ARDEN
“Do you want to study at the Silver Lounge?” Elias asked as we met outside the building for my last class. We had agreed to start preparing for the upcoming competition, and despite my insistence that we simply meet at the gates, Elias had come all the way here.
Without a moment's hesitation, I shook my head. “No.”
His brows knitted together in confusion. “Why not?”
I pressed my lips together. The truth was, I wasn’t in the mood to run into Sienna. Though I couldn’t deny that the lingering sting from the slap I had given her still sent a satisfying tingle through my palm.
With a smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth, Elias raised an eyebrow. “Do you want to come to my place instead?”
I turned to him, my expression deadpan. “No way.”
He raised his hands in mock surrender, c
