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"Yeah, but why did you suddenly stop the car?"

Grayson didn't respond right away. His piercing gaze was fixed on mine, and the intensity of it made me nervous. I averted my eyes when I realized how long he

had been staring.

"G-Grayson, wha-"

Before I could finish, he reached out and grabbed my hand, his sudden action making me freeze.

"Yes, you're right," he said softly. "I was looking for you. But you weren't in your pack."

I slowly looked back at him, confusion and curiosity swirling in my mind. "What made you search for

me?"

Instead of answering right away, his eyes dropped to our joined hands. His thumb began to move in slow, deliberate circles across the back of my hand, sending a strange, tickling sensation through me.

I tried to pull my hand away, but his grip tightened, keeping it firmly in his grasp. "Grayson," I said, my voice firm but not harsh.

at the club, I couldn't stop thinking about you. I wanted to see you again. But my Alpha called me back to

didn't have

taken aback by his words. His handsome face was calm, yet there was something intense in the way he spoke. His brows furrowed slightly as he talked,

sentence.

confidence about him, an effortless charm. He carried himself with ease, and I knew it was the kind

back when I was still a student. Women would practically swoon over him, yet I had never thought of him in that way. To me,

afford to think of him

lived for them. My life wasn't my own anymore, and I had no right to even consider

someone new.

pulled my hand out of his grasp. "I think we should head to my

He slowly withdrew his hand and gave a small

restarted the car,

heavy, almost suffocating. I kept sneaking glances at him, noticing the way his

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the most eligible bachelor anyone could imagine. And me? I was a divorced woman with a complicated past and two

fit for someone like

I couldn't allow myself to feel anything for him—or anyone else, for that matter. I was terrified of opening myself up

my house, I noticed him stay seated, unmoving. He sat there silently,

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