#Chapter 103: Testing the Boundaries

Charles stared directly at me, pretty much ignoring the bodyguards. “You were one of the few girls at school that I wasn’t positive about. It’s one thing when you’re popular and in the middle of everybody’s attention to ask a girl out and know for sure that she’s going to say yes. But I didn’t think I could swallow the teasing that my friends would have given me if I asked someone…” “Someone scentless and without a family like me,” I supplied. Charles nodded sheepishly. “Yes. If I asked someone like you out and you’d said no, my friends would never have let me live it down. The teasing would have been merciless, seeing as how I’m an alpha and everything. There were only a couple of girls at school who were so popular that I might not have had a chance with them. But you…” He shrugged and said, “I couldn’t have been sure that you would have said yes, and so I couldn’t take the risk. Even back then, you never caved into peer pressure.” Shot me an apologetic gaze. “I’m sorry for th