Don't Leave Me, Mate (by AlisTae)

Jan spent the entire day riding the bike with their friends. I did not bother his father about getting his bike back. Paul had an old bike that he gave lan.

When lan considered returning to the pack house, Ronald offered him and the others a ride to his nearby farmhouse.

Jan did not think much, and he agreed with him.

But when he arrived at the house and walked inside, he was surprised.

His friends planned a party for him. The beginning hour of his birthday was still a few hours away. They told him

to enjoy the night and then cut the cake in the middle of the night that they had prepared for him.

At that moment, fan's gaze landed on the hottest girl in the party. For him, it was none other than Ava.

However, for some reason, he felt she was more beautiful than hot.

Her dress covered her upper body, leaving her legs exposed. They looked fair and smooth. Her thighs brushed against one another as she moved closer to the bar.

lan swallowed as he nearly lost control of his mind. He was having wild thoughts about her.

That dress was scornful to his eyes because he could see every curve of her body.

When she turned around, a few boys were staring at her back.

lan clenched his fists while looking at them. His friends' eyes were on him.

"What's wrong?" Stephen asked.

lan looked away from the boys and shifted his gaze at Stephen.

"Nothing."

Roland glanced at Ava and asked lan,

"Are you bothered by someone's presence?"

lan shook his head before murmuring, "Tonight, some people will die at my hands."

His friends were stunned. However, when they looked in the direction where lan was looking again, they understood what he was talking about.

Stephen found lan's angry reaction amusing. He motioned toward the couches. They all sat down there together.

"My sister is hot. What can other boys do? It's not like we never look at other girls."

Today, Stephen had an open conversation with lan about Ava. So everything between them was now totally okay. They were really close friends, and nothing could shake their friendship.

lan knew Stephen was correct when he mentioned other girls. But, why couldn't lan's heart accept it?

His eyes were bristling with jealousy. He did not like how other boys were staring at Ava.

Many girls came to lan. They even prepared gifts for him, which Ronald instructed them to place on the large table near the dining room.

Some of the girls wore revealing clothes to impress lan. Little did they know, lan Dawson had changed. He was no

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longer attracted to the allering bodies. Someone else now owned his heart. Everyone started to drink. A few girls joined them on the couch.

A girl wearing shorts and revealing tops approached lan and sat next to him before he could refuse her.

"Hi, lan. What's up?"

The girl reached over his t-shirt and put her hand on his abs. Jan was about to push the girl away, but his eyes fell on Luke entering the house.

He saw Luke directly go to Ava. They smiled warmly at one another and then hugged.

lan's grip tightened around the glass he was holding. But he was conscious not to break it.

"If you keep staring at her like that, then there is no reason for this party. Just enjoy it, Jan. Go and talk to her, or just leave her and feel the night," Ronald said to lan in their mind link.

lan did not respond, as he was watching how Luke was holding Ava's waist. He did not like the way Ava looked so comfortable around Luke.

Why was she not pushing that boy away from her, as she had done every time he tried to get too close?

He felt the girl next to her grabbing his hand and placing it on her thigh. He looked down at his hand and noticed her moving it to her upper thigh.

She almost brought his hand inside her shorts, but he yanked it away.

"Leave," he murmured, turning away from the girl.

His eyes drew on Ava again, but his heart started to beat faster when he noticed her looking at him.

She took a quick glance at the girl and then at him. Luke said something to her, and she looked away from him.

'Did that bastard try to portray me wrong to her?' he thought in his mind.

He was certain Ava misunderstood his intention. She might be thinking that he was with this girl.

Luke took her and her friends somewhere far from his sight. He felt insecure on the inside.

"Ian, did I make you mad?" the girls whispered in his ear.

lan looked at the girl and replied,

"Yeah, I am mad. Do you want to break my anger?"

The girl responded by nodding her head.

lan looked in the direction that Ava had gone and said,

"Go find Ava, and then bring her here."

The girl was shocked. She got up from the couch. She recalled what happened in

the cafeteria a few days ago.

She had only one question in her mind. Was lan pursuing Ava?

The girl did not want to pass up the opportunity to be with lan, even if it was only

for a minute: So she dashed to her friends and asked them to gather some people.

As lan was drinking while talking with his friends, that girl came back with Ava and her friends. Luke was also

with them.

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Some familiar faces from fie university approached them as well.

"Why are all of you gathered here as though we are going to play a game?" Ronald asked.

With a nod of her head, the girl replied,noveldrama

"Why don't we spin the bottle?"

Stephen shook his head. "No way. I don't want anything like the last time."

lan glanced at Ava, who was standing next to Luke, then he turned to Stephen.

"Last time I missed the game. It's my birthday party. So I think we should play. How about we drop the dare and just ask the truth?"

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