Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon) novel Chapter 148
I was shocked, and my face shot up to look at him, my lips brushing across his.
A zap of electricity sparked between us, and Griffon’s body stiffened.
He stepped back, and the expression on his face was almost pained.
The panic I’d been feeling melted into embarrassment. “I…I’m sorry. I…I didn’t mean to do that.”
I saw the muscles in Griffon’s jaw tighten, and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed roughly.
“Is this how you seduce men?”
I stopped breathing for a second, and my embarrassment gave way to…defeat? Humiliation? Powerlessness?
There were too many feelings competing right now for me to settle on just one.
After a long silence, I managed to respond. “Alpha Knight, you don’t have to worry. You aren’t on my list of men to seduce.”
Griffon’s expression darkened, and his eyes shifted to that of his wolf’s as he stared into my eyes. His eyebrows furrowed as he examined my face, as if he was trying to tell what I was thinking and couldn’t figure out how to take what I’d said.
I hoped like hell all he could see in my eyes was indifference.
He remained silent for a moment longer, and the muscle in his jaw ticked again—the way it did when he was annoyed. His eyebrows straightened, the look in his eyes shifting back from wolf to human, his expression returning to his typical one of coldness.
“That’d better be the case. If I find out that you have feelings for me…” His voice was a low growl as he spoke, devoid of emotion.
“I haven’t had feelings for you for years, let alone since we’ve separated from our…arrangement.”
Something that resembled cruel rage swept over Griffon’s face, and his body tensed and shifted as he leaned closer to me, pinning me with his stare.
Looking at him like this, I was actually a little scared. I lowered my chin, not wanting to meet his gaze and wishing I could just sink into the floor to get away.
We fell into a long, strained silence.
It was as if whoever spoke first would be defeated.
After a long while, Jackson and Lena’s voices came from outside the door.
Only then did Griffon straighten his back and take a step back.
A zap of electricity sparked between us, and Griffon’s body stiffened.
He stepped back, and the expression on his face was almost pained.
The panic I’d been feeling melted into embarrassment. “I…I’m sorry. I…I didn’t mean to do that.”
I saw the muscles in Griffon’s jaw tighten, and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed roughly.
“Is this how you seduce men?”
I stopped breathing for a second, and my embarrassment gave way to…defeat? Humiliation? Powerlessness?
There were too many feelings competing right now for me to settle on just one.
After a long silence, I managed to respond. “Alpha Knight, you don’t have to worry. You aren’t on my list of men to seduce.”
Griffon’s expression darkened, and his eyes shifted to that of his wolf’s as he stared into my eyes. His eyebrows furrowed as he examined my face, as if he was trying to tell what I was thinking and couldn’t figure out how to take what I’d said.
I hoped like hell all he could see in my eyes was indifference.
He remained silent for a moment longer, and the muscle in his jaw ticked again—the way it did when he was annoyed. His eyebrows straightened, the look in his eyes shifting back from wolf to human, his expression returning to his typical one of coldness.
“That’d better be the case. If I find out that you have feelings for me…” His voice was a low growl as he spoke, devoid of emotion.
“I haven’t had feelings for you for years, let alone since we’ve separated from our…arrangement.”
Something that resembled cruel rage swept over Griffon’s face, and his body tensed and shifted as he leaned closer to me, pinning me with his stare.
Looking at him like this, I was actually a little scared. I lowered my chin, not wanting to meet his gaze and wishing I could just sink into the floor to get away.
We fell into a long, strained silence.
It was as if whoever spoke first would be defeated.
After a long while, Jackson and Lena’s voices came from outside the door.
Only then did Griffon straighten his back and take a step back.
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