Hundred and Thirty Five

STEVE'S POV

I have my sole reason as to why I had been ignoring her since day one. I knew Micheal like the back of my hand and the reason why he still had me by his side was the fact that I was skilled and experienced and that was only able to happen because I had no mate to distract me but the moment he realized I have one, he will either try to get her out of the picture or get us all out of it. Women, as he would always say "are not worth our loyalty"

So I figured out that for her own sake and mine, it would be better if I just acted like she wasn't there. It hurt, more than I could comprehend sometimes but each time I felt the pain taking over me, urging me to get close to her, I reminded myself right away what could be done to her if he found out and that alone, was enough to motivate me to stay away.

The first time I saw her, I was well..astonishingly surprised and even though I had no intention of speaking to her from the beginning, it takes so much willpower to do so. And if