Alpha Hunter novel (Rayna and Hunter) novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49 

Reyna Cruz: 

After hearing the voice call from Polline, I was shocked that Hunter had played me. He made me regret feeling sorry for him and pondering how much pain he must be in. 

“But what’s going on?” Samuel had been tailing me after I grabbed my stuff and rushed out of the building to my car. 

“Let me drive; you’re shaking with anger,” he snatched the keys from my hand and pushed me into the passenger seat, taking control of the driver’s seat himself. 

I was fuming at his audacity, thinking he could set up this meeting, trap me here, and then steal my son’s time. It wasn’t me who told my son to lock his doors and avoid talking to him. Why did he make it seem like I was the problem? 

“This whole meeting was a trap,” I finally spoke once we hit the road. 

“A trap? What kind of trap? Samuel inquired in a hushed tone, careful not to upset me by defending the assigned meeting day. 

“Hunter didn’t come because he had gone to see my son,” I muttered, chewing on my nails as I recalled what Polline had told me about what was happening in the mansion. 

“I can’t believe he would stoop that low,” thankfully, Samuel didn’t take his friend’s side and let me calm down. Otherwise, he would have been added to the list of people I throw a tantrum at in the moment. 

I did accuse Jeffrey of knowing everything and not telling me why Hunter was absent before leaving the office. 

“Polline said Hunter and Turner are sitting in the garden and talking. You know, Hunter had to calm him down for an hour or two before my son started talking.” I muttered, looking over at Samuel, who narrowed his eyes on the road when not understanding what I was trying to say. 

“That means he kind of left my son no choice but to speak to him,” I frowned, almost ready to punch Samuel for not getting such a simple thing. 

“Ah! Now I got it. That’s wrong. He should have talked to you first. It’s not like you would stop him from seeing his son, Samuel used an indifferent tone before confirming the confusion in his tone with a follow–up question, “right?” 

“Of course, I would never, but I will also respect my son’s wishes and ask Hunter not to bother him,” I folded my arms over my chest, pouted, and then turned my head to the other side in a quick move. 

“Right! Maybe you should calm down. We are almost there,” he got comfortable in his seat, and then after a few minutes, we were at my house. I rushed out of the car with Samuel following me and made my way to the garden where I could see them talking. Since Hunter’s back was facing us, he couldn’t tell we had arrived. But when I heard them talk, I slowed down. 

It was the way my son was talking about me and Samuel that shocked me. I never knew Tara had told him so much about our history. No wonder he slapped her. She crossed her boundary when forcibly including my son in adult arguments. And then, after giving perfect responses to Hunter, my son revealed that Samuel was my second chance mate. I saw Hunter’s hands turning into fists and his muscles tightening. 

My son then looked my way and got off the chair, running past Hunter to approach me. I knelt down and hugged him, but at the same time, I found myself under the hard scrutiny of Hunter’s gaze. The awkward silence stayed until I kept hugging my son before Samuel stepped forward to take him from me and eyed me to discuss the issue with Hunter because he kept staring at us. 

“I will leave him inside and then come outside to be with you, Samuel added, just to let me know that we must have this conversation with Hunter together, 

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“I would very much like to speak to her alone,” Hunter raised his voice, his tone mild but carrying the hint of disappointment and hurt. 

“It is about us,” as Samuel intervened, Hunter shook his head. 

“Not anymore. You had every second, every minute to talk with me, but you hid from me, making me feel like a fool whenever I asked you if you knew Reyna outside the office and you called me delusional. The pain in Hunter’s voice made me look away from his face. I was beginning to acknowledge that even though I didn’t mean to hurt his feelings, somehow I ended up being the person to hurt him the most. 

“Samuell Go inside. I will have a word with him first, and then you can talk to him later,” I gently placed my hand on Samuel’s arm and noticed Hunter stealing his eyes from us, not because of guilt but because he was visibly making it clear that he couldn’t see us together. 

Samuel gave me a head nod and left with Turner in his arms. I knew they had a huge argument in terms of friendship awaiting, but I didn’t want any part of it. I strolled closer to Hunter and stood facing him with my arms folded over my 

chest. 

“You lied about the meeting,” just as I started talking, he scoffed and silenced me. 

“You are the one complaining about lies?” he let out a scoff and then shook his head in disbelief at me. 

“Hunter! I don’t owe you an explanation. I never promised to tell you anything about finding a new mate. If you’re forgetting something, we have moved past the time when we were answerable to each other, I retorted, explaining my side as I didn’t like how he was looking at me like I was some manipulative person who played him. 

“It’s not like you have answered me ever before either. You just don’t seem to care at all, Reyna. It’s like—somehow you don’t even realize how much you hurt me, he yelled in my face, a finger pointing to his chest. 

“You think I chose him just to get under your nerves? When I met him and felt the mate bond with him, I didn’t even know who he was. And not that it mattered. He is my second chance mate; I’m not going to step away from him because he is friends with you. You are with my friend too, I yelled back, trying to make him understand how wrong it was of him to expect such a sacrifice from me. 

“Not stepping back from him? Are you two planning on—did you two already accept each other?” he quickly pulled my hair back to examine my neck. I slapped his hand away and stepped back from him as he was acting all insane. 

“Hunter! You are with my friend too, I reminded him again, but he shook his head and then yelled. 

“That is only for show. She and I never even shared a bedroom together, as he yelled, I gasped and covered my mouth with my hands.