The Night Wolf novel Chapter 60

Willow was now sure that she was turning into a hypocrite. All these years she had been complained about couples who do shameless PDA, now isn't that the exact thing that Rowan is doing?

"But you can't."

"Why not? I already spent enough time away from her, now I don't want to stay away from my wifey."

"Rowan!" Willow reluctantly whispered. "Stop."

"Don't you want to sit beside me?" Rowan jutted his lip out, looking as if Willow had just kicked him.

Willow felt her heart infinite pirouettes. "I-" Taking a deep breath, Willow turned to Miss Peony. "Why can't Rowan sit here? I've seen lots of girls sitting on their boyfriend's lap during classes, but no one would be telling them off."

Right after Willow said that, she wondered what was wrong with her, she'd never talked back to a teacher. Most of the times, she'll stay invisible, even in the past year, none of the teachers stood up for her, but she knew Hunter's influence on the whole school, teachers included. Now that she found out that Hunter was this big bad wolf, an actual wolf, more like a half wolf, but still a wolf. An Alpha at that. It made sense, but it still stung when the teachers never once said anything when the people behind her used to kick her seat, never once said anything when someone would dump their water bottle on her or when she got notes with vulgar words written on them.

Willow felt Rowan looking at her, he looked as if he was in pain, as if he felt what Willow had went through. He squeezed her hand, which was laced with his. Willow felt panic grip her, and wondered if Rowan had read her mind. She only wanted to show her best sides to Rowan.

"This kind of behavior will not be tolerated."

"Okay." Said Willow, pulling her hand out of Rowan's.

"What are you-?"

Willow pushed his table away, back into its place. She didn't know why but she wanted some space. She was worried that he'd leave her after he finds out everything, even though he had told her otherwise.

"You know what," said Miss Peony. "You can sit like that Mr. Kingson."

Willow didn't even have time to be taken aback. She was still immersed in her worries. She only looked ho when Rowan slid the table back beside hers.

The rest of World History was spent with Rowan calling out for her through their mind link and Willow trying very hard not to reply. She didn't want to talk to him, what if he's doing this out of pity? Or what if he gets tired of her? He was basically sheltered away and she was the first girl he met when he moved here, and there were lots of beauties in her school. She couldn't even put a candle to them.

"All the people here, they don't matter, only you do. You matter to me, a lot. You are all I can think about, you are all I want to think about.

"If you think that I am only going to accept the best parts of you, then think again. I want all of you, along with your flaws. Nobody is perfect, you should know that we'll work it.

"I'm very petty, and you are a part of me. Them messing with you is equal to messing with me. Let's see if they'd try anything funny with you, it's going to come and bite them in their buttocks."

Willow didn't know when, but her face was wet by the time he was done, she felt really guilty, as she almost choked at how he ended his confession. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"

"Willow," said Rowan, moving forward to hold her. "Why are you sorry, you didn't do anything wrong."

"I'm sorry, I don't know when it happened." Willow sniffed, trying to stop crying. "But I think I'm turning into an attention seeker."

"Yeah? It's okay, I like giving all my attention to you anyway. Even if I'll want to stop, it's going to be a mission impossible."