Chapter 48

"Where did you go wrong last time?" sigma Jane asked me as she tapped her long sharp fingernails on the handrest. Her gaze was boring holes into me.

I didn't want to look at her for fear of getting swallowed or melted to ashes. She was absolutely furious. The last time I asked for advice, I simply didn't take it and messed up the Sierra thing.

"I kept my personal details to myself," I said and she nodded once slowly.

"So in all your alphaness you expected her to trust you when you didn't even trust her with simple honesty," she said and it hit hard because I couldn't look at it any other way.

It was a lie. A firm relationship couldn't be built on smoke and mirrors. I couldn't even show her my scar. I had to hide my whole past and shadow it behind imaginary happiness in front of her.

I met eyes with jane and ran my fingers through my hair. I clenched my jaw and unclenched it then I let out a sharp breath. "I know it's foolish of me to ask for so much from her in return for nothing