Daddy Alpha I’m In Heat (Lily and Connor) novel Chapter 49

~Connor~

“Oh fuck.”

The words left me not because I was caught, but because the sight of her..Bella’s mother, my ex–wife..stepping out of the shadows while my hand was buried between Lily’s thighs was almost too perfect. Almost too scripted.

She clapped again.

“Well, well, well. So this is what you’ve come to, Connor? Fucking your daughter’s best friend?. Tell me..do you feel powerful? Or pathetic?

“You still talk too much.”

Her eyes narrowed. “And you still ruin everything you touch.” She gestured at Lily. “Look at her 18 and almost 19 in some months and already destroyed. She thinks she’s special because you put your hand on her? That’s what you do, Connor. You poison. You rot. You take and take until there’s nothing left.”

Lily whimpered my name and I tightened my grip just to feel her arch. My ex’s lips twisted.

“You want your daughter to hate you? Congratulations. You’ve succeeded. You want her best friend marked for life? You’ve succeeded at that too. But when the council hears about this..when the packs hear about this..they’ll tear you apart.”

“What I do is none of your business.” My hand never leaving Lily, her thighs trembling around my wrist like she wanted to disappear and scream at the same time. I looked Emma dead in the eye.

“She’s my mate. My fated mate. So fuck off, Emma. And why the fuck are you here?”

“Why the fuck am I here? No, Connor. That’s not the question.” She stepped forward. “The question is..can you explain to me why you’re fingering this bitch in front of your daughter?”

Bella gasped like she’d been stabbed. “Mum…”

“Don’t you fucking call me a bitch ma’am cause I swear to the moon goddess I’ll break those teeth ma of yours with my fist!”

My wolf growled deep in my chest, vibrating under my ribs. She’s feisty.

I smirked.

“You think you can shame me?” I asked Emma. “You think I’ll drop my mate because you walk back in here wagging your tongue? You don’t have that power anymore. You never did.”

Her face hardened, red lips curling. “Fated? Don’t make me laugh. She’s not your mate..she’s sickness. Look at her..young, pathetic, wide–eyed, thinking she’s special because you used your hand on her. She doesn’t see the rot yet. She doesn’t know you’ll consume her the way you consumed me.”

Lily jerked like the words were lashes, and still she couldn’t shut up. “I’m not pathetic..I’m not, I swear, I want this, I chose this..he’s mine, mine..don’t talk about me like I’m not standing right here..

Bella’s sob cut the convo “Stop it! All of you, stop!”

But Emma didn’t stop. She leaned closer, eyes locked on me.

“You’re filth, Connor. A father who ruins his own daughter just to feel powerful. And you..” she flicked her gaze to Lily….” you’re nothing but a distraction. A warm body to shove between the wreckage of your failures.”

“Careful,” I said softly. “You’re speaking about my mate.”

And the way Emma’s face twisted told me she’d heard it: not just my lover. Not just my obsession. My fated.

“Get out, Emma. Before I lose it.”

She smirked, stepping closer, her heels snapping the marble like gunshots. “Make me, Connor. Make me. I came here because of you. I missed you. I came here because I wanted to feel your dick in my pussy again.” Her eyes glittered with venom and hunger both. “Only to find you fingering this.”

She spat the word like it was filth, jerking her chin at Lily, who whimpered under my hand but still pressed closer, still trembling like she couldn’t decide if she wanted to vanish or burn alive.

“Mum!” Bella screamed, horrified, voice cracking.

“Shut up, Bella!” Emma snapped, her voice slicing. “You called me, didn’t you? You told me everything. So don’t you dare act innocent now. You begged me to come. You wanted me here. So let me fucking speak.”

Bella’s sob burst into the air. “I didn’t mean- I didn’t know-”

“Quiet!” Emma roared. Her gaze snapped back to me, unblinking. “You’re mine, Connor. You were always mine. And look at you now–reduced to this circus, humiliating your daughter, desecrating your vows. You don’t belong to her.” She jabbed a finger toward Lily, venom dripping. “You belong to me.”

I laughed. A dark, sharp sound that filled the penthouse like broken glass scattering across marble.

