Chapter 64 Rocco

• I walked away from the hospital having dropped Aria off with a heaviness in my heart. Feeling completely broken. Not to mention gutless. We had been so much closer in that period than we had been in such a long time, and I had ruined it. Or my overthinking had. I had wanted to go further than I think Aria would have been comfortable with. And as we had kissed, there was a persistent whimpering in my mind telling me that my wolf had returned. He was home. Back because my mate was. Or so he believed…
• ‘Hey son, I assume from the mess in the lounge that all went well with Aria?’ my Dad mindlinked, and my heart dropped. My parents would want a minute by minute account of our time together, and I didn’t think I was ready for that right now. They were clinging to the hope more than I was that everything could be fixed with Aria. Their eternal hopefulness would be enough to tear me down right now. I was already at breaking point.
• ‘Yeah. All good.’ I replied, not giving more away than needed. All that could be seen in the lounge was that we had shared cookies and hot chocolate. There was no evidence of the closeness we had experienced. The bonding...