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Chapter 66
His heart raced a bit faster as he stood there, thinking of what next to do as he was about to be caught by the last person he wanted to stand in the presence of. “What if she catches me here? How do I explain why and how I got here?” He thought as he began to look behind him, searching for a way out. Just then, he observed that they stood up from the ground and walked slowly away from where they stood before. “Wait, so what! If they catch me? It’s not as if I am a coward.” He thought as he started to walk forward.
He suddenly changed his mind to leave without being seen. Turning around abruptly, he walked away from there, tracing his steps back to his mansion. Not long after, he arrived at the mansion and just when he walked into the mansion, his gaze fell on Princess who was on a call, he tried to avoid her, but before he could walk to his room unnoticed, she had already tilted her head and saw him walked in.
“Alpha Damon!” She called out loudly, and he slowly halted his steps, scoffing as he was completely uninterested. “Not again! Not this time, please!” He said to himself as he took a deep breath, waiting for her to approach him.
“What is going on with you? I have been trying to reach you, but you were not picking up your calls at all. You got me all worried about you, as I did not know where you were.” Princess said in a sharp tone as she tried to touch him, but he moved back a bit to avoid her touch. He only took a deep breath as he tried to think of what next to say, but nothing was coming to his head at that moment.
“You are not talking to me? What is going on? Are you still angry about what I showed you yesterday?” She asked, and he still did not utter a single word in response to what she had said. She took a deep breath, trying to move closer to him, but he moved a step backward to maintain the distance between them.
“Why are doing this to me? All my efforts to make you feel better, it seems I am not trying at all.” She said, and he only took a deep breath, this time clearing his throat slightly to talk.
“Princess, I just want to be left alone. I am not ready for all these.” He said, and Princess leaned forward with a pale look, trying to whisper to him, but he held her by her shoulders with both hands, looking straight into her eyes for a moment before taking a deep breath to talk to her.
“Thank you, but I really appreciate me being alone for now.” He said and tried to walk away, but she held him by his wrist, stopping him from walking forward.
“What is it this time?” He said in a sharp tone as he tilted his head back to give him a stern look.
“Okay, I understand that you want to be alone, but at least have some food before you lock yourself up in that room because I am sure that you have not had anything to eat since you angrily left the office earlier.” She said in a low tone as she continued to look at her with a pale look.
“I am not hungry. But wait, can I ask you a question?” He said as a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
“Yes, sure. You can ask me anything.” She replied, and he tilted his head away for a moment, heaving a sigh as he thought of whether to ask her about it or just leave it the way it was. “But I am so curious to know this. If I don’t ask now, I might not have the opportunity to ask again.” He said to himself within a millisecond as he tilted his head back to look at her and took a deep breath.
“Is Alpha Jude aware that she is pregnant for another man as well?” He asked, and she gazed at him with wide eyes, as if she were surprised at the question that was thrown to her suddenly.
“I think so, yes. Why do you ask?” She asked in a mild tone, and he heaved a sigh, shaking his head abruptly as he did not want to go further than that in that discussion.
“Nothing, I just wanted to clear a thought.” He said and turned around to walk away, but she kept on holding him, and at this point, he was fed up and had no choice but to yell at her to let him be. She looked at him with a pale face as if she were about to cry.
“Just leave me alone. I have a lot to deal with presently. Just….” he said and turned around to walk away, this time, she did not hold him back as she only stood there and watched him walk away from her. Not long after, he arrived at his room, shutting the door behind him rapidly as he leaned against the door, with a palm over his face as he reminisced on what he had seen that evening. He stood between being angry at her and being considerate because she was pregnant.
“But I did not fuck her. Why do I have to take care of a pregnancy that’s not mine?” He wondered as he stayed there. He was almost feeling crazy about the issue and wished that there was a way he could forget about her and all the things she had done to him, but he had to face the reality and deal with it the way it came. He heaved a sigh as he came off the wall he walked slowly to the bed lay there on his back and continued to gaze at the ceiling.
An idea popped up in his mind and he tilted his head to look at where he placed his phone. He stretched his hand to reach his phone to grab his phone. He looked through to see what notification he had missed, and then he saw the series of missed calls that had come in. He only took a deep breath as he tossed his phone away from him, closing his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the image of Ava and her friend as they had their discussion beside the lake. He tried to swallow the lump that formed in his throat, but each time he tried, the lump got bigger.
His phone suddenly chimed and opened his eyes, contemplating whether to check his phone, but later decided not to check at all as he wanted to find a way to escape his reality. It was obvious that he was disturbed by the issue and could not take his mind off it. Suddenly, the sound in the background started to fade into the background as the only sound that he was hearing was that of his heart beating hard in his chest as if it wanted to jump out of his chest as he slowly slept off.
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The alarm went off, and he had no choice but to wake up to the blabbing sound of the alarm tone. He put it off and sat up on the bed, yawning before he wiped his eyes slightly. The first thought that came into his mind was Ava, and he hated the fact that she was starting to mess up his mental health. “I mean, why would I wake up in the morning and the first thing that I will think of is her?” He asked himself as he slowly laid back on the bed.
He scoffed after a while, trying to encourage himself to be strong and have a great day. “Perhaps I will just grant her the leave that she is going to ask for even before she asks. If I don’t see her, there is no way that I will be affected. And by the time she had given birth and come back to the office, I would have gotten over her.” He said to himself as he stood up from the bed and walked into the bathroom to take his bath. He walked out not long after, coming straight to his phone to call his secretary.
“Hello!” He said as soon as the call connected, clearing his throat slightly as he waited for her to talk.
“Good morning alpha.” She greeted in a sharp tone.
“Morning. I want you to prepare something for me before I come to the office.” He said in a low tone as he walked to his closet to grab a dress to wear.
“Okay, sir. What do you need me to do?” She asked, and he took a deep breath, clearing her throat before he talked.
“Prepare a letter for me. Give Ava a year of maternity leave.” He said in a low tone and ended the call abruptly.
Suddenly, a knock came on his door, and he tilted his head to look at the door. “Who could that be?” He asked himself before he talked.
“Come in.” He yelled, and the door opened immediately, revealing Princess as she walked in slowly towards him. He gasped in shock, as he did not expect to see her at this time of the morning.
“You are you so early.” He said in a low tone as he walked towards his bed to sit at the edge, tilting his head to look at her.