Chapter 70. The Familiar Woman

Angelica’s POV

Ericsson patiently waited for me to say something. His hands secured around my waist, his eyes trained on mine in a silent gaze that said he was ready to accept everything and anything I had to offer in explanation.

This kind of trust they put in me was sometimes so scary…

“Have I ever told you how beautiful your eyes are?” I asked, cupping his face, my thumb grazing his subtle beard.

The man playfully leaned forward and took my thumb into his mouth, nibbling it, and I chuckled softly.

“Alchemist. I’m not sure if that’s his real name. He called himself that,” I said, not wanting to hide anything from them.

There was no need to hide anything, not from the guys who were ready to lay down their lives for my safety and happiness.

So I told him that the man was the same one who had saved me from Keith’s men and left me in the forest, where Tyler found me. I explained that the man had called himself my father’s admirer and ac