Chapter 42. Tired, Yet Trying

The morning felt heavy, hungover—Maddox from drinking so much, Selena from all the pain last night.

“Well, uh…thank you for letting me spend the night,” The alpha said as he flashed her a small smile. He had already dressed up.

She nodded and then watched him leave the room.

She was glad he had gone because she knew how it would look if Cassie would have walked in on them in a room alone together. It would have become a whole thing, and right now, Selena didn’t think she could handle anymore stress.

She then made her way over to the bedside, grabbing her phone. Once she had it in her hand, she stared at the screen…but still, there were no messages or missed calls from her mom.

She was so curious as to what had happened after she had left her mom to talk to Elijah. Had the guy forgiven her, or was he still standing by what he said?

She couldn’t know unless her mom called. She didn’t want to call or reach out to the woman in any way because she alre