After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 165

-I stared at the card, feeling a wave of frustration rise up again.

Pushing the card back into his hand, I shook my head.

"It's not the money. It's about being acknowledged. About someone believing in my music." My voice cracked slightly, and I denched my fists. "Tre about not questioning my worth every time something goes wrong."

Leo frowned, clearly not sure how to fix this, but he held me tighter, pulling me back into his arms.

His silence spoke volumes. He wasn't here to fix things but to be here with me through the storm.

And in that moment, I needed that more than any comforting words.

After what felt like an eternity of quiet comfort, Leo let go and stood up.

"Ill be back," he said, his voice low and determined. He walked out of the room and I could hear him making a phone call from the hallway.

"BETA," he spoke into the phone, his tone all business, "I need you to find out who Holt has been in contact with recently, specifically anyone with an interest in piano. This is urgent."

Panther responded immediately. "Understood, Alpha. I'll get someone on it right away."

Satisfied, Leo ended the call and returned to the room, sitting beside me once again.

the bottom of this," he said quietly,

second that my performance had truly been rejected. Something

later, his

brow furrowing as Panther

There's one individual

Leo asked, his

a slight pause before Panther

rogue. And not just any

nature, rarely approached

unpredictable and aggressive, often

them was deep-rooted, and any interaction with a rogue was considered

sometimes, necessity

"Find a way to ask that person

alone.... this one is a leading figure in a rogue group." Without missing

watching from inside

outside the door, I assumed it was something important

don't need to stay here with me," I said, standing in the doorway. "If there's

his head, turned off his

the Cold