Alaria:
I watched as Enzo walked out of the infirmary, nodding at Alonso to go to his father.
The boys needed to go to school and with Katherine being ill, I knew that she wouldn’t be taking her son.
“Dad,” Alonso called his father. Enzo turned to face him, and got on his knee in front of him. He took a step back, hesitant, before he nodded.
“Good morning,” Enzo said, his voice softening. “Your mom is still sick, do you want to go inside and see her though?”
“I was coming to say that I had to go to school. I didn’t know who was going to take me as mama always chose one of the maids to do so.” He said, looking at his dad. I looked away from the two of them, wanting to ignore the Alpha’s presence. I was wearing a long sleeved shirt to cover the bruise that formed on my arm. To my luck the man had sprained my wrist, and that was going to take a little longer to heal.
“I’ll drop you off if you…”
“You don’t have to,” he said, stopping his dad. I looked down at my feet before clearing my throat, reminding him to be polite to his father. Ashton, who was looking up at me, smiled. This was also the way I reminded him of his manners when he forgot about them. “Thank you.”
“Can I please ask Nanny Mariana to drop me off?” He asked, and Enzo looked at me or a second before looking down at his son. I had to avoid the man’s eyes as this was something that I was against when it came to my son. I didn’t like the maids dropping him off to school, especially since I knew how it felt like to be dropped off by maids. It was the way. that things were done when I was younger. My mother wouldn’t even wait for me to go to school. She was either tending to her things or she was asleep. Either way, there was no time. for me.
“Yes, she can drop you off.” He said, and Alonso looked up at me.
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Chapter 44
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“Thank you for allowing you to spend the night, Aunt Alaria.” He said, and I smiled. He nodded and took a step back before I put my hand on my son’s shoulder, nodding at him to turn. He has seen his father and Enzo saw that both his kids are well. I didn’t need to spend time by his side nor did I need to bother confronting him.
“Come on, Ashton, it’s time for school.” I said, and he nodded. The two of us turned to walk away before Enzo cleared his throat, breaking my train of thoughts.
“Alaria,” he said, his tone was calm as he spoke. I looked away from him before nodding at my son, wanting him to wait for me in the living room.
“I’ll be there in a minute, baby.” I said, and he nodded. He walked toward the living room, leaving me alone with the man. I turned to face the man, and I shook my head, waiting for what he was going to tell me.
“Thank you for letting Alonso stay
for letting Alonso stay with you last night. It was a rough one on his mother, and…”
“I let him stay with me because I didn’t want him to see you as the monster that he was afraid of.” I said, stopping him. “He was startled, and he still is my son’s brother. I chose to have the conscious that you don’t. Excuse me, I have to drop my son to school…”
“Alaria…”
“I have nothing to speak to you about.” I said, stopping him. “Don’t approach me again, Enzo. And I said it to my brother, I am going to say it to you; if you think of laying a finger on me again, you are going to lose it. This is my final say.”
I turned to walk away, not saying a word.
To my surprise, the Alpha didn’t stop me…
“I got caught up with a few things.” I said, and he nodded.
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