The following morning at breakfast, Jerome tried again to speak with Amber, who would only give him short answers and responses. Morgan had to squeeze his knee at one point to get him to calm down.
Morgan had felt Jerome growing tense and knew he needed to control himself before anyone started to become suspicious of them. Jerome looked at her when she squeezed his knee. She did her best to give him a knowing look that he would understand. Luckily, it worked.
Jerome plastered a smile on his face. "Forgive me for being too intrusive, Your Highness," he said, turning back to Amber. "I'm just so excited to meet you and very curious about you."
Amber did her best to return his smile. "I understand Alpha Trevor, and it's OK," she said. "I just, I'm not really up to talking about my life righ
