Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred

Chapter Two Hundred

I shouldn’t be thinking about Ash’s words, but I was. No matter how many times I tried to shove them out of my mind, they always found their way back.

“Dinner is served. Come eat,” Daemon announced. Staring at him, I could almost forget that he was a demon; he just seemed so… human. But when you looked deeper into those dark blue eyes, that’s when you noticed something off–something that screamed predator.

“I’m not hungry.”

“That’s a lie. Come with me,” he said. I might be hungry, but I was in no mood to eat, yet I followed him. He had already dished out the food for me and, as usual, none for himself.

“Thank you.” I muttered, taking a seat. The smoky scent of spiced grilled meat filled the air. On any other day, it would be enough to make my mouth water and my stomach rumble, but this time, I could barely force myself to eat more than a few small pieces.

“Aliyah,” Daemon called, and I looked up at him. “I can make something else if you don’t like this.”

“It’s not that. I’m just not hungry.”

He watched me, to himself.

if they could read me.

sharp breath. “You know what? You’re right. What are we

you mean?”

of it. What are we doing? Are we like a couple? Is marriage on

pronounced it like he’d

something couples do.”

it is.” He said, and then he carefully studied me. “Where is all

think, and I don’t

I made only covered getting you here and keeping you alive, but you don’t have to worry about all that- we’ll take it one

just two couples getting to know each other better, but

I? The blessed,

I waited for him to say something–anything. But he didn’t, and as the silence stretched, my

to understand you, but it’s so hard. I want to understand why you do the things you do, but it is impossible

want to know?” he asked, finally speaking up, but yet he had

felt about it; I want to understand how you could fall in love with your

until