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CHAPTER 125
~Dristan's POV~
I didn't like crowds, but I liked watching her in them.
Valerie had just taken her seat, spine straight, chin lifted, and every inch of her reading was not today. Still, her silence screamed louder than most voices. And I'd heard enough.
The scent reached me first from the hallway—lovely apple scent, warm skin, something sharp and feminine. Valerie.
Then another scent layered over it.
Kieran, of course.
I stepped into the lecture hall, and right on cue, his voice drifted through the space.
"—Maybe I'm here for the lesson."
His tone was laced with that usual lazy charm, the one that oozed arrogance and amusement like it was some damn cologne he couldn't wash off.
I watched, unseen for a moment, as Valerie didn't flinch. Didn't melt. Didn't play into it.
That was good, but even still, Kieran didn't know when to back off.
I moved forward.
One step. Then two.