The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 229

(Eden’s Pov)

Things got worse.

As I laid on the bed with my eyes fixed on a spot on the ceiling, I thought about what had happened in the past few days with Cheryl and Ryker.

They were suddenly placed on a high pedestal way above Eros and I, and this has caused some maids to become disrespectful and spiteful towards me. Even the maids personally assigned to me had their own reservations…

My pregnancy hormones didn’t make it better. Tiara grew restless with every passing moment and craved the touch of her absent mate.

There was no one to comfort me, not even Eros.

I also began to worry about my mother and why I couldn’t reach her or Lord Shevek on the phone.

Whenever I called, the line was always unavailable. I still felt restless about the dream I had and needed assurance that it wasn’t real. But nothing was going the way I wanted.

It felt as if I was in the center of a maze and nothing made proper sense.

Eros and I had been on the edge for weeks now. Ryker and Cheryl have been in the lead for the kingship test, and I began to fear that Ryker and Cheryl would win.

This already had its effect on Eros, who had withdrawn into a shell.

I heard a sound at the door, and it opened. I knew it was Eros.

I turned to my side and folded my knees.

Eros didn’t notice my movements, or maybe he did and chose to ignore it. I wasn’t sure, but he moved straight to the bathroom, and the next thing I heard was the sound of water running.

My mind flashed back to when we made love in that same space. I felt a small ache of desire hit me as I imagined his touch on my body.

I sighed.

With Eros, it was always cold, one minute and scorching hot the next. I wasn’t exactly sure what I could do to make him feel better.

Soon, the water stopped running, and Eros stepped out.

My hormones were all over the place. I felt a great urge to throw myself into his arms without a care, but I stayed still.

He walked up to the bed and stood beside it.

sure he wanted to touch me, but when I didn’t hear

moments, Eros

as I heard the door

tears sting my eyes. My heart squeezed

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what I had envisioned when I thought of having a family with Eros. I had always imagined a loving mate placing soft kisses on my belly as he confessed his love to me and showed his fatherly

was a small bump now. My belly has begun to grow faster, and I knew that in a few weeks, I will be

would happen to us in the

turn cold to me? Did I do something wrong,

that Cheryl

my mate now

me softly on the lips. I want him to whisper to his pup in my belly and place tiny kisses on

the room in the deep of the night and silently

refused to touch

from me, but I have

He seemed uninterested.

for a view of the moon. I headed to the window

when the clouds closed over the

wind blew, and

about

As

the sound of rain falling against the roof of the house.

as it became heavier, and I felt a sinking

chest.

the man

the cold shoulder in the past month, I was beginning to assume our love might be coming to a

doesn’t last forever like

I was an insignificant part of his life. At least he would let me comfort him if he was in despair, but Eros was

and I tried hard not to grab my chest and cry

we

to hold in the tears that threatened to fall down. My throat constricted, and I could hardly breathe properly. I parted my

fell, hard

caught in my emotions, I heard a noise different from the sound of rain drops. It got

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