Chapter 124. A Minute Alone

Madeline’s POV

I could feel how much Dimitri needed me.

He kept flinching, squeezing my hand, and his anger kept washing over him in intense waves.

“Can we please have a minute alone?” I asked, looking at Will.

He furrowed his brows a little and glanced toward the door.

“Mike will be here any moment now,” he said.

“Please, Will,” I said, giving him a pleading look.

He looked at Dimitri and sighed.

“We will wait outside,” he mumbled as he stood up and looked at Ellie and Ali. “Come on.”

I took a deep breath as I watched them all leave the room. Dimitri looked like he didn’t even realize that the three of them had left.

I climbed onto his lap as soon as Will closed our office door.

“I am here, my love,” I said softly and cupped his cheeks. “I am in your arms. I am right here.”

I leaned in and placed a soft kiss on his cheeks. He grabbed my hips tightly and I could feel that his claws elongated.

“I am