The Alpha’s Obsession with the Rejected Mate
He exaggerates it with sweeping hand gestures, and I find myself chuckling deeply.
Aspyn leans in right beside me, her eyes sparking with amusement.
"You tell the tale better than my father ever did," he says to Elias, and the old man's face lights up.
Later, she shares a light story of her own about a clumsy kitchen incident from her early youth. She has a gift of story telling, one I didn't realize until now.
The way she tells the story makes me laugh so hard that I throw my head back slightly.
She glances at me then, a pleased flush touching her cheeks, and our eyes meet for a lingering second.