Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Caden’s POV

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She’s at it again. I don’t know why she’s so determined to drive Alessia away with her weird people skills.

“What are you doing here?” I make sure to not let it sound like a rude question or like I don’t enjoy her presence but I’m very sure that it comes out exactly in that way.

“I want to talk to you,” she grits out through clenched teeth, causing me to experience a wave of confusion. I’m sorry, but who exactly is the one who’s meant to be annoyed in this situation? Is it the person who keeps appearing uninvited? Or is it the unsuspecting victim who has to deal with these unexpected visits?

“Let’s go to my office,” I suggest politely. It’s so far off from what I actually want to say. Which is something along the line of- Please, spare my mate and leave the poor girl the f u c k alone!

She looks down at Alessia who has been watching the whole conversation with a confused look on her face, and smiles at her. “I’ll be back soon. We’ll continue the conversation from where we stopped off.”

Not if I have anything to do with that.

My poor naive mate simply nods. “Ok,” she whispers, throwing glances uncertainly between the two of us. Does she think that one of us is going to end up killing the other?

I sigh, leading the way into the pack house, up the stairs, and into my office. When we get there, I open the door as a gentleman and wait for her to walk through it.

She marches for the chair facing mine and settles into it.

“Please, make yourself feel at home,” I mumble sarcastically and I’m answered with a glare.

“Watch your mouth, child, she warns, earning an eye roll from me.

I round the desk and take my seat opposite hers. “What were you talking about with Alessia?” Maybe if I know the topic, I’ll be able to do some damage control.

“I just came to meet your mate and then I had a lovely surprise.” A pause where I wonder what nonsense she’s about to spew next. “Apparently, I also found out that you two aren’t together. You’re fated mate and yet you aren’t really together.” She c o c k s at the head to the side and gives me an inquisitive stare. “Pray tell, how does one have a fated mate and yet not really be with them?”

I grit my teeth hard enough for it to cra c k. “So that’s what you two talked about?” It’s worse than I imagined. It’s the absolute worst-case scenario. I was busy worrying about Alessia when the person actually i n d e e p s h i t is me. Sadly, Alessia isn’t around to save me.

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“What are you doing?” She asks, looking genuinely curious and confused. “Do you even realize what you’re doing?”

Her question annoys me. What does she mean by if I know what I’m doing? I’m the Alpha of the biggest

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Chapter 71

pack and I definitely know what I’m doing. “Of course, I do,” I answer dryly, hoping that will put an end to her interrogation.

“If you know what you’re doing then why are you screwing up big time?” She folds her arms over her chest and levels me with a serious look. “You’re hurting her.

“Excuse me?” My brows furrow together, confusion welling up in me. “What are you talking about?”

“You don’t see it?” She asks incredulously, her eyes doubling in size when I give her a blank stare. “You really don’t see it?’ she echoes.

“See what?” I ask, feeling snarky and tired of this guessing game. I hate when people beat around the bush. Just give it to me straight and don’t leave me on hold.

She shakes her head, still looking shocked and still grating on my last nerves. “You’ll figure it out for yourself.

I sigh, ready to put an end to this dreadful conversation. “Well, we have nothing else to talk about. Time to gel her out of this house and away from Alessia. This meeting has dragged on long enough. Time to put an end to it. “You’re more than welcome to stay over for dinner or…” I let my words trail off, letting her fill up the blank space with whatever she wants.

She rolls her eyes. “You don’t have to spell it out for me.” She raises her hands in mock defeat. “I can read. the room. I’m going to let myself out.”

Holding in a sigh of relief, I throw her a smile. “We’ll love to have you over at anytime.”

She rolls her eyes. “You don’t have to do all that. I already said I’m going.” She stands up and starts heading for the door but pauses as her fingers close around the door kn o b. She turns around, looking at me. “Don’t hurt her and don’t end up hurting yourself.”

She’s speaking in riddles and I’m not going to bother asking. It’s just going to create a whole new conversation that I have no intention of starting.

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Even without a word from me, she notices my confusion and continues, “You’ll understand very soon.

Hopefully, it won’t be too late by then.”

She throws a sympathetic smile my way and exits the room, locking at the door behind her after throwing one last glance my way.

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I sit in my chair minutes after she’s left, still pondering over her last words. I’m having a fight with myself over what those words mean. Somehow, I think I understand what she meant but I’m not ready to accept it. So, I do want I always do. I do what always works for me.

I push it away and ignore it, shoving it to the back of my head. I have other things to worry about.

Things that require my complete focus. Those are what I’m meant to be thinking about.

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