All Chapters of Claiming The Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

“Isn’t that Alpha Adrien’s bride?”“She looks good for someone who should be mourning her husband.”“How can a widow wear such? Her husband has barely been dead two months.”The whispering in the ballroom was getting louder and louder.I could only watch in shock as Lillian walked deeper into the room, stealing the attention from Asher and me, the hosts of the ball.Her red dress left nothing to the imagination. It was tight-fitting with a slit so high that she was begging for a wardrobe malfunction.“Ash!” she exclaimed, running forward and shoving me aside to jump on my husband.I stumbled, catching myself before I fell face forward on the stairs.Ash did not push her away. Rather, he slowly wrapped his arms around her.“Hi, Lily. It has been a minute.”Lillian snuggled into his neck. “I missed you. Why did you not come to see me?”Ash had the decency to look at me and let her down. “I have been busy.”Lillian followed his gaze and pretended to be surprised when she saw me. “Oh, Ele

“I see. Thank you, Alpha Kane,” I said and put down the phone.That was the fourth Alpha who had cancelled business dealings with us in the last week.All of the social standing I had worked to build among the Alphas and Lunas had disappeared overnight.It was not anything new for Alphas to have mistresses and illegitimate children here and there.But this was incest.No one wanted to be associated with an Alpha who did not honour his family.“Joan,” I yelled, leaning back in my seat.There was no response for a few seconds, then the door cracked open slowly. A maid I had never seen before entered my office.“Who are you?”“U-Um. Pamella. I was told to wait on you from today.”“Where is Joan?”“She was moved to another station.”My eyes narrowed. “Who the hell is rotating my maids without my permission?”“M-Miss Lillian. She was the one who moved us.”A new wave of irritation flared up inside of me. Even Asher would not touch my maids without asking me.But I was not crazy enough to a