Chapter 10
Waylon paused as he tucked in my blanket, then looked at me gently. “I thought I had made it very obvious. Seraphina, you’re so smart, so how could you not see that I like you?”
I froze, surprised that he would say it so bluntly. Honestly, I had suspected that he might like me, but I hadn’t dared to believe it.
“What do you even like about me? I’m a divorced woman without a wolf,” I said.
Meanwhile, he was the Alpha of the Nocterra pack–the gap between us was so vast.
I didn’t say that part aloud, but I believed he understood it anyway.
Waylon didn’t answer me. Instead, he asked, “Do you still like Jackson?”
Stunned, I retorted, “What?”
“Do you still like him?”
“How could you think that? If I still liked him, I wouldn’t have broken our mate bond.”
I
“Good.” He exhaled deeply. “Th still have
a
chance.”
I didn’t know how to respond, and under his tender gaze, my face gradually flushed red with heat.
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However, having just gone through a failed relationship, it was truly hard to open my heart again and accept him. All I could do was pretend nothing had happened
Yet after Waylon confessed his feelings, it was as if he had thrown away all hesitatio
affection for me.
and of openly expressing
his
Whenever he went on a business trip, he would bring me small gifts; when he was at work, he would make sure we had
meals together.
