Tasting
Chapter 143

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Nora:

I drifted off to sleep after we finished. He wrapped his arms around me tightly for a few minutes before gently releasing his hold.

I noticed his departure, but I was too tired and comfortable to bother seeking his closeness again. Maybe he needed some space.

In the early hours of the morning, I woke up to the sensation of an empty bed beside me. As I shifted and reached out, replaceing the bed deserted, I couldn’t help but rub my eyes, breaking my slumber.

“Cain?” I called out, but he seemed to be absent from the bedroom. Hist usual bathroom was in the studio, so I assumed he must have been there.

After waiting a bit longer, I came to the realization that he wasn’t returning. I also knew that soon everyone would wake up, making it difficult for me to sneak back to my bedroom unnoticed.

So, I rolled out of bed and got dressed. It was clear that these brothers were quite rough. My back was aching, as was my vagina. Cain had been quite forceful and passionate last night. I should have realized he was feeling particularly lustful.

Even the memory of his words made me giggle. Stepping out of the bedroom and hurrying back to my room, I found the studio empty as

well.

That was unusual. He never left his studio unlocked like that.

Thankfully, he had closed the bedroom door before leaving. Not that

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anyone would wander into his studio, but still, even a one percent. chance could be risky for us.

As time passed and he remained elusive, I dashed out and made it back. to my room just in time. I took a quick shower, got ready for school, and as I was leaving my room, I noticed some messages on my phone from Ryker.

I rolled my eyes, knowing I would lash out at him the moment we talked, but his message already left me in shock.

R: You are going to tell Brody today that you are severing all the contacts with him.

I frowned.

ing to take

R: I am going to take you under my team today.

I hissed under my breath, seething with anger at the fact that instead of apologizing, he was still making demands?

I began to angrily type a message for him, something I wouldn’t have dared to say to his face.

Me: After how you humiliated me and behaved with me last night, you seriously think you get to make demands?

Me: And don’t even try to change my teams, I won’t be in your team.

I hissed, shaking my head. But little did I know, he was sitting with his phone in his hands. His response came pretty quickly.

R: You are really making me wonder.

I narrowed my eyes and kept staring at the screen. He typed for some time but then never sent it. I didn’t bother asking again because I was

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running late for school.

I left the room to join everyone at the dinner table, but there was one person missing.

Cain!

“Good morning,” I greeted, earning a smile from Lord Atwood.

“How are you now?” Nash asked curiously. I hadn’t seen him since the whole trip.

“I am good now. How are you? How is your mission going?” I asked. excitedly, and he gave me a pleasant head nod to indicate everything was going fine.

While I communicated with Nash, I tried to avoid looking Ryker’s way because he was just staring at me with so much anger in his eyes that it made me uncomfortable.

“Where is Cain?” Silas inquired, who I had been completely avoiding ever since the party.

“I don’t know. I was told by the guards that he left in the early morning with alcohol,” Lord Atwood seemed disappointed when delivering the

news.

“Is he crazy or what? We have back–to–back meetings today, and he planned an alcohol trip for himself?” Nash’s mood changed almost instantly.

The two would butt heads quite often, but it was indeed concerning what I was hearing. He was fine last night, so what the hell happened to him?

“It is okay. He will return. He is a responsible one,” Lord Atwood

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uttered, trying to diffuse the situation, but the head shake from Nash was a sign that he wasn’t satisfied.

“Nora! Ryker will drop you to school. But try to come straight back home today. There have been some rumors about some unusual activity in the pack. So unless it is entirely safe, it has been recommended that the students come home directly and with some responsible adult,” Lord Atwood delivered the news that I would have to face Ryker now, who seemed to have been sitting all set for that moment.

I couldn’t even ask for someone else to drop me. Nash was busy worrying about Cain, and Silas was another forbidden story. I did not plan to ever ask for his help again.

So all I was left with was to give Lord Atwood a head nod.

However, the minute I had grabbed my belongings and left for the main exit, I watched a car that I recognized to be Brody’s.

“Hey! Good morning,” he came out with a bright smile on his lips.

I felt bad for him because he had no clue what happened to the gift he had brought for me yesterday.

Then I remembered what Cain had said. He was okay with my friendship with Brody and even believed me. So why was Ryker, the one who didn’t even want to talk about us unless I had listened to all his demands, making rules about who I should and shouldn’t meet?

“Hello, what are you doing here so early in the morning?” I approached him, looking around and replaceing Ryker’s bike empty. He was not around, which is why I got to even speak to Brody.

“I heard about the whole danger thing and I wondered how amazing it would be to drop you off to school myself today. What do you say?” he

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questioned, a smile never leaving his lips.

I stayed silent, watching him and then at Ryker, who was just coming out of the mansion when he spotted us together.

Part of me wanted Ryker to feel comfortable, but the other part wanted him to understand that he cannot just expect so much from me when he doesn’t even want to go official with me.

So I did what I thought was the best decision in the moment.

“Sure. I would like to go with you.”