บททั้งหมดของ A Contract With The Cursed Alpha: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

ANNA POVBelles' voice was really quiet. Her words hit me hard. It was like she was trying to hold something that was already falling apart between us."Anna " she said softly looking at me with concern in her eyes. She glanced over at Lucian for a second before looking at me. "I think we should listen to him. He says he knew your father and he's been treating you well since you got here."This made my chest feel tight. Not because I agreed with her. It was because I did not understand where she was coming from. It felt like I had walked into a conversation that had started a time before I got there.My thoughts were all jumbled up like a mess. Nothing about this situation felt simple anymore. Even Belle, the person I felt safest with was talking like she had already chosen a side that I did not understand.Then I noticed something. The room felt different like the air was changing before a storm. I could hear people whispering outside the hallway and footsteps were getting closer. It

LUCIAN POVThe office had been really quiet for a long. You see, silence in Sterling Mansion is never really quiet because when it is quiet it usually means someone is planning somethingI was standing near the window behind my desk watching the rain come down slowly against the dark city sky. My mind was still thinking about what was going on upstairs.Anna.I could still see the look in her eyes when she walked away with Belle. It was stuck in my head. I could not stop thinking about it.I was feeling a lot of things. Distrust. Exhaustion. Fear. Not the kind of fear that makes you scream or run away.. The kind that settles in slowly after you have been disappointed too many times.I know this kind of fear well.Luke said from behind me "She will agree eventually." His voice was steady. It broke through my thoughts. "Now Anna has nowhere else to go, Alpha. This is the place for her whether she likes it or not."I kept looking at the rain for another second before I turned around slow

Lucian POVI stood with my back to the room, one hand in my trousers pocket and the other on the window. Below the city was already moving. Cars moved slowly down the roads; people walked quickly to work with coffee in their hands, and somewhere in all those people, Anna was waking up under my roof for the first time as my future wife.The idea weighed on my chest.Not because I was scared.Because it meant more than I wanted it to.A soft knock broke the quiet.“Come in.”The door opened away and Luke came in holding a black tablet under one arm and a leather folder in the other. He looked calm. After working with me for so long I had learned to spot the small signs people usually missed.The tiny wrinkle between his eyebrows.The way his eyes checked my face before he said anything.He was looking for blood.Looking to see if I was still standing.“I have everything you asked for " he said as he walked across the room and put the folder on my desk. "The legal paperwork has been sent

Anna POVI was still fixing the blue dress around my waist when Maddie stepped back with a happy smile tilting her head like she was looking at a finished picture instead of me a woman who was still not sure what I was doing with my life."It fits well " she said. "We just need to make a small change to the sleeves."Belle walked around me being very serious before crossing her arms."I do not agree " she said.Maddie looked surprised."You do not?" she asked.Belle nodded, thinking about it."It needs earrings " she said.Maddie was very dramatic."You are absolutely right " she said.I started laughing before either of them could stop me."You two are making a deal out of this " I said.Belle smiled."Have you seen this house?" she asked. "It is like a palace."I felt happy for a moment. Then I realized I had not thought about Steven at all.This surprised me.It was not because I had forgotten about him.It was because for the first time in weeks I had not spent my whole morning wo

Steven POVA month ago I had been chasing investors who barely remembered my name after I met with them. Now people waited outside my office hoping I would give them ten minutes.Money changed everything.Not because it brought happiness.Because it brought importance.The soft knock on my office door came just as my assistant walked in carrying a stack of reports.“Mr. Reynolds " she said politely. "The acquisition paperwork has been completed.”I didn’t even try to hide my satisfaction.“And the shares?”“They’ve all been transferred.”She moved the folder across my desk.“Congratulations.”I opened it slowly letting myself enjoy the moment.Anna’s signature looked back at me from the page.Neat.Careful.Trusting.The corners of my mouth went up.She had signed every document without reading what really mattered.Some people said that was innocence.I said it was opportunity.“Excellent.”The assistant paused.“Would you like me to arrange a celebration dinner with the board?”I cl