Contract Marriage With Alpha Snow novel Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Invite

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Chapter 33

~Zara’s POV~

Back at the mansion, I could feel the tension strongly in the house. I’d made Storm cry and gotten Snow upset at me.

It was a double-trouble situation.

Prior, Snow had been distant since that kiss and I couldn’t do anything about it. I was no longer angry now that Storm was sad.

I waited outside Storm’s room, my heart still heavy. I needed to speak to Snow, to understand what was really going on with him.

Ever since I’d found out about Storm, things had been... complicated.

But when Snow walked out of Storm’s room with an unreadable expression, I took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"Snow," I called softly, trying to calm my voice. "Can we talk?"

He paused, glancing over his shoulder, his eyes hard. "About what?"

I swallowed, not wanting to upset him, but I needed answers. "About everything. I’m sorry. I didn’t know Storm was—"

He cut me off coldly. "That’s the problem, Zara. You don’t know. You don’t understand anything," he said, facing me. "You’re too busy being nosy to be sensitive enough to what others are going through."

I gasped. Was that all he saw me as?

His words hit home like a slap, and I blinked, completely stunned. "Nosy?" I repeated, barely keeping my voice steady. "Snow, I was just trying to help. I didn’t mean—"

"You were being selfish," he snapped, cutting me off again. "Storm doesn’t need you to dig into his life. He doesn’t need you to fix anything. You’re not helping, Zara. You’re just making things worse."

The accusation stung more than I expected. I balled my fingers into fists, fighting the urge to defend myself. "That’s not fair, Snow. I wasn’t trying to make him sad—"

He turned his back on me, walking away before I could finish. I bit my lower lip as his words echoed in my ears as he headed toward the bend leading to the elevator.

"Just leave him alone, Zara," he called over his shoulder. "You’ve done more than enough help. We don’t want more."

I stood there, frozen in place, as his words sank in. My heart clenched with frustration and pain. I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone. I just... I just wanted to help.

But to Snow, I was just another problem.

In anger and hurt, I attempted to storm off in the opposite direction, when I halted and moved closer to the door. "Storm?" My voice was calm despite my rage. "I’m sorry, Kiddo. Aunt Zar, I never meant to hurt you."

I waited for about ten seconds before walking out, hoping the ache in my chest would subside.

~Later That Week~

Since Snow barely spoke to me since that night and withdrew, I did the same thing, focusing instead on work.

For the first time since Snow and I married, it felt like a marriage contract.