Chapter 11

And there I was, sitting on a single couch, reading a book while enjoying a hot chocolate far from my bastard Mate. I can't even remember the last time I did that. I think it was before the tragedy happened.

It had been a few days since I arrived at the mansion, and Alpha Jared had been very kind. He allowed me to do anything, letting me roam at will throughout the mansion. I wouldn't say anything about living in Ace's mansion. Trust me, I felt more alive here.

Lowering the book slightly, I could see the door to Alpha Jared's workroom, which was not closed tightly. He was sitting there behind his desk. Working on something with some papers, his expression was solemn. The man looked mature. No... not old, mature. As I looked at his face, I felt something hard to describe. His deep eyes seemed to change. Sometimes, they were calm and soothing, but other times, they seemed cold and dangerous. That contradiction was precisely the attraction. Many girls would scream for him, for sure.

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