Page 63 of Autumn Secrets

I turned my head in surprise. “What do you mean?”

“Oh, come on, Aurora. You guys are looking at each other like dessert.” She chuckled. I felt myself blush before my eyes diverted back to Adrian. His lips curled into a heart-stopping smile as he pushed himself off the locker and started walking towards us. “Lucky you. I have to go, but I’ll see you at lunch?”

I nodded to Mia and turned back just as Adrian stopped in front of me.

“Good morning.”

“Good morning.” I blushed.

I kept staring at the gorgeous guy in front of me while my insides were a tumbling mess. I thought about last night and what we had done. I could feel my knees weaken.

“Aurora?”

My eyes shot up and searched his face. I’d completely missed that he was talking to me, and my face went red. “Sorry, what were you saying?”

He gave me that wicked smile of his, pulled me into him and kissed me. Even if I absolutely hated any form of attention, I couldn’t bring myself to pull away. Instead, I found myself returning the kiss with such passion, I felt like my heart was ready to explode. I tried to catch my breath as he stared down at me, with the same heated desire that I felt inside.

“Are we good?”

“Absolutely.” I smiled.

He let go of me and started to walk backwards. “See you later, angel,” he mouthed, and all I could do was nod in reply.

“Youhave some explaining to do.”

Lexi.Still with my cheeks coloured like the autumn leaves outside, I turned around and was embraced in a huge hug.

“Oh my God, Aurora. You need to tell meeverything.” She put her arm in mine as we started to walk down the corridor. “When did this happen?!”

I smiled. “Yesterday, I guess.”

“I told you he was into you. You do realise that this gives hope to the rest of the female population here. They’ll all try with Elijah now.” She chuckled. “So, no more Evangeline then?”

I shook my head. “No more Evangeline.”

“I told you she didn’t stand a chance, babe.” Lexi laughed.

I wasn’t entirely satisfied with what Adrian had told me about her so far, which wasn’t much, but confident enough to believe that they weren’t together. I trusted him, even though we would have to have the conversation again at some point. There were still some confusing things that needed more explaining.

“And by the way, you can’t really say anything. You have your own explaining to do. What happened with the whole ‘no boyfriends’ thing?” I laughed, and Lexi joined in.

“I know, it didn’t really work out that way.”

“You don’t say,” I teased and wiggled my eyebrows dramatically. Even though I still hadn’t figured out my feelings towards Luca, I couldn’t deny that he was making Lexi happy. Maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt.

“This is so exciting. We can go on double dates. Can I tell the girls? I bet they already know,” she continued with a giggle, without waiting for my reply.

Throughout the morning, I could tell that rumours were starting to spread about me and Adrian. People were whispering and giving me curious looks as I moved between classes. Despite the attention, I felt like I was walking on air, and I couldn’t wipe the big dumb smile off my face no matter how hard I tried. I couldn’t concentrate at all in class; my mind was elsewhere, replaying every kiss and every touch.

When it was time for lunch, I wasn’t listening to any of the girls around the table. Lost in my own little world, I suddenly sensed him, looked up and saw him a couple of tables away. He was sitting with his brother, Luca, Julian and a few other guys. A slow grin spread across his face and I felt my heart melt. I broke eye contact and turned my attention back to Jasmine, who was eagerly talking about something.

“You’re going right?” she asked and looked at me.

“Going where?”

“To the autumn party.”

“Yes, of course,” I replied and tried my hardest not to look back at Adrian, who I knew was staring at me from across the room. I could still feel his heated gaze without even looking at him, which made me flustered. “I need to find something to wear.”