All Chapters of The Alpha Playboy Is My Mate.: Chapter 71 - Chapter 73

°Amy's POV °The shower felt too good… too calm… too unlike the chaos in my head.The warm water, soft steam, and expensive soap that smelled like flowers I couldn’t even name.I stepped out slowly, still thinking about, Grandma Lydia and how disappointed she'd be if she found out I'd left, she'd called me ungrateful maybe, and about Mia…. and Christian, I thought of the happy look on Eli’s face as he ran upstairs with the maids, I thought about this mansion, about Jeremy, about the stupid way my chest tightened whenever he looked at me like he still owned pieces of me.I wrapped myself in the towel the maid had left for me earlier…..it was fluffy and warm, almost swallowing me.But my hair was dripping down my shoulders, little drops of water trails sliding down my back.Everything felt… too open, and for a moment, too exposed.I was reaching for the robe when…..The door clicked.I froze, spinning around like if I didn't I was gonna get harmed or something.Then Jeremy stepped insid

Amy's POV.I smirked.Not because I was winning or because I felt powerful or any of that nonsense people like to attach meaning to. I smirked because Claire looked like she’d rehearsed this moment in her head all night… and it still wasn’t going the way she wanted.She stood there at the bottom of the stairs, still flanked by her three suitcases like backup dancers that had missed their cue. Her shoulders were stiff, her face calm in that brittle way people get when they’re holding themselves together with spite and caffeine.I took one more step down, slow and unbothered.“Did you need help with those?” I asked. “Because I’m not great with luggage, but I’m excellent at moral support.”She didn’t laugh. “I’m not here for jokes,” she said.“Pity,” I replied. “They’re free.”She turned fully toward me then, her eyes sharp, scanning me like she was looking for cracks and I let her. I wasn’t in the mood to hide anything this morning.“You stayed,” she said.I nodded. “Seems that way.” I