NovelEnglishChapter 120
Chapter 120
“Say ‘yes, Alpha’.” | took another step forward, fangs slipping out in warning.
Gabriel's throat bobbed. “Yes, Alpha.”
“Good. Now, you're going to fix this mess. You're going to contact Kieran and beg him for forgiveness. Then
you're going to contact all of our other trading partners and make sure you haven't filled their heads with lies
too.”
“Yes, Alpha.”
| left Gabriel's office before | did something I'd regret, like rip his throat out. My Beta was walking a very thin line
lately, and | was getting tired of his insubordination.
But | hated that he was partially right.
| was falling for Ella. Hard and fast and far deeper than | ever wanted to.
And... It hurt to think that she had said she didn’t wantto mark her. What else had she said?
But | couldn't trust a word out of Gabriel's mouth, so | decided to go straight to her. It was a relief to know that
she was awake, and now it was tto talk.
| found her in the bedroom, sitting by the window with a book in her hands and a blanket spread over her lap.
She looked up when | entered, but there was no warmth in her expression. No relief that | was back. She just
blinked atslowly, then returned to her book.
“Ella,” I said, closing the door behind me. “How are you feeling?”
“Fine.” Her voice was flat.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtI moved closer, noting the bandage on the side of her head where she’d hit the bathroom floor. “I'm sorry | had
to leave. The trade dispute couldn't wait.”
“Of course it couldn't.”
The coldness in her voice madepause. “Gabriel gave you my message, | take it?”
“Yes.”
| waited for her to elaborate, but she just stared her book like | wasn’t there. “And?”
Ella finally looked at me, and the emptiness in her eyes was like watching stars wink out of the night sky in real
time. “I want you to rejectas soon as possible. | don’t want your worthless fucking mark. | never did, and |
never will. | want to finish our contract and then | want you to rejectand | never want to see you face again
as long as | live.”
“Ella-
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“It’s what | want.” She turned toward the window. “And since Liam is gone now, I'll be moving back to my old
room. There's no need to keep up the charade anymore. | hated sharing a bed with you and | can’t wait for it to
be over.”
“No.” The word cout sharper than | meant it to.
Ella’s eyebrows rose slightly. “No?”
“You're not moving back to your room. Not yet.” | scrambled for a reasonable explanation that didn’t involve
admitting I'd gotten used to having her besideat night. “The pack needs to see a strong Alpha-Luna
relationship. It's good for morale, and it'll help with the election.”
It sounded hollow even to me, but it was better than the truth. Better than admitting that the thought of sleeping
alone again made my heart ache.
Ella stared atfor a long moment, then looked away with something that might have been disappointment.
“Fine. Whatever you want. It's always about what you fucking want.”
| stared at her for a long moment, stunned. She seemed so angry. So hateful. As if | hadn't offered to do
whatever she wanted to solve her problems.
The silence stretched on interminably. | wanted to say something else, but the words wouldn't come. What was
there to even say? She hated me. She didn’t wantto mark her. She just wanted to complete our contract and
get divorced. She had never felt anything towardexcept for loathing.
“I'll let you rest,” | said after a few eternal moments.
She didn’t acknowledge me. Just licked her thumb and forcefully flipped to the next page of her book. | realized
then that she wasn’t wearing the bracelet I'd purchased for her.
| clenched my jaw and turned on my heel, storming out, the door slamming shut behind me. As | made my way
down the hall, I nearly ran into a young woman carrying a tray of tea. I'd never seen her before.
“Oh!” she said, stumbling back with a sweet smile. “I'm so sorry, Alpha. | didn’t see you there.”
| steadied her automatically, noting that she was pretty in a generic sort of way. Brunette hair, blue eyes,
probably early twenties. She sort of looked like Sophia. But | didn’t recall hiring her despite her wearing a maid's
uniform. “Who are you?”
“Sarah, sir. I'm the new maid. I've been helping Luna Ella with her recovery.” Her smile widened. “It's such an
honor to meet you.”
| nodded distractedly. “Right.” Ella must have hired her. “Well, if you'll excuse me.”
| walked away before she could say anything else too frustrated with the conversation with
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Ella to make small talk with a random maid I'd never seen before.
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