Chapter 41
Vanya
Day 1
Officially, it was day one of our "arrangement."
As promised, Kross had started training me—Vaughn. And by “training,” I mean ordering me to move my things and sit with him in the back row of class like it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Sit here," he said, tapping the seat beside him without even looking up.
I did what I had to. If I wanted to keep this deal and control the chaos around my identity, I had to play along. Even if that meant sitting beside the guy who had kissed me senseless as Vanya and now wouldn’t even spare Vaughn a second glance unless it was to correct a flaw.
The moment I shifted my seat from the front row to the back with Kross, I could feel eyes burning into my skin. Especially Justin’s.
He blinked at me like I’d just grown h
