#Chapter 48: Not A Cheater Despite What He Thinks

Julian’s POV I sat in the driver’s seat of my sedan parked on the street out front of Amber’s house. I shouldn’t be here, I knew, especially right now in the middle of the day. Anyone could happen by and see me here. The tabloids would eat up a story like that. Alpha Can’t Let Go Of His Ex. I could practically read the headlines already. Yet, even knowing the dangers in being here, I couldn’t force myself to leave. I was worried about Amber. More than I probably should have been. More than I had any right to be. She acted so strongly at the hospital, dealing with Ken and with Elder Jeffers. But in her eyes, I could see the pain haunting her. She guarded it well, but I knew her. I had spent hours in the past staring at her, memorizing every line and contour. Every feature. Even the depths of her eyes. In the past, I had been enamored with her in ways that even I hadn’t truly understood at the time. I thought it a fleeting fixation. Something I would eventually work throug