Chapter 55: Sixteen and In love

Alpha Ian’s POV

“What the fuck, Ian?” Denise exclaimed, fixing me with a shocked look.

In fact, everyone in the Study was staring at me as though I’d grown two heads. What I’d revealed was indeed shocking, given that when Dominic had suggested Ezekiel had a crush I had acted as though I was none the wiser, as though nothing remotely romantic never happened between us.

That wasn’t the truth. Goddess, that was far from the truth. I didn’t know why my first instinct had been pretending and then blatantly lying and omitting. Maybe it was the shame. It had to be.

If I admitted to knowing about Ezekiel’s true feelings, I had to acknowledge mine, something I never truly did, especially after the catastrophic way my stay at the penthouse had ended. All I did was suppress those memories and pretended those feelings never existed, pretended as though everything hadn’t changed between Ezekiel and I starting from the first night I stepped foot in that penthouse.

But maybe it was high time I let i