All Chapters of Cursed Alpha's Runaway Mate: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"Mr. Jen," I spoke, shockingly.Finding the old man supporting his lean withered figure with a stick at my door, I pulled the door open. I invited him inside. "What is he doing here?" I thought. He shuffled in through the narrowed corridor, his orbs moving around as if measuring the unseen danger lurking around. The noise of his ragged breath was filling the silence. Walking past Jade completely unbothered by her presence standing in his way, he slipped into the living room.Tensely, I followed him. I didn't know what to expect from his appearance at this late hour of the night.The moonlight streamed in through the cracked glass of the window, illuminating the thin fine lines of wrinkles gracing his skin, and his intricately fragile fingers loosened their grip around the nape of his cane after he grumpily positioned himself on the sofa.I rushed towards the switchboard realizing it was dark inside and I forgot to turn on the lights. As I pressed the switch down, the white light of

"How dare you!?" I rose from my chair immediately. As the man grabbed onto her arm and was about to drag her with him. I clasped his hand curled up around her wrist and tried to free her from him. I didn't know who the man was, but by the way, he grabbed her arm anyone could guess that she somehow knew him. So did he."What relation do they have?" A thought occurred to me. "Who are you? And how dare you hold her arm." I pushed him back, and all the eyes averted toward us. Students who were busy enjoying their food, and gossiping with their friends stood up from their chairs and formed a circle around us as if we had arranged a circus.The man whose identity was yet to be revealed to me shoved my back and landed a furious punch on my face. I bent down to a side, and a sharp pain rushed across my jawline.Stunned at the audacity of the guy, I propped myself back. My hands curled into a fist hanging to my side. The bones on my face tightened as I gritted my teeth with anger. The cafete

"Wait, Athen?" She jogged after me calling my name loudly, as I walked out of the cafeteria and headed towards the park. I wanted to clear my head and the thoughts troubling me. The scene that guy had created in front of the whole college shattered my heart completely. Just because of him, I had to bear embarrassment in front of a crowd getting free entertainment from the free show put forward by us. How daringly the guy showed up claiming her as his girlfriend and grabbed her by the arm. My ego was crushed and although I had beaten him enough to cool down the lava burning inside me. But still, a fire was burning inside me, a feeling of betrayal was punching my fave harder than I thrust on his face. If she was already in a relationship with some other guy then she should have informed me about her affairs than hiding them from me. Walking away carrying the burden of my broken trust in my arms I reached the boundaries of the park adjacent to our college."Stop. Listen to me for once.

"Someone else!" He asked confusedly as if I had said something wrong."Yeah. You must be considering other girls as well! No?" I said, shrugging my shoulders. Judging from his expressions, I had assumed that he was not considering any other girl than me. I didn't know what to do or how to react to this. In my heart, I was happy that he gave me so much value. But on the contrary, I was a bit sad too, after knowing that he was not considering Jeri at all. A wave of disappointment swept on my face and I hesitantly bit on my lower lip. Confronting the man knowing he had developed feelings for me was making me a bit uncomfortable."Well. I haven't thought about anyone yet." His shoulder rose as he tucked his hands into the pocket of his jeans."Oh. That implies you're planning to miss out on the big night of the year too." I forced a smile, attempting to lighten up the mood and lessen the tensions that had developed between us ever since he proposed to me in front of Jeri."Certainly not.

Athen POV I prowled towards the shelf behind me, when my phone suddenly became alive. Scrunching the small square towel in my hands to dry up the water, leaving the dishes soaked in soap I averted towards the vibrating cell phone and leaned over it.A familiar name was blinking on it. I picked it up and pressed it against my ear."Hello.""Hey, sweetie. Where have you been?" Jade spoke. "Oh, I was doing dishes." I said in an occupied tone."And I thought you must be preparing for the ball night, eh!" She said, as if attempting to remind me something I was missing." And I thought we would be doing it together." I simply said."Haha…" her squeaky laugh resonated, "we would." "I'm free after doing the dishes." I told her. "In case you want to come right now." As I invited her, a strange fear crawled up on me. As if I was not supposed to say this. "Ummm…" she mumbled, "I have a friend seeing me tonight. Maybe tomorrow morning or evening. I'll inform you." "What are you saying? Your