Chapter 47 - Guilty as charged
Jude
I was definitely asleep, or rather, I didn't know when I'd fallen asleep after successfully walking Rosie back to her cottage through the longest route possible because I wanted to delay our time together and stretch out every single second I had with her before we had to part.
Even when I finally stood at her door and watched her unlock it, the newly formed mate bond thrummed painfully in my chest, pulling me toward her. I had to clench my fists so hard my nails dug into my palms and swallow down the whining, pleading sound that wanted to escape my throat, begging her to let me inside.
I knew she could feel my reluctance through the bond because her eyes softened. She just smiled at me shyly with that beautiful blush spreading across her freckled c
