No Longer Be your Luna (Jane and Xander) novel Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Turn Back Time.

*Aaron*

When I walked to the table, I paid special attention to Xander.

But out of the corner of my eye, I still couldn’t help noticing

Jane’s shirt. I’ve never wanted to look at those unbuttoned

buttons. It’s really tormenting. Aaron, focus. Don’t look there.

“Xander…” I cleared my throat as an idea began to form in my

head. “What do you say I come over to Blackwood? Get a real

feel of how things are done over there.”

Xander beamed. “Of course. That’s amazing. Why didn’t I think

of that?”

I decided to humor him and burst into à booming laughter, even

though I was fully focused on Jane. “You’re full of the better

ideas anyway.”

My gaze drifted to Jane, but she was staring straight ahead. Her

lips were pressed into a thin line, and she was stubbornly

avoiding my gaze.

“Would you like to join us, darling?”

Jane turned to Xander. Her lips struggled for a second, but

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finally lifted into a strained smile. “I can’t.”

Xander whipped his head around in shock. “What? Why not? It‘

s not like you have any other thing to do.”

My wolf growled, struck with the intense urge to defend Jane.

He was only saying that because the fake boyfriend… me, had

not appeared. Still, she didn’t deserve that.

Her jaw tightened, and I watched as she swallowed in a bid to

control herself. “You know what? You’re right. My guest

canceled, so I actually have nothing better to do.” She fixed the

fakest smile I’d ever seen on her face. “I’d love to accompany

you.”

“Good.” Xander pulled out some bills from his wallet and

slapped them on the table. “Shall we?”

Jane still didn’t look at me as she rose from her seat. She raised

her head high, headed straight for the exit and hopped into her

car without sparing me a glance or a single word.

I climbed into my car, following closely behind Xander. I

wanted to talk to her, to find a way to solve this problem to

prevent things from getting out of hand.

But I couldn’t speak to her right now. Xander had no idea I

knew his wife before today. Judging by how he acted towards

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her today, I was certain he wouldn’t react with as much

excitement if he ever saw me speaking to his wife privately.

Soon enough, we arrived at Blackwood Group. Her entire

demeanor changed the moment we walked into the company.

She was all smiles and professional handshakes. Jane kept the

smile on her face even as Xander led me through office after

office. No one would guess she’d yelled at me over the phone

only an hour ago.

As Xander led us through the production offices, he wrapped a

hand around Jane’s shoulder. I watched silently as she stiffened

almost imperceptibly. It seemed like she would have wrenched

herself out of his arms if not for the public setting.

But Xander was none the wiser. In fact, he was already there,

almost jumping around, excitedly showing off his kingdom.

He led us further into the office where a lot of employees were

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