After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter

18

I was so lost in the video that Leo's voice barely registered at first.

"Beth- Beth-Elizabeth!"

His third, louder call jolted me out of my thoughts.

said as the

and stepped out of the car,

inside, I rushed to the bathroom, desperate to strip away the layers of makeup and escape the constricting grip

my pajamas, a wave of relief washed over me-I finally felt

hadn't used for a long time, and wiped the dust off the top of it, longing to remember what it felt like back then, but then I noticed that Leo was already sitting on the edge of the bed in his

raised an eyebrow at

"I thought I was still your