Chapter 37. An Unexpected Order

Aurora’s POV

Something had happened today…something that I wasn’t even aware of.

Because…why would he suddenly leave like his tail was on fire if there wasn’t something urgent on his mind? Maybe there was an emergency? Or maybe he had spotted someone outside that window who was his friend? Or maybe that person was a troublemaker he wanted to keep me away from?

As soon as that thought entered my head, I shook it to clear my mind off of such rubbish thoughts. Caleb? Keeping me away from troublemakers? The thought was so incredulous that I wanted to laugh. Yeah, he might have come here to try and apologize and make amends, but that didn’t mean he was suddenly my knight in shining armor.

But then I remembered Mr. Hemmingway and paused in my thoughts. Caleb had helped me that day…but it was mostly because of Caroline, wasn’t it?

Most probably, he thought of me as a charity case to get into some kind of brownie points. Maybe he was doing all this becau