Chapter 20 Questions And Motives
- Averin's POV
- I didn’t expect him to agree.
- I’d said it to push him away, to give him an out that he could take without bruising either of our egos. I told him about the engagement because I wanted to make it clear that whatever was happening between us had boundaries, and that I had already chosen the safer path which was also the smarter one, but Maverick didn’t flinch.