“Can we please move on and forget about the past?” Alpha Logan’s voice was deep, authoritative, but it carried something else too something broken, desperate.
Maya sat across from him, her fingers twisting the fabric of her gown, her chest rising and falling like she was holding back a scream. She wanted to claw him for even suggesting forgetting what they’d been through, but her heart betrayed her. Her love for him was a curse, binding her no matter how many times she bled for it.
Finally, she sighed, her lips parting. “I believe you.” Her voice cracked, but she forced herself to hold his gaze. “I believe everything you’ve said. I believe you love me. I believe you won’t cheat on me.”
The words left her tongue bitter, yet she pushed them out. She wanted to believe. She had to.
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