Chapter 75

Chapter 75

Alessia’s POV

“I think we should put an end to this.”

Those words keep echoing in my head even after Caden left the room, leaving me naked and alone.

I just don’t get it. Everything was fine. Well, as fine as it could be. We had an agreement and then out of the blue, Caden said he wanted us to end things. What brought that on?

I sigh, begging my mind to shut down. I’m tired of going back and forth with Caden who keeps acting like a man-child. One minute, he’s calling me his lover and calling off my rejection, and then in the next second, he’s pulling away and saying that we should put an end to what we’re doing.

Ahhh! He’s so insufferable.

I just wish that he’d stop playing with my head and just give it to me straight.

That’s it!

I’m going to his office right this instant to demand that he explain his behaviors to me. Why does he keep running hot and cold? Why does he keep pulling me towards him and then pushing me away?

Whatever the reason is, it ends today.

I power walk up the stairs and towards his office. We just had dinner and I know his office is the place he retires to. If he isn’t in there, then I’ll try his room next.

As my footsteps inch closer to his door, I get a whiff of his scent, letting me know that he’s in there. I pause when I get to the front of the door as another scent assaults my nostrils. Veronica’s scent.

What is she doing in there?’ Zuri growls, itching to come up to the surface and gouge Veronica’s beautiful eyes out of her skull.

As much as I love the images she presents to me, I force her down. Her rushing in and tearing Veronica’s head off her shoulders isn’t going to get us anywhere.

I stand in front of the door, doing what I can only refer to as eavesdropping. But can you blame me?

The woman who is obsessed with my mate is in a closed room alone with him and I need to know what they’re talking about.

“Thank you for coming to me with this information,” Caden says, sounding closer than he ought to be if he was sitting behind his desk.

The reason for that comes when Veronica talks, sounding even closer than Caden did.

Turning on my heels, I race to the corner, pressing my back against the wall, keeping me just out of sight. If they should head this way then I’ll be very screwed but I really want to know why she’s in the room with him.

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I relax when I don’t hear their footsteps heading my way and finally get the courage to peep around the corner and see what they’re doing.

Veronica is outside the room and Caden is leaning on the wooden frame with his hand resting on the opened door, keeping it open.

“If you have any more information, feel free to come see me again.”

Caden is displaying a rare kindness that I hardly ever see shown to a

anyone.

Why is it directed at her? I smolder with jealousy when I see him grace her with a sweet smile.

Something that is hardly even given to me.

Veronica grins widely, enough that I fear her mouth may just split from ear to ear. “I’m happy I was able to help out. Even if it just proves to be a false alarm, I’m happy I was still able to assist in the search.”

Are they talking about the search for the mastermind behind all those attacks? What information did she provide to Caden and why does he look so grateful for it?

The questions in my head all die down as Veronica rests her hand on Caden’s muscled arm. “You must be having such a hard time. Her hand slides down his arm until she gets to his clenched fist resting by his side. “I’m here for you and I promise to help you in any way that I can.”

Only an idiot will mistake the note of innuendo i ways she wants to help him.

her words for something else. It’s plain and clear what

Caden is watching her silently, his expression hidden from my view so I can’t really see what’s on his mind. after hearing her statement. Is he considering it? Is he going to accept her barely veiled proposal? Is he going to pull her into his office and-

I shake my head. My thoughts going down that road is just going to lead to me torturing myself. Of course, he’s going to accept her proposal. She’s f u c k i n g beautiful and he did call off our arrangement so he’s going to need to come up with another arrangement with someone else.

Someone like… Veronica. She’s willing and available. The icing on the cake has to be that she isn’t his fated second chance mate.

Then I’m running away from the two of them, not wanting to hear when Caden accepts her proposal.

What am I going to do if he decides to seal it with a kiss?

Is she the reason Caden called off our arrangement? Did he already have plans to go to her and didn’t want our messy relationship standing in his way?

Running down the stairs, I head straight for my room and push the door open. Shutting it behind me, I walk towards the bed, falling face down onto it.

Then the s o b s wreck over my body. I can’t stop them once they start. No matter how much I tell myself that I’m being s t u p i d by crying over something that was never mine, I still can’t make the tears stop falling.

I lay on the bed and soak the sheets with my tears while cursing Caden and Veronica to external d a m n a t i o n.