Chapter 864

Daniel:

“Look, the thing is, I’m really, really sorry for treating you like shit. That night, I got really aroused, and it embarrassed me. I didn’t want anything to start between us. I was a mess. My father was a monster, and I had a gray wolf. I just… I didn’t know what to do.”

Her words began to falter as she buried her face in her hands.

I reached over and gently took hold of her wrist, coaxing her hands away from her face.

“No. I’m sorry too. I think I punished you for far too long,” I murmured.

She lifted her gaze to mine, those beautiful eyes holding mine for a moment.

“Well, you’ve moved on,” she said.

Then she pulled her hand free, shoved the car door open, and stormed out.

I immediately went after her.

“So have you,” I said, watching her slow down before turning to face me with her hands planted on her hips.

“You’ve moved on too,” I repeated. “Earlier today, you were all Byron this, Byron that. Madeline even asked me if I’d be okay with her setting you up with Alpha Byron.”

I already felt ridiculously jealous of the alpha, even though he hadn’t done anything wrong to me.

“And you didn’t tell her no?” she asked with a pout.

“That’s not fair,” I replied, closing the distance between us until we were standing face-to-face.

“I didn’t say yes to her, but I didn’t exactly say no either. I didn’t say anything at all. She shouldn’t take my silence as a yes,” I argued, planting my hands on my hips to mirror her stance.

“Well then, did that make you feel some type of way?” she asked, her voice dropping as she continued to pout and roll her eyes.

“Yeah. It made me really jealous,” I admitted.

For once, I stopped lying about how I felt.

“Well then, what are you going to do about it?” she asked, lifting her chin.

“I’m going to steal you from him,” I replied.

Her eyebrow rose before her chin slowly lowered.

“How?”

This time, her voice was soft, filled with something that sounded almost like adoration.

“By doing this.”

Even my own voice had changed.

I cupped her face and leaned in, pressing my lips to hers.

It was our first kiss, and my knees nearly gave out beneath me.

She tasted so good.

I pulled back just enough to look at her, watching her eyes shimmer before they fluttered closed again.

So I kissed her once more.

My fingers slid through her hair as I caught her lower lip between mine. She responded by kissing my upper lip, her hands moving across my back.

One hand gripped at my skin while the other rushed up into my hair, pulling me closer.

Our tongues met, teasing and tangling as she welcomed me in without hesitation.

For the next few minutes, we kissed like we’d been starving for each other for far too long.

Finally breathless, we broke the kiss,

but our hands remained tangled in each other’s hart, resting against our cks, and our foreheads touched.

“Well, that was amazing,” I murmured with a smile, hardly believing I had finally gotten the chance to kiss her.

For years, I had wondered what it would feel like, and honestly, it exceeded every expectation I’d ever had.

“You know, this road is pretty abandoned, and nobody is going to peek inside a parked car,” I whispered.

She giggled, pulled back, and bit her lower lip.

She wasn’t afraid of her gray wolf anymore. She had people around her who could help her.

“Let’s go,” she said, quickly turning and running toward the back of the car.

I glanced around, rubbed the back of my neck, then climbed inside after her.

I moved over her, my hands sliding along her body as I settled between her legs and

reached for her clothes.

I couldn’t help feeling excited.

She was beautiful.

With every kiss, it felt like the connection between us deepened.

I breathed in the scent of her perfume and kissed along her neck while she held

tightly to me.

That night was unforgettable.

We lost

more selves in each other

than I could count

before eventually falling asleep together in the back of the car.

We woke to the sound of her phone ringing.

It was her mother, demanding to know where she had been all this time.

Well, it seemed like the time had finally come to meet her mother.

To meet my parents.

Only now, I would be meeting them with an entirely different outlook.

Before we left for home, though, I told her one thing.

“You should let your wolf out. Talk to her. Finally let her run free.”

Her eyes widened as she continued getting dressed.

“I’m scared,” she admitted.

“Don’t be. Look at Madeline. It

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help you through it,” I said firmly.

A smile spread across her face before she threw her arms around me.

“So, we’re boyfriend and girlfriend now, right?” I asked.

She pulled back, stared at me for a second, then playfully slapped my cheek.

“Of course we are. Otherwise, it would be pretty awkward for me to be in the back seat of a car with you,” she teased.

Then she wrapped her arms around me again, giggling as I tightened my hold around her.