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DR. GRACE.His chest heaved as his smile grew wider, mirroring mine, but before he could say anything, the car behind us honked as the traffic light had already turned green.“Yes! She said yes!” He exclaimed as he looked at the car that had overtaken us, because he was just starting to drive. His window was down, and so was the other car’s, so the driver heard him. Instead of being pissed off, the driver gave him a thumbs-up smile with a wide grin on his face.I couldn’t help but giggle. “He probably thought it was a proposal that I said yes to.”“Wasn’t it?” He asked in a teasing voice before our laughter filled his car. His hold on my hand tightened before he placed it on his mouth and kissed it. The sparks that were already dancing between us grew stronger and exploded everywhere. I could get used to this. I could get used to us. Maybe I shouldn’t worry too much about the age gap between us and just let life take us where it will. Besides, if this was a glimpse of what life with
DR. GRACE.“Spend the night with me, Grace.” His voice was low, and if I were not focusing on him alone, I would not hear it. I shifted my eyes off his hand and looked at him. He was already looking at me.“That doesn’t mean we need to have sex. Just let me be around you tonight.” He added.“It will eventually lead to sex. We know how the heat works.” I told him.“I’m not with anyone, and neither are you. We are not violating anything. We can if we both consent to it, but I won’t touch you if you don’t want to. I can promise you that.”“But maybe it’s better if we try to see if it’ll work or not, right? If we are compatible in bed…” I said, a smile itching to come out on my face. He was right. I didn’t have to feel guilty if I ever ended up jumping him. “Grace… You can just stand there, and I’m sure I will still…” He paused once I felt my face burning. He must have seen my cheeks turning red. “I’m sorry. I’ll stop. I don’t want you to be uncomfortable with me.”“No, there’s nothing
GAMMA DRAKE.“Drake… I need more time.”“I’m not here to force you to decide. I just want to make sure you’re safe tonight.”“Thank you.” I didn’t reply, and I had nothing on my mind at the moment. I was struggling not to show how hard it was to sit beside her and smell her, but I couldn’t even touch or look at her. “I broke up with him.” She began talking, and I remained quiet. Because what was I supposed to say?“I told him I met you and I needed to think. We agreed to talk again after three days, but even before that, I saw him with another female.”“I’m sorry.”“You shouldn’t. It made me decide faster that being with him was a wrong decision. That I tolerated all the cheating because I thought I would never find you, or I’ll be too old for anyone to like me.”“Why would you think like that? You’re beautiful, smart… It is easy to fall in love with you.”“I also intimidate people. Maybe because I’m a doctor, or because I look like a snob.” She forced a chuckle before she continued
GAMMA DRAKE.“I’m younger than Lexi, too. Don’t forget that. But maturity is not age. It’s how we live and think. And I am 100% sure you are more mature at 18 than I was before I married Lexi. Now, if it were Dustin beside me, I would think the opposite. But it’s you, Drake. So I think the Goddess knew what she was doing when she mated you to a female six years older than you.”“She doesn’t want me. Or she should have come for me after he cheated on her.”“Unless she doesn’t want you to think you’re just a rebound.”My eyes watered as my hold on the wheel tightened. “I will take it, man. Even just a rebound. I can live with that. I would rather have that chance than throw away this bond.”“Then tell her that.” He said, and I didn’t say anything more. The last thing I wanted was to show my weakness to him.“That building. That’s her apartment. “ He said as he pointed to the one we were about to approach. He then proceeded to give me the door number. “There’s security,” I told him.“I
GAMMA DRAKE.I’d been agitated all the way to the Black Shadow Pack. It had been a full day of traveling, but I wasn’t sleepy, nor did I feel tired. In fact, my adrenaline was too high, and so was my nervousness.I had no idea what awaited me there or if I would ever get a chance to talk to Grace. I had been asking her assistant, Sharon, who was still at the Silver Moon territory, for any news about her. All that she kept telling me was that Grace was okay, but she had no more information than that. Of course, I couldn’t force her to tell me anything because the last thing I wanted was to get into her or Grace’s creepy stalker list, if I wasn’t there yet. But in all honesty, I just wanted to know ahead of time where I stood in her life.When Alpha Jace, the Alpha of her pack, showed up in our territory to visit Alpha Zach, I thought I could get something. But he was clueless about us being mates. She probably didn’t want to tell anyone at all, and this reality dampened more of what w
AMBER.I wished I had something to capture this moment, to immortalize the love and friendship that were all around this clearing. Zach was holding on to Jace and looking at Catherine, who was kneeling on the ground with the others holding on to her. They were drawing strength from each other.Zach must have noticed our presence, for he slowly lifted his head up until our gazes met.I was at a loss for words. I wanted to tell him many things, but I didn’t know what.And then I saw it. The pain. The agony. And the hopelessness.I closed my eyes and placed my hands on my chest. Even without saying anything, I already knew, and I needed time to accept it.“I’m sorry.” I heard Zach say it, and my eyes snapped open. I found all of them looking at him.“I still don’t feel anything.” He added.“We’re not giving up. We’ll keep going.” Catherine said, but her voice croaked. Prompting me to look at her. I didn’t miss the way her face flinched and how her hand was holding her stomach. Catherine