She's the luna I want novel Chapter 19

AMARA.

"So what do you say I drive you to school? I’m not as grumpy as Jace. I’m sure we will have fun in the car." Austin asked.

I couldn’t help my laughter this time, but I tried to stifle it by covering my mouth with my hand.

Austin hadn’t changed at all. Even at almost twenty-one, he would still try to hit every female he came across.

"Aheemm…" Jace cleared his throat a little too loudly, and all heads turned to him. His gaze was on his food as he kept eating, but then he spoke. "Amara, eat. Or you’ll be late for your first class."

"Yes, Daddy…" I answered lazily.

It was supposed to be a joke, but it didn’t appear like that to Jace and Austin.

Jace’s face morphed into a scowl while Austin’s eyes twinkled.

"Why the fuck that sounded sexy?" Austin flashed me a wide grin that made dimples appear on his face. "Can you say that to me this time?"

His words made my eyes widen. These guys took the daddy differently.

"Austin!" Tyler called his attention before he snickered.

"What?" He chuckled.

"Stop that. Or the punch the Alpha withheld last night will land on you soon."

"Amara and I are just having fun. Right?" Austin looked at me, nodding his head as if urging me to agree with him.

"Amara eat. We’ll go in five minutes." Jace butted in.

"Five minutes?" My eyes widened before my forehead creased. "What can I eat in five minutes?"

"If you haven’t been entertaining Austin’s flirtation, I am sure you’re done with breakfast by now." He put his fork down, letting me know he was done with food as he sipped his coffee.

"Are you going to drive me to school? Or Austin?" I asked innocently.

"I said I would."

"Are you sure you’ll be fine with the Alpha? I’m more fun than him. I don’t scowl."

A loud scraping of the chair’s feet erupted in the air as Jace stood up from his seat. "Eat faster. I’ll wait for you in the car." He didn’t even look at me as he walked out of the dining room.

No one attempted to breathe. No one said anything until he was out of sight and we could no longer hear any footsteps.

"Eat, Amara," Tyler said, pushing the plates of bacon in front of me.

I shook my head and stood up. "I’ll grab food at the cafeteria, I don’t want to anger the big, grumpy wolf," I told him as I got up from my seat. "See you around!"

"Amara!" Austin called my name, and I tilted my head to look at him. He threw a banana without a warning, but thanks to my fast reflex, I was able to catch it. "Eat something. A grumpy Alpha and a hungry Female Alpha are a bad combination."

I chuckled softly at his words. "Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind."

"Hopefully that trick will help my cousin move faster and admit he likes you." He added, and my eyes widened. "If not, let me know. We can do more. I’m good at pretending too."

I walked back and planted a kiss on his cheek, thankful that he seemed to be on my side. I waved at the Beta before walking away.

"And that, my friend, is how you get the girl. You pretend to help her out until she can’t resist you anymore." Austin told Tyler, but I was sure he was joking as he said it while I was still in the dining room.

My laughter erupted in the air as I shook my head. Not just because he was joking about it, but because it was the same strategy I was using with Jace — pretending to help him away from his females until he could no longer resist me.

A wide smile was still on my face as I skipped down the steps of the packhouse going to his car. Jace was leaning against his car, with his glasses on and his hands inside his pocket, looking at the heavens above.

"I’m ready!" I stopped in front of him.

"You didn’t eat."

"Austin gave me his banana." I wiggled my eyebrows at him.

"The fuck." He grunted before grabbing the banana from my hand. He opened the door at the backseat of his car and tossed the banana inside before grabbing a black hoodie.

"Put this on." He pushed it over my head before pulling it down, and I had no choice but to slip my arms on it.

"Why? It’s not that cold."

"I’m sure some of your dorm mates saw you going out with those clothes you have. So they won’t know you didn’t go back there last night."

"Okay." I didn’t argue more, as I loved the smell of his hoodie. And he probably didn’t like that it was a midriff blouse.

Conservative Jace.

I didn’t wait for him to ask me to go inside his car. I went around and climbed into the passenger seat and buckled up, enjoying his scent around me. I saw him use this hoodie all the time. Well, he wouldn’t be getting this back anymore. I had no plans to return it. This was all mine now.

He drove the car out of the parking lot, and we weren’t even a minute away from the packhouse when my stomach decided to growl.

"Oops, sorry." I giggled before I unbuckled my belt and kneeled on my seat, bending to reach the banana in the backseat.

"What are you doing?"

"I’m hungry," I said as I sat down and began peeling the banana skin. "I want to eat Austin’s banana."

He hissed as his forehead creased.

"It’s not Austin’s banana. I paid for all food inside the packhouse." He snapped at me.