Charlotte’s POV
“Hi,” I said to my mate for the second time. He had continued to stare at me in what seemed like a daze after I had first talked to him, so I thought maybe I would get a response from him if I repeated it. “I’m Charlie.”
Grayson blinked a few times slowly without speaking before he attempted to get up.
“You can remain lying down,” I said to him and pushed him gently so that he could go back to lay flat against the floor. He shook his head and continued trying to get up. He was stubborn, and I didn’t know whether I found that cute or not. “Or you can get up. That works too.”
I put my hands under his elbows and helped him sit up like he had wanted to do, even though I could feel a bit of resistance to my actions on his part.
Now that he was sitting up, I could get a bet
