Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48

Chapter 48

A part of me, and I don’t know how big or small that part was, had always hoped that somehow by the end of the week, one of the Betas would come back and choose me. It was a terrible thing to harbor in my heart, especially with the Choosing so close, my window of opportunity to find someone else was literally closing fast.

Yet here I was, still hoping.

Still praying.

How pathetic was I?

Waiting and waiting for a man that will never choose me.

And this man, this particular man I’ve been quietly hoping for, has already decided to choose someone else. With a gift he made with his own hands to match.

I didn’t know it was still possible, but my heart breaks all over again.

Everything was so painful that I forgot that Jeff was talking to me or that Kelcey and Christy were there, trying to reach for me as I stood and turned towards the mansion.

Mind lost in a flurry of thoughts, I didn’t even realize that Sebastian was blocking my way up the staircase until I bumped into him.

“Going somewhere?” He asked, head tilted to the side.

I blinked, confused for a moment on where I was.

We were alone inside the mansion, at the foot of the stairs. Everyone was outside either waiting for proposals or getting proposals.

“I… I think I’m going to head back to my room.” I said distractedly. “Shower, and-”

“Hide?” He finished for me.

My feet move before I speak, trying to get up the stairs but he was blocking my way. “Get ready.”

He looked out of the window, watching the sun. “It’s lunch. The party isn’t until later tonight.”

“Are you worried about me Sebastian?” I asked, asking him to move with my hands.

His eyes darkened at this but he stepped out of the way, following me as I made my way through the mansion.

It took awhile for him to reply.

But when he does, his words surprise me.

“What if I were? What if I didn’t want to leave you right now?” He asked back. “Is that wrong?”

My lips parted, confusion but also appreciation seeping through the cracks of my sorrow.

I didn’t know what to think of Sebastian.

He was a mystery.

But at this point, I welcomed it.

He was the one man in the entire School of Love that hasn’t left me heartbroken.

“No. Join me then if you’re too worried. Come to my room and see that I truly am going to rest and prepare for a night where my liver cries as I drink.” Because I truly needed a drink after learning about Andrew. A couple of drinks. “Maybe we can get some food and drink in the room as well. Spend the afternoon together.”

He hesitates, I can feel his step faltering slightly. “Whatever you want.”

We made it to my room, a slight awkwardness in the air but I didn’t really mind it. There were far worse things than not knowing what to say or do.

“Make yourself at home.” I tell him, gesturing to my room.

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Chapter 48

things he wasn’t able to do before and pushed muffins my way.

With me in bed and Sebastian on his seat that was close enough that it felt like he was still in bed with me, we stayed like that for hours and hours.

Way after the sun went down and the stars replaced it, with every beautiful thing in the world within my finger tips, I chose to stay in bed with my knees to my chest as I ate and drank with Sebastian, a man I literally knew nothing about, who did the same.

He doesn’t say much, but he also doesn’t leave me or looks bored of being here.

And right now, it is more than what anyone has ever done for me.

Sebastian’s presence is one that I’m both nervous of and strangely calm about.

There was a comfortable silence between us. Neither really talking with our attention more in our heads than anything else.

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