Chapter 124

Alisha

The evening passed in relatively peaceful silence after that, although in many ways, i tried not to think about Derek, whose eyes constantly stayed on me. I barely spoke, only focused on letting my children have a good time.

Finally the night was to end and I wearily packed up the items. Derek held the twins in his arms, and I had to admit it was a great help for me. They were already snoozing and rested all their body weights on him, and I peeked at them numerous times to be sure that they were okay.

“Thank you,” Derek said as we began walking back. The guard that had accompanied us was with us as well, keeping a small distance behind his Alpha. “For letting me stay.”

I sighed; couldn’t he see that I didn’t want to talk to him? Having him near me irritated me to the core.

I stayed silent, praying silently to the goddess that he would simply take the hint and let the rest of the minutes pass in silence.

However Derek didn’t seem to understand cues like that.

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