Chapter 19. Most Beautiful Girl in the Room

“Don’t say that, she might develop high expectations of me.” Lana smiled, and glanced at me.

Ben beamed. “It is true. And you don’t need to worry about expectations. You always meet them, my dear.”

She elegantly chuckled. “You’re still such a sweet talker, Ben.”

They both laughed, and I just sat there, frozen at the information I just heard.

He’s got a fiancè? An unfamiliar ache started spreading around my chest, making me deaf to the rest of what their conversation was about.

I just stared there, so aware of the emotion I was feeling. I just saw Ben sitting on his small chair again as he started taking away the glass shards on my skin, barely even feeling anything from it.

Lia was whimpering in my head, feeling twice the hurt due to our wolves’ bond. But I just kept silent, reacting and speaking as if in pilot mode if needed.

As soon as Ben finished with me, I excused myself, getting out of the place like my head was floating.

I let m