All Chapters of Alpha Rafael: Chasing My Ex Wife: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

AVA"I didn't know you were quite this feisty," he mutters, taking a step back, hands lifted like he's surrendering to God himself. "I meant no harm, Phoenix."I scoffed. Feisty? What the actual hell did he think this was? A game?"What the fuck do you think you're doing, huh? Following me everywhere like some obsessed maniac? The mall. The coffee shop. And now to my goddamn date?"He didn't answer. His silence only fanned the fire blazing under my skin."So what now? You're gonna tell me this is another coincidence? You just happened to show up outside the women's restroom like a twisted guardian angel?"I didn't lower the knife. Not even an inch. Call me a psycho? Fine. I've been called worse.But I wasn't letting this go without answers."I was trying to protect you," he said, tone low, like that made everything okay.I barked a bitter laugh. "Protect me? From what exactly, Nicklaus?"He hesitated, just for a second. But I saw it. The crack in his confidence."That guy you went out

RAFAELI had a brief talk with the Elders, and just as I suspected... they hid it from me. Elder Mave finally confessed that Linda had been threatening them for years, even from inside that goddamn cell.Just hearing her name makes my blood boil.The fact that she still has the nerve, the power, to exploit and manipulate from behind those iron bars? It drives me insane.The only reason she's still breathing is because she's the mother of the woman I've grown to love. And even though I was a fool for hurting her, for taking my anger out on Lila... I regret it. Every goddamn second of it.If I could turn back the hands of the clock, I would.I'd go back and undo everything, every bruise, every tear, every damn moment I made her feel small. If anyone deserves peace, it's her.Our history hasn't exactly been the perfect love story, but I swear, I'll spend every damn day of my life repaying her. For the damage. For the tears. For every scar I left on her soul. For the pain I made her carry

LILA"You don't say. This is the moon goddess rewriting our story... We're meant to be, Rafael," I replied to his sassy comment.In as much as I'm mad at him for marking me unaware, I realize what it is now... it was Ace in control.You have no idea how ecstatic I am, staring at the one man who ruined my universe, ruined me... and now, staring at me like he's the dream man I've dreamt about.My mate.The moon goddess knows that I had already made up my mind to leave. Because in the end, I'm only protecting my son... and protecting him too.I had it all figured out. I was going to walk out on him, and then he'd be mad at first. But then, I'd bring up Derrick... and he'd end up hating me forever and would be triggered to find his mate and live-if not for anything, for Derrick, and for getting back at me.Knowing Rafael, he lives for revenge. Breathes revenge.Him marking me wasn't something I saw coming. And as a matter of fact, the twist of us being mates? And his curse being broken?O

LILAI'm going to die. Die. Three words, short, and cruel. But powerful enough to drown me in dread.Turns out my mom was protecting me all along... even if her version of protection meant breaking Rafael piece by piece. Even if her love wore the face of the villain.It doesn't justify anything. But she loved me, i know that. I was all she had left after he died. All she clung to after Theo left the face of this world.I was young. Naive. Loud-mouthed. But even then, I could see her pain. The way she cried quietly at night. The way she never let me see her fall apart in the daylight.She raised me like a soldier, sent me to the best academies, made sure I could fight, survive, win.Only for all of it to shatter... the moment Rafael knocked on our door.Now, I'm trying to piece together two truths: That she hurt the man I love.And she did it to save me.If the curse consumes me, if my love for Rafael isn't strong enough to fight it, there's a ninety-five percent chance I'll die.What

LILAMy heart is pounding heavily. Thump. Thump. Thump. Derrick is missing... That's the one word that keeps replaying in my head. The one word that's enough to make my heart accelerate this fast.What has happened? How?"This is what we get finally for neglecting our pup. This is karma punishing us," Lola whined painfully.Rafael and Nicklaus stepped out to talk for a bit. My instincts tell me it's something related to the curse eating me... I had been nervous waiting for him to come back, but right now... that's my least concern.I'm more concerned about the fact that my son-our son, Rafael and I's-is missing.How did it happen? I barely have an enemy to pin this on. Ava wasn't the type to go around creating one either. Instead, if there's anyone she had told me had been more of a stalker, it was Nicklaus. And Nicklaus knows better than to kidnap Derrick and use him against Ava.I'm not thinking as I slide into a casual gown... grabbing Rafael's car key that was on the vanity table,