Chapter 306

Joseph's POV Ever since Ava caught me with Sophia, I've felt like absolute shit. I can't focus on anything except drowning myself in whiskey. I used to lecture Draven about how drinking wouldn't solve his problems with Caroline. Now that same advice has come back to bite me in the ass. "You're being pathetic," Dean growled in my mind. "Our mate is out there hurting, and you're here wallowing." "She's not our mate," I shot back. "We broke up!" "You sure you're not the reason we broke up? You know, because you cheated?" Dean fired back. I fell silent. "Good thing we didn't mark her back then, or she'd be in agony from your betrayal." Damn, my wolf was right. But his words stung with humiliation, so I just blocked him out before he could piss me off even more. Of course, aside from having to deal with my wolf's constant mockery, what really makes me sick is my goddamn leech of a father. The bastard won't stop demanding money, insisting I fund his European getaway with whatever skank he's