Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86 Jealousy And Insecurity

DANIEL

She gathered her papers and stood up to leave.

“I’m not pretending,” I said, my tone lower now. “I just want to understand you.”

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“You want to understand who you think I should be,” she said, not looking back. “Not who I am.”

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After that, she walked away and I just stood there trying to understand her instead of getting upset. That night, I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking about the way she said Brian’s name SO casually, without hesitation. The way she trusted him, confided in him.

It wasn’t jealousy, it was insecurity. A fear that no matter how hard I tried, she would never look at me the way she looked at him when he walked into a room.

The next morning, she greeted me with a polite nod before heading out. No warmth, no anger. Just a very polite distance. After she left, I stood at the window watching her car pull away, and I realized something I didn’t want to admit.

She didn’t have to raise her voice or push me away to make me feel insignificant and it got me wondering if she had already made peace with a life that didn’t include me in it.

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After a few weeks, my life had started to take shape again. I was back on my feet, fully recovered, and running things both at the company and within the pack. Everyone said I’d adjusted well, though I still couldn’t remember the night of the attack.

The details of it were just all black, and I had given up trying to chase what my mind refused to give me. Instead, I decided to move forward and be the kind of leader everyone expected me to

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I spent most days buried in meetings. The company and the pack are calm. Outwardly, things looked good. But something still felt incomplete, like a page missing from the middle of a story. I tried not to think about it too much.

Suddenly, the idea of hosting a business dinner came up, and I agreed right away. It would give me the chance to reconnect with people I hadn’t seen in years. The board had insisted it be held at the main banquet hall. Formal setting, high–profile guests, the usual. I didn’t care much for the spotlight, but it felt necessary.

When all plans were in place and the dinner was certain, I made sure an invitation went out to Amy personally. I also arranged for the in–house stylists to visit her. It wasn’t just about

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appearances, I wanted her to know that she was important to me and I also wanted the public to see her beside me, not behind me.

By evening, everything was ready. The hall glowed with warm lighting, filled with laughter and the low hum of conversation. Waiters moved between tables carrying trays of champagne. I greeted a few investors and council members before checking my watch.

I looked around but she wasn’t here yet and just in that moment, the doors opened. I turned, and everything around me just stopped.

Amy walked in wearing a deep emerald gown that fit her perfectly. Her hair was pulled back neatly, with a few strands dropping her face. She looked beautiful, elegant, confident and stunning.

When she reached me, I stood up and pulled out a chair for her. “You look beautiful,” I said quietly.

She smiled politely. “Thank you. I wasn’t sure what kind of event this was, so I kept it simple.”

“You made the right choice.”

Before I could stop myself, I leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. It wasn’t planned, it was just the spur of the moment. What surprised me more was that she didn’t pull away.

She kissed me back before sitting down like nothing happened.

The dinner moved along as expected – speeches, laughter, wine glasses clinking. I tried to focus on the guests, but my mind kept wandering back to Amy. Every time someone addressed her, I noticed how she handled herself – composed, professional, warm when needed. People who had once questioned her presence now looked at her with admiration.

“Mrs. Amy Carter,” one man called from across the table, “I must say, you’ve done an incredible job with the company in your husband’s absence. You kept it afloat when most wouldn’t have managed half as well.”

She smiled. “I had a good team. And Mrs. Carter was very supportive.”

Her humility made it hard not to admire her. As the evening went on, more people joined the conversation. It felt almost normal. Then, just when things seemed to settle, one of the guests leaned too close toward Amy. He was from one of the northern packs, a businessman I barely tolerated.

“You must tell me your secret,” he said, smiling in that way that wasn’t respectful. “How does someone like you handle all that pressure and still look so flawless?”

Amy’s smile thinned, but she stayed polite. “Discipline,” she replied. “And a good night’s sleep.”

The man chuckled. “I doubt that’s all it takes.”

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I saw his hand brush her arm lightly, and before I could stop myself, I was already standing up and losing my cool.

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