Rejected, And Became A Heiress

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Chapter 0118

Cara's POV

Alaric's features instantly harden at my question.

"Do you... love me?" I asked him. For every moment that passes without a response, it's as if the question continues to echo around us, endlessly repeating,

His mouth forms a hard line, and he looks down at the ground, folding his hands with his elbows resting on his knees.

I wait.

And wait.

...And wait.

And finally, he speaks.

"No."

The word hits me like a bullet. Like all the air immediately vanishes from my lungs in a great gasp, stealing all of my oxygen.

It feels as though the ground has been pulled, no, ripped, from beneath me. Like suddenly there's a great hollowness that exists inside of my chest. And to think, I had told myself that I was over him.

I realize with the freshness of an open wound that I am disappointed.

Completely and utterly disappointed.

I realize something has left my heart. The expectations, fantasies, and past that I once had

.they have departed from me.

That's his final answer.

To my surprise, I became very calm.

I realize I haven't responded to him. I haven't spoken a word. I clear my throat, testing the sound of my own voice. I hear myself reply to him calmly.

"Alright, I should have known this clearly since six years ago."

Even though there almost no emotion in my tone, the statement itself sounded like a self-deprecating joke.

Alaric opens his mouth, a flicker of anxiety crossing his eyes.

"...Cara, I-"

Chapter 0118

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am truly grateful for your help in saving

not

no longer

your

peripheral vision, I see Alaric move towards me the slightest bit. His stare lingers on me, and I don't know if him will say something back. But

stares at me for a moment longer before finally raising from the

leaves the hospital room without uttering another word. I watch his tall

past, he left my world without hesitation when

though we are fated mates, but maybe it's

closed, still in the

a deep breath, and exhaled a

some things that should be let

John's POV

in with my Alpha King. Alaric had left specific instructions that he was not to be disturbed

little girl, Cara's daughter, Mia. After I received the call from Dr. Marlow requesting the special medicine, the Alpha King demanded

personally invested, so personally involved, in the medical care of a

would

Alaric needed no one's permission to do as

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how many moms fentered

mous

him well. It is quite cinious that

other conclusion could possibly be drawn from the way the Alpha King is

needs him to take his mind off of Cara and Mia today of all days. The morning after the full moon was abways full of tasks: status reports for any newly shifted wolves, assessments of any damage incurred, as

a very

several updates for you this moming." I call to him, jogging to catch up with

"What was that?

bothering to turn

my face. I hadn't expected him to

to push

at me

same corridor twice, it dawns on me that Alaric doesn't know where

sir, can I have a word with you, please?" I ask, opening the door to an

office room.

a hard stare before brushing

door.

is it, Beta?" He

my comment, clearly in no mood to hear what