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Chapter 23

Author: ambivertgirl
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Alexei

As we pull into the driveway, I catch her looking out the window. Her face is calm, but her eyes are moving like she's soaking it all in. She doesn’t ask where we are, not even a whisper. She trusts me, or at least she’s trying to.

Normally, the distance from the packhouse to my place can easily be covered on foot, but since Irene's stuff is in the car, I took the car.

I cut the engine and glance her way. “Normally, I stay at the packhouse,” I tell her, keeping my voice easy. “But since you’re with me now, I figured you might want a place that’s a little more... I don’t know, peaceful. A place you can have to yourself.”

She turns toward me, blinking like she’s not sure how to take that. “Thanks,” she says quietly. “But I don’t wanna be a bother. I can stay wherever you want me to. I am okay with anything.”

I shake my head and reach out, laying my hand over hers. “Irene, you’re not a bother. You’re my responsibility now. It is my duty to take care of you.”

She doesn’t pull away.
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What do you think has made Irene suddenly so withdrawn?

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Mz Melanin_Queen
I feel she's just overwhelmed
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Louise Ihimaera
I think Alexei needs to make the full commitment and reject the material bond with his so called mate ... this union with Irene is built on.a lie ...after all.the truth that is between Sophia and Mikhail and Jake and Anastasia ....this approach of Alexei is based on false belief system of mate bond
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Selma Cole
I think it’s because he said she was his responsibility now, like she was a burden to him. He doesn’t think that what he said was anything for her to take exception to, but she is very vulnerable at the moment and would have taken it the wrong way
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