I was completely taken aback by his apology. There was no way for me to know whether it was a genuine apology or a deliberate attempt to make me feel even more humiliated.
I turned to him and asked,
“For what?”
When he was about to say something, he briefly parted his lips, but then, as if something were preventing him from doing so, he pursed them together tightly.
My eyes scrutinized him.
He wore black jeans and a half–sleeved white t–shirt. His muscles were bulging in the arm area. His tattoos were something that drew anyone’s attention. The white t–shirt really made the tattoos look easy to observe.
My eyes shifted back to his face. His thick brows and sharp jawline kept moving as if he were trying to find words.
“I had a conversation with Stephen,” he said, avoiding eye contact with me.
“About what?” I asked in confusion.
I was not delighted to talk to him. I had not forgotten what he told me that night and how he behaved with me.
He looked at me and replied,
“Look, I misunderstood everything, the whole situation. I thought you and Stephen…”
He paused and then mumbled, “wedding..”
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“It’s okay.”
That was the only thing I said to him, and I turned away from him.
He was shocked by my reply. He might have thought that I would argue with him.
In truth, there was no point in arguing with this man. I had learned what he thought about me. His words were enough to show me my place in his eyes.
At first, he rejected me because I was a nerd, and he was embarrassed about me being his mate. I tried
Later, when to dress up, he thought I was trying to get his attention, so he disgraced me.
It looked like he had problems with every single thing. Perhaps someday he would have problems with my breathing too.
‘If I have a little bit of self–respect, I will avoid him from now on,‘ I told myself and started to walk away him.
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“Don’t you have anything to say?”
I heard Ian’s loud voice from behind. But I did not stop my steps.
Everyone in the library turned their heads toward him. They appeared to be frightened, seeing him at the library. It looked like he did not usually come to the library.
Why would he?
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“Hey!”
He came over to stand in front of me. I raised my head to look at him.
“Yes?” I asked, pretending that I did not hear him earlier.
“Don’t you have anything to say?” (1)
“About what?”
“That night…” he paused for a moment and looked away from me, then continued,
“I should not have said those silly things to you.”
“Silly things?” I asked.
He turned his head to face me again and said,
“They were senseless things. I was not in the right mind, okay? I was mad for some reason. But since I got to know that you and Stephen:.. Well, you are getting me, right?”
I shook my head. “No, I’m not getting anything, Ian. I don’t want to know anything either.”
After saying that, I wanted to walk past him. But he had something else on his mind.
When I felt his hand grab around my wrist, I gasped.
Everyone, including the librarian, was looking at us.
Ian turned his head in their direction and glared at them.
“Do what you all were doing. Don’t make me mad.”
His voice was clear. It echoed throughout the whole library.
Everyone turned their heads back to their books. The librarian was a middle–aged lady. I felt bad for her. She felt so scared by Ian’s words that she bowed her head and went to walk around on the other side. He had instilled a sense of fear in everyone’s minds. It was all because of his upcoming Alpha position.
“What is wrong with you?” I asked him with a whisper that only he could hear clearly.
I tried to pull my hand away, but he started to drag me somewhere.
“Leave my hand.” 1
He took me to a corner and pressed me against a bookshelf, then stepped closer to me.
My eyes widened when I saw how close he was standing.
“W–What are you doing?”
He lowered his head to my level and said,
“I don’t like others‘ disturbances when I talk with someone. So I brought you here.”
I glanced around and saw there was no one in the corner. I gulped when I felt his breath on my face.
“S–Stop bothering me. I thought we were clear that night,” I mumbled and lowered my head.
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This closeness was not good for me. I closed my eyes when felt my wolf begin to react.
What would I do? I wanted my wolf to come back to me soon. But she only reacted when she was close to lan.
Why?
“I didn’t want to bother you either. I came here to say sorry. But it doesn’t look like you take my apology seriously.”
I was getting angry at my situation. His words did not help me with it.
I lifted my gaze and frowned at him. I placed my hand on his chest, which stunned him.
He lowered his head to look at my hand.
Before he could understand anything, I pushed him, which caused him to step back
“You said sorry; you are done. It’s up to me to take it or leave it.”
Ian’s calm expression began to change with my cold tone.
“I told you that it’s all a misunderstanding. I thought you and Steph-”
“Even if something had happened between me and Stephen and your thoughts were right, then what was wrong with it? Why can’t I move on?”
Ian was taken aback by my sudden outbursts.
I gathered up all of my courage and looked directly into his eyes, then said,
“I don’t care what you think about me, Ian Dawson.”
