Adrianna left the library to attend her lecture. Niiya was already there waiting for her as usual. When she went to sit beside him, he said,

"I will pick you up from your place at 8PM.

"

Adrianna looked down at her hands. She wondered why she was even going out with Niiya. Her wolf was already angry at her decision. She nodded and focused on the lecture ahead. The professor was teaching about weak chemical forces.

The professor continued teaching for another hour before ending class. All the students were so exhausted and hungry by then that they rushed out of the class.

Adrianna and Niiya went to the cafeteria together, and found that Okashi was sitting with Dmitri and his group. Dmitri looked at Adrianna with a look that could kill if possible.

She turned her gaze away, and bought her lunch over to their table. She sat down with Niiya in the vacant chairs furthest away from them. She busied herself eating lunch and started chatting with Niiya about their latest lectures, forgetting about their presence.

When Pryce got to the cafeteria, she immediately spotted Niiya. After buying her lunch, Pryce made a beeline towards him and sat down with them without even asking for permission.

"Niiyaaaa! How are you?

" she asked excitedly.

"We just met two hours back. I haven't grown horns on my head!

" he replied.

She missed his sarcasm, and giggled.

"Niiya, you are so funny!

"

Niiya ignored her and continued chatting with Adrianna, which made her jealous. Although she didn't show that she was jealous and looked calm on the outside, inside, she was furiously devising plans to remove Niiya from Adrianna's grasp.

As they had to attend their lab class, the duo left her eating in the cafeteria. They had back-to-back classes that day. By the time it was 4PM, they were tired. When they went to the parking lot, Niiya reminded her that he would be coming to pick her up at 8PM.

Adrianna reached the cottage in less than thirty minutes. She was so tired that she didn't even take a shower, and just crashed on the bed. She woke up at 7PM and thought of getting ready for the evening. Somehow, she dragged herself from the bed and took a shower. She dressed up in a white chiffon skirt and a blue blouse that accentuated her lithe body. She applied a light lip balm, and tied her hair in a messy bun. She was ready in less than an hour, and to her surprise, Niiya came early to pick her up.

When he saw her coming out, he let out a soft whistle. Unstrapping himself from his seat, he jumped out to open the door for her. They drove to the town's only elite restaurant where he had made reservations.

When she entered the restaurant, to her surprise, she saw Dmitri and Keisha sitting together at a table, directly across from Okashi and Nate!

She bit her lower lip as she could feel that this would end badly. Although her face showed dissatisfaction, her inner wolf loved it; it was pushing her in his direction.

Niiya on the other hand, had a sour taste in his mouth. From where had these two come from? He wanted to scold Okashi for being such an idiot so as to invite Keisha and Dmitri.

Okashi waved at them and gestured them to join the group. Niiya gritted his teeth. He held Adrianna's hand, and walked over to them. Niiya sat diagonally opposite to all of them, and Adrianna sat as far away from Dmitri as possible.

There was an awkward silence which was broken by Okashi.

"What will you all have? Let us order some dinner, and then we can comfortably chat with each other?

"