Let Me Go, My Mafia Husband by Paga Slayer

Chapter 574 I Love Your Dad *Zander*

"Zander, I need to have a word with you," Maddox's voice echoed with concern as he stormed into my room, his footsteps echoing off the walls after I evaded our conversation in the pack's office.

"Not now, Maddox," I dismissed him with a sharp edge to my tone, my gaze fixed on the file before me.

"I'm not letting this slide, Zander. We have to talk," he insisted, his tone firm, unwavering.

Huffing in frustration, I turned to face him, my jaw set with tension.

"You want to talk?!" I growled, my voice low and intense. "Fine, let's talk. What's on your mind?"

"Why did you allow Selena to go with that cunning Vampire King?" he questioned, his eyes burning with intensity.

"Isn't it obvious, Maddox?" I snapped, my frustration boiling over. "He's Selena's mate, and I have no right to hold her back."

"No!" he bit out, his voice sharp with disagreement. "She's our Luna, and you're her mate first. You have every right to stop her, to fight for her," he countered, his words laced with conviction. "But instead, you just stood there and watched her leave with that filthy vampire." "I don't owe you an answer, Maddox," I asserted with the weight of my Alpha authority pressing in my voice. He backed off, head bowed in submission, but the stubborn wolf refused to yield so easily.

"I'm asking as your friend, Zander. Let me be there for you," he implored, his tone softening.

"I don't need anyone," I retorted, my words sharp and cold.

"Of course, the Alpha King doesn't need anyone. But my friend Zander needs me in his vulnerable time. Speak to me," he persisted, his sincerity evident.

steadfast in my resolve never to reveal my weaknesses to anyone. So, I remained silent, focusing on my tasks. Surely, he would grow weary of waiting and depart like everyone else. At least, that's

the tense air as though he were peering into the depths of my mind. "Please, tell me the reason. It's tearing me apart to see you like

I snapped, frustration lacing every

it, Zander! And you believe Selena will find happiness with that Vampire King?!" His voice rose in indignation. "You

and only he had the right to talk to me like this because I knew he was fighting with me for my own

say?!"

a frantic hand through my hair. "Selena has a chance to be happy again with a mate.

How is it possible?" He stammered, looking

I nodded. "And no one can change

is just some twisted joke," Maddox pleaded,

my tone weighed down by the gravity of the situation. "I'm deadly serious. According to the ancient prophecy, my life will end on my

shifted from confusion to stunned silence, his mind grappling with the harsh reality I

just a week away," he murmured, his voice barely audible as if he couldn't quite comprehend the proximity of my impending doom. In fact, I also didn't

*Selena*

cry, my little love. Mommy will be back before you know it," I whispered tenderly, trying to soothe my sobbing baby boy through the pixelated screen of our video call. Yet, his tears persisted,

you went to work, you said it was your last job and you'd never leave

in my throat,

I'm sorry," I murmured, my voice thick with remorse. "If it weren't absolutely necessary, I wouldn't have left you, you have to believe

Dad's with you,"

trying to

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