CHAPTER 57 You Treated Me Like Your Friend...?

  Autumn

  He held my hand, and I saw a flicker of surprise in his eyes as my words sank in. Gently, I pushed him away, trying to come to terms with what I had just heard.

  It's fine. He doesn't have to like me romantically, I just need him to like me as his worker so that he would trust me.

  But his lie- that was what hurt the most. He had looked me in the eyes and pretended to care. I replayed the scene over and over, wondering how I could have been so blind, how I let myself fall for his act. The betrayal felt like a physical blow, leaving me breathless and disoriented.

  I had no right to feel this way. He was an Alpha, and he was allowing me to stay in his territory.

  I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry," I mumbled. "I should have never said that-"