Unspoken Struggle

Taya took the orange and ate it, but she had no appetite. Her stomach felt sour when she swallowed it, and she almost threw up. Frightened that Harper would be worried, she endured it and managed to keep the bite down. Harper was probably in a pensive mood after talking to Damian and didn’t notice anything wrong with Taya. “Harper, did Damian tell you how many debts his family owes?” “Yes.” Harper nodded. After a pause, she told Taya how much money they owed. “Two hundred thousand. But he took his money to go back to his parents, not mine…” Harper was afraid that Taya would be worried about Damian taking advantage of her, so she tried to comfort her by telling her that her personal finances weren’t affected by what was going on with his family. Except, that wasn’t necessarily true. Harper paid for the mortgage of the house Damian had bought in his pack’s Arcadia neighborhood, but now that they were mated, Damian didn’t let her control any money. She’d heard of males becoming more cont