Semua Bab A Contract With The Cursed Alpha: Bab 91 - Bab 100

Lucian POVThe city looked really ordinary.That was the thing I noticed when I got out of the car. I had thought that something big would happen when I finally found Anna. That did not happen. People were walking to work with cups of coffee shopkeepers were sweeping the sidewalks and cars were moving slowly through the streets. It was like nothing had changed.Luke came to stand next to me. Spoke quietly."Our contact said she usually gets here around eight."I nodded, still looking at the building across the street.It was not a deal or anything.There was a café on the first floor and it had flowers in the windows. The sign above the door said they had homemade pastries and fresh coffee. It was not the kind of place Anna would have wanted to work when we first met. It looked kind of peaceful.She was here.There was one street between us.After seven months we were really close. It felt like it was still really far.Luke looked at me."You do not have to hide.""I know " I said."Y

Lucian POVThe first bill vanished on a Tuesday morning.It was not dramatic. There was no action, no signature on the payment no note that told Anna that someone was looking out for her.Just a message on her account that showed the balance was gone.I looked at the confirmation for a minute after the payment was done my hands on the edge of my desk while the city kept moving outside the glass of my office.Luke was in front of me watching with a look that told me he already knew what I had done.“You’re paying her bills now?" he asked softly.I didn’t look up from the screen.“I’m making sure she gets the care she needs.”Luke sighed, leaning on the chair in front of me.“You know she would be upset if she found out.”“I know.”“You did it anyway.”My jaw got tight because I had no answer for him.He was right.All of me knew Anna didn’t want my help. She had made that clear when she left. She had looked at me like I wasn’t someone she recognized anymore. I had let her go because I

Lucian POVI had told myself that watching Anna from a distance would get easier with time.It did not get easier.Seven months had passed and every day I stayed away from Anna was another day I proved to myself that I could keep my promise to her. I had told myself that this was what Anna needed. Space and safety and a life that was not affected by my secrets.Knowing what was right did not make it hurt any less.The evening air was cold. Most people walked quickly through the streets with their heads down eager to get home before it got dark. I stood across the road from the apartment building where Anna lived hidden behind a parked vehicle watching the place that had become Anna's world.Luke stood beside me silent for minutes before he spoke."You have been staring at that building for twenty minutes " Luke said.I did not look away from Anna's apartment building.Anna was coming home I thought.Luke sighed, already knowing what I was thinking."Lucian," Luke said. There was a war

Anna POVMy hands stayed tightly wrapped around my bag strap as I looked at him trying to match the man in front of me with the man I had found behind locked doors"You didn't answer my question " I said, my voice stronger than I felt. "How long?"Lucian's face changed a little. For a moment I saw hesitationNot the kind I had become used toNot the careful thinking of a man choosing what truth I could handleThis was differentThis was a man deciding if he had the right to speak at all"How long have you been following me?" I asked againThe street was quiet around us. The silence between us was louder than anything elseLucian looked down for a second before looking at me again"Since the day you left"The answer hit me harder than I expectedMy chest got tight"Since the day I left?""Yes"I let out a small sad laugh because I didn't know what else to do with the pain inside me"Seven months, Lucian?"His jaw got tight"Yes""You watched me for seven months?""I watched over you"T

Lucian POVAnna swallowed hard before lifting her chin a little and even though her eyes shone with held-back feelings her voice was calmer than she felt.“I’ve told you the truth, Lucian " she said in a voice. "Believe it. Don’t but that baby isn’t yours."Neither of us said anything.The silence went on so long that the wind became louder than either of us moving dry leaves across the empty sidewalk while the streetlights made her face look pale and golden.Finally I let out a breath.“I see."Her eyebrows came together for the moment as if my words weren’t what she expected to hear.“You… that’s all you’re going to say?"I kept looking at her and I made every feeling inside me stay where it was.“What would you like me to say?"Her lips. Then closed again.“I don’t know."“No " I said gently. "I don’t think you do."She looked away first.The move was small. It held months of tiredness, inside it.“I’m not trying to hurt you."“I know."Her head turned back toward me quickly.“You…