All Chapters of Secretly Bound to My Mate: Chapter 31 - Chapter 38

IrwenMeeting them truly was something unexpected. I hadn’t anticipated hearing that the woman was pregnant.My memory went back to that moment, the first time I caught them together in his office. Ah, seeing them do it with such heat, I should have guessed that of course she would end up pregnant.Pregnancy is supposed to be something joyful, and once, I longed to experience it myself, to carry Darien’s child. I kept hoping for it, but it never happened. And now I find myself wishing it will never happen.The child I carry is Kairos’s, and I only hope that I can soon receive the joyful news of it.I drew in a breath and forced myself to focus again, because I was outside, at work.“Queen Irwen, are you all right?”I could hear the concern in his tone. When I looked at him, I saw it clearly, he was truly worried.Then I nodded.“If I hadn’t been dealing with that for so long, you wouldn’t have had to listen to their nonsense.”Rowan regretted it; he seemed to shake his head slowly, pe

KairosI once said that when something appears calm for too long, chaos will eventually reveal itself. That is always a real possibility.From the beginning, they had told me to finish him off, because blood ties often become a burden. His submission, proven through the work he did and the strength he displayed, had made some of them start to admire him.Some even praised what he had done and conveniently forgot what he had committed in the past, believing that something must have been wrong. They made him the scapegoat, so that I alone would be seen as the one worthy of every good thing.Ardan watched me nervously, tapping his fingers several times in silence. I knew he could sense that I wasn’t pleased with this.Maelina and her father were supposedly on vacation, but we both knew they probably weren’t. If they had gone west from their residence, they would find nothing there but barren rocks, something Maelina always despised.I knew that woman was spoiled; she often complained. I h

IrwenTo be honest, this is my first time attending a party hosted by another Luna. I’ve been very busy, but I can’t deny that socializing like this is necessary. Other Lunas often have something useful to share, or something to gain.I’ve changed compared to before. When I was Darien’s Luna, I never attended any of these gatherings because I was always buried in work.Honestly, I don’t want to blame myself, it was because Darien always ordered me to finish this and that quickly, leaving me with no chance to rest, let alone socialize.But this time, I came because I didn’t want to trouble Kairos. I wanted to help him and become someone truly worthy of standing by his side.After getting ready and bringing a gift, I finally set out. When I arrived at the venue, I paused for a few seconds to take in the sight of the building.It was large, and I could already sense that the inside would be filled with pressure. They always liked to act as if they were of a higher class.I once overhea

DarienI swear, I could feel a sharp pain in my chest just thinking about it. I don’t know why I feel this way when the choice to betray her was made consciously by me.Maybe it’s because she turned around and betrayed me instead. She wasn’t supposed to do something like that.I’m disappointed in her for shattering the way I used to see her.I mean, I knew Irwen as a gentle woman who always cared about me, even if she didn’t show much expression. She showed her care by always doing whatever I told her to.Even when she was busy, she would still find a way to do something for me.She always acted straightforwardly, never once doing anything that resembled betrayal.So when she exposed my affair right in the middle of the council meeting, before the Alpha King—I was completely shocked.She betrayed me.I kept replaying it over and over in my head, trying to convince myself it wasn’t true. But it was. She planned everything, and in one swift move, she crushed my entire career.How… how c