CHAPTER 50

AVA:

The riverside provided enough oxygen for me to suck in.

I had run there because it was my usual place to go to when I was greatly distressed.

I sat on a rock and I cried and cried. I didn't understand why I was crying all right, but the betrayal was too heavy for tears not to fall.

"I don't like seeing you like this." A particular voice permeated my senses and I was forced to look up.

Alpha Leo was looking down at my miserable state.

"I'm okay," I said and wiped the tears from my eyes. I didn't need anyone to tell me that Alpha Leo was here to console me but for once, I didn't want anyone consoling me.

I wanted to cry till I was tired of crying and I didn't want to be vulnerable in front of anyone, not Leo. So, tomorrow, I could be able to cry without his shoulders.

At this point, I didn't care if it was Leo who had helped me so much. I couldn't afford to be this way in front of the same gender as the person who had hurt me.

As though he knew I didn't want anyone touching me, he