Mated to Two Bad Boy Alphas (Lia zane Blake) novel Chapter 263

Chapter 263 – Hiding

–LIA’S POV–

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“What was he thinking?” Christy snapped, slamming her bag on the cafeteria table. “He barely even taught us any of that.”

Sheila laughed, “How would you know if he did? When did we attend classes this year?”

“I did,” Christy retorted. “More than you guys at least.”

“Sure,” Warner chuckled. “I bet you were staring at Nathan the

whole time.”

Nathan smiled, pulling her closer by the waist.

“I studied, alright?” Christy grumbled. “Unlike you guys. But I still couldn’t solve half of it.”

“I bet our nerd here knew it all,” Ajax commented, and everyone turned to me.

“Oh yeah, how was your exam, Lia? You’ve been awfully quiet,” Aaron said.

“She probably doesn’t wanna hurt our feelings,” Sheila teased. “She’s gonna score full, I’m sure.”

Zane pulled my chair closer to his, putting an arm around me.

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“She is a genius, after all.”

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I smiled, lowering my gaze. “It’s not like that, guys. We’re all in the same boat. This year has been so crazy, I had literally no time to study.”

Ajax scoffed. “She’s doing that thing where smart people say, ‘I’m so gonna fail!‘ and then win medals and prizes.”

“Yeah, yep,” the others agreed in unison.

I laughed. “I’m not, I swear. I’m telling the truth.”

“Time will tell,” Warner said, narrowing his eyes at me.

I smiled at him, matching his expression.

His phone rang then, breaking off our staring contest. He glanced at the screen and his eyes lit up.

My stomach twisted the moment he picked up the call.

Sapphire.

It had to be Sapphire.

She would probably tell him that I called her multiple times.

I completely forgot about that.

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“Lia?” Warner frowned, talking on the phone. “You called Sapphire?”

“When?” I muttered, feigning ignorance.

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“When?” Warner repeated to her. Then he glanced at me again. “She’s saying half an hour—no, Saph, I don’t think so. We had an exam, our cellphones were in our bags. Lia couldn’t have called you.”

My throat went dry.

I quickly forced a smile, taking discreet breaths to calm my racing heart.

Zane’s hold on me tightened a little.

He knew.

He knew something was up.

“Twice?” Warner said. “Lia, she’s saying you called her twice.”

“I didn’t,” I muttered, checking my phone. “Oh,” I said. “That’s weird. Turns out I did.”

Everyone’s eyes shifted to me, their gazes questioning.

I smiled, looking around at them. “I have no idea how.”

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“You don’t?” Zane asked, his tone soft.

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I shook my head, blinking at him. “I don’t, Zane. Maybe my phone’s acting up.”

He stared at me silently for a moment, then nodded. “Yeah. Probably.”

No one said anything after. Warner stood up and walked off, still on the call with her.

I swallowed, shifting my focus to the sandwich in front of me.

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–ZANE’S POV–

She was clearly hiding something.

But I didn’t understand why. Or what.

I hadn’t left her side since we bonded. She was fine then. She was normal.

So what changed during the exam?

I knew she was lying about Sapphire. She had called her.

Her heartbeat gave it away. The way she lowered her eyes. The way she avoided looking at me, because she knew I could read

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her face.

But then why didn’t I see her do it?

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