Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108: 108-Crushing On Bestfriend

Clementine:

His lips wrapped around mine, his hands holding my face in place. For a moment, I couldn’t even respond. Instead, my hands gripped the corners of his open jacket. My eyes closed as he pressed his lips harder against mine. The way his lips moved over my mouth made my knees weak. But it wasn’t long before I started to pull away once I realized what we were doing.

"Troy," I said as I pushed him gently. Once he noticed my struggle, he let go. "What are you doing?" I asked, trying to steady my breathing. He just stared at my face silently before snapping out of it and looking around.

"What was that?" I demanded. "You can’t just kiss me and act like nothing happened. This is a huge deal, I have two fated mates, and you are my ex-best friend." I tightened my voice. "I need to know why you did that."

"Don’t you already know?" He finally looked at me and snapped, his voice loud as hell. I had to motion for him to lower his voice before anyone else heard us.

Suddenly, he grabbed my arm and started dragging me out of the hallway toward the open ground, the place where we always meet to talk.

"Why? Why are we walking away? What do you want to say to me?" I complained but didn’t try to pull away. I wanted to leave the room too. If Haiden or Ian saw us talking, it would cause problems.

Once we arrived at the area next to the bars, he let go of me. One hand went to his waist while the other pinched the bridge of his nose. I noticed the anxiety in his body and felt worried, I didn’t want him to do something stupid.

"Now, will you tell me? What do I know?" I asked, folding my arms across my chest, trying to sound stern even though I was still avoiding the fact that my ex-best friend had just kissed me. I never thought he’d do something like that.

"First the professor, then Yorick, then Haiden. Why?" he asked, making me frown in confusion.

"Professor Sawyer? Did you seriously think I had a crush on him? Like I would even pursue anything with him? Sure, I talked about him all the time because he used to take care of me, but there was nothing weird going on between us." I started to yap, as if the frustration had been building inside me for so long that I needed to explain. That rumor was disgusting to me.

"No, Clementine, it wasn’t just you being grateful. The way you spoke about him, the way you wrote about him in your diary—with all the details about how he acted, moved, and talked—it did seem like a crush," he said, grunting. I sighed deeply and shook my head, zoning out.

"Fine. Even if I was impressed with him, I was only 15, Troy. Did you seriously think I was planning to grow up, pursue him, and marry a man who was already engaged? And why are you bringing him up now? What do Yorick and Haiden have to do with you?" I asked, frustrated by his behavior.

He put both hands on his waist, staring at me like I was some crazy creature.

"Why is it always somebody else?" he asked. I braced myself to argue until he added, "Why not me?" Then silence fell between us.

I couldn’t even process what I’d just heard. I stared at his face, and after about ten seconds, I narrowed my eyes.

"Wait, what do you mean?" I asked, lost and confused.

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