~DIANA~
“I know things have been tense between us right from the beginning when we found out that we are mates and our parents didn't want us to accept each other,” Axel said, his voice calm but serious, “But that doesn’t mean I was avoiding you.”
I opened my mouth to reply, but he raised his hand slightly. “Don’t say anything yet. Let me finish.”
I nodded and gave him a small smile, even though my chest felt tight. His eyes were fixed on mine, and it made it hard to think straight.
“I don’t want you to feel like it’s because you’re cursed that I was avoiding you,” he went on. “And I don’t want you to think I’m not attracted to you… Or that I don’t like you.”
That made me smile again, though for a different reason. Axel was bad at expressing his feelings.
It wasn’t that he didn’t car
