Chapter 21

Astrid's POV When I woke up, I was alone on the bed on top of my bedsheets that didn't smell like Alpha Jaxon. He'd only had sex with me then he left me to be on his way. I didn't want to feel bad about it so I just pushed the thought away from my head as I struggled to enter the bathroom to really shower. The shower had already cleaned up but I could still perceive the faint scent of our copulation. I had a warm soak in my bathtub all the while thinking about how Alpha Jaxon had been so cold towards me. Before I realized what I was doing, I was crying again. I found myself wishing that he would forgive me so that we could go back to how we were in the past. It was crazy that I was thinking like this. He had already clarified that the only relationship we could ever have would be that of a surrogate and the Alpha who owned her. Despite hearing all this, I still missed him like crazy so much that my heart ached. It was when I began to put on my clothes that I perceived the scent. The sc