Chapter 16 He Came Back

• Averin's POV
• It had been a full week, and seven days of silence, as well as seven days of telling myself that Maverick Blackwell was finally doing what I should’ve done from the start, which was walking away.
• I told myself it was for the best, and that he’d realized what a terrible idea it was to keep whatever this thing between us was going. I also told myself that he’d gone back to being the future Sovereign Alpha, focused on his duty, and his reputation, because gods forbid he be seen getting too friendly with another man.