Too Late, Alpha: The Mate He Never Wanted のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Eric’s POVI glared at the phone, clenching my jaw.“Don’t call me about that woman again!” I snapped. “Do not disturb me with anything concerning her! I have better things to think about!”Then I hung up. Anger boiled within me.I didn’t care about anything concerning Iris. Nothing they would tell me would make me care. I was done with her lies, manipulations and fake stunts for attention. As far as I was concerned, she could vanish off the face of the earth and it wouldn’t matter.I turned back to the living room.Zara was on the couch in one of my hoodies with her legs folded under her. Tiffany was on the carpet, scrolling through her tablet with a smile.For the past few days, I have been here, with them. It had been peaceful, and quiet. There has been no drama, no mind games, and no deceit from Iris.It was exactly what I had always wanted.So why the hell did I feel so unsettled? Iris hadn’t contacted me for days since that night.I tried to shake the feeling off and walked over

Eric's POV Guilt gripped me as realization dawned on me. Today was Evie’s birthday.I had completely forgotten.A curse slipped under my breath as I rubbed a hand over my face. Iris had always been the one to remind me. She would text me days before, give me a rundown of what Evie liked that year, and make sure I sent something decent. On her birthdays, I normally sent an omega to drop off a gift. Nothing fancy, but enough to check the box and clear my conscience.But this year, there had been no call, no reminder, no text from Evie. Nothing at all.The silence bothered me more than I wanted to admit, because Iris never forgot to send a reminder for Evie’s birthday. Even when things between us were terrible, she always sent a reminder. Was it why the patrol guards were calling?I ran a hand through my hair, clenching my jaw.Thankfully I remembered it early, so I could kill two birds with one stone. I would use this opportunity to check on them as I dropped off a present for Evie. E

Eric’s POVMy breath caught in my throat as I read the words at the top of the document.DIVORCE AGREEMENT.I stared at it for several seconds, wondering if I was dreaming, but I wasn’t. This was reality, and it was signed.My hands trembled as I picked it up. Her signature was right there, under her name.A folded note was beside the divorce papers. I opened it with shaking fingers.“Congratulations, Alpha Eric. You got what you wanted.”That was all it said.My heart slammed against my chest. What the hell?She was gone?Just like that?I stood there, frozen. The silence in the house was suffocating me. Evie’s laughter was missing. There were no footsteps. The air smelt stale, no scent. The place felt cold, and dead.“When?” I muttered, my voice rough. “When did she…”I looked around wildly. Dust coated everything. But as I looked closer, I realized that a few things were missing. It wasn’t obvious, but I noticed it.My jaw tightened, and I looked around the abandoned room like I wa

Eric’s POVWhy was I like this?Why was I getting like this?When they were with me, I wanted them gone. I couldn’t stand the sight of either of them. I told myself Iris was a manipulator and Evie was just a reminder of how deceitful her mother could be.So why?Why the hell was my chest burning like this now? Why did it feel like I was being torn apart from the inside out?I couldn’t answer the question.I stormed out of the house, slamming the door so hard behind me that it shook. My heart pounded hard. My hands shook, and my jaw was clenched so tightly it ached.I got into the car and yanked the door shut, ready to take off. But the second I looked up, I saw the gifts.Five bags stuffed with toys and trinkets I bought without control. The plush wolf. The pink sneakers. The stupid necklace that was still tucked in the last bag.They stared back at me like some kind of cruel joke.I roared in frustration, grabbed the nearest bag and hurled it out the open window. Then the next one, a

Eric’s POVI dropped to my knees, brushing dirt away with my bare hands frantically.My throat tightened as I prayed within myself. Please let it be a rock. Just a large flat rock.But I already knew it wasn’t.The more I cleared the soil, the more the truth stared back at me. It wasn’t a rock, but a coffin.A small coffin.No. No. No.I stared at it, frozen in disbelief. My mind refused to process it. It was getting harder to breathe. I was sweating profusely, but I didn’t notice it at that moment.The coffin could be empty. It could be part of the lie, probably just to make it look real.My hand hovered over the lid for a moment, then I yanked it open.Almost immediately, I shot back like I had been burnt.The smell hit me first. That heavy stench of death.I fell back, gagging with my eyes wide as I stared at the body inside.It was Evie.Her face was pale and sunken. Her little hands were folded over her chest. She was wrapped in her favourite blanket, and her favourite unicorn w