Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

chapter27

With a wry smile, I said, "It seems like I misunderstood. However..." I paused. "I asked you before if I could have a boyfriend, and you said it was up to me. Since I have a boyfriend, it's normal for me and him to have sex, don't you think?" Griffon was stunned, and his face became even darker, his eyes glowing even brighter with his wolf.

Before I could stop my hand, before I could think about what I was doing, I reached up and ran my fingers over the furrows between his eyebrows as if trying to smooth them out. Trying to erase the anger on his face. This was the man I had loved for five years. How could I bear to hurt him like this?

But he didn't love me-not even a tiny bit of "like". Why couldn't I let go? Why did I care if I managed to hurt him one tiny sliver of what he'd made me feel?

He grabbed my wrist.

"Don't touch me!" he growled. "You're filthy now."

he would react like this, but hearing him

else had touched something that belonged to him, it was tarnished, dirty,

looked at the hand that was tightly

in my hopeful thoughts. "Or...do you not want to let go?" Everything before this felt like an act I was putting on. And now... Now, I was the most authentic version of myself. The woman who was

have seen through. The killing intent in

any hesitation, he pushed me away, snarling,

out of the car as Griffon opened the door that I was leaning against. My tailbone banged against the sidewalk as I landed in a sprawled heap, dressed only

didn't care. I tucked my tangled hair behind my ear, picked up

down the sidewalk, mustering all the bravery and composure I could, praying no

first step away from the parked