17: Getting Ignored Hasn't Hurt This Bad

"Did you see the way Alpha Calhoun went after his stepdaughter?

"Pst! Something's definitely going on between those two because he stopped several other guys from touching her while he carried her in his arms."

"And he married Natalie the previous day. Who even acts like that around their wife's daughter?"

"It's clear he fancies Kristen. Natalie is 37, while he's just 31, six age gaps. So don't blame him if he's attracted to the young and youthful daughter."

Having four women gossip about me, Alpha Calhoun and my mom is doing no justice to my mind. It's hair rising and scary because mom is hearing every single little thing and these women don't even know we're here.

How can they gossip so loudly? Calling my mom old because she's ahead of her husband by a few years?

On the other hand, I hate that I'm the center of the topic.

Worse, Mom's face is calm but she's gripping onto the chairs so hard that I can see her nails digging into it. No one, not even her stylist can see this except m