After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 137

And now, as I drove back to my villa, I could feel the weight of that promise.

It was a challenge-a declaration that Leo wasn't going to let anyone else in. Not Marcus.

Not anyone. But little did I know, events were already unfolding in the shadows, events that would change everything.

Leo's POV:

watched Elizabeth leave the ball, her elegance untouchable, yet somehow just out of reach.

I had to know. I needed to understand her-what she felt for me.

But before I could follow her, Marcus stepped out of the shadows, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

He looked at me, his sharp eyes scanning me with a smugness that made my blood boil.

He was wearing a tailored suit today, something more polished than his usual black.

Too polished. I narrowed my eyes.

"I remember you usually stick to black suits," I said with a faint edge to my voice. "What's with the change? Dressing up to impress Elizabeth?"

Marcus tugged at his collar, a small smirk curling at the edge of his mouth.

"What I wear is my business, Leo. I don't need your permission."

I suppressed my rising anger, my jaw tightening.

but coming here

darkened, his

belong

footsteps echoing as

and when the doors slid open, I pressed the switch, keeping the

few moments, I discreetly set things in motion that disrupted

one of his key business locations, sparking concerns of legal violations that demanded his

about potential tax discrepancies and improper permits, creating enough chaos to pull him away from Elizabeth

remind him that I had control over more

Marcus," I warned, my voice low and cold. "Tonight was just a

containing

gave him

á threat. I don't make threats. I make promises. Next

the tension between us

you? The overbearing, angry side?" After I Amazed the World, the Cold

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words but like a

She knew.

Of course, she knew.

been by my side for years, through every mood, every fight. But I hadn't

now, maybe, she didn't want to

my hesitation and

wants freedom. And she doesn't have you in her heart anymore. If I were you, I'd never let go of

to myself. But you stay out