My Alphas' Dark Desires novel Chapter 246

Chapter 246: Caught Day Dreaming

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Chapter 246

~Ash’s POV~

Valerie stood by the chalkboard, fully dressed, hand on her hip, one brow raised in that familiar expression of tired amusement. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

"I’ve been standing here for fifteen minutes watching you two zone out like idiots," she said dryly. "What kind of spell are you under?"

I blinked hard as the heat of the fantasy crumbled around me like ash. Ace was beside me, equally dumbfounded, one hand still on his belt.

Shit.

I coughed, trying to ground myself back in reality. "Uh... right. Sorry. You said something about... heatstroke?"

Valerie groaned and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Gods, you two are hopeless."

I offered a sheepish grin and a shrug. "Blame your beauty. It inspires... dangerously vivid imaginations."

She narrowed her eyes slightly at me. The twitch of a smile threatened her lips, but there was something else in her expression—something unsure like suspicion.

Unease.

Her gaze flicked between me and Ace as if she could still feel the echo of whatever scene we had just envisioned.

Had she felt something through the bond?

"Just finish helping me organise these papers," she muttered, but her tone lacked bite. "I don’t care if you’re both cursed with insatiable lust. We’re still technically in a classroom."

"Yes, ma’am," I said automatically, glancing at Ace.

But even as she turned around, there was a hitch in her step. Her fingers hesitated over a stack of folders that had scattered somehow on the ground like her thoughts weren’t as composed as she wanted us to believe.

Ace and I watched her quietly, trying not to look guilty.

I was just about to reach for my bag when Ace suddenly blurted, "Valerie... kiss me."

She froze. Slowly, she turned back to look at him, eyes wide, lips slightly parted in shock.

I didn’t even try to hide the mental groan.

"Are you insane?" I asked him through the mind link. "That was a fantasy, Ace. There’s a difference between that and reality."

"Yeah?" he shot back. "But how would we know if it could be reality... unless we try?"

I rolled my eyes. Internally.

Valerie opened her mouth, clearly about to say no. But then her eyes landed on both of us again—Ace with his open sincerity, and me with... well, whatever the hell I was doing, trying not to look desperate.

She exhaled softly. Her posture eased, shoulders falling from their stiff height as something shifted in her expression.

It wasn’t an agreement that I was aware of, but it was not a rejection either.

I could sense how hopeful Ace was through our connection, and deep down, I wished she wouldn’t reject him or his idea, because he was the most fragile of our duo.

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