Disguised Royalty

Chapter 18.

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Chapter 18: The 'Ceasefire'.

Since Alexandra's encounter with Damién, on her first day of school four years ago, She always thought that, the only time his attention would be occupied by her would be, when they were portraying their hate towards each other, after one of them pulled some prank on the other or when they accidentally bumped into each other in the school hallways or the dining hall or when they have to, unfortunately spent the whole two hours of after school detention together, which already happened twice and it was not the best of decisions on the teacher's part.

She was more than fine with the little amount of attention she received from him, in fact she was glad that he was keeping the much needed distance, unlike the almost whole girl population of Arcane high, which included one of her best friends, they could go as far as dying, just to receive his attention and there is not even an ounce of exaggeration in that, with the exception of a few.

But she never thought--not even in her wildest ones, that a day would come, where they both would be sitting side by side, not because of any of the above mention reasons, but a normal school project and although it was not a surprise that he wasn't interested in it, but it was a surprise that he was interested in staring the crap out of her ugly face--according to him a while back--instead.

"Could you stop fuckıng staring?". She said, annoyed of his presence already, it had just been twenty minutes since the class started and it felt like her teeth were going to break, because of how hard she was gritting them. "You're already creepy enough". She added, as an after thought.

"I'm creeping you out?". Damién question, rhetorically with a ghost of a smile on his face, casually leaned back in his chair, his long legs sprawled out in front of him, playing with his sketch pencil, staring at her and when she looked at him with her signature glare, a full blown grin stretched on his lips, showing his pearly whites. "Even better". He replied, with a mischievous lilt in his voice and continued staring at her, successfully adding more to her annoyance, if that was even possible.

She was tempted to punch him squarely on his straight nose, it would be utterly satisfying to see the crimson liquid leaking out of it like a waterfall, her hands were twitching to do just that, but she took a deep breath and started counting backwards, She didn't want to end up in anger management again and that uncomfortable stirring in the pit of her stomach hasn't ceased one bit, since it started when he entered the classroom and it was just adding more to her irritation.

Damién could hear her heartbeat increasing by the second and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out why, He was hoping that it was more than just annoyance, but he knew he had a long way to go, before he can get there. So, He decided to go with the civilized approach and propose a ceasefire.

"Okay, look". Damién started, cautiously, looking straight into her, beautifully captivating blue orbs, his wolf has been going crazy since the party three days ago, He didn't like being away from his mate. "We're both going to be partners for the rest of the year, whether we like it or not and this, obviously is not going to be the only project that we would have to work on together so, why not try to be civil with each other and see how it works?". He proposed, vehemently. "Although, it's not going to be more interesting than messing with you, but it's worth a shot, what do you say, partner?". He added, hoping this stubborn woman would finally give in, but he knew he was just deluding himself, if he thought that it was going to be easy.

Alexandra, caught off guard by his suggestion, blinked up at him a few times, her face bare of any emotion except the mild shock that came with his statement. She couldn't help but be wary of his intentions, He never was like this before, He hated talking to her as much as she hated interacting with him, they both swore to hate each other as long as they lived.

What the fucķ changed his mind? Was Danaya's assumption correct?

She thought and then her eyes widened slightly, when she realized what she was thinking and scolded herself mentally. But, the hope that ran through her being at the thought, left her utterly confused, for she wasn't aware of what or whom inside of her wanted that absurd assumption to be correct.

I did not just think that? Bloody hell! What's wrong with me? He does not and will not like you, He hates you and you hate him. Period.

"What do you get out of this?". She questioned, her scrutinizing gaze fixated on his beautiful features.

Did I just really think that his features are beautiful? Damnit, It's been a while since my last visit to the hospital, I need to set an appointment soon!

"Out of what?". He questioned, confused. His question brought her out of her reverie and she looked at his confused expression, She wasn't sure if it was just an act or if her question had genuinely confused him.

"Out of this nice guy act you're pulling right now". She supplied.

"Act?!" He questioned, incredulously. "You think just because we had a bad start, I'm not capable of being nice to you and this is just an act to get revenge on you? Seriously?!" Damién exclaimed, shaking his head. Irritated by her absurd assumptions. Sure they had a bad start, but that does not mean that he actually hated her, He never did hate her, they just met on a bad day and from then on this unwanted--in his case at least--rivalry started and he just played along with it and also because he couldn't control his anger towards her, when she talked back to him, because no one ever did that before, He wasn't used to being treated like that, they were too scared to or--in case of his pack-- respected him too much, for he was the future Alpha and so, He didn't like it when she did it. He didn't tell anyone about her being his mate. He, himself was still trying to absorb the information, the only people who knew except him were, Aiden and Julia, his mother had been excited to find out who his mate was after the party, He did tell her that he had found her, but decided to keep her identity a secret for the time being, He needs to pay Charles a visit before breaking the news to his parents.

"You just admitted the whole thing, now i'm sure of it. This is just an act". Alexandra said, nodding to herself, throwing a dirty look in his direction.

"Why are you being so difficult, woman?! I'm just being nice to you, I'm sick and tired of those childish games we played in the past, for God's sake, this is not an act, I don't have time for that shıt, why can't we just start over?!" He exclaimed, taking a deep breath, running his fingers through his hair in frustration, his brown orbs still locked with her narrowed blue ones.

Are they as silky as they look? Oh my God! What the fuck am i thinking?!

"Okay, we can start over". She said, after a moment of silence, pushing the bizarre thoughts running through her brain, in the back of her mind and nodding her head in his direction, making Damién release a sigh of relief, only for it to turn into a frustrated one by the end of her next statement. "We can go back to not knowing each other, just project partners and that is all we're going to be, no rivalry". Alexandra stated, calmly. Making him reach the peak of his annoyance.

Goddess! Why is she so stubborn?!

"And why can't we be friends like normal people?" He questioned, stoically, trying to keep his anger at bay.

"Why are you so adamant on befriending me? You just said, you wanted to start over because you didn't want to continue the childish games, right? Why not stay out of each others way?!" She reasoned, making him sigh in defeat with a exasperatedly pained expression on his face and give in, at least they'll be interacting because of the project, He would have to make do with that for the time being.

"Fine, we'll do that". He said, willing his lips to curve into a forced smile, before averting his gaze from her and focusing on the sketch book in front of him.

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