NovelEnglishChapter 140: Stales Lost His Memory?
"Don’t tellyou slept in Hiro’s room?" Stales asked, his eyes wide with disbelief. They were already
dressed, ready for the combined class of racing and long jump, though none of them were sure it would even
hold.
"Nothing happened, Stales," Angela rolled her eyes, regretting the words the moment they left her mouth. Now
he would never let it go. She knew he would keep teasing her. It would not have been wrong if something
happened between her and Hiro since he was her mate, but nothing did, and Stales would never accept that. "I
slept on the bed, he used the couch."
"Really?" Stales laughed so hard that his voice echoed across the room. "Can you believe this, Alex? She wants
us to buy that story."
Alex didn’t respond. He seemed far away, lost in thoughts that weighed him down. Angela had noticed since
morning that something wasn’t right with him. She asked, but all he ever said was that nothing was wrong. She
knew he was lying.
"Are you okay?" she asked softly, placing her hand on his arm. He startled as if she had woken him from a
dream. "I'm sorry, | didn’t mean to scare you."
"Are you alright, buddy?" Stales stepped closer, worry written on his face. "You've been like this all morning."
"I'm fine, you don’t have to worry." Alex tried to smile, but it didn’t reach his eyes. Still, it was better than
nothing. "So tell me, have you chosen your race partner?"
"Yes, | have. You and Angela are on my team," Stales replied. He turned, scanning the group to see who else he
might want to add. With Alex by his side, many would fight for a spot, but he wanted to be careful with his last
choice.
That was when his eyes landed on Xavier, standing quietly in the corner with his arms wrapped around himself.
Stales frowned, wondering what had happened to him or if he had still not recovered from what took place.
"Why don’t we add him?" Stales pointed in Xavier's direction. Angela and Alex both followed his gaze, their
surprise clear.
"No way," Alex said at once, his voice sharp with rejection. "We don’t need a bully in our midst."
"He's been quiet for days now. Maybe he has changed," Angela replied, though even she wasn’t sure why she
was defending him.
"I think you did something to him," Stales teased. "Maybe he’s scared of you. Let's go ask him."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I did nothing except a little threatening," Angela shrugged, refusing to carry the blfor Xavier's strange
behavior.
"If you're so sure, then let's call him over and see," Stales said, and before she could stop him, he waved at
Xavier. "Though honestly, | doubt he’ll come."
"You know that, yet you're still doing it?" Alex shook his head, watching Xavier closely. His former seat mate
would normally have glared at them or even growled by now. But instead, Xavier actually started walking
towards them, and the whole room fell into silence. "W-wait, what is going on?"
"He's really coming," Angela whispered, her heart pounding faster with every step Xavier took. She couldn't
believe it. By the the reached them, her chest was so tight she could hardly breathe. Xavier kept his head
down, his eyes avoiding hers, as though even looking at her was too heavy to bear.
"Are you alright, Xavier?" Stales asked, his eyes shifting from him to his friends, worried by the silence. Xavier
only gave a small nod, and Stales went on. "You don’t have to be so tense. Angel didn’t mean it in that way, isn’t
that right?" He glanced at Angela, and she nodded quickly.
"Who is Angel?" Xavier asked, his brows drawn tight as he finally looked up. His voice carried confusion, not
anger. The question stunned them. For a moment, none of them spoke, thinking he was pretending.
"Are you serious?" Angela asked, blinking as though she had not heard him right.
"Don’t play games," Alex said, his voice calm but firm as he stepped closer, resting a hand on Xavier's shoulder.
He could feel the boy’s heart racing beneath his touch. "We are sorry for the way we treated you, even though
you brought sof it on yourself. What happened the other day was a mistake."
"What day?" Xavier asked again, his eyes filled with honest confusion.
"The day you threatened Angel with a knife," Stales reminded him, his tone sharp.
Xavier shook his head slowly. "I honestly don’t remember anything like that. Maybe it wasn’t me. Please, just let
Stales studied his eyes carefully. There was no mockery there, no arrogance, only raw sincerity. If he hadn't been
the one to stab Xavier that day, he would have sworn Xavier was telling the truth. His stomach twisted.
Something wasn’t right.
"I think he lost his memory," Alex said at last, pulling his hand back. Xavier stepped away at once, eager to
escape, and walked off without another word. "He's still scared of us, but he doesn’t even know why."
"What could have happened to him?" Angela asked as she rubbed the side of her neck. A knot of guilt sat in her
chest even though she didn’t want them to put the blon her. She had done nothing except exchange a few
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"Maybe you did something to him without knowing it," Stales said firmly, his eyes locked with hers. "Con,
threatenthe way you threatened him. Let's test it and see if I'll act the sway he did."
"I don’t think anything will happen," she refused, shaking her head. Even if it did, she couldn't risk having Stales
end up like Xavier. She would never forgive herself if something happened to him or anyone she cared about.
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She pulled back, a nervous smile tugging at her lips. "That's exactly what | told him," she said, relieved when
Stales stood there unharmed. Nothing happened. She exhaled shakily, ready to laugh at herself for even
believing it could—
Then she froze.
Stales’ eyes had gone glassy. He wasn’t blinking, wasn’t moving, only staring straight ahead as if he had fallen
into the sstrange trance Xavier had been in.
"Stales?" her voice cracked as she touched his arm. "Are you okay?"
Her heart jumped to her throat when he didn’t answer. Alex rushed forward, shaking him, calling his name, but
Stales didn’t move. His expression stayed fixed and empty, his gaze lost.
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