After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 185: The First THe Saw Her

Chapter 185: The First THe Saw Her

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

| felt my blood running cold, the ringing in my ears so intense | thought | was hallucinating. Marcus had just

confessed that he had fallen forlong ago.

The words echoed in my mind like a cruel joke. After everything we'd been through, after all the pain and

betrayal, he chose now to tellthis?

My body went rigid in his arms. The warmth of his embrace suddenly felt suffocating instead of comforting

“Is that so?” | asked, staring at a patch of light on the wall.

My voice cout flat and emotionless. | couldn't bring myself to look at him.

“You say you fell forearly on, but wasn’t it you who forcedto submit to Sophia, who distrusted me, who

pushedtowards despair?”

Silence followed from behind me. The only sound was his shallow breathing against my neck.

| continued calmly, without a trace of emotion. “You were never on my side, even when you wavered, you still

favored Sophia in your heart.”

The accusation hung in the air between us like a blade. Years of suppressed hurt poured out in those simple

words.

“| favored her because | thought | had wronged her,” Marcus said quietly.

His voice carried a weight I'd never heard before. Raw and vulnerable in a way that caughtoff guard.

“After she returned to the Northern Territory, | no longer felt that old stirring emotion for her. | knew it was your

appearance that madeunable to guard my heart.”

He shifted slightly, his arms tightening aroundas if afraid | might disappear.

“I didn’t really want to neglect you those years; | just resented myself for betraying my feelings for her, sol had

to treat you coldly.”

| was momentarily dazed, unable to respond for a long time. This explanation turned everything | thought | knew

upside down.

He had been fighting his own feelings forwhile trying to honor what he believed he owed Sophia. The cruelty

I'd interpreted as indifference had been his way of punishing himself.

“I admit, | was indeed disloyal, but in the lost memory of that k*****++xg, Sophia just happened to appear when |

needed her most.”

His voice grew softer, more reflective. Like he was finally allowing himself to examine those buried memories.

“Before high school, | was always in private schools abroad. Because of my identity as the Blackwood heir,

classmates and teachers approachedwith ulterior motives, so | didn’t like socializing.”

| could picture the lonely boy he must have been. Isolated by his status, unable to trust anyone’s motives.

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“Later, my mother broughtback to the Northern Territory to makemore sociable, hiding my family

background and lettingattend public school.”

“Just because | wasn't good at speaking and was withdrawn, | was isolated by my classmates, and only Sophia

was kind to me.”

The pieces of his past were falling into place. Sophia had been his lifeline during a vulnerable time, which

explained his misplaced loyalty to her.

| lowered my eyelashes, pursing my lips in silence. After | was rescued from the k**#¥*xk xg, | never saw Marcus

again, so | didn’t know what happened to him later.

| only recognized him again when | was a freshman in college. By then, he was already the confident Alpha heir,

and | was just another healer in his world.

“Elena.” Marcus huggedtighter.

His voice broke slightly on my name, and I felt something wet against my shoulder. Was he crying?

“Only now do | realize that the heart stirring feeling | had the first t| saw you wasn’t just because of your

appearance, but because | already knew you, but my memory had forgotten you.”

The confession hitlike a physical blow. All those years, spart of him had recognizedeven when his

conscious mind couldn't.

“But seeing you again, I'm still attracted to you.”

He laughed softly, the sound bitter and self-deprecating.

Then suddenly asked, “Do you think this is fate?”

| closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep. | couldn't handle this conversation anymore. The revelations were too

much, too overwhelming.

Marcus didn’t get my answer, and knew she was pretending, and he was indeed disappointed, but how could he

blher?

The next morning, | woke up with a start. | had actually fallen asleep last night while pretending!

Sunlight streamed through the medical facility windows, casting everything in a harsh, clinical light.

| turned to look at the man besideand suddenly sat up. How was he still here?

Marcus hadn’t woken up; on the contrary, he was sleeping soundly, so soundly that even his breathing was

shallow.

Too shallow. Panic shot throughas | realized something was wrong.

“Marcus?” | pushed him.

He didn’t respond. His skin looked pale, almost gray in the morning light.

My heart skipped a beat, and | reached out to check his breath. Fortunately... he was still alive.

But barely. His breathing was so faint | had to lean close to feel it.

Marcus's brow furrowed, then he slowly opened his eyes. My action of pulling my hand back happened to fall into

his eyes.

“Looking atlike that, did you think | was dead?” he asked weakly.

| turned my head away, embarrassed at being caught in my concern. “Wouldn't it be creepy to wake up with a

dead person next to you?”

Marcus sat up slowly, wincing with the effort. “If you haven't done anything wrong, what's there to be afraid

of?”

| didn’t speak. The truth was, | had been terrified. The thought of losing him, even after everything, had filled me

with unexpected dread.

A rustling sound cfrom outside. Voices and footsteps approached the door with obvious intent.

Marcus opened the door, and several figures stumbled in. Leading the way was Lila.

Amber Stone and two nurses looked awkward behind her. The former forced a smile and said, ‘Alpha, Luna,

you're awake...”

The intrusion felt like a violation of the fragile moment we'd shared. | pulled the blanket higher, suddenly aware

of how intimate this looked.

Marcus glanced at Lila. “She’s one thing, but why are you so clueless?”

These words were directed at Amber Stone, who looked like she wanted to disappear into the floor. According to

Amber Stone's expression, she was inwardly protesting, it was clearly Miss Lila who led the

way!!

“Cousin Marcus, you can’t blus for this; it's because you...” Lila glanced at Elena, a smile hidden in her

eyes, “...didn’t stay in your own room.”

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