All Chapters of The Hot Alpha’s Curvy Craving : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 22 Sophia I stood there with the towel clutched so tight around me my knuckles hurt. Kellan hadn’t moved from the doorway. He just looked at me. That quiet look was worse than if he’d started yelling. My heart was slamming so hard I could hear it in my ears.He finally spoke. His voice was cold and controlled, the kind that made the air feel thinner.“Did you kiss him back?”The question sat there between us like a loaded gun. I could lie. I could say no and pretend the second his mouth was on mine I pushed him away clean. But the taste of Ryder was still on my tongue and Kellan’s eyes were already on my mouth like he knew.I opened my mouth and the truth came out before I could stop it.“Yes.”He didn’t blink. He just stared at me for a long second, then stepped inside and shut the door behind him. The lock clicked. He walked past me to the nightstand, picked up the cigarette pack, and set it back down without taking one. His shoulders were tight. If I really wanted to get

Chapter 24SophiaI woke up and the bed was empty. The sheets on his side were cold. My hand went out before my eyes even opened all the way and found nothing but flat mattress and the faint smell of cigarettes that still clung to the pillow. For a second my chest went tight like someone had reached in and squeezed. He left. He actually left. The thought hit so hard I sat up too fast and the towel from last night was gone and I was just naked under the thin sheet with the two little burns on my hip stinging when the fabric pulled across them. My heart started slamming the same way it had when he first walked in the door yesterday. I looked around the room like maybe he was standing in a corner watching me freak out but the place was quiet except for the low sound of water running behind the bathroom door. Then I heard the soft clink of a mug being set down on the counter out in the small kitchen area. He was still here. The relief that washed through me felt stupid and weak and I h

Chapter 26SophiaRyder took another step forward and I felt Kellan's whole body go rigid against my back. His fingers dug into my wrist hard enough that I knew there would be bruises later. Not that it mattered. My whole arm felt like it was on fire anyway from the tension crackling between them."I said walk away." Kellan's voice had dropped so low it barely carried over the terminal noise. But Ryder heard it. His eyes flicked down to where Kellan was gripping me and something ugly twisted across his face."You're hurting her." Ryder's duffel bag slid off his shoulder and hit the floor with a thump. "Look at her face, Kellan. She's scared of you. Is that what you want? Is that how you keep women now?"The accusation hung there. I tried to pull my wrist free. Kellan's grip didn't loosen but I felt his thumb shift just slightly, almost like he was checking to make sure I was still there, still real, still his."Don't pretend you care about her." Kellan's jaw was so tight I could see t

Chapter 28SophiaWe barely made it to the gate. Kellan kept one arm around me as we walked, but he wasn't holding me the way he usually did. There was no possessiveness in it this time. It felt more like he was making sure I didn't fall. His shirt was still covered in Ryder's blood drop. There were red marks across his knuckles and dried blood along the side of his hand. I probably looked just as bad. My hair was a mess, my clothes were wrinkled, and my wrist was already starting to swell where his fingers had been. I could still feel every place his hand had touched me. The airport around us was loud, but none of it seemed real anymore. People were talking, phones were ringing, bags were rolling across the floor, and announcements were coming from the speakers above us, but everything sounded far away. Like I was underwater and everyone else was somewhere above the surface. I kept hearing Ryder's voice. Sophia! Sophia, don't go with him! I could still see his face covered in bl

Chapter 30 Sophia The plane touched down with a jolt that rattled through my bones. Kellan's hand was still wrapped around mine, but something had changed in the way he held it. Before, it was possessive. Claiming. Now it felt like he was holding onto me because he was terrified I'd disappear. His grip was too tight, his fingers pressing into my skin like he was trying to memorize the feel of me.I didn't pull away. I wanted to. Part of me wanted to yank my hand back and demand he tell me what the hell was going on. But the other part, the part that had seen the fear flicker across his face when he read that message, couldn't bring myself to push him away.We sat in silence while the other passengers gathered their things and filed past us. A woman with a crying baby shot us a dirty look when we didn't move fast enough. Kellan didn't even notice. He was staring at the seat in front of him like it held all the answers to the universe."Kellan." My voice came out quieter than I intend