LAYLA:
“I know you already agreed to go through with the proposal, but you don’t seem excited about it,” Derek says as we walk away from the back of the Alpha’s quarters. The route we were on leads to the maids’ quarters where I hope to find Felicia waiting for me.
“I know I should,” I say with my focus on my intertwined fingers, “but I just feel nervous about the whole arrangement. You know, like what if it doesn’t all work out?”
“Hey,” Derek's call makes me lift my head to look at him. I notice that he has stopped walking and this makes me halt as well. “It's going to work out. You just have to open your heart to the opportunities that you stand to get from all of this. Like reconnecting your family and old friends,”
I say nothing but stare at him point blank. At first, he is neutral
