Hailee's POV
He stepped in, but I didn't lift my head from the book in front of me. There were so many things I wanted to say to him. God, I wanted to yell. To scream at him. To tell him he had no right to call me names.
But he was Nathan—the Alpha heir.
And to everyone else… I was just an omega.
"I need a book… I can't find it," he said suddenly.
I wished I could spit in his face and tell him to go to hell. But instead, I stood slowly and walked to the shelves, my back turned to him.
"What's the name?" I asked, already running my fingers over the spines of the books.
There was a long pause before he spoke again.
"… How to apologize to a lady?"
My hands froze.
I turned around slowly, unsure if I'd heard right—but before I could say a word, his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me back against him.
I gasped.
"Nathan—" I tried to push him off, but his grip tightened.
