Evaline:
I didn't even know why… or how… I ended up telling him all my secrets just like that.
It was reckless. Foolish. Absolutely out of character for me.
And yet… I did.
The words had just spilled out - raw and unfiltered - before I even had the chance to weigh their consequences. I told him everything. That Ethan was my ex-mate. That I was now pregnant with my ex-mate's child. That I was already mated to Draven. That I was already mated to Oscar.
I didn't try to sugarcoat it. I didn't try to soften the truth.
Because if he really meant what he said earlier - that he liked me and was ready to accept me as his mate - then he deserved to know who I really was, every tangled, messy part of me.
I waited for the sharp sting of rejection. I braced myself for his eyes to harden, for his voice to turn cold. But none of that came.
He was silent.
And I… I wasn't sure if I was disappointed by that silence or grateful for it.
