Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 0134

Chapter 0134

Now, how can I supposed to face Cara...?

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Cara's POV

My home is finally quiet again.

I've driven my brothers and Alaric out of my room, and now I collapse onto my sofa, too drained to return to my bed.

I don't want to go back to the bed-it'll remind me of last night. Of the way Alaric touched me, the way we made love after I drunkenly gave in. Of the mistake that started it all.

Leaning back into the cushions, I grab a large, soft pillow and hug it tightly to my chest. I reach for the remote, hoping a mindless soap opera might distract me.

The room fills with noise once more, the sound of young actors playing out a melodramatic campus romance.

["Oh, Nina, my darling, I can't live without you!" "Oh, Enzo, me too! Even if my father forbids it, I'll stay by your side forever!"]

The aroma of food wafts over from the table, where a lunch box sits. It's a gift from my brothers, a peace offering to make up for earlier. Inside, I find warm pizza, burgers, fries, and fried chicken-exactly what I need right now. I feel a pang of guilt for yelling at my brothers earlier, but I'm too tired to deal with that right now. I need to be alone.

Just for a little while.

Let me have some quiet. Let me have some think.

I don't drink, and I don't want to start again. The soap opera continues in the background, its overly cheerful couple glued together in an exaggerated kiss.

["I love you, Nina..."]

that feels almost

I think of Alaric.

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me, velvet box in hand, his voice steady, his

Cara." He kisses me with fervor, his usual cold exterior melting into something unrecognizably warm, as if he's truly

I

had for him. I've already

mates, in destiny. But then came the

garden-the one I painstakingly

that garden, I watched him kneel before Lilia, proposing to her. My hands trembled as I held out the velvet box with the

ignored me, humiliated me, and called me a

away from DarkWood, of the accident,

of my lost wolf.

replayed, again

And Alaric

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The man I once loved with all my heart, and the man

screen, the campus lovers are still tangled in each other, reciting sweet lines

glad you came back for me. I'm so glad we made up. This time, we'll never be

that's just

My reality is different.

naïve like a schoolgirl. I have two children to care for, one of whom is still sick. I have a demanding job, and I'm no longer the

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my family, for my career.

still loving him,

"Cara-!"

voice coming