His face was flushed red from running, his expensive suit wrinkled and disheveled.Even in the depths of winter, cold air radiated from his body, but his features remained strikingly handsome.The face I'd once never tired of looking at now made my stomach turn as he held me.I frowned and pushed him away, keeping my voice low:"Dominic, get a grip. You have a new mate, a career. Stop this nonsense."Dominic was completely consumed by adrenaline, clinging to me like an octopus as he pleaded:"I won't! Grace, I don't want Sylvia, I don't want the Alpha position, and I don't want to be Alpha King! Let's elope together, go somewhere my father can't find us!"Onlookers who didn't know better assumed we were loving mates about to be separated, smiling knowingly:"Young lady, your mate clearly can't bear to lose you. Why not take him with you?""Exactly! Career is important, but so is love. Good men like this are rare these days!"Hearing this, Dominic's ears turned red as his voice dropped
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