"Oh, you are done." Kaden took the glass and placed it on the table.
He has his arm around the armrest of her chair. She felt his body warmth flowing from his hands to her clothes and warming her up. She leaned away from there as if electrified by his touch.
The rest of their lunch ended with Aza staring down at her lap for the all while Kaden had a mischievous smile playing on his face.
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The girls and boys separated when they had to go back to their dorms. Aza hurriedly opened up the door and threw her bag on the bunk beds and rushed into the bathroom. She locks it up from inside.
Aza gazed at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. She sees a girl with bright red and flushing cheeks. The sparkling eyes of the girl staring back at her, coincidentally her brain reminds her of the guy who has been disturbing her night sleep for quite a long time.
She cupped her heated cheeks and tried to remove the silly smile off her face yet it seemed that it was the hardest thing she had ever encountered in her 21 years of life.
"Aza! Stop it! You can't!"
She criticized herself for having thoughts about a strange guy when her love life had already been decided by her family.
She put her hands down on the sink and held it tightly. She attempts to remove each memory and sensation that reminded her of Kaden. It burnt her heart but she couldn't do anything not when her love for her family knew no bounds.
She lifts her head, "Azaina Rosemortal, you can't fall in love. You don't have this freedom. Don't let that guy break the walls of your heart. It would only end in destruction. You can't let him warm your cold heart. Not now nor in future and for that you have to avoid meeting him." She twisted the tap and water surges out of the round and small hole of the tap.
She took the water in her hands and splashed it on her cheek to make her come out of her daydreams as she doesn't have the liberty to dream about any other guy apart from the one chosen by her family.
She kept splashing water until she felt her clothes getting wet by her actions. She looked up back again in the mirror and let out a bitter smile as she recognised the reflection staring from it. It was the exact girl whose characteristics had been modified several times just to accommodate the needs of her loved ones.
Aza didn't make changes within because she was forced rather she wished that everyone who cared and loved her, deserved the best and pure love. She knew it would be hard to do yet she had trust in her capabilities.
"Open up the damn door, Aza!!"
She could hear her friends yelling for her to unlock the door. She took a last glance at herself and wiped the water droplets with the towel hanging on the hanger.
Another bang on the door alerted her that if she didn't unlatch the door now then her friends would surely break it into pieces.
"Okay!! It looks like we are taking things into our hands now…. Girls move aside. Aza needs to be reminded of the strength of her friend, the great Livia Watson!!!" Livia roared as she kept banging on the door. The door began to shake due to the power used by Livia.
"Livia!! Wait!! We can't think with our muscles every time. We need to use our brains here in this case."
Aza discerned Diana's efforts to calm down the raging Livia. She walked over to the door and unlocked it with a twist of the door lock. She pulled the door a little and her friends weeping and teary eyes greeted her first. She felt like someone squeezed her heart under the pointed heel shoes.
She could feel the emotional breakdown attacking her but she clenched the door lock in a powerful hold. She attempted to fake a smile on her face yet failed miserably when her friend's arms surrounded her torn self.
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'Why I could see her fighting an inner battle within herself? She was attracted to me the way I was towards her yet I felt a barrier between us.'
Rev couldn't stop thinking and assuming what he observed as he had gaped in the eyes of the girl who had turned his life upside down.
Without his knowing, a subtle adorn his face, "What mystery are you? Athena or should I say Azaina…"
Rev had been feeling unrest and distress since the time Aza started to ignore him and look down to her lap. It crushed his heart to watch the girl he had strange feelings look away from him.
He felt like a sharp knife had been pierced through his chest and cut his heart into two halves. The feeling along with that pain was unbearable for him yet he survived it for her. Rev knew he can't give up on someone who had succeeded to move his stone heart.
"I don't know what battle you are fighting...but I know one thing, you are not going away from me. The beast, you awakened with a mere glance is itching to devour you however he also realises that you are not anyone who would let his fierceness bend her to his desire. Moreover, my heart feels a deep connection with you so I have many reasons to justify my addiction and obsession with you….My bunny.."
Rev tucked his hands inside his trouser pockets. He smirked devilishly as his genius brain had successfully formulated a strategy, 'Capturing His Bunny In His Trap'.
He had weighed the pros and cons plus the possibility of him getting failed nonetheless the guy playing this game is Revnore Artifort.
Unknown to Aza, a hunter named Rev had laid the foundation to trap her. Now the hunting game has begun. One was a beautiful and majestic prey while the other was a handsome and enigmatic predator.