"I love you, Eros." Emily had said this countless times in the past, when the meaning of love was still pure between them, just like any other siblings and when it finally shifted, the meaning became even more deeper than that.
"I love you too." Eros smiled and ruffled her hair.
Yet, coming from him made it sound hollow. It lost its meaning.
Usually, Emily would love to hear that, not to mention the way he ruffled her hair. But recently, she became even more greedy and wanted Eros to do more than just ruffling her hair, as if she was a little girl. She was not a little girl anymore and she didn't want him to see her like one.
She wanted him to see her as a woman.
"What did you talk about with Alpha Liam?" Emily tried to push her negative thoughts away because she couldn't help but feel so bitter when she thought about it. She poisoned her own thoughts by thinking about those uncertainties.
