Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Alessia’s POV

It’s dinner time and the bitc h won’t quit it. She has managed to superglue herself to Caden while Raphael is on the other side of him.

She just keeps talking continuously and endlessly. Someone should please shut that trap hole. It also doesn’t help that I can hear every single thing that’s coming out of her mouth.

No, bitc h, he doesn’t want to hear about the new painting that you just started working on. Neither does he want to hear about your plans for your next birthday. I mean, June is still five months away, so you don’t definitely need to start thinking of how many balloons can fit in the hall.

I grind my teeth, chewing harder on the broccoli than necessary.

“Everything ok?” Jake asks, looking at me tentatively as he places a piece of broccoli in his mouth and chews on it the way a normal person is meant to.

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“Fine,” I grunt out in an animalistic way, my wolf trying to force her way out to show Veronica how to stay away from things that aren’t hers.

“Are you sure about that?” He’s actually looking at me with a scared expression on his face.

I ignore his question, still shooting diggers at the bit c h clinging onto what’s mine.

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Wow! Where is all this possessiveness coming from? Ok, maybe I need to reel it in a bit here. So what if she is basically plastered to Caden? At least, he isn’t giving her the time of his day. He actually looks bored as he ignores her in favor of talking with Raphael.

She doesn’t take the hint though. She just gets more persistent.

I curl my fingers around my fork when she wraps her hand around his biceps and squeezes. How hasn’t he noticed what a vile creature she is? It’s f u c k i n g obvious and hidden in plain sight.

I sigh, not surprised that someone as oblivious as Caden couldn’t read the lines. I mean, he still doesn’t know that I-

“You’re going to dig a hole into her head if you stare at her for any longer,” Jake whispers beside me, his gaze following mine and landing on where Veronica is now shifting her chair closer to Caden’s. As thought it wasn’t already close enough. She should enter him while she’s at it. Maybe that will satisfy her thirsty demonic needs.

“Stopping doing that,” Jake says again through gritted teeth like it’s going to stop the people beside him from hearing. “People are noticing.”

I finally break my glare away from my newfound enemy to look around the table and find absolutely not one looking at me. That glare becomes directed at Jake. “Liar,” I mouth.

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Deciding that it won’t be wise to keep openly glaring at Veronica, I focus on my meal which is now getting cold. Just another reason to hate her. I’m currently shoving soggy noodles down my throat all because of her.

Dinner is excruciatingly long and I’m more than grateful when people start milling out of the room.

Including Caden, who walks with Raphael in the direction of the stairs, leaving Veronica sitting alone with a pout on her lips. Hah…take that bitc h.

I scrape off the remaining of my cold noodle with a big grin on my face. Looking over at my side, I find Jake staring at me with amusement in his eyes which I question with a raised brow.

“Just wanted to know why you’re suddenly happy when five minutes ago, you looked like you wanted to gouge your eyes with your claws.”

“No reason,” I say with that sh i t-eating grin still placed on my face. The fact that Veronica stands up and storms away from the dining room just makes my grin wider.

“Come with me,” Jake says and that’s the only warning I get before my plate is ripped away from me.

Next, he wraps his fingers around my arm and drags me into the kitchen with him where he dumps the dishes into the sink. Next, I’m getting dragged again but this time outside of the pack house.

I open my mouth to give him a piece of my mind and tell him that I don’t appreciate having my food pulled away from me when he slams my back into the wall by the side of the house: Not hard enough for me to yell out but still hard enough for it to sting.

“What’s your beef with her?” He asks.

“With whom?” I ask, playing dumb while also trying to reach over and rub my sore back.

He draws his brows together, crosses his arms over his chest, and pins me down with a look that he probably thinks is intimidating. The only thing that looks succeds in doing is making me roll my eyes.

“I just don’t like her,” I say, shrugging like it’s an everyday occurrence to suddenly decide not to like

someone.

“Why?” He asks, his arms falling from his chest as his brows pinch together in confusion.

“I just don’t.” My voice is louder than it ought to be but I’m tired of this interrogation session.

“Why?” He echos his earlier question, this time firmer.

I sigh, pressing my back to the wall behind me. “She told me to stay away from Caden. Said something. about him being hers.” My voice is really low but I know he hears my words because his eyes widen to

saucer.

“She said that?” He asks, looking incredulous.

“She did,” I answer, looking around to make sure that no one is eavesdropping.

“Are you going to tell Caden?”

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I’m shaking my head just like I did at Scarlett’s. “He won’t believe me. He will probably just think I’m trying to come between him and his previous mate’s family.”

“Caden isn’t irrational. He may not believe you at first but it doesn’t mean that he’s just going to completely ignore whatever you say.” His eyes shine with an adoration that I rarely ever see directed towards Caden. “He’s a just and fair Alpha. He’ll hear you out.”

I worry my bottom lips, wondering if there’s any truth to his words. Should I tell Caden about it?