Chapter 47

Arielle’s POV:

Why had he done that? Why had he done that to me?

I made sure to lock my office door, and I barely made it to my chair behind my desk before I slumped down on it, and wrapped my hands around my body. He had scared me.

Richard had truly gone and scared me, the same way that Leon had acted when he wouldn’t get his way in the Rogue hideout. Except that, I had expected this from Leon, in a way. But not from Richard, who had protected me and comforted me. Not from Richard, Alpha Richard who I liked very much - who I just realized only the previous day that I liked a lot more than I thought I did.

The very same Alpha had comforted me and listened without any judgements attitude about my history with Leon.

And now, he had done almost the same thing.

I closed my eyes only briefly, feeling the memory replay in my head, of both experiences. I could not rid myself of that feeling of fear in my body as I replayed the moment when Richard pushed me against the wall the same way that