Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected by my mate, Claimed by Alpha Ryder: Kabanata 191 - Kabanata 200

~ Jason ~It had been a whole week since I last spoke to K, and every day felt longer than the one before.For the first two days, I told myself that maybe her aunt had taken her phone away.By the third day, I started to worry.By the fifth day, I could barely sleep.Now, after seven days without hearing from her, I was scared.I had called her number so many times that I already knew the message by heart. Every time I called, it was the same.Her phone was off.No matter how many times I tried, nothing changed.The last moments of our call kept playing over and over in my head.One minute we were laughing and talking about cockroaches. The next minute, I heard an angry woman shouting.“You will die today!”Then there was a loud crash, a scream, and silence.Since that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened after the call ended.Was K okay?Was she hurt?Was she in trouble because of me?I didn’t know the answer, and that scared me more than anything.My plate of food sat

Jason grabbed my arms and shoved me away.The force caught me completely off guard. I stumbled backward and fell hard onto the ground.A shocked gasp swept through the crowd.For a second, I just sat there staring up at him.Jason looked down at me with complete annoyance.“Some girls really have no self-respect anymore. What a shame,” he said, his tone dripping with arrogance.The crowd gasped again.“I don’t like girls who throw themselves at people so cheaply,” he added with a cold smirk.The words hit harder than the fall.Laughter immediately broke out around me.“Oh my gosh!”“She’s so embarrassing.”“Who hugs someone like that?”My face burned with humiliation. I wanted to disappear, to sink into the ground and never come back up.He simply turned around and kept walking away.I lowered my head, fighting the urge to cry.Maybe this had all been a mistake.Maybe I had spent five years holding onto something that meant nothing to him.Jason stopped walking and slowly, he turned a

~ Jason ~The moment I heard the word K, I raised my head sharply. Could it be the same K I knew?She walked straight toward me and stretched out her hand.“Hi, Jason. It’s nice to finally meet you after five years,” Kendra said with a calm smile.I stood frozen, completely shocked. After all these years, I was finally seeing K again.“K…?” I whispered, unsure if I could even trust my own voice.She nodded.I didn’t know how it happened, but my feet moved on their own. I stepped forward and pulled her into a hug, not caring that the whole class was watching.Kendra looked up at me with a smile.“Jason,” she said quietly, like she had been waiting years just to say my name again.I swallowed hard. “Where have you been?” The words came out before I could stop them.The teacher cleared his throat, trying to regain control. “Please, everyone, settle down,” he said firmly. “Whatever discussion you two are having, leave it for later.”Reluct

“Do you think you can poison me that easily, Micheal?” Uncle Julius said as he stepped forward slowly. His voice was calm, but his eyes were sharp and cold.“All thanks to Jason for telling me who you really are,” he said. “We’ve been tracking you for years. You made a big mistake by leaving traces behind.”Uncle Julius stepped forward and dropped a piece of Michael’s clothing onto the floor.Everyone stared at it in confusion.“This is the same cloth the intruder was wearing the day Luna heard those strange calls upstairs,” he explained. “And this,” he added, lifting another torn piece, “was what Kael found left behind at the window when the intruder tried to escape.”Uncle Julius paused, his gaze hardening.“Michael already suspected I was beginning to uncover his secret, so he tried to poison me,” he continued.He looked at the glass on the table and gave a small, confident smile. “I already switched the drink you tried to give me,” he added. “But now, you are the one in danger. If

“What does Lucious mean by a surprise?” I asked, confused by the call.Ryder tightened his grip on the steering wheel and kept his eyes fixed on the road.“He’s obviously making an empty threat,” he said.I wasn’t convinced. Lucious wasn’t the type of person to make threats without a reason. Every move he made was carefully planned, and that was what worried me the most.“Are you sure?” I asked quietly. “He sounded too confident.”Ryder let out a frustrated sigh.“That’s exactly what he wants. He wants us to start doubting ourselves and imagining the worst. Lucious feeds on fear.”“Maybe,” I said, staring out the window, “but what if he’s telling the truth?”The car fell silent again.Deep down, I could tell Ryder was thinking about the same thing. No matter how much he tried to dismiss it, Lucious’s words had gotten under his skin.After nearly an hour of driving, we were getting closer to the back house when we noticed a lone figure standing in the middle of the road ahead. He was d