THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 25

EMBER'S POVI opened my eyes slowly, and the first thing I saw was a beautiful brown-skinned body lying beside me.For a few seconds, I simply stared.Last night came rushing back to me, and a small smile tugged at the corner of my lips before I quickly pushed it away. I took a deep breath and sat up quietly, careful not to wake him.I leaned over to make sure he was still asleep.He was.Good.I reached for my clothes from the side table and slipped them on as quietly as I could.“Running away?”I nearly jumped out of my skin.I turned sharply to find Julio awake, his eyes following my every movement.I ignored him and continued dressing.“Stay some more.” His voice was low and sleepy as he groaned and ran his fingers through my hair.“Julio, I can't.” I reluctantly shrugged his hand away and began fixing my hair. “Xavier's brother will get suspicious again.”I didn't want to think about Yuli's suspicions.Not now.Not after last night.The longer I stayed here, the harder it would b

YULI'S POVSomething felt wrong.I couldn't explain it, but I had been restless all morning.I checked my phone again.Nothing.My thumb hovered over Wester's name before I called him.The phone rang.Once.Twice.Three times.No answer.I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at the screen.“What are you doing, Wester?”I called again.Still nothing.I wasn't usually the type to worry when someone didn't answer my calls. Wester could disappear for hours when he was busy, and sometimes he'd forget his phone somewhere.But this felt different.Maybe it was because of our conversation yesterday.He had been unusually serious when he spoke to me about Ember.I'm telling you, Yuli. Something isn't right.I'd laughed at him then.I told him he was imagining things.But he wouldn't let it go.He'd noticed the same things I had.Ember disappearing without proper explanations.The way she became uncomfortable whenever Julio's name came up.The way she'd sometimes look at her phone and