Lahat ng Kabanata ng MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE: Married To The Mated Alpha : Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

NICOLETTE'S POV I turned my head to look at him and then back at her. I had no idea what I was going to say or perhaps I did but the thing is, I could not find the right way to express myself to him especially now that his mate was here without sounding like the jealous housewife. This lady certainly was driving me overboard and it was no longer fun to me. While I thought of what to say, it turned out that she had it all sorted out in her head, what she was going to say in her defense. "Oh Xander, thank goodness you are here." She started playing a victim. I was confused and lost as I looked around knowing well enough that no one here would be standing up for me. But wait, nothing actually happened right. I did not make any quarrel or drama with her that would bring about her dramatic display. I was fuming by now and I could tell well enough that I was fuming now and readjusted my face. I had to see where all this drama would be ending and even more importantly was what m

XANDER'S POVI still could not really understand this woman and why she wanted us to keep being distant with ourselves. I had initially held her but it would come to seem like she was picking offense with that. I had to walk away because I could no longer bear the tension coming from the want for desire. It was really something. At least, I had lived up to my own end of the bargain and had protected her from Laurel. I could tell that Laurel had been playing games on her and somewhat, Nicolette had not the slightest of ideas who she was dealing with.Lunch eventually happened and we all sat down to eat together, what Laurel had prepared. Little wonder how her cooking had suddenly improved to be this good. Well, I knew Laurel and before she had left me and traveled away, she never had been one to be considered a great cook or this good. Eventually we all ate what she had prepared with no drama which was the best thing for me. I had not the strength to play judge or try to defend myself

ETHAN'S POVI smiled to myself when I ended the call with Laurel. Clever girl she believed she was actually. She thought she had it all figured out with her plans but then, I was way ahead of her in this game to understand what sort of a woman she was. All Laurel wanted was a name for herself and sincerely speaking, there was no way I could give her what she craved for. She was worse than a gold digger. I loved to refer to her kind of person as a leech. All these years, I had condoned her excesses and would provide all she wanted. Whenever I realized she was getting clingy towards me, I had tendencies to go away from her.I am a businessman. So you do not think I was letting myself be used because I wanted to play a game with a woman. That was totally out of option because I would never let anyone around me that had nothing much to contribute to me. I did not harbor Laurel all these years because I loved her or perhaps cared one inch about her emotions. That was totally out of it. The

NICOLETTE'S POVYou might as well begin to change my name to pain as I had become pain itself with her presence around. I seriously could not bear it anymore, the fact that she was staying with us was truly something I would not be getting over anytime soon. I had never felt so much rage against anyone in my entire life and now I understood what was meant when they said that jealousy was really dangerous to both the person and the one being thought of. All I could begin to think about henceforth was about Xander and her. I had strong reasons to believe that whatever chances Xander was giving to me had been destroyed by my reaction towards him when he held my hand. I needed no soothsayer to tell me otherwise because during the last meal we had with her and that had been lunch, Xander would not even look at me. He barely was talking even and it hurt really bad.I had sworn that I would not be having dinner that night as I decided to retire rather early. Even when the maids had been sent

ALLEN'S POV I had been with Xander long enough to understand that no matter what he says or claims even, he was not one to let sleeping dogs lie. I had been having a really tough time finding a way around the entire situation as we sure as hell were threatened. Whoever was doing this obviously had someone within us that was working with him and giving him feedback. Clearly, there was a spy and I could bet my life on it that Xander believes that I am the one. I knew already that he might be really roughened up by the presence of Laurel who if you ask me, I believe is not so far fetched from everything that was happening. The pack had been quite peaceful until she decided to show up after all this while. Even Maxwell himself, who was beginning to throw shades, had not even made a single derogatory comment against Xander for marrying Nicolette. How then would it be possible that the sooner she returns to the pack house, the sooner everything starts going haywires. I knew what it entails