46. Bad Man

Ford's povI knocked on the door, harder than I needed to.“Yes?”“Are you decent?”“Yeah, come on in.” Leia said on the other end of the door.I threw the door open and stormed in, “it is all hogwash, drivel… Just nonsense you’re spouting.”She smirked at me, “so you thought about my words?”I scoffed, “you somehow claim that my life is worth less if I decide to continue as I am. That I somehow need to change. The audacity to claim to know me. To claim to know better. I am perfectly content. Your granddaughter simply needs to grow up and understand she will never have the type of relationship her parents have. She is my mate!” I growled. “Mine! And that should be sufficient.”Leia looked at me, not impressed by my words. There was no anger on her face, no hate. She still looked at me with kindness. “Do you know that you’re dimming her light?”“What the bloody hell does that mean?!” I growled as I paced angrily.“I was with her for several days, and Nivia is second-guessing herself; s

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61.

Nivia’s pov“You should have seen Niv out there; she was fucking brutal!” My uncle Argo shouted.I rolled my eyes and sighed, “maybe your soldiers aren’t where they need to be because I wasn’t doing anything different.”“Goddess.” Argo laughed, “you’re so fucking moody today.”“Am not!”“Am too!” Argo replied, while Mila tried to stop him from engaging further.“You’re a dick.” I growled.“And you either need some dick or you’re getting your period, because damn, woman. You were fucking scary out there today.” Argo replied.“Don’t say that, pretty boy. That’s not nice.” Mila scolded her mate.“Yeah, listen to your mate, Argo…” I scoffed.Argo didn’t stop. “When Mila is in a mood, she’s either hangry, she needs to be fucked, or she is getting her period. Just basic science shit.”“I don’t think you can say that about all women,” Airk tried. “Besides, Nivia has a pretty good reason to be in a bad mood.”‘Yeah!” I nodded, “my asshole mate has given up on our relationship, and my idiot un

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62. Failure

Ford’s povI must have dozed off, because when I awoke, by the moon shining through my window, I was still seated on the ground.I hastily stood up, not remembering the items I was holding, the snow globe smashing on the floor.In a state of panic I began gathering the fragments of glass, hoping that somehow I would be able to put them back together. But similar to my relationship with Nivia, once something is broken, it cannot be mended.‘It can,’ Callum spoke in a kind voice, his anger gone.Seeing those gifts after the argument with Leia did something unexpected to me. It made me realise that I had been wrong.I had repeated the last conversation I had with Nivia in this room many times, but last night, for the first time, I actually paid attention to what she was trying to say. Without immediately defending myself or coming up with excuses for my behaviour.And I came to the conclusion that I did not know my mate.Not in the manner she knew me.I had taken her for granted, assumin

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63. Too Nice

Nivia’s pov“Ford?” I opened my eyes feeling groggy.Grandma Leia held my hand, “hey sweetheart.”“Of course not… Why would he be here?” I muttered to myself.“Well, actually….” Grandma started.“Actually, what?” I tried to sit up, but my back was still sore. I thought it was a dream that I smelled Ford, but why was his scent still here? Was I hallucinating?“Ford, -“The door opened before Grandma could say more, “you called for me, Leia?”Grandma chuckled, “I didn’t, Ford. I was just trying to tell Nivia you came here with me, but that she’s free to kick you out if she'd like to.” She turned to me. “It’s your fucking choice.”Why was she all buddy-buddy with my mate?I assumed Ford would hate my grandma because she is just like me, only worse. Grandma Leai really doesn’t give a fuck. She’s authentically herself. Loud, silly, and wild when she wants to be.“Nivia?” Ford asked, and he looked at me with an expression I wasn’t used to. Like he actually cared.“You can stay for a bit,” I

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All Chapters of The Alpha With a Heart of Stone: Chapter 61 - Chapter 64

46. Bad Man

61.

62. Failure

63. Too Nice