After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 209: She isn’t sincerely staying by his side.

Chapter 209: She isn’t sincerely staying by his side

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

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When I swiped into the suite with the spare room card, the living room light was off. The darkness enveloped me like a familiar embrace after the long day at the research institute.

I gently closed the door behind me, careful not to make any noise. The last thing I wanted was to wake Marcus if he was finally getting some rest.

I was about to return to my chamber when the light behind the bar’s glass wine cabinet suddenly turned on. The unexpected illumination made me freeze in place.

Mooked up to see Marcus Blackwood walking out from behind the bar. He was wearing a dark silk bathrobe that hung loosely on his frame, and he held a crystal wine glass in his hand.

“You’re not asleep?” I asked, surprised to find him awake at this late hour.

“I can’t sleep.” Marcus placed his wine glass on the gray marble countertop with a soft clink.

His golden eyes found mine across the dimly lit room. “You’re back so late?”

I shifted my weight, suddenly feeling the exhaustion from the long day settling into my bones. “I had been working overtime.”

My gaze swept over the wine glass in his hand, noting the amber liquid swirling inside. Without thinking, the words slipped out.

“With your physical condition, you should drink less alcohol.”

Marcus paused, and I caught a trace of something flickering in his secluded eyes. It disappeared in an instant, leaving his expression calm and unruffled.

“Don’t worry, I won’t die,” he said, his voice carrying a bitter edge. “You won’t become a widowed Luna anytime soon, much to your disappointment.”

I felt a familiar wave of frustration wash over me. His constant need to twist my words into something cruel was exhausting.

I was too lazy to argue with him tonight. The day had been long enough without adding another pointless confrontation to it.

Just as I was about to enter my chamber, Marcus’s voice stopped me.

“Elena”

I turned back, my hand already on the door handle. “What is it now?”

(Marcus Blackwood’s POV)

I gazed at her face, taking in the tired lines around her green eyes and the way her shoulders sagged with exhaustion. There were so many things I wanted to say to her.

I wanted to ask about her day, about the research that kept her so late. I wanted to apologize for my harsh words, for the constant tension between us.

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at my lips, trapped by pride

every day.

end, I only squeezed out, “Get

She simply nodded and disappeared into

soft click behind

sight. The hand holding the

phone call earlier that day flashed through my mind

wound.

sincerely staying by

to stay with you because your mother promised her

the mate bond. It’s not because

covering my forehead with my

that I could

glass trembled in my other hand as the truth of Isabella’s words

poison.

wasn’t here because she wanted to be. She was

(God’s POV)

Ancestral Manor in the Northern Territory,

with tears streaming down her

go to Europe!” she pleaded, her voice breaking

in her high–backed chair, her expression stern and unyielding. The morning light strearning through the tall windows cast harsh shadows across her

continued, her words tumbling out in a rush of resentment and

to Europe for supposedly instigating conflict! He’s the one who

place!”

word, filled with the entitled

she wanted.

I’m your granddaughter! I should have listened to my mother and competed with my cousin for

already been suffering from a headache due

Margaret’s voice cut through the air

going pale as she realized what she had just blurted out in

the air between

tried to backtrack, her hands fluttering nervously.

on, her eyes narrowing with dangerous intensity. “Did Diana Blackwood suggest

isn’t sincerely staying

Marcus

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frantic. “Grandmother,

idea that her own family members were plotting

her with a

motives now, seeing clearly how Diana had been poisoning

ambitious schemes.

to Europe for further studies is the best course of

influenced by

and tears, Margaret remained unmoved.

she called to the head housekeeper

a respectful