#Chapter 62: You Chased Her Away

Ollie’s POV That was too close of a call, with Declan nearly walking in on me and Wes. Thank the gods I had the foresight to lock the front door after I entered. Also, I felt gratitude for the drainpipe that was just outside the bathroom window that I had been able to shimmy down. Meeting Wes at his art studio proved to be the mistake I had thought it might be, and now, as I walk home, in the light rain, I regret ever thinking my loneliness was enough of a reason to chance it. “We liked being near him,” Scarlet reminds me. “That isn’t something to regret.” “We were almost caught by Declan,” I tell her. “He is one of our mates. Would it have been so bad to be caught?” “You keep forgetting how terribly they treat us,” I remind her. “Not as their mate…” “Only because they don’t know who I really am. If they learn I’m Ollie, everything will change. And of all the brothers, Declan’s the most likely to figure it out.” He would also be the most ruthless, of that I’m sure. Ye