All Chapters of Crush on My Alpha Adoptive Uncle: Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

I spun around in complete shock, my heart jumping into my throat.Kieran stood behind me, his eyes bloodshot and wild. His usually perfect appearance was disheveled, his hair falling across his forehead in messy strands."I know you hate Scarlett," he said, his voice rough and desperate. "But tell me why. Is it just because she was my girlfriend?"The question hit me like a physical blow.Of course that wasn't the only reason I despised her.Scarlett was cruel and manipulative. Every single one of those photos she had sent me over the months - pictures of her and Kieran together, looking happy and intimate - had been designed to hurt me.Every mocking text message. Every smug smile when she saw me at family gatherings. Every time she had pretended to be my friend while secretly working to destroy my relationship with Kieran.I had spent countless nights crying over her cruelty, wondering what I had done to deserve such treatment from someone I had once trusted.Yes, I hated her.But as

Kieran stood frozen in the doorway of the ballroom, watching helplessly as Ethan and I disappeared into the night.His heart felt like someone had reached into his chest and ripped out a vital organ, leaving behind nothing but a gaping, aching void.The sound of our footsteps faded into silence, but he couldn't move. Couldn't think. Couldn't do anything but stare at the empty space where we had been moments before.Around him, the party continued. Guests laughed and danced and clinked their glasses together, completely unaware that his world had just collapsed.He wanted to run after us. Every instinct in his body screamed at him to follow, to fight for what he was losing.But what right did he have?He had pushed me away for years. He had chosen cruelty over honesty, fear over love. He had brought Scarlett into our lives specifically to make me give up on him.And it had worked perfectly.Too perfectly.I was done with him. Really, truly done. The look in my eyes when I'd walked away

Kieran returned to the estate like a man whose soul had been ripped from his body.Each step toward the front door felt like walking through quicksand. His legs moved automatically, but his mind was trapped in that terrible moment when Grandfather had pronounced his exile.Not only had he failed to see me, but now he would never be able to appear before me again.The weight of that reality crushed down on him like a physical force. He felt like his heart had been turned into swiss cheese - full of gaping holes that let all the warmth and life leak out.No matter how desperately he tried to patch one wound, another would tear open and start bleeding.He pushed open the heavy front door with a trembling hand. The familiar scent of home should have been comforting, but instead it felt like a mockery.The house was filled with irritating noise and chaos.Several servants were hurrying back and forth, carrying boxes of various sizes. Their faces were tense with the kind of focus that came f

Looking at the polite yet distant smile on my face, Kieran's Adam's apple moved with visible difficulty. When he finally spoke, his voice was terribly hoarse, as if he had been screaming for hours."I'm going to the overseas territory.The pack affairs there are... complex. Very complex."He paused, struggling to maintain his composure. I could see his hands trembling slightly at his sides."In the future, I probably won't have any reason to return home. The assignment is indefinite."His voice dropped so low it was almost a whisper, yet every word reached my ears with crystal clarity."But if you ever need anything in the future - anything at all, no matter how big or small - just tell me. I'll come back immediately to help you."The desperate promise in his voice made something twist uncomfortably in my chest.I was genuinely surprised that he would make such a drastic decision.After all, our pack's entire foundation was here in the homeland. While the overseas operations were certa