#Chapter 54 - High Hopes

[Michael’s POV] Michael felt as though he had been walking on air since his brief encounter with Mia the night before. The man couldn’t believe his eyes when he took the full, stunning image of the girl he once knew all those years ago. It was like every other woman in the room became invincible to him. Michael wanted to know everything there was to know about Mia’s current life—apart from the Alpha she managed to tie herself. ‘David is right,’ he thought to himself. ‘Her marriage to Derek was nothing more than a hasty mistake.’ A mistake that he was looking to help rectify. What many people didn’t realize was that he had witnessed a good portion of the fight that happened last night at the Alpha Gathering. Had James not come in when he did, Michael was more than prepared to step in. He didn’t know Rudolf Lawrence personally, but it was obvious that the man was no gentleman and was looking to take advantage of Mia. That one dance the two of them shared had opened up Mi