All Chapters of A Contract With The Cursed Alpha: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Chapter 31:The Beginning of the Fall

Steven POVThe city went on past the glass walls of my office shining with things that could happen. Today was meant to wipe away every last mark on my pride.Today I was finalizing the Ashford Development contract.It was the commercial project my company had tried to get all year. Once the ink was dry every talk about being shown out of Lucian Sterling’s party would be just old stories.My phone buzzed.A smile came to my lips.“They’re early " I said to myself as I picked it up.“Steven Reynolds speaking.”A silence came for a moment before a voice I knew cleared its throat.“Mr. Reynolds… this is Daniel from Ashford Holdings.”Something in his voice made my smile disappear.“Daniel " I said calmly "I assume we’re still meeting at eleven?”Another pause.“I’m afraid there has been… a change.”I leaned back slowly.“What kind of change?”“Our board met this morning.”“. ”“They voted to delay the acquisition.”My fingers gripped the phone tighter.“Delay?”“Indefinitely.”I frowned.

Chapter 32: The Story His Actions Told

Anna POVI stood beside the library window with a cup of tea warming my hands while I watched another black sedan disappear through the front gates.Luke had arrived twenty minutes earlier.Lucian had left with him without eating breakfast.Again.Maddie walked into the library carrying fresh flowers, and she noticed where my attention rested.“He’s been leaving earlier lately,” I said casually, although the question had been growing inside me for days.She smiled politely while replacing yesterday’s lilies.“Mr. Sterling always has a demanding schedule.”“Always?”“More than usual.”That answer lingered.“Do you know where he goes?”She hesitated just long enough for me to notice.“I’m afraid I don’t.”She wasn’t lying.She simply wasn’t telling me everything.I thanked her anyway, and she quietly excused herself, leaving me alone with my increasingly restless thoughts.⸻The days settled into the same strange routine.Lucian disappeared before breakfast more often than not, returned

Chapter 33: The Secrets in the Sterling Mansion

Anna POVDinner was usually the part of the day.Not uncomfortable.Just quiet.The kind of quiet that existed between two people who were still learning each other’s habits.Lucian sat across from me at the dining table, dressed in a dark suit even though he had already spent the entire day inside the mansion. Somehow he still looked like he belonged in a boardroom rather than at home.His plate sat untouched.Again.I looked from his food to him.The roasted chicken, vegetables, and prepared meal Maddie had personally arranged remained exactly as they had arrived.Not a single bite missing.“You know " I said lightly cutting into my meal "I’m starting to think the kitchen staff is going to take your eating habits personally."Lucian glanced up from the document he had been reading.“My eating habits are not their responsibility."“They spend hours preparing food you don’t touch."A faint crease appeared between his eyebrows.“I eat."I raised an eyebrow.“When?"“At times."“That is

Chapter 34:The Burden of Immortality

Lucian POVI remained still for a while staring at the ceiling above my bed. The morning light was coming through the curtains. It was pretty faint. My breathing was slow and steady. My face was blank.. When I felt weak again my hand grabbed the sheets tightly.This weakness was something I had been hiding for a long time. Centuries, actually.. Now I could not control it as much as I used to.The door. I knew who it was without looking."Your pride is going to get you into trouble before your condition does " Luke said. He sounded annoyed like he always does when he is worried about me.I opened my eyes. Turned my head to look at him. He was standing near the door with a tray in his hand. He looked disappointed already."You have become very dramatic as you got older " I said.Luke walked into the room. Put the tray on the table. "You are not the one who stayed up all night using energy you do not have " he said.My face got a bit harder. "I am fine " I said.Luke gave me a look. "You

Chapter 35:The Door He Never Opens

Anna POVI had learned quickly that Lucian Sterling was a man who could take over a room without saying a word.He was in charge of conversations and negotiations and even the quiet moments.I was starting to figure out that Lucian was not the only person in this house who knew how to keep things to themselves.Luke was just as good at it.That bothered me.I found Luke in the wing the next afternoon standing near the study with a tablet in his hand looking really calm.Everyone in this house seemed to be able to do that.When he saw me coming something changed.It was a thing.He paused.His eyes got a little tighter.I noticed.I had been underestimated a lot. I learned that people show more when they try to hide something than when they are being open."Luke " I said.He looked up."Anna " he replied.His voice was polite, but too polite.I stopped in front of him. Crossed my arms."I have a question " I said."That usually means I should get ready " he said.I almost smiled,. I di

