No Longer Be your Luna (Jane and Xander) novel Chapter 14

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Chapter 14: Breaking Point.

*Jane*

I jumped back like I’d touched something hot. My heart was

practically in my throat, but I forced myself to look up.

“Oh sorry” he muttered, backing away quickly.

It was just the janitor.

Who was I kidding? It didn’t just look bad, it sounded even

worse. No one would ever believe Aaron and I were in here just

‘talking.‘ Did it matter what people thought? Everyone already

knew Xander wasn’t faithful to me. Would it be so scandalous

to think I needed some comfort too?

I cleared my throat and straightened my clothing. “Will… how

are you doing today?”

His eyes dropped to the limited space between me and Aaron…

and then lower, to my blouse. Shit. I fought to urge to redo my

buttons, knowing that would just make everything look worse.

“F–fine, Luna Jane. I was just doing my rounds.”

I nodded briskly. “Well, we’ll leave you to it, then.”

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I shot Aaron a quick look, screamed ‘follow me‘ and stepped out

of the closet like nothing had happened. I was so embarrassed, I

wanted to crawl into a hole and die. To think I woke up this

morning feeling my best. Everything had gone down the drain

pretty quickly.

And as for what almost happened between Aaron and me… I

didn’t even want to think about it. That incident had affected

both me and my wolf. She’d wanted to be close to him. It felt like

his wolf had called out to mine, and that frightened me. So, I

needed to put this all behind me.

My wolf lent me the strength to school my expression, fixing a

professional smile on my face as we stepped back into the main

office area. “And that is the supply closet on this floor,” I said,

loud enough for Will to hear. “I’ll show you to the Sales

Department next.”

Before I could even take a step forward, Aaron wrapped his

hand around my tour. “Jane…” he was looking at me like he

wanted to continue what had almost transpired. I couldn’t let

him go there.

I pushed his hand away slowly. “The Sales department is right

ahead.”

“I don’t need to see any more.” He sighed. That wasn’t what I

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expected him to say. “I mean I can slowly learn more about the

company while we pretend to be a couple. So, you don’t need to

continue with the tour.”

Again with this couple stuff. It wasn’t a good idea. I knew it in

my gut. But the way he was smiling at me, I wasn’t sure I had

the strength to be direct. “I didn’t agree to that yet. I’m not sure

how that would work.”

He nodded, rocking on his heel a little. “I get it. You need time to

process everything that has happened. Take your time, think

about it, let me know what you think. I’ll be waiting.”

I smiled up at him in appreciation. He was right. I needed time to

process… everything. Deep down, I knew what had to be done

and I wasn’t sure if I was hesitant because of Xander or because

I feared what could happen with Aaron if I let myself fall.

“Well, I should get going,” he said, rubbing the back of his neck,

in a crooked self–conscious smile. “Say goodbye to Xander for

me.”

“Sure I will.”

I stood frozen, watching him go. Even from behind, he looked

unfairly good. I’d spent the entire day trying to keep my

distance… and now that he was finally leaving, all I wanted was

for him to stay.

1. me.

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