I wasn’t sure how to respond, but I knew I had to do so quickly.
“A friend gave it to me,” I said.
“A friend gave you a ring?” Andrew asked skeptically. He flipped the box open. “A very nice engagement ring, at that.”
Heat flooded my cheeks.
“I…the friend proposed to me,” I murmured.
“The friend proposed to you? Which friend?”
The tone in Andrew’s voice made me hesitant to answer. I doubted that Andrew would do anything directly to Noah as he still had his own reputation to protect, but I wasn’t sure what he could—or would—do to him as Alpha King out of anger. Still, I knew that not answering him would only make things worse than they already were.
“Noah.”
“The one that we picked up the rest of your stuff from?”
“Yes…but I told him no.”
“Then why do you have the ring?”
“He asked
