Chapter 119. Caesar's Mountain

Madeline's POV

I was about to turn my back on Freya so I could confront Victor, but she already pulled my elbow to stop me.

"Hey, hey, stop," she said and giggled. She made me face her again. "Please stay. He is busy conversing with the alpha to plan our attack. We cannot let personal feelings get in our way, okay?"

"But he cannot just reject you like that," I said with hand demonstrations. "Look, Uriel, and I noticed that he also likes you the same way. That was why I expected him to make the move. To go to the next level!"

Freya gradually shook her head, like she was not acknowledging my explanation. She just casually placed her elbows on the railings on the stern, watching the sun rising in the sky.

"It is fine," she murmured. "Men like him who are afraid of commitment are not worth it to waste my time. If they like me, then that is good. If not, then they can just fuck off." She chuckled and then turned to me. "Also, if he cannot st