Contract Marriage With Alpha Snow novel Chapter 380

Chapter 380: What About Me?

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Chapter 380

~Zara’s POV~

This time, my palm struck Snow’s face. The sound echoed like a gunshot.

Snow didn’t move, didn’t react. His blue eyes bore into mine, filled with conflict, guilt, and something darker.

I turned back to Vani, my voice sharp and cold.

"You’re fired."

"Zara," Snow’s voice rang out, urgently.

I snapped my gaze back to him, fury and heartbreak swirling together like a storm.

"What?" I spat, my chest rising and falling rapidly. "What do you mean ’Zara’? You think I’ll let this go?" My hands trembled as I pointed at Vani. "She kissed you, Snow! My own husband! And you pushed me for her—this bewitching snake?!"

Snow flinched but remained silent, his jaw clenched tightly. "She’s not a bewitching snake," he defended, his last words so loud it made me silent.

And that was when I saw it. The possessiveness in his eyes. The flicker of rage when I hit Vani.

The realization struck me like a dagger to the heart. "Oh my god," I whispered, stepping back, my breath catching in my throat.

I looked between them—Snow’s tense frame, Vani’s guilty expression.

"You..." My voice shook. I pressed a hand to my chest, feeling the pain of the mate bond betrayal burning deep into my skin. My mark—our mark—flared red. It was burning. His lounging and protection of her was making it all worse.

"You found your mate," I whispered, my heart shattering. "You... found your mate." The words now made sense better to me and a certain dread pooled in my chest. "And you didn’t think to tell me?"

The silence that followed was deafening. Snow’s face fell, the truth weighing down on him like a curse.

I let out a hollow laugh, shaking my head as the realisation settled into my bones. "So that’s why you’ve been distant. That’s why your wolf has been restless. It was never just the witches, was it?"

Snow took a hesitant step forward, his hands reaching for me. "Zara, I was going to tell you. I—"

I stepped back before he could touch me.

"Don’t."

His hands clenched into fists, his wolf clawing to break through. "I was trying to find the right time—"

"There is no ’right time,’ Snow!" My voice broke. "The moment you knew—you should have told me!"

Snow’s eyes darkened, his guilt written all over his face. "Zara, please. I was scared of your reaction and—"

"Save it." My voice was empty, the weight of his betrayal sinking into me like a stone in water.

Snow turned to Vani, and for the first time, his gaze was cold.

"Get. Out."

Vani didn’t argue. She turned and ran, disappearing out the door like a coward.

The room fell into silence in a thick and suffocating manner. I glazed back at Snow only to see the pain in his eyes.

It must have hurt his wolf to see him treat his mate like that. I knew that because of Tempest and her mate but still. _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

Why lie? Why hide things from me?

I stood there, my chest rising and falling, my hands clenched so tight my nails dug into my skin.

But Snow? He wasn’t looking at me anymore. I wasn’t his focus anymore.

I never was.

"He didn’t kiss her. She kissed him."

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~Snow’s POV~

"You rejected her."

"She is not my mate," I snarled back at him. "Zara is my mate."

A low growl echoed in my mind. "And yet, you couldn’t even tell her the truth."