My Ex Husband The Alpha His Brother The Rogue novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32

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It’s been over a week and Laila has slipped back into that polite cordiality. The same mask she wore when we first started this three years ago.

It’s only this time, it’s worse. When we’re out together, she’s more doting than ever. She checks on my Granddad regularly, sends me meals at work or at the club, and caters to me in public, particularly in Cameron’s view.

She does everything before I even have to ask.

But when we’re back home, she’s cold and distant. She doesn’t acknowledge me, doesn’t sit at the table for breakfast or dinner. Hell, she doesn’t even look at me.

I shouldn’t find it disturbing because this is exactly the nature of our contract. This is who I’ve been to her, in the three years of our marriage.

And she’s currently reflecting it right back to me.

But Laila… she’s always been helplessly warm. Too nurturing to help herself. No matter how much she tries to be cold, she always ends up showing the softer side of her when she doesn’t even realise it.

Like how she keeps track of how many meals I skip. And how she makes sure my study is organised in the exact way I prefer it. Or how she buys matching gifts for Liam and I.

However little, even if only just a trace, I’ve caught glimpses of Laila’s warmth. And this frosty side of her bothers me more than I thought it would.

I’ve tried to understand her. But I can’t. Especially now that I know exactly why she’s acting this way.

Cameron.

I only found out recently that Laila and Cameron met on that night, completely outside of my arrangements.

No thanks to my Granddad. I don’t know what the old man is getting at, or if he’s onto something, but making Cameron drop Liam off with Laila is certainly no coincidence.

My Granddad’s a scheming man. It’s a natural trait of any Blackwood. You can’t retain the position as Alpha of the top ranked pack in the continent without a little cunning and shrewdness.

It’s why Cameron’s facade irritates me. We both know we’re not that much different. We were raised to be selfish and ruthless, and Cameron just painted his canvas with a little dash of pretentiousness.

Laila, Cameron and Liam…

They met, alone. In my absence. My hands clench tightly, anger coursing through my veins.

Laila clearly had no plans to tell me that she let my son…our son, spend time with that… undeserving bastard.

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I’m the one who’s been there for Liam! I was there at his birth, while he was nursed, on the day he said his first words, the day he started walking, every birthday…every day of his life since.

Not once have I failed to be there. And seeing Liam with my brother just once and Laila’s already faltering on what we have.

To think I thought I did something wrong, when all along, she was just reminded of her past and allowed Cameron’s momentary attentiveness to Liam weaken her resolve.

Her feelings for Cameron… they’re still as strong as ever. She does a good job of hiding it. Of acting like we’re on the same page and she’s on my side, but in the end, she’s just as pretentious as my brother is.

“A match made in heaven…” I murmur, shoving the files on my desk aside.

I’ve tried my hardest to separate Laila from Cameron, but maybe I should have been more focused on ending our contract as soon as possible.

If we’re both freed, she can go put together the pieces…or whatever is left of Cameron.

I lean back against my chair, exhaling a slow breath in a bid to calm the anger burning in my veins.

I’ve been holed up in my office all day and I just can’t concentrate…all I can think about is just how to punish Laila.

She actually dared make a fool of me, on the same night I was drugged and needed her. She was out there, with fucking Cameron!

The door creaks open and Blake enters, his expression furrowed into a frown.

“Alpha.” He reports, “There’s been a situation with the shipment.”

“A situation?” I repeat, my brows furrowed into a frown.

“Port security.” He relays, his tone grim.

Port security? All the ports in Thorneville are controlled by the Blackwood Pack.

My shipments have never had trouble passing security checks before. But that’s before it became known that Mystic Inc actually belongs to me and not some unknown, mysterious, billionaire.

“Cameron.” I mutter beneath my breath.

Of course it’s him. I already anticipated his retaliation. The past few weeks since my return, has discredited his position in the eyes of the elders of the pack, as well as the executives of Blackwood Co.

If he didn’t initially consider me a threat, I know he’s beginning to grow uneasy.

The shipments are meant to aid Blackwood’s financial crisis before it becomes public knowledge. I admit my businesses are too deeply connected to the mafia to be considered legal, but I’ve always believed morality is subjective.

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Cameron would rather I fail to deliver my end of the agreement so I’m made out to be a fraud.

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Because an unfaithful Alpha is less of a disappointment to our Granddad than an Alpha that can’t keep his

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“What’s the situation?” I ask, getting up to my feet and grabbing my coat.

“Port security has denied our vessels consent to dock on claims of suspicious rogue activity.”

I purse my lips, glancing down at my watch. It’s a little past 7pm and it’s a two hour drive to and from the port. And who knows how long it will take to sort out this situation.

“Tell Laila I won’t be home for dinner.” I say to Blake as I walk past him.

“Don’t you think it’s best to tell her yourself?” He asks as he trails behind me.

“I really don’t care what’s best and what’s not, Blake.” I hiss lowly. “Just get it done.”

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