Lahat ng Kabanata ng Paradise in the Alpha's Arms: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

"Why are you holding that old photo? Where did you get that from?" Trey asked me while his eyes were still on the piece in my hand."Uhm, I got it in one of the pages of this book from your bookshelves," I answered and gestured to the shelf where I got this book from.He shook his head and came close to me, taking the picture and the book from my hand."This girl in the picture beside me was Lorelei. She used to be a classmate in early high school," he said without meeting my eyes and put the photo back in a page of the book and closed it.My eyes from it went on him. "Classmate in early high school?" I repeated to make sure I didn't hear it wrong.He shrugged his shoulders and seemed to be uneasy. "Yeah. But let's not talk about her. It's been so long now since we didn't see her or hear anything from her."He walked to the shelf and put the book back in the exact area where I got it.I followed him and apologized. "Sorry. I think I shouldn't have touched any of your things without pr

After finding out from Abigail that Lorelei was actually Trey's first love, I didn't know what to think next.Why didn't Trey tell me? Was it true? If it's not true, why would Abigail lie? Her reason? She lied because she disliked Lori? I knew Abigail Gregori, and she would never do that. She's direct, yet she's not a liar nor a false story maker."Camila!"I looked around and saw Trey walking to me. He was smiling as he approached.After Abigail disclosed to me who Lorelei was and how she was part of my boyfriend's past, she walked to her classroom while I remained standing on my feet, trying to process what she had said."Hey!"I forced a smile when I realized I almost forgot Trey was already in front of me, hadn't he spoken to me."You seem not yourself. Is something bothering you?" he asked as he noticed my indifference.I shook my head. "Nothing.""Are you sure?"I nodded.I started walking to my classroom and he followed walking next to me.“Let me guess, you didn't get enough s

It was almost a week after my confrontation with both Trey and Lorelei, and I felt like as the days passed, I was getting even madder. Worst, my insecurities stirred up more one sunny day when I saw Lorelei hanging out with Trey's cousins.They were at a table in the canteen, enjoying food and chitchatting. I could see that it was her that talked a lot and Barbara would support her and the two male Gregoris would be so interested in listening and laughing out with them.I could say at least it was a good thing that Trey wasn't with them that moment, as well as Abigail. Who were only with Lorelei at the table were Barbara, Jude, and Rain. For Trey, I had no idea where he was, or what was he doing, whatsoever, but for Abigail, I was sure as hell that she couldn't take eating at a table sharing with the girl she never liked.It was already a week since Trey and I weren't talking, or I should say I wasn't talking and I avoided any conversation with him. After the day of our last argument,

"Trey?" "Camila?" we both uttered in unison.We shared the same initial reaction of shock as we saw and recognized each other.D*mn! How I missed him so d*mn bad!I didn't deny the longing in my expression while seeing him and meeting him again unexpectedly for the past years I had been away, that we had been away from each other!From being shocked, I could see that his facial reaction changed into getting back to being civil and putting on a professional aura like we never met before like he never knew me…He looked away and pretended as if I didn't exist, as if he didn't see me or he didn't know me…He coughed a bit and cleared his throat before speaking to his cousin."Is everybody around already?"Jude inquired on our team. "Are we still waiting for any of your members or what—"Boss Jerry gently shook his head to answer. "We're complete. Let's start.""Alright then. You may sit," Jude instructed.We followed and occupied the seats in front of the long table."Before anything, le

"Come on! Stop the extreme formality. I'm still the Rain, you know, and your friend from college," he humbly answered as he was gently shaking his head and smiling a little. I smiled at his being down to earth. He had Tony checked and was able to rule out the problem. He prescribed medications and vitamins to help my dear cat recover. After we spoke about Tony's condition, it was time that we talked about casual things, like he mentioned to me that he is now the one who manages and runs this vet clinic since his father, Dr. Henley Gregori, died two years ago. I was sad knowing about that. I knew Dr. Henley, and we had spoken in the past, too, with regard to the follow-up check-ups I did for Tony during the first months after I had my cat rescued. "I'm sorry, Rain. I didn't know he had already left two years ago. Things must be hard for you." I glanced at him. We were walking outside the vet clinic while I was still carrying Tony with me. He smiled sadly. "Yeah. It was hard to adj