Chapter 36: The Identity That Didn't Exist

Steven POVThe investigator arrived at my office three days later.He wasn’t the kind of man who tried to impress people.No expensive suit.No unnecessary confidence.Just a plain folder placed on my desk and an expression that immediately irritated me.Because he looked uncertain.I hated uncertainty.“What did you find?” I asked.He hesitated.That annoyed me more.“You were hired to find information,” I said, leaning back in my chair. “Not to look uncomfortable.”The man opened the folder slowly.“I found information.”“Then speak.”He looked down at the papers.“The problem is that the information doesn’t make sense.”A quiet laugh escaped me.“Nothing about Lucian Sterling makes sense. That’s why I hired you.”He didn’t smile.That should have been my first warning.“Mr. Sterling appears to have multiple histories.”I frowned.“What does that mean?”“It means every time I trace his background, I reach another version of him.”He slid a document across the desk.“There are busine

Chapter 37: The Fragile Side of Lucian Sterling

Anna POV“Lucian?" I called softly careful not to raise my voice.No answer came.The sound drifted from beyond the bedroom and although every sensible part of me suggested I should call Luke instead my feet were already touching the cold floor before reason could catch up.The hallway stretched before me in silver shadows and each step seemed louder than it should have been against the polished wood. The breathing grew clearer as I approached the bathroom and beneath it came another sound.A quiet cough.Then another.Something hit porcelain.My pulse lurched.I reached the open door and pushed it gently.The sight that greeted me stopped me cold.Lucian stood over the marble sink with both hands gripping its edge so tightly that the muscles in his forearms trembled beneath rolled sleeves. His shoulders. Fell with controlled painful breaths while dark red drops slid steadily from his nose into the white basin below.For one second my mind refused to understand what I was seeing.Bloo

Chapter 38: Borrowed Time

Lucian POV“You’re staring again.”Her quiet voice pulled me back to the bathroom before my thoughts could disappear too far into the past.I blinked.She was kneeling slightly in front of me, replacing the towel in my hands with a fresh one she had dampened beneath cool water.“I wasn’t aware I was.”“You were.”A faint smile touched her lips, though worry still lingered in her eyes.“It was a very dramatic stare.”“I’ve been accused of many things,” I murmured, my voice still rough. “Dramatic has rarely been one of them.”“It should be.”She folded the cloth with surprising care before gently pressing it beneath my nose again.“You have excellent posture for suffering.”Despite myself, I let out a quiet breath that almost resembled laughter.“I’ll add that to my résumé.”“I’m serious.”“I know.”The room settled into silence again.Not uncomfortable.Just…quiet.The kind of silence that existed only when neither person felt compelled to fill every space with words.It was astonishin

Chapter 39: The Pain He Learned to Live With

Anna POVLucian was already seated when I walked in, dressed in a charcoal suit despite the early hour, his tie perfectly knotted and his expression composed enough that anyone who hadn’t seen him hours earlier would never suspect he’d been trembling in a bathroom before dawn.Only I noticed the tiny differences now.The slight shadows beneath his eyes.The way his fingers lingered a fraction too long around his coffee cup before releasing it.The stiffness hidden beneath movements everyone else would call graceful.Luke stood near the sideboard reviewing something on his tablet while pretending not to monitor Lucian every few seconds.Pretending badly.“Good morning,” I said as I took my seat beside Lucian.His eyes immediately lifted toward me.“Did you sleep at all?”The question surprised me.I smiled faintly.“I was going to ask you the same thing.”“I asked first.”“I slept eventually.”“So did I.”It was a lie.A gentle one.But still a lie.I reached for the teapot without arg

Chapter 40: The Nightmare He Couldn't Escape

Lucian POVThe first sound crept into my dreams quietly that I almost thought it was the wind outside my window.Then it happened again.A low quiet voice.I opened my eyes slowly. The darkness in my bedroom felt really heavy because the fire in the fireplace had burned down to just glowing ashes. Thin strips of moonlight stretched across the floor and the silence in the house felt like a blanket wrapped around us.Except the house was not silent anymore.Someone was talking.I turned my head to look at Lucian.His body was stiff under the blankets. Even though he was still asleep his face looked really tense. His eyebrows were scrunched together. His jaw was clenched like he was fighting someone I could not see.He said another sentence.It was not in English.The words sounded strange with sounds and soft vowels. They sounded old and almost musical. Every word was full of emotion that I did not understand.I felt a chill run down my arms."What..."I sat up in bed. My heart started

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