Chapter 177

To lighten the mood and cheer him up, I said, "Still, I'm shocked that you of all people have friends." After all, he had said he was friends with Alpha Halfmoon. To clarify my words, I gave him a slightly cheeky smile.

You could see in his eyes that it was working. I was pretty sure he wanted to smile, only the grumpy polar bear had to hold it back. He said calmly, "With Yasmina and Flynn, you already knew that I was friends with them. I'm not too strange to make friends."

"Oh no, they count as family and family accepts you no matter how strange someone is." Now he could no longer hold back at least a quiet laugh. I did it and successfully cheered him up. "To Alpha Halfmoon, he's damn scared of you, that's why he's nice. I don't believe you for a second otherwise."

"Mate, you're being pretty naughty today." He tugged on my hand and remarked, "Come here." I obliged him, getting up from my chair to walk over to him. I wanted to be close to him myself, so I was happy