All Chapters of Kidnapped by My Mate Universe: The Alpha's Doe: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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The Weight of Unspoken Love

10. The Weight of Unspoken LoveMy mom stood from her seat. “Oh, sweetheart,” she whispered. She rounded the island and silently opened her arms to me.I fell into her embrace with a pathetic whimper, blinking furiously to try to keep my panicked tears at bay. But the longer I sat there trying not to cry, the more heavily the tears fell.After a minute of sitting in my mother’s hold, she leaned back and framed my face with her hands. “Why are you crying, sweetheart?”It was a great question. Why was I crying? Shouldn’t I be happy? Love was supposed to be a good thing, right? So why did I feel so panicked? I sniffled and shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know. Just scared, I think. This is the first time I’ve admitted my…my feelings for Ace out loud.“And I’m scared of how strong they are. I never realized… I thought it was just a stupid crush.”My mom nodded. “The sort of love you and Ace share for each other is extremely special. It’s okay to feel overwhelmed.“But this has been a lo

Last Updated : 2025-10-04

Heartbreak in the Dark

11. Heartbreak in the DarkAfter escaping to my room, I fell onto my bed with a loud moan. I didn’t turn on the lights, just wanting to sit in the dark and fester in my feelings like the moody teen I was.I hated today. I hated everything about it.I wished Ace were with me. I wanted to fall into his sparky arms and sleep for the rest of eternity.I didn’t even know if he was still coming over tonight to sleep with me. I couldn’t remember the last night we spent the night without him.I couldn’t believe how long it had taken me to realize I had real feelings for him.And not just any feelings. I was break-into-a-million-pieces-without-him, spend-the-rest-of-our-lives-together, head-over-heels in love with him.And, holy shit, it was scary as all hell.Should I tell him? My heart was screaming yes. But my head was giving me a million reasons why it was a horrible idea.What if he didn’t like me back? What if I made everything awkward between us?What if he laughed in my face? What if h

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Shadows of Doubt

12. Shadows of DoubtI cried by myself in the dark for longer than I cared to admit. It felt pathetic, but Marta’s confession seemed like the end of the world. I didn’t want Ace to be with someone else.Even if I hadn’t been hopelessly in love with him, I’m not sure I would have ever been okay sharing him with some other girl. Ace had always been mine and mine alone.He didn’t have any siblings, and his mom died when we were young, so it was just him and his dad, and his dad was one scary motherfucker. It’s why we almost always went to my house instead of his.If this new girl came into his life, she would take him away from me. No girlfriend would be okay with her boyfriend being as close to another girl as Ace was to me.He would stop spending as much time with me. He would stop sleeping next to me every night.Another bout of intense sobs escaped my chest. I didn’t know what I would do without Ace.Reaching down to my side, I grabbed my phone. I needed to call him. I needed to hear

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The space between us

13. The Space Between Us“I haven’t responded to him in case you were wondering,” my dad said, clearly trying to console me.Well, that was good, at least. If my dad had told Ace I was upstairs alone instead of watching a movie with my family, Ace would have been even more furious than he already was.“Thank you,” I replied meekly. “I’m sorry he’s blowing up your phone. I don’t know what his problem is.”My dad nodded softly. “I think I might have an idea.” He leaned forward, placing his elbows on his knees. “Is there a reason you’re not responding to him?”I shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know. Just don’t feel like talking to him right now, I guess.”“That’s okay. You’ve spent every hour of every day together since you were little.That can be a lot on a person. It’s okay if you need a break from him.”The idea of getting space from Ace made my body tense up. I never wanted space from him. That was the whole problem. I didn’t function without him.I chewed my lip. “It’s not that I n

Last Updated : 2025-10-18

Secrets and sreams

14. Secrets and ScreamsHalf an hour later, I was still deliberately self-sabotaging as I watched the main character of my horror movie walk into a room I knew she shouldn’t.I could barely even watch, pulling my blanket up past my chin so it almost covered my eyes. I felt so stupid. I was never going to be able to fall asleep after all of this.Why was I doing this to myself? Why had I chosen the one night that Ace might not sleep with me to watch the scariest movie known to humankind?I should’ve closed my laptop and done some homework.But the fact that Ace had been so totally right about this movie made me even more determined to finish it.Just then, the door to my bedroom flew open and a scream exploded from my mouth. It was so loud, it could have put a banshee to shame.“Dotty, Ace is on the phone!” Thomas yelled as he burst through the room. He flinched at my shriek of terror. “Why are you screaming?”My hand flew to my chest as I tried to slow my racing heart. Jesus Christ, I

