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Chapter Eleven
The week had flown by in a blur. I had spent most waking hours on campus. After day one, I was assigned papers, homework, and more reading than I knew what to do. Most of my classmates were groaning about it, but I was happy to have things to fill my days.
I was currently sitting in the library working on a sociology paper when I heard a voice softly call my name. “Sasha?”
I looked surprised. I didn’t know anyone on campus, and I hadn’t had a chance to make friends since I wasn’t living on campus like everyone else. I was even more shocked to see the guy from the party standing over me. He looked casually put together in jeans and a Columbia hoodie.
“Hi,” I said. I gave him a hesitant smile as I tried my best to try and remember his name.
“Zane,” he said, putting me out of my misery.
“Hi, Zane,” I said. “How are you?”
I cringed as I remembered the last time we had seen one another. Dominic, or rather Dom, had been dragging me out of the frat party. He had been oozing anger and I was pretty sure that he had threatened to kill Zane.
“I was hoping that I would run into you,” he said. He immediately sat at the table.
“Oh?” I asked.
I straightened immediately. I wasn’t sure if Dom had put a guard on me, so far I hadn’t seen anyone, but it wouldn’t surprise me. I prayed if they were looking at me now they wouldn’t tell my husband about Zane. Dom and I might not have the most traditional of marriages, but I knew he wouldn't be happy that Zane was sitting with me.
Men like Dom were alphas. They weren’t willing to share.
Zane was sitting across from me, but he leaned closer. “I was worried considering what happened at the party.”
“I’m fine,” I said, shooing him off. “Dom was just worried about me.”
“That’s your husband?”
I nodded and did my best not to appear uncomfortable. I had been raised in a bubble of paranoia, taught that everyone was a potential enemy, and I was finding it difficult to shake that behavior off.
“Yes,” I said.
“Aren’t you a little young to be married?”
It was a fair question, but I felt my hackles rising at it. I hated that Dom had dragged me away from that party, and that Zane had been witness to it. Columbia was supposed to be something that was just mine, an oasis away from my life as a mafia princess, but it seemed that that was not going to happen.
“That’s a little personal,” I said, my voice haughty.
Zan had the decency to blush, which only made him look even more like the boy next door.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to offend you or anything.”
I sighed. “I’m sorry,” I said. “I’m not good with people.”
Zane recovered from his behavior and a smile replaced his embarrassed frown. “I find that hard to believe,” he said.
That uncomfortable feeling started to develop in the pit of my stomach once more. I couldn’t tell if Zane was flirting with me, or if he was just the type of person who was just overly friendly. Either way, I felt an overwhelming urge to pack up my things and leave.
“What are you doing in the library?” I asked. “Nothing better to do on a Saturday?”
Zane chuckled. “I’ve got a paper due on Monday, which I put off all week, so unfortunately, it looks like I will be here for the foreseeable future.”
I laughed. “They really don’t joke around here when it comes to the academics,” I said. Even though Zane’s flirting had made me a little uncomfortable, I couldn’t deny that it was nice to talk to someone about school. Dom had been more cordial this past week, but he was rarely home, and when he was, he kept things simple. The most I had learned about him was that he had gone to Harvard, shocker, and had wanted to be a lawyer.
“Do you have a lot to get done?” he asked. “Maybe we can work together. Might not be so bad being stuck in the library all weekend if I know I’m not the only one.”
I laugh. “Unfortunately, I was just getting ready to head out.” I began gathering my things. I had about an hour before I needed to get home, but Zane’s presence was putting me on edge, and I knew I wasn’t getting anything else done for the day.
