Chapter 54
Dominic’s POV
I stepped closer to her and brushed her arm, trying to calm her down and make her understand that it was her that I sincerely wanted, and not Olivia.
“Olivia means nothing to me, Samantha,” I said but she laughed bitterly, taking her arm away from my touch. She did not believe me.
“Nothing? She is in your pack, always around you, practically glued to your side. That’s what nothing looks like?” she retorted and I sighed, dragging a hand through my hair as frustration tried to surface.
“Samantha, I know how it looks, but it is not what you think.”
“Then explain it to me,” she demanded, stepping closer. She was cold, and challenging, but I could see the pain in her eyes. “Because from where I stand, it seems like she is more to you than you are willing to admit.”
I took a deep breath, forcing myself to stay calm. “Olivia and I were close in the past,” I admitted, watching her expression closely. “But I changed, Samantha. I no longer engaged myself with Olivia. And she is only in the pack now because she and her family are members of the pack. But I swear, nothing is going on between us. It’s you that I really want.”
I felt guilty, ever since the day she ran away and left the pack, I had been feeling guilty for the things I had done even though I could not fully understand before. I knew that what I did was wrong, and I would not give any excuse for that. But I was willing to make everything and that was what I needed her to understand.
“Samantha, there was a time when I thought Olivia and I... that maybe we could have been something. But that ended a long time ago. But not anymore.”
Samantha’s jaw tightened, her arms hugging herself like she was trying to hold herself together. “Why should I believe you?” she doubted, her voice barely above a whisper.