Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Five

“The last time I was here, you seemed to be in such a hurry to do just that.”

“I thought I was keeping you safe; If only I knew you were like a problem magnet.”

“So let me guess, you would give me a whole crap talk about how you were willing to hurt me, humiliate me, just to ‘protect‘ me.”

That silenced him, and then his gaze found something I had left on, my engagement ring. For some reason, I felt the need to hide it.

He grasped my hand, staring at it.

“What is this?”

“What does it look like?”

“You’re engaged?” He said the words like it didn’t make sense.

“Yes, and keeping me here isn’t really helping me in any way.”

were once again those cold orbs that

guess I deserve this,” he says more to himself than to me. “I should be happy you’ve moved on, but I can’t be happy for you, Riley,” he says,

pulled my hands away from his hold,

loved you, and you knew that, but you used that against me; you broke me. Do you know how long I spent crying over you, waiting and hoping you showed up, but you never fucking did;

I hoped you would change your mind, but you never came, and I had to move on. You think this was easy for me? I had no one; I was in a foreign land, and I had to stare at my mother each day, knowing she was right about you and you were

for me.

wasn’t going to let you do the same thing with me your father did to

was crying now, and I couldn’t hold it back. gods, I hated him so much. I hated him so much for what he put me through, and all through my little

really bad. I thought I was doing the right

or for you? It has always been about you and your many problems, you were the one with the problems not me and yet you made me feel like I wasn’t good. enough, you made me question my self worth.

One Hundred and

so low, just to be with you. Not anymore”

that, but you were never going

gave me. I believed in what we had, and I

realize I could not leave without you” A part of me always

am not some spineless wolf, you just never did

“No you