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CHAPTER 025

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Aveline

I watched as Draven's mother walked past me slowly. A file was in her hand, and she shot me a deadly glance, but I just tightened my jaw.

"You have been absent," she took her seat on the brown couch. "I don't need you to tell me anything apart from the main reason."

My hands were folded across my chest. "Is that what we are supposed to be discussing right now?"

Her thumb and index were under her chin and she stroked her beardless chin before scoffing loudly. "You can tell me what we are supposed to be discussing.

I heard Draven stifling a chuckle, he controlled himself from bursting it out. "We can't discuss anything with her. I mean, she's not even in the top place, so I don't think there's a reason to discuss important issues with her."

His mother smiled and flushed her hair above her shoulder and it went behind her. "Things that are not relevant will be discussed with you, Aveline Nova."

For a split second, I shared a look with Draven and he seemed to enjoy watching me
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