The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 12

"Hey Magnus, where are you off to?"

"Taking Claire home. She lives near the school."

"I'm about to drive past the school. I can drop Claire home if you like?"

"Oh, could you?" I say, a little too excited, to Claire's dismay.

"Sure,"

"Great!" I take Claire's hand and help her in the car and shut the door before she can kiss me on the cheek goodbye," I had never been so happy to see the back of Seth's car driving away into the distance. I run back inside, and halfway up the staircase, I'm stopped by Josie storming angrily towards me.

"What is wrong with you? You said you wanted to make things right with Nina. Minutes later, you are making out with Claire!"

"Look, it wasn't what it looked like, I swear."

Josie laughs. 'Are you serious? It wasn't what it looked like?"

"Yes, Claire gave me shirts to try on for the stupid party. As soon as I took my shirt off, she climbed onto me and kissed me as you walked in. I swear I didn't know she was going to do that. She caught me off guard."

Josie takes a moment, calming herself down.

"You need to fix this, Magnus. You need to make things right with Nina, and after what just conspired between you and Claire. Well, let's just say it's going to take more than grovelling and apologies to fix this,"

"I know Josie, I'm going to see Nina now," I say and walk around her, continuing up the stairs.

"Nina?" I say gently, knocking on her door. 'Nina?"

The door opens abruptly. Nina holds the door open with one hand, and her other hand is on her hip. Her face shows no emotion.

"What do you want, Magnus?" she says, sending a hot shiver down my spine, saying my name.

"I wanted to come to apologise to you?"

"For what exactly?"

"For what you just saw between Claire and me."