In my mind, I cursed. I couldn’t be angry at Carla. Without knowing the full context of Julian and my history, she couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t want Julian here. To her, he was a generous Alpha who had given up so much of his precious time for the good cause of helping to heal sick people.
To her, he might as well have been a saint. At the very least, he was someone who worked at the clinic.
She hadn’t been wrong to include him for this celebration, but it still hurt having him here, especially after what happened last night – much of which I still didn’t remember. And what I did remember made my cheeks burn in embarrassment.
I pushed away all of those thoughts for now by instead motioning toward Olivia. “And who invited her?”
Julian clenched his jaw. He didn’t look pleased at al
