The night before I moved back to Seattle, I slept with Julian Cross—the best friend I’d secretly loved for four years.
He was an untouchable billionaire Alpha heir, while I was nothing more than an ordinary Beta, incapable of forming a pheromone bond with an Alpha. I thought I could bury that reckless night forever by blocking his number, hiding the bite mark on my neck, and flying three thousand miles away.
But the moment I walked out of the airport, Julian and his private security team were already waiting for me.
In front of everyone, he demanded to know why I had run away after sleeping with him—why I had played with him if I never intended to stay.
Worse still, he moved into my apartment and began tearing down my lies and self-control, one forbidden moment at a time.
Just when I started to believe he might actually love me too, the Cross family prepared to announce his engagement to a highly compatible Omega.
Julian swore that I was the only one he wanted. But choosing a Beta could cost him his inheritance.
This time, would I make the choice for him again—and run away before he could stop me?
