Chapter 137

Ava's POV: I couldn't help but grin as I sprinted to the bathroom, because the fact that he was so cute meant that he was successfully breaking through my inner walls that I'd endured for years with virtually no ease. I didn't quite know what to make of it, but I knew I could and would be very happy if I let him in, and I slowly did, but I knew I needed time. When he stood up for me, when my pathetic parents were in the kitchen when I arrived, I couldn't help but listen to him. I was moved, and even when I was blind with anger because he'd the bastards in his house, I couldn't help but soften my gaze when I looked at him. I knew I might've overreacted with my comment, but what I'd said was nothing less than true, because I'd ripped open a number of throats in my past for being a rouge, and just because I was mated to an alpha didn't change that fact. I couldn't believe that I'd been on the verge of blabbing when I caught the familiar scent of the two of them sitting at the table, as if