Chapter Eighteen: Is He Mine
Racheal’s POV
The next week brought a shift in the weather and a shift in the way Alexander looked at me. The air in the hallways of the Polytechnic felt charged, like the moments right before a lightning strike. I thought the field trip had finally put an end to his questions, but I was wrong. The new plot twist started on a quiet Thursday afternoon when I was called into the Dean's office for what I thought was a routine budget meeting. Instead, I found a man I didn't recognize sitting in the leather chair across from the Dean’s desk. He was older, wearing a sharp grey suit, and he had a silver briefcase resting on his knees.
"Rachael, this is Mr. Sterling," the Dean said, looking very uncomfortable. "He is the head of the Knights family private estate. He
