Treating him like he was just some random guy, huh?

Makes sense, though. Alaric's reputation precedes him - a notorious playboy, his exploits are the talk of the town. Which self-respecting woman wouldn't keep her distance?

Especially given their... complicated history. She was right to worry he might lump her in with the kind of women he could easily flirt with.

But Alaric's earnest apology caught her off guard.

Seeing him looking so guilty, so sincere in his apology, the anger that had filled her seemed to deflate. Suddenly, she felt like maybe she'd been making a mountain out of a molehill. She let out a sigh, softening her tone, "You should leave; I need to rest." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"I was trying to explain about me and Georgia..." Alaric started, eager to clarify that marriage was off the table for him and Georgia, that even as an average Joe, he wouldn't tie the knot with her. But she cut him off, "Didn't you just say you wouldn't bother me? Were you lying?"

She didn't want to hear anything about him and Georgia.

that night three years ago, of them sharing a

memories were like a thorn in her heart, painful at the slightest touch, so she avoided

Alaric halted, quickly trying

his long lashes, Alaric said, "Get some rest. I'll head back now.

the street, making it easy for

please, just go," she

another word, Alaric

body suddenly relaxed, her heart racing as if it

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Alaric had figured out she

thinker that he is, didn't go there. Instead, he thought her love for cartoon motifs at her age meant she was just young at heart, hence the playful decor. All in all, it was

door from the inside,

feeling, despite the

so much about what he thought

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