“I’m fine. Not a scratch on me,” I assured her, and she glanced over at Alpha Axel.
“Yeah, she was pretty impressive out there, even though I told her to take cover,” Axel chimed in.
“Since when do I listen to anyone?” I teased, flashing him a smirk before trying to step inside, but my mother stopped me.
“Can we talk? We really need to get some things out in the open,” she said firmly.
"You let everything spill out into the open. You revealed the truth seventeen years too late, and now I’m upset because I just spent a year living with a man who isn’t my father and his abusive partner. All of this because you couldn't face the fact that you cheated on Peter," I say.
"I don’t want you to hate me for this," she replies.
"I don’t hate you, Mom. But right now, I just need some spa
