Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 52

Enzo:

My breath got caught in my throat as I walked away from Alaria, knowing that she was trying to understand what I was talking about.

She didn’t say a word to respond, but when I walked down the stairs to see that she was following me, I knew that I caught her attention with my statement.

“What are you talking about?” Alaria asked, making me stop my tracks as I got down the stairs. She didn’t say a word, but when I turned around to face her, she had her arms crossed over her chest.

“You know exactly what I am talking about, Alaria. You don’t need to play stupid. I know for fact that you are far from being so, don’t try to play that game on me.” She shook her head at me, and I raised an eyebrow.

“You have a wife, and that wife is your mate. You have a son and a baby on the way. Don’t think for a second that I am going to fall for your stupid games.” She said, making my heart clench. “I know why you’re playing them in the first place.”

“Is that so?” I asked, smirking as I took a step closer to the woman. She walked down the stairs, her eyes meeting mine as my body towered over hers.

“The possibility of me working with Damon, a partner of yours, is setting you off. You know that he is an Alpha blood, and you know what our rules say. You are trying to find your way around them.” She said, and I raise an eyebrow at her. I wasn’t going to admit it, not out loud.

“Is that so?” I asked, and she shook her head at me.

“When you lie, you avoid my eyes because you know for fucking fact that I am the ONE person that knows when you’re lying.” She said, and I nodded, playing the sarcastic route at her confidence in knowing me.

“Should I keep going? Or did you have enough?” She asked, shaking her head. “Should I explain to you why I chose to hide the fact that I hid his presence because I knew that you weren’t going to be the loving father that I wanted for him? Or because you chose to divorce me over a few millions that I wouldn’t have thought of spending for a second? You know, I didn’t even spend that money on Ashton. I didn’t want you to come and say that you were funding my son. You weren’t!”

“But did I ever mention that? No. Because I wanted my boy to see his father as the hero that I saw in him when I first married him. I wanted him to see the light that I saw in that monster who was in you.” She said, making my stomach churn. “Nevertheless, it doesn’t matter now. He knows the truth and I am going to have to deal with the consequences.”

She went to turn to leave, but I shook my head as I wrapped my hand around her wrist, pulling her to me. Her eyes widened in surprise, but that only took a second before I connected my lips with hers. She didn’t react at first, but I wrapped my hand around her waist, pulling her closer as I deepened the kiss. She kissed me back before I pulled away, looking her in the eye as I did.

“Believe me, if it weren’t for her carrying the baby; I wouldn’t have wasted another minute,” I said, lowering my voice to above a whisper, taking her off guard. She went to raise her hand, and I knew that she would have either pushed me away or slapped me. I held them down, stopping her from doing so, as I kept my eyes on hers. “But it was still a past tense. ‘loved’…”