Chapter 58
Ava stormed out of the room, her anger, and frustration boiling over. She couldn’t believe the nerve of Alpha Damon, accusing her of being a whore and a gold digger. She felt tears pricking at the corners of her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. She wouldn’t give him the satisfaction.
As she marched back to her office, she couldn’t help but soliloquize. “How dare he? After everything I’ve done for him, he has the audacity to speak to me like that?” She slammed the door behind her and paced back and forth, trying to calm herself down. Her mind raced with thoughts of anger, hurt, and betrayal.
She thought about all the times in high school when he was such a callous, selfish, and irresponsible man. She still gave him the benefit of the doubt that he was a changed person but there he was, showcasing what he knew how to do best. “Calling me a gold digger.” She thought as she slowly brought herself to a halt. Was this how he was going to repay her? By accusing her of being a gold digger and a whore? The words stung, and Ava felt a deep wound opening up inside her.
But her mind was racing. She couldn’t shake off the feeling that someone had betrayed her and had told Alpha Damon about her pregnancy. And then it hit her – Princess. That sly, manipulative Princess. Ava’s eyes narrowed as she thought about confronting her. She had always suspected that Princess was trouble, and now she was convinced.
“What did she stand to gain from telling alpha Damon about my growing baby?” She asked herself as she continued to walk around the office. She could not bring herself to answer all the questions that rushed into her heart. A thought suddenly crossed her mind to call Mika, perhaps she was going to find peace and serenity after talking to her but a part of her kicked against the idea and she scoffed. She walked straight to an empty wall, leaning against it with her back as she involuntarily placed her hand on her little bump and started to rub.
“I will do all it takes to protect you. I will never let him or anyone else close to you or harm you at all.” She whispered as she slowly turned to see her belly, and then she suddenly noticed that she was rubbing her tummy. She tilted her head away and her attention was suddenly caught by a picture that hung on the wall of her office. For a moment, she stopped thinking about alpha Damon and all his abusive words on her.
The picture reminded her of her early days when she was still away, into she was forced to come back and then, fate had her joined with Damon yet again after several years of being in hiding. “How could one be so callous?” She asked herself as she slowly tilted her head away, heaving a heavy sigh as she came off the wall. By this time, her racing heart was calm and her anger, subdued. She brought both palms to rub her face as she took in a deep breath and exhaled heavily while closing her eyes at the same time as if she were in some form of therapy session.
Her mind continued to wander off to moments ago when she was still in his office and he had the effrontery to call her a whore. “A whore and a gold digger.” She whispered and chuckled softly as it now sounded more like a joke to her, rather than an insult. Suddenly, her mind wandered off to the last time she was at her favorite spot when she experienced that angry werewolf display.
“Perhaps he will be coming here more often since he was able to find solitude there.” She thought as she reimagined the whole scene in her from the time she caught the strong smell to the time that she heard the sound of his paws pounding against the hard ground to the time that she went into hiding and when she finally saw who was coming in such an angry mood.
“But who or what could have angered him to such an extent?” That question remained a mystery that she could possibly never solve. She heaved a sigh as she decided not to think about that again as she slowly began to walk to her seat. She felt weak in the knees, and she attributed it to standing too much at a spot. Heaving a sigh as she sat down, she suddenly noticed that her phone had a notification, and she looked to see what message came in.
“I have been trying to reach you, but you are not picking up. Please call me when you get this.” The message read from Alpha Jude and her heart skipped a beat. She suddenly went drowning in her sea of thoughts as she tried to find a reason he had called her at this time. A part of her wanted her to call him back, but another huge part just wanted her to be alone and focus on herself for the time being. She hissed, dropping the phone back on the table as she lowered her head and shook it gently.
“This is too hard to take in.” She whispered, placing her head on the table as she wandered away in thoughts. Thinking about the time she was with Alpha Jude and the series of nightmares that she always had when he was with him. She thought about the night at the mating ceremony and how she met Damon again. “That was when my life became miserable.” She said, raising her head from the table as she took her phone to call Mika again but kicked against it once more.
Ava suddenly caught a scent followed by the growing sound of footsteps approaching. “That scent is familiar.” She said to herself, inhaling deeply, and finally, when the scent was at its peak, she knew who it was and that was when her heart skipped a beat, causing her to stand up from the chair that she sat on.
“What the hell was he coming back here to do after calling me all those names that he had no right to call me?” I asked myself, but before I could think of an answer to my question, his knock came on the door. He did not let me respond with a go-ahead to come in when he suddenly opened the door and walked in slowly. “What an epic entrance!” I thought as I looked at him dead in the eyes and not uttering a single word.
“What then did you knock? What was the knock on the door for when you did not allow me to let you in. And above all questions, why was he here?” These questions and more reeled her heart as she could not bring herself to believe that she could stand in front of her mate and look him in the eyes so fiercely.
“Why is he not talking? What does he have in mind?” She continued to ask herself questions as she did not seem to understand the sudden silence and straight stare in the room. Just then, she was forced to take her gaze away as she could barely hold the stare.
“What is the meaning of all these?” She suddenly asked, breaking the silence. Alpha Damon only continued to stare deep into her eyes with so much hate and resentment. She felt a slow rise in anger within her as she was not answered by Alpha Damon. Instead, he heaved a heavy sigh and continued to stare at her dead in the eyes.
“Hey! I do not know why you are here, but I think you should leave immediately. I don’t like the fact that you are here and silent. It does not always end well.” She said rapidly, trying to keep her voice from breaking as she did not want to show him how weak she was. He started to move slowly toward her, and she made a frown on her face as she took steps backward.
“Stay where you are.” She said with a slight rise in her tone, but it fell on deaf ears as alpha Damon continued to stare into her eyes and still closed the distance between them. Not long after, she was caught up on the wall and could not go back any further.
“Please don’t hurt me and my baby.” I did not know when that came out of my mouth as I suddenly brought my hand to hold my tummy as if I were trying to keep the growing child away from him.
“All I wanted was to get answers from you, but you chose not to talk.” He said in his deep voice and then I realized that I was showing him how weak I was and quickly made a frown on my face.
“That was because you called me a whore and a gold digger. Of all people, you never should have been the one to call me those names.” He yelled, and she swallowed the lump that grew in her throat, but still maintaining the composure that she had.
“Why wouldn’t I call you a whore, when you were out there fucking other people? And why would I not call you a gold digger, when of course you actually laid with me on the bed for my money.” He said, and it was as if he had opened up another healing wound in her.