Chapter 11. What Just Happened?

Nina POV

“No, thank you,” I flatly refused without a second thought.

“I’ll bathe after you.”

Ryder hesitated for a while before I heard him let out a defeated sigh.

“That’s sad,” he mumbled, but I still refused to bat an eye at him.

I heard the soft echo of his footsteps against the floor, and I knew he was heading toward the bathroom. And the next thing, I heard the door open and then lock.

“Goodness me,” I fell flat on the bed with a puff. God, that was close. Those tingling feelings almost made me lose my senses for a second.

How do I survive with him this close and always around me? Is he having fun because, damn well, he knows how my body reacts to his presence?

No. No. I cried out and buried my face in embarrassment. Why is everything that has to do with me so full of complications?

First, after years of being submissive, good, and neglecting myself just to fit into what could be called a perfect good mate and Luna,