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My heart was pounding, but I kept my expression calm and concerned. I took a step forward,

noting how much thinner Ethan looked.

"Ethan, are you feeling unwell? Why do you look so pale?" I asked, my voice soft

with worry.

He didn't answer. He just looked at me with those unfathomable amber eyes, making my anxiety spike.

"Ethan, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong?" I

asked, deliberately letting my eyes redden, looking at him pitifully, on the verge of tears.

This always worked on Ethan. I'd angered him before, but as long as I acted weak and

vulnerable, he would soften. He could never bear to stay mad at me when I cried. But today was different. His expression remained cold and distant.

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"Ethan..." I sobbed, about to deploy my ultimate weapon-full tears-when he suddenly spoke.

"I just met with Nathan."

The name hit me like a physical blow. Nathan Blackwood. Ethan's friend. It was normal for

meet, but for Ethan to mention him now,

I clung to hope. Ethan trusted me

forced myself to remain calm, responding with casual

I've seen him

cook-"

about what

spine. The way he was looking at me-like I was a stranger. Where was the Ethan who melted at my tears? The Ethan who

was precisely because he knew my habits, knew that I stuttered and couldn't speak a complete sentence whenever I lied, that he

know that the kidney

Nathan had suddenly brought up the matter of that little girl's kidney, I

answer his question but asked my own

rhetorical question, but

and confusion. He looked at me like

didn't you tell me, knowing that the kidney was Lily's? What were you thinking?" he demanded, his

as Olivia had claimed? That I deliberately stole Lily's kidney, wanting

to, but

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face

down on the floor and burst into tears. Not the delicate, pretty

ugly, desperate

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how important Emma is to me, even though I didn't want to get pregnant with

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