“Can you even hear yourself?” I sneered, my hand still on Lily, my eyes locked on Emma. “You left me, Emma. You left me. For a rich Italian Alpha with more money than sense. You spread your legs for him the second you thought he could give you more. Don’t stand here and rewrite history.”

Her face twisted, but I didn’t stop. My voice rose, harsh and cutting, every word a blade.

“You knew how things worked in the pack. You knew the weight on my shoulders. You knew the war I was fighting. And still you chose him. You threw me away because he was richer. Because he had more land. Because he could spoil you like the greedy little queen you wanted to be.”

Bella gasped. “Dad–stop-”

I barked out another laugh, crueler this time. “And now? Now that I’ve clawed my way back, now that I’m on my feet again, now that my name is feared in every corner of this country–you come crawling back? You think you can clap your hands and I’ll fall to my knees like before? You’re fucking dumb, Emma. Dumb.”

You’re a whore who sold her family for a richer bed.”

I stepped forward, dragging Lily with me so Emma could see my hand still on her, so she knew I wasn’t moving it for her sake.

“You let him fuck you. Over and over. You spread your legs for that Italian Alpha and called it love because he had deeper pockets than me. You let him fuck you in the house I should have built for you. You let him fuck you while Bella cried for her mother.”

Bella screamed, “Dad, stop!” but I didn’t stop.

“You left your own daughter to be fucked like a toy by a man you barely knew because his money turned your head. You abandoned her, abandoned me, abandoned the pack, just to get railed by someone richer.”

Emma’s face went pale but I pressed harder, my wolf snarling inside me, demanding blood.

“And now what? Now you’re back after how many fucking years? You think you can waltz in here and pretend you care? Pretend you remember what family means?”

Her lips parted, but I cut her off.

“Oh wait. I forgot. You’re not back because of love. You’re back because he’s dead, right? That rich Italian Alpha you left us for. The one you let fuck you in front of the world.

“He’s rotting six feet under now. And suddenly you can remember Bella. Suddenly you can remember me. Now that there’s no one left to fuck you, you come crawling back to the man you betrayed.”

Emma flinched, her hands trembling.

“You’re insane,” I spat. “You’re pathetic. You disgust me.”

“That was a long time ago, Connor!” she cried. “I’ve changed. I regretted what I did! Every day I regretted it. But I’m back now. I’m here. We can fix this. We can get back together.”

Bella gasped like she’d been shot. “Mum..”

Lily stiffened under my hand.

“No..no, no, no..you don’t get to say that, you don’t get to crawl back and act like sorry is enough..you left, you fucked him, you chose him, you don’t get to rewrite history, Connor tell her, tell her she’s insane..”

“Connor, please. I loved you. I still..

“Over my dead body, Emma.” I leaned forward.

“I would rather eat dust than ever crawl back to you.”

Her breath hitched, her painted mouth trembling.

“You regret it now because your rich Alpha’s corpse is rotting in the ground. You regret it because you have no one left to crawl to. But don’t you dare dress that up as love.” I spat the word like poison.

“Love doesn’t fuck another man while your daughter cries for her mother. Love doesn’t leave me in the dirt and run to the highest bidder.”

I want you. I want us. Let’s get back together. Please..I miss the way you used to fuck me. I miss how you’d take me against the wall until I couldn’t walk. Don’t tell me you don’t miss it too.”

Bella choked. “Mum, just stop talking!”

“You can’t tell me you don’t remember it, Connor. The nights you couldn’t get enough of me. The way you fucked me like you’d never stop. I know you still dream of it. I know your cock still remembers me.”

“You know what…“.

“Bella..Oupstairs. Now.”

Her head snapped, her eyes wide and wet. “But Dad..”

“Go upstairs and lock the door.”

She froze. I didn’t blink. She ran. The sound of her footsteps hammered the stairs until a door slammed and a lock clicked into place.

It was just us now. Me. Lily trembling and breathless against me. And Emma.

“You want to play this game, Emma?” I asked, cause I knew want I was planning. “You want to stand here in my home, in front of my mate, and pretend you still have a claim on me?”

Her chest rose as she muttered. “Connor.. Please”

“Watch me fuck her in your presence Emma”