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#Chapter 131: In the Temple of the Moon Goddess
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Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 132: Iโll Play With Sugar
Theo and I ended up playing card games with each other until Charles got home from work. It helped my heart and reaffirmed my belief in the goddess that Theo was healing quite quickly. Just like getting my cycle started, it seemed like the answers to my prayers were flowing in.Although, when I thought about it like that, I wished maybe I had prayed a little bigger. Maybe I could have prayed for the cornerstone of this whole corruption mess to just fall out into the open so that justice could be served. But I would take a reprieve from necessary conversations with Charles and Theoโs return to good health.Just after dinner, Charles predictably caught me up in his arms, making the request that we head for the bedroom.โI canโt,โ I said.โWhy not?โ He looked disappointed.โItโs my time of the month.โโOh.โ Charles looked a little squeamish at my honesty.But admitting my circumstances was the fastest way to shut him down, and I didnโt have the energy to dance around sensitive subjects r
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 133: Success With the Editor
At work the next day, Wendy met us, getting off the elevators. She looked like she wanted to latch onto Theo and instead held herself back.โIโm so glad youโre feeling better,โ she said, lowering her lashes at him more than a little suggestively.He smiled at her, ignoring her hints. โGlad to be back,โ he said. โThat was a nasty bout of whatever. I donโt look forward to doing anything like that again anytime soon.โI crossed my fingers and said a silent prayer to the goddess that I wouldnโt have to sacrifice him like that again. But the fact that he was always around me definitely made it more difficult.โSo,โ Wendy started, hooking her arms through mine and drawing me into the office. โHave you decided what youโre pitching this morning at the meeting? โโI have a couple of ideas,โ I said.โWanna share?โ she asked.I shook my head. โNot a chance. Sorry, but Iโm going to have to keep these secrets,โ I pronounced.She eyed me. โHard-hitting news already?โ she asked, giving me a gentle e
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 134: Necessary Conversations
By the time I got home, I had a few appointments for interviews. And I had tried some of the best food Iโd ever eaten for lunch and some absolutely amazing ice cream for an afternoon snack, thanks to recommendations of the individuals that I had interviewed.At dinner, Charles kept squirming like a squirrel who sees a cat. Finally, I couldnโt take it anymore.โWhat is wrong with you?โ I asked. โYouโre acting like youโve got prickles in your pants.โHe laughed. โNo prickles, just news.โโNews?โ I asked.โMy mother is coming out to visit us.โโWell, thatโs great. Wait. Why do you look so nervous?โโBecause sheโs not particularly happy with me. She wanted us to come back to Brindle Cove to spend the moon goddess festival with her. But I told her that with the bodyguards and everything, there was probably no way to make that happen.โHe let out a sigh. โThatโs when we decided that she would come out here. Sheโs going to try and get my sister and her family to come out as well.โโAnd youโr
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 135: What Are You Implying?
For the next four days, I tried to say something to Charles, but my attempts always seemed to get cut off by something else.One night, Charles got a phone call from his co-workers and came back beyond annoyed. Another night, someone in the building tripped the fire alarm, and we all ended up outside.All those feelings of being lucky and blessed that I found at the moon temple were quickly slipping away. We were inching closer to the moon festival and Gwenโs arrival, and I hadnโt had a chance to open the subjects that were most important to discuss between Charles and I before his mother got her hands on everything.Not that I would mind the wedding to Charles, but if Gwen was feeling the need for grandchildren, what if she talked Charles into it before I had a chance to talk to him? It would just make the conversation that much harder.Two of those four days Charles ended up out of town, making talking impossible. He had to leave to go take care of some things before the interviews
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 136: Apologies in the Night
A gentle touch woke me, and my heart skipped a beat. I rolled and found myself nose-to-nose with Charles.โIโm sorry,โ he whispered. โI didnโt handle last night very well.โFresh tears leaked up and out. โI donโt think I did, either,โ I said.He shook his head. โNo. I shouldnโt have implied you cheated on me. You would never, and I know that.โMy lower lip trembled. โAnd I could just as easily have said the words that you wanted to hear, that I didnโt cheat on you and never could. It just hurt that you would even go there.โHe kissed my forehead and wiped my cheeks dry with his thumbs. โIt was the middle of the night, and I was kind of shocked by your request. If I had been in a better frame of mind, I would have handled that much differently.โโI would still want to know why you need me to wear a condom, but I donโt think I would have let the accusation in. It was defensive and stupid of me. Iโm sorry.โI grabbed his face and kissed him. โForgiven. Because I love you.โโAnd I love yo
