After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 124

Confusion washed over me until I heard Leo's voice by the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Even if the Oceanheart pack comes to me on their own initiative, I won't cooperate with them. This matter ends here. The project is terminated, no need to persuade me anymore," he said, his tone firm and unyielding.

I watched as he hung up the phone, ignoring the angry voice from the other side.

Leo sighed, rubbing the back of his neck before turning around, his eyes meeting mine.

"How long have you been awake?" he asked, his voice softer now.

Not long. Why are you here?" I shifted under the covers, trying to hide my embarrassment.

He smiled slightly.

"I came looking for you last night. When I got here, you were asleep at the desk, about to fall out of your chair. I couldn't just leave you like that."

My face flushed, remembering the warm embrace in my sleep. "That was you..."

Leo nodded, walking over to the bed. "You've been working too hard."

I quickly changed the subject. "Was that about work?"

Leo sát down, his expression darkening slightly.

supposed to be a deal between Silvermoon and Oceanheart, but after everything that happened with Aria and Andrew

remembering the issues I'd

told you Oceanheart wasn't a good partner. Their products might

tell me," he admitted, a look of regret

was a pause, a moment where we both felt

spoke again, his

been thinking a lot about you lately," he said. "I wasn't this anxious when you were my Luna. Now...

what to say, but before I could respond, he continued, "Come back

stood by the window, staring out at the city lights

soft hum of traffic below filled the silence of

voice, steady yet pleading, echoed in my mind, but I couldn't bring

yet. Maybe

soft but firm. "I've been very busy lately, and I really

across from me, his tall frame casting a shadow in the dim

looked as though he

straightened his posture, brushing the

asked,

in the corner of the room, where a half-restored violin lay

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