HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION (An Erotic Billionaire Romance) novel Chapter 126

Alaric’s POV:

I had never been this confused about anything in my life. I always got it right, I always knew what to do, what to say, what to think.

But this?

It broke me so much that I couldn’t do anything but listen to her express her pain. All I could do was wonder if there was a way I could fix this. Hell–if there was a way to turn back the hands of the clock, I fucking would.

But what Meadow wanted me to say… what she wanted me to admit.

Fuck. I cared about this woman more than anything, but she didn’t know me yet. I couldn’t let her feel that way about me when she hadn’t seen all of me.

I told her before that I was no monster, but I lied then.

I was a fucking monster.

Meadow exhaled slowly, pursing her lips. “You won’t say anything?” It seemed I couldn’t even say anything tonight. “You could at least lie, you know? At least that’s something we both know you’re good at.”

She shivered, crossing her arms in front of her chest again. She must’ve been feeling cold, but I didn’t bring my jacket with me.

My chest panged and my eyes fell shut as I let out a sharp exhale. “Get in the car. We’ll talk about this at the penthouse.”

Meadow’s eyes flashed and she scoffed. “Bold of you to think you can just command me to do whatever you want after I just found out you’ve been deceiving me all this while.”

“I know I deceived you, but we’re not going to get anywhere if we just-”

“I told you,” she whispered, her brows furrowing as if she just remembered something. “Alaric, you asked me to trust you and I did. I told you about my father and you listened to me as if you didn’t know who he was. Do you know how stupid that makes me feel?”

My jaw tightened so hard I felt a vein pop in my forehead.

I knew. Of course, I knew.

“Get in the car, Meadow. You’re freezing,” I said softly.

She scoffed again, looking away. “As if you’d care if I froze to death,” she muttered. “You’d be glad that you at least got rid of one of Clint Russell’s daughters, huh? And then you could go after my sister and-”

“Don’t finish that sentence and get in the fucking car, Meadow.” My voice was lower now, more threatening. A soft gasp escaped her mouth as she swung her head to face me again. My jaw clenched. Now.”

Her hands balled into fists at her sides, and she opened her mouth like she was about to argue, but at the last minute, she only scowled at me and stormed toward the car. Running a hand through my hair, I strode past her, reaching for the handle before she could. Meadow’s fingers grazed my knuckles and a shiver shot down my spine.

“I’ve got it,” she bit out without looking at me. “I think I can open my own damn door.”

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