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 137: A Lunar Holiday
Charles woke me early, making sure that we used another of his new condoms before work. However this time, we focused on quick pleasure to connect, at least briefly, before we parted ways.I went out and did another interview with Theo tagging along. If he knew what had altered my mood, he didnโt bring it up, but he didnโt mention how happy he was to see me smiling again.My exuberance lasted all day, turning into pure joy when I came home and heard childlike voices through the door. Charlesโs family had arrived.I hurried inside to find them all sitting around the living room with Charles, talking. Soren and Emily jumped up and ran to greet me, each giving me a quick hug.My heart fairly melted. This was what having a family was like. This is what I had missed out on my whole life. And when things were safe and my career was settled, this was what I wanted for Charles and me.I was so glad to have a partner who understood my need to wait. Maybe it wouldnโt be so bad if his mother pre
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 138: A Big Announcement
I took the plate to the door and knocked on it. David answered.I held the food up to him. โWeโre really sorry that youโre missing the meal with your family just to keep an eye on things here, so we made dinner for you.โHe sniffed the plate and grinned at me. โThat is amazing. I was all prepared to make something from the freezer. I didnโt think Iโd be able to get takeout on a night like tonight. Not from any place I want to eat at.โโIโm happy that we could do at least a little something for you,โ I said. โIโd invite you out, but since weโve got the entire extended family here, that would be a little awkward. I hope you donโt mind?โHe shook his head. โIt would be just as awkward for me as it would be for you guys. But thatโs okay. Iโm going to make a video phone call with my parents tonight. And maybe Iโll do that while theyโre eating dinner and eat my plate with them. Itโll just be a different sort of family meal.โI reached out and gave his shoulder a little squeeze. โIโm really
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-02-29Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 139: Family Friction
Jenniferโs gaze was sympathetic. โI know we dropped a lot on without much warning. Although I think Mother had this discussion with Charles earlier this week.โโThey did,โ I said. โAnd Charles warned me she might bring up stuff like this. But this was just a shock to the system.โโYouโre okay with all of it, right?โโW-well,โ I stammered. โI donโt know.โโYou do want to marry my brother. Donโt you?โโOf course,โ I said with no hesitation at all.โAnd you intend on having his children, right?โI bit my lip.She tipped her head back in understanding. โSo thatโs where the hang-up is. You do know that heโs an alpha and if you intend on being his wife, you will eventually have to give him children?โโThatโs just it,โ I said. โEventually.โโYouโre in your late 20s. And Charles is the same age. How much more time can you afford to take? Even if the alpha thing wasnโt a factor.โI crossed my arms, resentful. โI can take as much time as I want.โโNo, you canโt,โ she said. โWeโd all like to thi
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Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 221: A Wedding and an Epilogue
For one moment after I arrived in the garden, the sun blinded me, and then my eyes cleared. Before me spread an amazing event: the wedding of our country's princess.It still hadn't fully sunken that I was that princess.The guests sat in orderly rows of brilliantly white chairs festooned in lovely shades of blue and lavender. I had chosen them because they most reminded me of the moon, and I wanted to honor the goddess at this event, as well. Without her, I would not only not have been at this wedding, but I wouldn't have been alive. She had done so much for me. The least I could do was throw a little recognition her way.I clutched the bouquet in my hand, and Theo hooked his arm through my elbow. โAre you ready?โ he asked.โI'm ready.โWe took a step toward the altar on the red carpet spread out in front of me, and the music swelled. The quartet played a beautiful melody full of promise and love.I didn't see the people looking at me, specifically, only that all eyes were on me. My
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 220: A Strong Finish and a Fresh Beginning
I signed and kept my head tipped back, inviting him to kiss my neck. Charles obliged, working himself inside me with the magic he always seemed to conjure up, driving my excitement higher. My heels fumbled for a place to rest, and finally, I settled for wrapping my legs around him, gripping his hips with my thighs and locking us together.Charles groaned and pulled us as tightly together as possible. And I wouldn't let him go. This left his movements small but the pleasure intense.His rubbing quickly brought me to orgasm, and I tried not to make too much noise and call attention to what we were doing. I really didn't want to be held in contempt for defiling the judge's bench or some such.A moment later, Charles got his release. He stepped back and tided himself, allowing me to do the same.โNow,โ he asked with a grin, โAre you ready to go outside and face your adoring public, my princess?โโAs long as you're by my side, I can face anything,โ I agreed, hopping off the judge's bench.
