บททั้งหมดของ HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance): บทที่ 151 - บทที่ 158

Meadow’s POV:I froze, but I didn’t need to wait long before she continued. “I didn’t tell you the truth because you were already feeling terrible and I didn’t want to make you feel worse—”“Cami, telling me Alaric was fine made me feel worse—”“Did it?” she asked quietly. “If you knew how he was really doing, you would’ve gone back to him out of guilt. And I didn’t want you to subject yourself to that torture of not knowing exactly how he feels about you.”A rock formed in my throat that was too hard to swallow.Nova’s eyes softened, and her smile was sad. She was agreeing with her. “She has a point,” she murmured.“I’m so sorry, Meadow…”“How… how exactly is he doing?” My voice was barely above a whisper, but luckily, Cami caught it.“Um… I can’t really tell because I haven’t seen him in a while. He isolated everybody—even his own brother.” Nova nodded to confirm that fact. “But I don’t think he’s okay. Ingrid was the only one who was able to force her way into his house to see him.

Meadow’s POV: The back of my eyelids started to burn with unshed tears. Hell no, this wasn’t how this was supposed to go. I wasn’t supposed to cry in front of this woman.I looked away from her, blinking rapidly. “You’re right,” I whispered. “He does need me. But I can’t be the person he needs me to be, Ingrid. I can’t just be some kind of… thing that keeps him grounded to reality. Alaric needs me, but he doesn’t love me. And I’m sorry, but that will never be enough for me.” I rose to my feet. “I know you love your son, and I have no idea how much he told you about us and I…” I ran a frustrated hand through my hair. “Is that what you came here for? To ask me to go back to him?”Cami was right. Alaric was in a very bad state, and his mother was only here because she thought I could fix it for some reason. I didn’t believe that Ingrid would come here on her own accord just to apologize to me. She wanted something, and she had just told me what she wanted.She rose to her feet as well.

Alaric’s POV: My body went completely still. Clint’s words hung in the air like a dark and heavy cloud. His gaze remained on mine, and I didn’t look away either. Didn’t move, didn’t say a fucking word.I didn’t try to deny it. Hell, I didn’t even want to. It’s why I was here.To accept the fact that I killed my own father.“Nothing to say, huh?” he asked, gaze narrowing. “You won’t try to deny it?”With every second that passed, the expression on Clint’s face soured even more. He was in disbelief. Almost like he wasn’t sure I did it at first, and was only guessing when he tried to accuse me just now.And me not denying his accusations only confirmed it.Yes, I killed my father.I was thirteen years old and completely fed up. My father had done too much, consistently beating up my mother, and even though I tried so hard to defend her, it was never enough. He still locked her up in psychiatric facilities and made her look crazy, releasing her whenever he wanted and putting her back whe

Meadow’s POV: “Cami, can I ask you a question?” I was seated in a chair in front of the mirror while she worked on my hair. Tonight was Clarissa’s opening party, and yes—I was still going.Mainly because I hoped that HE would be there. Alaric.My heart still ached whenever I thought about him, and a simple fix would be to simply stop thinking about him… but I couldn’t. He was connected to everything. My thoughts literally revolved around him.Just like right now.Camilla met my eyes in the mirror briefly, giving me a small smile before she went back to curling my hair. “Sure, what’s up?”My lips parted and then closed back. I didn’t know how to word my question without seeming nosy or like I was prying into business that wasn’t mine.And then I swallowed, and decided to ask anyway. “Your mother told me once that you were upset about Alaric wanting to open up a salon for you and taking your business to the next level…” I trailed off when she met my eyes in the mirror again.However,