had no right to act concerned. I knew better than anyone that it was all a facade.
“Why don’t you just stay away from me, Roderick? Like you’ve been doing for the past weeks?” I sounded exhausted when I looked at him again. And I truly was.
“And please, please, I beg you, don’t ever text me again. Make sure the last time you did was your very last.”
“Are you sure?” He chuckled, and to my surprise and horror, stepped into the room and closed the door. “There was a part of me that hoped you must’ve missed me, Lyric.”
“What’re you doing? I didn’t ask you to come in.” I did my best to keep the fear out of my voice.
Calm down, Lyric. He can’t possibly do anything. There are guards everywhere.
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