Chapter 5 - Please Just Let Me GoLENAI shoved him away the instant the door flew open behind me, stumbling back in a rush of shame. My skin burned hot, like fire under my uniform. My cheeks felt like they were glowing, and I couldn’t bring myself to look up. I bowed my head low, as if the floor could swallow me whole and hide me from the mess I’d walked into.I pressed a hand over my face, wishing I could vanish. Why had this happened? Why had I ended up like that, so close to him? Now they’d all see me as some cheap girl, throwing herself at the first man who looked her way. They wouldn’t care that I was terrified, that I hadn’t meant any of it, that he’d pulled me in with his whispers and his presence. No, they’d just judge.I stayed quiet, head down, my breaths coming short and shaky. The air in the room felt thick, pressing on me.“I was just about done getting ready,” the man I’d thought was the Alpha said, his voice deep and casual, like nothing had happened. “Why didn’t you
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