A Secret Baby For The Alpha Quarterback のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 181 - チャプター 190

DerekThe moon was too bright tonight. Silver poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows and shattered across the dark wood desk in cold shards. I sat behind a mountain of files and didn't see a damn thing.Since Violet came back, the world had color again.It felt like dawn after a five-year night. Like finding water in a desert. Every ounce of pain and longing I'd been choking on burned off the second she returned. I wanted to be glued to her every minute, to make up for every lost second.I closed my eyes and last night roared back. Her warmth in my arms. The way she trembled when I marked her. The tears in her eyes when she said she still loved me. Every piece of it kicked my heart into a sprint.What was she doing now? Piping a new batch of sweets? Listening to the kids tell stories from school?Thinking of those two little ones melted me. Leon—sharp and steady. Theodora—bright and exuberant. My blood. The proof of what we were. Starting tomorrow I could hold them as their fath

VioletThe moment I was thrown out of Derek's house, it felt like my heart was sliced apart by a thousand knives.Fooled again. Left again.I hated my own gullibility. Hated that I'd opened up to him. Hated that I'd dragged my kids through the same pain of being abandoned. Last night's sweetness was just a dream. Daylight is cruel.Liriel's voice still rings in my ears: "He just wanted a thrill. I'm the real wife."That photo was damning. How could I deny it? Maybe I never should've believed a single soft word from him. Never should've let my guard down.Why would the man who said he loved me yesterday—who marked me—won't even pick up my calls today? Why does Liriel get to stand there like the lady of the house while I look like some unwanted intruder?"Mom, why are we leaving?" Theodora whispers. "Didn't Derek say he'd protect us?"My chest seizes. I force a smile. "Baby, we're moving somewhere new.""He said he'd always be here," Leon says, voice small but heavy. "So he's a liar,

DerekLiriel had to have done something to Violet.I needed the truth before I could fix this. The second I left the mall, I went straight to Liriel."What the hell did you say to Violet?" I advanced on her, rage burning through me.She flinched under the weight of my Alpha presence, took a few steps back, but kept that smug smile. "I just told her the truth.""What truth?" My temper snapped tight."I told her she was a toy for when you wanted a thrill. That I'm your real wife." She held my gaze, unblinking. "I showed her our photos. Proof we're a couple."One thing hit me like a hammer: photos? We've never taken a photo together."What pictures?" I clamped her wrist. "Talk.""Ow! Derek, you're hurting me!" She twisted and whined.I was done with games.I flicked two fingers. My guards pinned her, pulled her phone, and handed it over.Her eyes went wide. She shrieked, high and sharp. "Let me go! What are you doing? Don't touch my stuff!"I ignored her and opened the gallery. The fir

Violet "I'll send the address. One hour."A photo pinged in with the address. The necklace. In her hand. It screamed trap.But it was my mother's. I couldn't walk away.An hour later I reached an abandoned warehouse on the edge of the city. Empty. Overgrown. Broken buildings. It stank of danger.I went in anyway.It was dim inside. Bulbs flickered overhead. Liriel stood waiting in a black dress, face colder than I'd ever seen it."You came." No warmth. Nothing."The necklace." I didn't waste breath."You're really in a rush," she sneered. "But before that, I have a question."My guard shot higher."Why are you still seeing Derek?" Her voice sharpened to a knife. "Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?""It's none of your business.""None of my—" Her smile twisted. "Violet, you're still so naive. You think getting back with him means you get your happy little life?""I said give me my mother's necklace." I wasn't listening to her poison."You can have it," she hissed, "after I'm su

Derek "The family's interests don't justify hurting innocent children," Elder Ward said, firm now. "Liriel, release them. It ends here.""I won't!" she shrieked. "If you won't help me, I'll do it myself! If I can't have Derek's love, I'll burn everything he loves!"She swung the knife, eyes blazing, and hacked at Violet's rope. She was gone—hate ate her whole.The rope sawed halfway through.My opening.While they were split between arguing and gloating, I moved. Now or never."Drop it!" I bolted for Liriel, going for her knife.She was quick. Instinct jerked her arm up as I crashed into her. White fire exploded in my chest.Steel buried deep. Blood bloomed hot."Derek!" Violet screamed, voice breaking."No! Why did you rush me?" Liriel screamed too.The pain blurred my vision. I couldn't fall. I would not.I gritted through it, wrenched the knife from her hand, and hurled her aside. Warm blood poured down my ribs, soaking my white shirt. I didn't look."You ran into me! I did