chapter 71

This has to be the most awkward shower of my lifetime. I doubt scrubbing myself clean after a good training session could get any more uncomfortable than this. “Kat said she has no issues with it, but I was wondering if I could stay. Become an official member of your pack, you know. Kat said I don’t need to renounce Ezra, and I can become part of both packs if you say it’s ok. I won't be offended if you say no. I don’t expect you to make me your Beta, but it’s up to you,” he explains and sighs. “You want to be a pack member?” I ask, a little shocked. I have never thought Derrick would ever want to leave Kat, let alone to join my pack for good. “I like it here. I like spending time with you and Sage,” he answers. I think over his words, our relationship is already strained but has gotten a little easier, and I know he is trying to fix things between us. “As I said, Andrei, you can say no. I won’t be offended, and it will change nothing. I will still stay, if you need or want me to.” “No