Everly POV
The following day, I thought I had made it. I was on top of the world with the celebration. I thought I could go the entire day without dealing with mate dramas. Once he realized I was his mate, and after his persistence yesterday, I knew it wouldn’t be the last time I would be hearing from him. Valen didn’t seem like the type that was used to being knocked back by a woman. But he had to get used to it. There was no way I would allow my son to be taken from me.
Stepping out of my office, I groan when I see him again. My heart stops in my chest. He is walking down the corridor toward me and was going to turn in the opposite direction to escape out the side door and back to the safety of my apartment before having to retrieve my son from preschool.
“Everly.”
“What? Alpha Valen
