Chapter 14

Sherry's POV:

"Sherry, I will see you after training. I hope you will have a good time with Maggie while I'm away. Feel free to ask her for anything you want." Those were his last words, which I believed.

For hours, I waited for him until Maggie asked me to sleep because it was past 11 pm.

I was so surprised that my mate would lie to me about seeing me after his training.

Why was he lying to me? Was it because of what I said?

I didn't mean to cut him off when he asked about who had blinded me. I just felt scared and insecure for some reason. After that, he sounded hurt, although he did his best to sound okay.

When I heard the sound of an opening door, I quickly sat upright on the bed.

"Damon," I called softly.

A few seconds went by before he cleared his throat.

"Why are you awake this late? It's past midnight, you know," he said in a lazy voice, then closed the door.

"I was concerned about y-"

"Funny. You know you are very funny," he said as I heard his footsteps approach m