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2024-10-29 19:42:56“What is this? Still shying on me?” he asked in a chilly tone that made me shiver.
I was sitting at the edge of the bed of that dimly lit room staring at nowhere when he entered without a warning. It was reasonable to have him freely walk around the house. After all it was his residence, his room… his bed.
But when he started making his way to me, I moved back a little which made him stop and had his dark eyes narrowing at me.
“Can we stop this game, Loraine? You know you can’t avoid me forever, don’t you?”
I looked away. Of course, I knew that.
How could a powerless woman like myself run from my own husband, especially one that held power of an alpha?
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