Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five

Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Four

I didn't know how to feel. While I had been venting about not being ready, a small part of me had already accepted the pregnancy-the challenges that came with it. For those few hours when I thought I was pregnant, I couldn't deny a strange fascination with the idea of a life growing inside of me. Her news should have brought relief, but strangely, it didn't.

It was midnight. I didn't know exactly how I had ended up at the door of our apartment. Letting out a sigh of resignation, I stepped inside. Maybe I did need to talk to Alexander.

I found him seated in the exact same position I had left him, but this time, a bottle

of liquor was in his hand. Even from here, I could smell the harsh smell of

wolfsbane. My eyes widened, and I rushed to him.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

"Well, that would just mean one less person for anyone to worry about."

"Are you crazy? You are the Alpha king!"

He smirked; it was humorless. I had never seen him look so scary and at the same time so broken. "I didn't expect you to come back anytime soon."

"I didn't plan on coming back either."

This was the moment I told him everything-the truth about Aric and what he had done. The image of him, wounded and lying on the ground in the woods, flashed through my mind. Sympathy filled my chest. Despite everything he had done, despite the pain and betrayal he had put me through, I couldn't bring myself to say the words. I knew that in Alexander's state, he would kill him for what he did, and... I wanted him alive. Because, in spite of everything, he was still family.

"You are right." I said to Alexander; he didn't look at me, not once. "I am a liar. I lied because I was afraid. I betrayed you. I don't know how it happened-one thing led to the other, and then..." I let out a small sob.

Alexander reached out as if to hold me, but then he drew back. "I'm sorry I jeopardized the relationship we had. It all happened in the heat of the moment, and I will never stop regretting it," I said to him. I wished I could tell him the truth; maybe then he wouldn't stare at me with those disappointment-filled eyes.

"I should never have reacted the way I did, even if the child wasn't mine..."

"Turns out there was no child to begin with... There was some sort of mix-up with the test results. Maybe it's all for the best, after all; I wasn't ready to raise a child; I wouldn't have been a good mother."

"I doubt that," he said, and his words surprised me. I had just admitted to him that

I had indeed cheated on him; even if that wasn't entirely true, I had expected him to be furious at me, but strangely, he was very calm.

I stared into his eyes. His touch felt so

himself than to me; that

have known what?"

never one to fall

it. I betrayed

course, that's why you said nothing, because there was nothing to be said. Why are you trying to protect him,

couldn't speak, couldn't say anything; how had he figured

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don't know what you are talking

do. Please don't lie to me; tell me everything

you won't hurt him; promise me that if I tell you the truth, you won't make

find out anyway, and so I told him everything, and just as I had expected, he was furious. But for the first time in what felt like

One Hundred

One Hundred and

ALEXANDER'S POV

I

was not like other girls, and yet I doubted her. I had been the one wrong.

her in again. But now, I noticed her-every part of her. I noticed she had lost

what he had done to her, he deserved to pay. Why was she protecting

he would always remain family to her. Even after everything he had done, she was going to

doesn't suffer for what he's done, he

on my lips-of course, she must have thrown

do this for you, but you will never be alone with him again; I will make

she said, her shoulders

seeing her like this filled me up with

I followed, watching as she threw up into the toilet. I knelt beside her, running a soothing hand down her back. When she was done, she

alright?" I

said. "Earlier, Sarah thought these signs meant I was pregnant. She might have been wrong about that, but I need to know why this keeps

the first

long have you been

days." She