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 219: The Queen of Orlune
โOf course,โ Queen Yarrow said, โdetails like training successors aren't left to chance. The king and I already had arrangements made for a royal tutor, assuming that I would get pregnant one day. I'll connect you both with him. Hopefully, you can get started right away.โโSo?โ I asked the judge. How exactly does this work? What do you mean? She asked, looking quizzically at me. โI mean, what do I do with myself? Where do I go from here? When does all of this happen now?โShe said, โThe king will be escorted out of Orlune. They're probably already helping him pack. From there, he'll be on the next flight off the vampire kingdom. You get to move straight into the castle if you wish. It's essentially your house now.โโThere's no, there's no legal paperwork or anything like that?โ I babbled. โIt just seems so abrupt.โThe judge grinned. โI'll have all of that taken care of taken care of for you. So you don't have to worry about it, your majesty.โโCome, my dear,โ Queen Yarrow said, putti
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 218: An Unwanted Duty
By now, the kingโs lawyer had a hand on his shoulder, whispering furiously in his ear. The king gripped the arms of his chair so hard his knuckles were white. And if he could have turned people to stone with a look like a gorgon, the judge and I would already be statues.Still, the judge spoke as if unafraid. โThe former king will serve out his sentence off the shifter continent, in the vampire countries,โ she announced.A murmur went up from everyone in the gallery at that, but the judge held up her hands. โI chose that location specifically. It has been a standing tradition for generations upon generations that vampires and werewolves do not get involved in one another's politics.โโI would imagine he will find it very difficult to sway anyone into doing his dirty work for him in a country that holds itself neutral. Thereby providing anyone in Orlune that the king feels has wronged him in the safest position that I am able to leave them in.โFurther murmurs rose up from the crowd, a
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 217: Awaiting Sentencing
I hadn't even caught my breath when Charles scooped me up in the hardest hug I'd ever gotten from him. It was so hard that it almost drove the remaining air from my lungs.The rest of that morning flew by as Charles and Gwen helped me to avoid questions I couldn't answer from the press while Theo, David, and the other four guards pushed a path through the paparazzi so we could navigate our way back to the safehouse.We decided it was better to stay there than go back to our apartment, yet, at least until we made sure that any of the king's remaining supporters were under control.Gwen wore a mysterious smile on her face for the rest of that night and into the following morning. But I couldn't get her to confess to what she was up to. We'd barely finished breakfast when someone knocked on the door.Gwen hurried to answer it and admitted two people who took my breath away. One of them was Cathy!Since I didn't know the other, I ran straight to Cathy, hugging her as tightly as I could. T
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 216: The Verdict
It took me a long time to fall asleep that night, plagued both by worry and growing apprehension over how the next day was going to play out. It could end up being the longest, most brutal day of my life, if I had to spend it waiting and wondering what the jury was going to decide.Worse, what if they took weeks? Months? Iโd go crazy before I found myself free from this mess.When we woke in the morning, Charles distracted me by teasing me in every possible way before bringing me to yet another overwhelmingly intense orgasm. I would never have thought that pleasure and pain could be such close neighbors, but he managed. However Charles and I were connecting in bed right now, it was certainly coming very close to more than I could handle.Theo must have told the chef what my favorite foods were because when Charles and I left the bedroom, breakfast was waiting for us. And it was one of my favorites. Belgian waffles with lots of fresh strawberries and whipped cream.I sat down and ate r
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 215: Renewed Closeness
I kissed Charles, and he pulled back, eyeing me. โShould we be careful or anything?โ he asked. โYou know, for the baby.โI shrugged. โIt's not like I've been pregnant before, but I would guess not. The doctor didn't say anything about that.โโAnd you haven't even searched things like that online yet?โI shook my head. โHow could I? I've been so busy, not to mention the fact that I'm trying to keep certain people from finding out.โโThen we'll go slow and be careful,โ he said.His kisses came soft and gentle, and his caresses all over my body were the same. Keeping secrets from him had been a bad idea. Now that they were out in the open, just these small touches made the connection between us feel so much more real as if I had closed some invisible distance between the two of us.This drove me to smash our lips together, desperately seeking the rest of the connection that I hadn't even realized I'd been missing.He chuckled and pushed me back. โWhat happened to taking it easy?โ he teas
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 214: Time to Confess
All of a sudden, a whisper of a breeze rippled through the courtroom and around my head, whispering reassurance in my ear. This breeze wrapped itself around me and then swirled out into the courtroom, where it produced an answering wind of murmuring whispers. Suddenly, everyone was shaking their heads, turning toward one another. Members of the jury shook their heads as if trying to clear them.Again, I heard a whisper in my ear, and I recognized the voice of the moon goddess. โDon't fear,โ was all she said. And then her presence was gone. But the entire courtroom, everybody in the gallery, the jury, the judge, the lawyers, and even the king had all relaxed.The judge brought her gavel down and dismissed the jury to go deliberate. But this time, I wasn't frightened. The goddess had never steered me wrong yet. And she told me not to fear, that I needed to trust her and the fate surrounding her and me.I scurried out of the witness stand and back to my spot beside Mr. Wilcox. โWhat was
Fated to My Alpha Bossย ย ย #Chapter 213: The Kingโs Persuasion
When I exited the bathroom, the importance of the day hit me in full measure. Today I was going to court. What and God's name was I supposed to wear?Someone knocked on the door, and I wrapped my towel tighter. โIn a few minutes,โ I called.โElena?โ I recognized Gwen's voice. โI brought you a suit for today. May I come in?โโYes,โ I said.She opened the door and entered the bedroom.โI'm just fresh out of the shower.โ I bit my lip, feeling foolish. As if she couldn't gather that by my wet hair. But I seem to need something to fill the silence.She held up a garment bag. โYou'll want to look your best today,โ she said.I let Gwen dress me, taking comfort in the fact that she knew her way around important functions as a luna. When she finished, she grabbed my face and gave my forehead a kiss.โDo exactly what the lawyers, Charles, and I tell you to,โ she said. โI don't want you to leave my son a widower before he's even officially married.โI patted her hands, which still rested on my c
