Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 165- Frederic Slips Up

Frederic

Selene is smarter than I gave her credit for – and more stubborn. Her impromptu

interview with the press outside the hospital was masterful – if it hadn’t caused such problems for me I’d even be impressed. However ever since she told the pack to start looking into my background, I’ve been doing nothing but putting out fires.

Every five minutes a different reporter is calling for my comment, while a bevy of others dig into my past. Of course, Thomas Kane only has records dating back to college – when my mother invented him. Before then everything I did was tainted by my father’s so-called “ crimes”. The media has already figure out my current identity is a fraud, how much longer can I last before they learn the truth? Even the medical board has been calling me, threatening to revoke my license.

Part of me regrets throwing my mother into the basement, I’d really love to have someone to talk to right now, but I have a feeling Mom isn’t going to be too forthcoming with advice after spending two weeks in a cold dark pit. Oh well, you live and you learn.

It might be easier to stomach if I were any closer to winning over Selene. But she seems as distant as ever- if not more so. We haven’t spoken in quite some time now, and I have a bad feeling she’s onto me – why else would she have directed everyone to investigate

me?

Every day that passes seems to make my situation seem more and more bleak, and I’m trying to keep my head up, but it isn’t easy. The worst comes when I learn that Selene is planning to leave the territory to chase Bastien. I didn’t realize at first, it wasn’t until my spies around the pack house began to notice a lot of movement: Selene and her witchy mentor planning and packing their bags, and Drake and his little mate talking to Lila about

their plans for Asphodel.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what’s going on, but no matter the harm she’s done to my reputation or the problems it might cause, I know I have to stop her.

Selene

before Helene and I depart, and I’m hoping she’ll agree to do

there’s a chance the new baby can convince him, I’ll gladly use it. However just before I reach Dr. Lee’s office, I smell

my heart sinks into my stomach when I see the man in question step out from behind a parked van. For one terrible moment I’m afraid he intends

grave expression, and his body language

teeth I reply, “Thomas, what are you

that you were leaving.” He says, as if the mere idea of

believing this story for a single second. “More like you have more spy cameras

quickly covers his surprise. “What are you

I answer, throwing caution to the wind. “I

I’ve only ever known to be warm and earnest is gone, replaced by someone I don’t recognize at all. His green eyes narrow to slits, and he crosses his arms over his

smart as you think you are.” I hiss, tilting my chin up defiantly.” The next time you want to try

know I would never hurt you.” He moves to touch me, and I instinctively back away. A few passersby are beginning to take notice, but Frederic doesn’t seem to realize the attention we’re drawing. His locus is solely on me. “You’re

realize the man is not just cunning and ruthless, but completely delusional. I knew he’d developed some sort of strange fixation on me, but he truly believes every word he’s saying, “You already have hurt me. How do you think it felt learning you were spying on me in the most intimate moments of my life7 Keeping

it almost destroyed me. If you and Arabella hadn’t ever separated us, so much pain could have been avoided. Don’t pretend you

someone who is so clearly disturbed this way, but I can’t help it now that the fight has begun. Besides, we’re beginning to gather an audience, and the more people hear, the better. “That isn’t

and you didn’t stop her, you got cold feet at the last second and abandoned me in a situation that could have ended

speak, Frederic has gotten angrier and angrier, swelling up like a puffer fish and turning redder and redder. It’s sort of like watching lava bubble up in a volcano, and he’s clearly about to blow. “Gabriel deserved to die!” Frederic explodes, “And so does Bastien! The entire Durand family is corrupt and has only stayed in power this long by taking credit