Ava froze in her state. Her heart was not racing for her happiness, but she was scared.
She was afraid of what had happened to her in the past.
Just thinking about a relationship, she remembered how her last relationship ended up.
She turned around and looked at Dane.
“D–Dane.”
His face was closer to hers. He stared at her, waiting for her response.
But when he noticed her hesitation, he moved a step back and said,
“Is it no? Because I can clearly see the hesitation. Can’t I reach the level you wanted me to?”
She immediately shook her head.
“It’s not like that.”
“Then?”
He asked, looking at her carefully.
Ava could feel his impatience. She had been seeing him trying to change himself for her. He once told her that he wanted to be a better man and asked if she would like to help him to become one. From then on, they started to get closer and came to this
point.
“I–I need some time.”
Her voice shook, afraid that she would hurt him.
But his face calmed down as he grinned at her.
“I am happy. The answer is not no. I can wait for your answer. You can take your time.”
Ava felt relieved that he did not mind.
If he had asked her about it a few days ago, she would have happily accepted him, but right now, she was mentally depressed by her past. She wanted to get rid of all those past memories first before getting into a new relationship.
She had not told him about her past yet. She believed if she took some time, she would be ready to be with him entirely.
He moved away from her and said,
“Stay here tonight.”
She looked at him with shocked eyes. “H–Here?”
“Why? Do you think I will lose my control?”
She looked away and mumbled,
“Your driver can drop me at my house.”
He turned around and started to walk away.
“It’s very late. You can choose any of the guest rooms and stay here tonight. I won’t come, I promise.”
She stared at his back until he stopped and turned to her.
“Good night,” he said with a smile.
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She blushed and averted her gaze away, “Good night.”
Everything had now changed between them. Because he had asked her to be with him.
He wanted to tell him about her encounter with fan. But she was afraid that he would get mad. He would get into a fight with lan, and it would cause great chaos to the whole pack. 2
So she chose to refrain herself from–telling him.
For Ava, the night went by as she twisted on the bed from left to right.
She did not know why, but she could sleep the whole night. Because every time she wanted to sleep, a pair of furious eyes started to hunt her.
Ava glanced at the window and noticed the sunlight coming through the open blinds.
She freshened up and left the guest room.
She went to the living room and found the maids had returned to work.
The maids looked stunned, not because she was there but to see the clothes she was wearing
She scratched her head and greeted an old maid.
The maid chuckled and told her to have breakfast.
She was about to ask the maid if Dane had woken up. But before that, the front door opened. She turned to see who had come to
the house.
She saw it was Freya.
Freya was a very gorgeous young woman who liked to wear designer clothes all the time with perfect makeup. She was a model; it suited her.
Freya’s steps paused when she noticed Ava. Her eyes moved to Ava’s clothes, and she frowned at her.
“Miss Taylor, why are you here?”
Ava felt that she had no answer to that question.
“Why can’t she be here?”
Dane’s voice came from the other side.
Both Ava and Freya turned to look at him.
He made his way into the living room. Rushing to him, Freya gave him a hug.
“Good morning, Dane.”
After glancing at them, Ava turned her head away. She was used to it.
Freya had been with Dane for a very long time. She was the former beta’s daughter. When Freya’s father was on the edge of death, he handed her to Dane to look after her.
Dane always took care of her and lived his own life. Once Freya asked him to be his boyfriend, he agreed with her, and they became a couple. But after three and a half years, they broke up.
Ava once asked him the reason behind their breakup. Dane replied that Freya was out of love, so he did not want to cage with
him.
When Ava heard Dane, she turned around and headed for the door.
“Where are you leaving? Will you not wish me good morning? Or did you not like that last night?”
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Ava froze in her steps. She slowly turned around and looked at him
He raised a brow, giving her a very serious look.
Though his words sounded something else, she understood that he was talking about the proposal.
“I liked it,” she replied with a smile.
He grinned at her and said,
“Morning.”
Freya appeared to be shocked by Dane’s words. She looked at Dane then moved her gaze to Ava.
“Wait a minute. What’s going on? Are you both talking about some projects or what?”
Dane nodded his head and replied,
“A very personal project.”
Ava flushed red. Freya noticed it and turned back to Dane. She smirked and spoke while glancing at Ava.
“I see you still have my hickey, Dane.”
Dane gazed at her and replied,
“Miss Harrison, you should control yourself when you are drunk. Not everyone is Alpha Dane who will send a woman home without taking advantage of her drunken state.”
Like that, Dane made Ava realize that he was not lying to her.
Freya rolled her eyes and went to sit on the couch.
“I have some papers. I need your sign. I am going out of the pack.”
Dane ignored her and approached Ava.
“Have breakfast with me.”
She shook her head with a small smile.
“Please let me go home right now. Another day, okay?”
He sighed and said okay. He said his driver would send her home.
“Not your private car,” she reminded him.
“Okay, another car,” he assured her.
Ava left the villa with a cheerful face. Dane’s driver dropped her off with another car so it would not attract attention from her neighbors.
Ava opened the door of her house and closed it with sleepy eyes.
Without looking anywhere, she began walking towards her room while rubbing her eyes. She wanted to get some sleep in her
bedroom.
“Had a great night?”
Her legs froze and her sleepy eyes cleared instantly upon hearing a cold voice.
She immediately turned around and found Ian sitting on the couch, staring at her with dark eyes.
