Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon) novel Chapter 188

Jackson looked at me and took a step forward, then stopped abruptly. It was as though I had pricked him.
If only I could.
If only I were a porcupine shifter or something—if those even existed. All those little needles to protect myself from all these Alphas and their tempers.
He let out a huff. “I don’t need you to flatter me. I just want to make sure you’re okay.”
I’d readied myself to fight with him; I didn’t expect him to say such a thing.
It threw me off-kilter.
And now he was smiling, which threw me off even more.
He seemed genuinely concerned about my physical condition and asked a few more questions.
Jackson turned around, picked up the plate on the table, and handed it to me. “Eat something first.”
I did not respond, just stared blankly at the food on the plate.
“Taya?”
When Jackson called my name, I slowly raised my head to look at him.
I tried to keep my expression bland and indifferent, but I couldn’t help the tears in my eyes.
My hopes that he didn’t see them were dashed when I saw his chest heave and his eyes soften.
He was about to speak, but I didn’t want his pity. How dare he.
“If you want to make sure I’m fine, then why did you treat me like that five years ago?”
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Jackson didn’t have an answer.
Five years ago, he had just lost his memory and was unfamiliar with everything and everyone.
Every single thing in his life was strange, was a struggle. And Taya came to him every day and explained over and over again. It didn’t matter how many times she said it—he didn’t remember.
In the midst of that, he received information about her, and it didn’t show her in a great light. It made her appear to be conniving and scheming.
He’d snapped.
That was why he ordered the security guard to throw her out, even though she was still kneeling at the door then.
It was the worst thing he could have ever done to her, and the guilt was unbearable.