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Shadows

15. ShadowsIt was past midnight, and my house was completely silent. Everyone was asleep.Everyone except me.I was lying wide-eyed in my bed, covers pulled up to my chin, and terrified out of my mind, all because I had decided to watch some stupid horror movie. It wasn’t even that good, just insanely scary.It didn’t help that it was taking Ace longer to arrive than he’d said it would. During my time waiting for him, I made the horrible decision to finish the final bit of my movie. Spoiler alert: they all died!To try to take my mind off it, I completed my homework, frosted the cupcakes I made with my mom, and got ready for bed.I turned on the lamp on my bedside table and grabbed my phone. It’s 12:38 a.m.? Where the hell is Ace? His plane should have landed hours ago.The vent in my room made a loud whirring noise when the air conditioning turned on, and I violently jumped under the covers of my bed.I groaned. Okay, now I was teetering on the edge of pathetic. I was nearly eight

Last Updated : 2025-10-18

Bound by desire

16. Bound by DesireWhen I woke up the next morning, Ace was kneading my bare boob.I wish I was kidding.His huge body spooned me from behind, and his heavy breathing told me he was still dead asleep, but his hand had traveled under my shirt and was groping my left boob.I couldn’t believe it. Ace changes the subject every time I try to talk to him about our relationship and then goes and pulls this shit?We still had about an hour before my alarm would go off, but there was no way I was going to be able to fall back asleep if he continued using my tit as his own personal stress ball.With an annoyed huff, I attempted to pry his grimy mitt off me, but to no avail. His grip wasn’t hard or anything but it was firm and unrelenting—not to mention inappropriate.Maybe someday, if Ace and I ever got together, this sort of thing would be okay…But that was not today. I wouldn’t allow him to touch me like this as if it meant nothing. I felt like I was just the closest and most convenient pie

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Tangled emotions

17. Tangled EmotionsAce released me with a snarl.I used his state of shock to my advantage and scrambled away, leaping from the bed, but he managed to wrap his arms around my waist before I could take a single step toward the door.He lifted me into the air and threw me back down on the bed like a sack of potatoes. Then he crawled on top of me so I couldn’t get away.“No!” I yelled, desperately trying to get out of his hold. “Let me go!”“Doe.” Ace pinned his hands over my head, but I continued to whip my head around and kick my legs. “Doe, stop, you’re going to hurt yourself.”“I don’t care! I don’t want to be around you! I don’t want to be around you ever again!”Ace froze. The atmosphere in the room turned ice cold.My struggle slowed to a stop, and my eyes met his deep blue ones above me. Dread churned in my stomach as I took in the expression of misery and hurt on his face.“You don’t want to be around me?” he repeated, his voice hoarse.I swallowed, suddenly very aware of how

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The weight of secrets

18. The Weight of SecretsAce left about twenty minutes earlier, and I was still lying on my bed and staring at the ceiling as I tried to process what the fuck my life had become. Everything was a mess.I squeezed my eyes shut as I thought of Ace telling me he wasn’t going to touch me in a sexual way again unless I asked him to.While that brought me some relief, I knew that wasn’t totally what I wanted.When I said he couldn’t touch me like that without any explanation, I meant exactly that. Touch me but tell me why.Tell me why you’re doing it, what’s going through your head—that you think I’m beautiful, that you like the way my skin feels against yours, that you want to be more than just friends.Tell me you want to be with me.Somehow, though, I knew he would never say those things to me. Ace saw me as the girl he grew up with. He was attracted to me physically—that much was obvious—but nothing beyond that.Wouldn’t he have told me by now if there was something more between us?M

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The mark of desire

19. The Mark of DesireI wasn’t sure why I felt so disappointed. Ace called me sexy, and that felt great, but I already knew he was physically attracted to me. Even with the scar on my forehead that I kinda liked.It was the emotional attraction we were missing.I turned back to the mirror before he could see the misery on my face. “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard,” I said, forcing a laugh.“I think I just need to lay off the cookies. Or go on a diet or something.”“Absolutely not,” Ace snapped, appearing over my shoulder once again. “You’re not going to be changing a single thing. You’re perfect just the way you are. Do you understand?”I hadn’t been expecting his abrupt and serious tone. I nodded.“No, tell me you understand, Doe,” he growled. “I want to hear you say it.” “Jeez, I thought you said you were going to try to be less controlling,” I said, trying to lighten the mood.He continued to glare. Boy, he was taking this seriously.“Fine, yes, I understand.”T

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