Chapter 179

Jojo POV

I turned and tossed myself around the bed, making sure I did not get too close to wake Valerie up from sleep. She and baby Lucian were sound asleep, but I could not bring myself to sleep, no matter how much I tried. My thoughts continually drifted from one event to another, most of them had a lot to do with the alpha. I thought back to how he had left the house, without even letting me speak. I did not want to think too much about it, but I couldn't. A part of me - a very strong part of me - wished he was here. I might have been able to sleep better.

He had concluded that I was going to ask him to leave, or say that I was not comfortable in his presence, but that was not it at all. I could not remember what I had planned to say, but I knew it had nothing to do with him leaving. As a matter of fact, the next time I saw him, I was going to tell him to take a room in the