Through His Eyes: An Institute Series Novella (The Institute Series Book 4) by Kayla Howarth

Author:Kayla Howarth
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2016-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

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Before Shilah was even out the door, the room had gone back to debating what to do about Allira again, and I just didn’t want to hear it anymore. I decided to follow Shilah out to the balcony where Drew was sitting on one of the patio chairs.

“So, do they all blame me now, too?” Drew asked, his eyes not leaving the horizon where he was staring off into the distance.

“We don’t blame you.” Shilah took the seat next to Drew. “Well Tate does, but I think he’s trying to deflect the blame off of himself. Those two haven’t gotten along in months. Longer, really.”

“I shouldn’t have taken her home from the wedding, but I just wanted to make sure she was okay. It was a bad idea, I know that now.”

“You weren’t to know what was going to happen. She’s really messed up. How did it happen anyway, aren’t you dating someone?”

“You want me to give you the details of your sister throwing herself at me?” Drew raised an eyebrow. “And you say she’s messed up.”

Shilah laughed. “Not that. It’s just, I thought you had a girlfriend. Stella, yeah?”

“Allira didn’t know about her, though. We weren’t really serious enough for me to tell her. I’m sure she wouldn’t have kissed me if she knew. Besides, it doesn’t matter now. Telling Stella I made out with my ex didn’t exactly go down well. As soon as I realised that my first thought after kissing Allira wasn’t about my girlfriend, who I’d just cheated on, I figured it was time to end it.”

“How did she take it?”

“About as well as I expected. She threw her shoe at me.”

Shilah laughed. “Her shoe?”

“Yup, her shoe. She was storming out and her high heels were at the door, so she picked one up and pegged it at my head. Then she took the other one home with her. I still have the one she threw at me.” He shook his head, like he still can’t believe it happened.

Shilah laughed again, but his expression quickly turned sombre. “So if you told Stella about the kiss, does that mean you want to be with Allira?”

Drew let out a loud sigh. “I think I’ll always have ‘what-ifs’ with her, but like I told her when she tried to take my shirt off, I’d give it a chance if it’s what she truly wanted. But it’s not. I always envied the way she looked at Chad. She was in awe of him and used to look at him with such adoration. Even when we were ‘dating’…” he used air quotes, “she only saw me as a high school crush. It was nothing compared to how she saw him.”

“Sorry, dude.”

Drew laughed. “I’m sure I’ll be fine. I think I just need to stay away from brunettes. I need to date baggage-less blondes who have terrible aim. Or at the very least, don’t wear high heels.” He rubbed the side of his head like he was reliving the shoe incident again.

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