Derek’s P.O.V.
“Wow, that sounds intense.” Amber sighed, shaking her head as if she still couldn’t believe what she had just heard. We had just told my family about what Alpha Archer had found out about Jessica’s father, and right now we were sitting around the dining room table for lunch, all eyes focused on the two of us. Jessica just nodded as she took a bite out of her steak and started to chew, and I figured that somehow, she had put up a wall around herself in order to protect herself and her feelings, to make sure that she wouldn’t crack under pressure right now in front of my whole family. And I was just sitting next to her, waiting for the wall to start crumbling. And for some weird reason, I hoped that it would happen soon. I didn’t want my woman to stay strong because she didn’
