Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 75

Enzo:

“What is going on here?” Alaria asked, entering the kitchen to find me making breakfast.

The two maids who were here, stood back, helping me out with cleaning and setting the table. Alaria crossed her arms over her chest and I watched as she looked at Ashton, waiting to hear an explanation to what she saw. Truth be told, I didn’t have one, at least, not one that was going to convince her with an answer that she wanted to hear.

“I am making breakfast today.” I said, and she scoffed, raising an amused eyebrow.

“The last time you entered the kitchen, you nearly burnt it to the ground, Enzo.” Alaria said, and my eyes widened. Ashton laughed, and the two maids had to look away to stop themselves from laughing. “What are you trying to do?”

“I already made an egg for us. We are going to have breakfast together as a family.” I said, and she sucked in a harsh breath as the smile that was on her face was almost instantly wiped out.

“I have work to go and get ready for,” she said, wanting to take a step back. I looked at the maids and my eyes hardened as I nodded at them to take care of things while I walked toward her. I wrapped an hand around her arm, pulling her out of the room, knowing that this wasn’t something that I wanted Ashton to hear.

“Enzo, the two of us know what is going on, and you don’t need to play the game of family with me. I doubt that you…”

“I told you that my apology was not one that was temporary..”

“A cup of coffee and breakfast aren’t going to prove whether or not it is.” She said, stopping me. “The gesture is kind, but it is not one that I want to hold onto. These moments of excitement aren’t ones that I am going to fall for.”

“You can at least come and allow Ashton to see the two of us together, Alaria.” I said, and she looked away from me for a moment. She looked at the door for a moment before she shook her head.

“You called him a bastard, Enzo. While I was pregnant with him while married to you, you deemed him a bastard. I understand that you might regret it, but that doesn’t mean that I am going to forget it. Maybe things are different now, and I have allowed you to be in his life, but that neither changes the reality of things, nor…”

“You know the reason behind me calling him that…”

“Then you shouldn’t have brought us to stay in the pack in the first place. At least, it would have made a lot more sense to me, my brain, and to my son to know that we were not in a place where hellfire was broken loose whenever it can.” Alaria said, stopping me. “Up until today, not once did I come and throw my anger out on you. I put everyone in place, I pushed everyone away, but I always respected and allowed you to do what you wanted. Today, I am fed up with doing so.”

“No one has asked you…”

“And that is the main reason why I am saying this right now.” She said, stopping me. “You are going to stay away from me, and I am going to find myself and Ashton a place to stay. I am not going to stop you from seeing your son, it is not my place to do so, but I don’t find it appropriate to stay in your house when I am clearly nothing to you. And don’t tell me that I am. I am tired of allowing everyone to step over me, and that includes you.”

“I didn’t step over you, Alaria.”

“It doesn’t feel like it.” She said, making me frown. “Anyhow, I have things to take care of. You can have breakfast with Ashton before he gets ready for school. It is still too early for him to be heading off.”

Alaria didn’t wait for me to respond as she turned to walk inside the room. I frowned as I turned to walk inside the kitchen only for the door to be knocked, it was Leonardo.

I opened it and he walked inside, smirking when he saw Ashton walking out of the kitchen.

“Beta Leo!” Ashton said, making me chuckle as he ran toward Leonardo who wrapped his arms around him, lifting him in his arms.

“Hello to you too, little wolf. How are you doing?” Leo asked, kissing his cheek. “How’s your mom? You aren’t tiring her, are you?”

“I am fine, Leonardo.” Alaria said, walking toward the living room to pick up her phone from the coffee table. “Ashton, baby, come to the room when you’re done with breakfast as we are going to need to get you ready for school.”

“But it’s weekend, mama.” Ashton said, pouting his lips. Alaria’s eyes widened in surprise and she looked at me, her eyes hardening as I smirked.

“You couldn’t have told me that it was a weekend when I was talking, could you?” She asked, and I shrugged.

“I wanted to see when you would figure out that schools are from Monday till Friday. Plus, I was curious about what you had to take care of on a Saturday morning,” I said, and she shook her head as she let out a low growl of warning before she walked back to the room.

Leonardo shook his head as he kissed Ashton before putting him down on the floor.

“I take it that the two of you are not on the best terms?” He asked, and I shook my head.

“I am done being the second option that you would come running to when you find yourself being stuck, Enzo.” I said, stopping him. “I don’t care what you are going to say about this, but this is the truth behind things. You are going to go and tell me that it is not, I am going to tell you that it is.”

“You aren’t a second option, Alaria.” He said, and I scoffed.

“I doubt that I am a first,” I said, raising an eyebrow. “Who are you trying to fool, Enzo? Because it is as sure as hell not me.”

“I am not trying to fool anyone, but I am trying to reach a middle line which you are…”

“You offering me to stay in your penthouse is not a middle line, and apology, one which is four years late, by the way, is not an apology. You throwing so much in things, accusing me of things, breaking my soul, putting me in situations, and apologizing with words is NEVER going to be an apology.” I said, stopping him. “Now, if there isn’t anything that you are going to want to tell me, I have Ashton waiting for me in the bathroom, and the last thing that I am going to want is to leave him alone in there..”

“Mama, can we go and see Alonso?” Ashton asked as the two of us sat in front of an oak tree to eat. I smiled and wrapped my arms around my legs.

“The two of us are going to need to be a little patient when we want to see Alonso for now. He is still very ill, and I know that we will not help him if we go to see him. You know, he is going to need time to heal, and us visiting right now is not the right time.” I said, and he pouted.

“But I want to tell him about the new place that we are staying in! He is going to be very happy to hear us.” He said, and I smiled.

“Ashton, baby, we can’t tell anyone where we are staying right now as it is not going to be very safe. You know, the pack members are not all around us, and we are going to have to be sure that they are also safe.” I said, and he nodded. I doubted that he understood me, but at this point, I knew that being honest about what I wanted and didn’t want him to do was going to be the ONLY option to ensure that he didn’t deviate.

“You are going to focus on school right now. We are having a little break today, but we are going to go back to studying. I see that you haven’t been doing so lately, not as much,” I said, raising an eyebrow at him, gently scolding him.

“I was with daddy,” he said, and I nodded.

“Your dad is not going to be very happy if you’re not studying though, you know that, right?” I asked, and he nodded. A familiar scent hit my nostrils, making me frown as I got up. Ashton frowned in confusion when he saw me, and I extended a hand, stopping him from following as I looked around, knowing that someone was around us, someone other than the bastard.

“I am amazed by your skills as a mother. I haven’t seen them in another female wolf before.” He said, walking toward us. Ashton’s eyes met mine and I had to fight back letting out a low growl as I knew that my son was going to be put in danger if the man was going to end up playing dirty. “It seems that my initial bargain didn’t work. I didn’t see you speaking to your ex, nor does he seem to…”

“I would have suggested that you speak to someone who is your own size, though.” Enzo’s voice stopped the man from saying another word as he walked toward him. He brushed his hand against Ashton’s head, gently ruffling his hair, and nodded at me when our eyes met before he stood in front of the man. “However, I am curious, what is it that you’re doing that’s making you course around my son and his mother? Because as far as I know, you already have your own…”