Eunomia

Chapter 17 "Wanted"

~Bryony~

Sebastian reads minds, I remembered myself when I wondered how did he know what happened with Easton and the other football players who were too cool to be kind. The only explanation for his academic suicide in history was that he read the mind of some jerk who was still mocking mentally about the library mouse.

An evil smile almost took over my lips but I concealed it with a grateful one. That vampire was starting to care, no matter if it was for a twisted strategy to fulfill his purpose, Sebastian cared about the sweet Bryony's welfare, faked or not I was going to turn that care into crave, crave for my love. When that happens he will no longer take my love as the cue to kill the lonely but sweet human that I once was. My love will be a trophy, a trophy for winning much more than digging the tooth to the best dessert in the world. Too bad that trophy will be as fake as the human I'm pretending to be right now.

"I would have never asked you to fail a project, less for the asshole of your partner." I repeated his insult getting into character.

Before Sebastian could say any sarcastic reply I wanted to try something. My break would be over soon and I needed to let him clear he couldn't come and visit me whenever he wanted, so maybe if I thought a couple of things...

My break will be over soon. I hope he leaves when I start working, my boss is very strict about distractions at work, I thought letting Sebastian free way to read my mind. I didn't know if it would work.

"I think I'm leaving, I wouldn't like to be a bother." Sebastian got up from the stool he had settled on when he arrived. I did the same.

Okay, that was cool. Like the first thought worked so well I repeated the strategy, I needed to let him clear he couldn't come more.

"It would be for the best, yes." I used an awkward tone preparing my next thought "Sebastian?" I called him when he began to walk towards the door.

Please don't come again, this work is embarrassing, I thought the same way I did some seconds ago.

"I forgot what I was going to tell you." I lied some seconds after with a nervous laugh and the embarrassment creeping into my eyes when I looked down at my uniform. He stayed a few more seconds looking at me with an expression I couldn't figure out, then he left.

I waited a few minutes until I was a hundred percent sure Sebastian wasn't at The Camille's to leave the same way he did. The trip to Miami went by fast. Well, I was running fast. When I arrived at the apartment I shared with Aiden he told me the others will come as soon as they finished getting ready. The first ones to arrive were Sterling and Rain, them and Aiden killed time taking turns like little kids to play on a 20th century arcade machine that must have been stolen by Aiden some time ago.

After several grunts when the kids got killed in the game the door of my room opened. This room didn't have anything to do with the room at my father's house, the apartment Aiden and I lived in was a bachelor apartment but for two bachelors —three with Rain. My room wasn't white or had wallpaper like my other room, this one was light grey, it didn't have as many pictures as the California one, sure it had pictures but nothing to do with the ones that decorated the shelves and walls on my father's house, this pictures were with vampires. The room wasn't very big, it had a couple of shelves, a big bed and a very big closet, that was my favorite part of the room.

I was putting some earrings when Anais and Genny walked in. My look for tonight were some fishnet stocking together with some boots with a heel that made me gain four centimeters and a tight black dress with transparent long sleeves and some more transparencies on the back. I laughed when I saw Genny came with the makeup bag and diamond stickers to put on our faces. Every time we went out that was the protocol, Genny made her makeup at home then came to mine and made her magic to Anais and me, it wasn't like we didn't know how to do our makeup but Genny was excited about it so we didn't kill her enthusiasm.