Desired By Three Alphas; Fated To One novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Choose Him

Nathan’s POV

"Nathan, stop."

The voice stopped everything. It was clear. Sharp. Familiar. And unexpected.

My heart froze. I turned slowly, my breathing ragged, my fist still clenched and aching to strike again.

And there she was. Hailee. Standing in the doorway, eyes wide, face pale. Her chest rose and fell quickly, like she’d been running. Fear in her eyes.

"Please..." she whispered, her voice trembling. "Don’t."

For a second, everything around me went still. Mark lay groaning behind me, half dead and bloodied. Lolly had fallen to her knees, sobbing. And there was Hailee—watching me with so much hurt in her eyes, I couldn’t breathe.

"I didn’t ask you to do this," she whispered again, shaking her head. "You could have killed him, Nathan."

My clenched fist slowly lowered. My breathing was ragged. I looked at her—really looked at her—and realized... I had gone too far. For the first time, guilt crept into my chest, cutting through the rage.

"... Hailee," I murmured.

She shook her head slightly, taking a careful step forward.

"Come with me," she said softly. "Please. Just... leave him."

I looked down at Mark one last time. Then I turned away. Not because he didn’t deserve more—but because Hailee asked me to. And for her... I would do anything.

Hailee followed me out of the apartment. We got into my car, and none of us said a word as I drove.

Just her presence was able to calm my anger but not my pain. Because no matter how hard I tried to ignore it, the image of her and Callum kept replaying in my mind like a cursed film I couldn’t switch off. Her body under his, his lips pressed to hers, her soft moan that should’ve been for me.

My grip tightened on the steering wheel until my knuckles burned. I didn’t even realize where I was going until I saw the old, quiet road stretching out in front of us—far from her home.

I pulled over. The car came to a gentle stop at the side of the road. The engine hummed, but neither of us moved. The silence inside the car was thick. Heavy. Uncomfortable. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Hailee sat still, staring out the windshield. Her fingers fidgeted nervously in her lap. Then softly, she spoke.

"...Are you angry?"

Her voice was so small, it almost broke me. I turned my head slowly and met her gaze. And then I gave a bitter, half-smile.

"No," I said, my voice low. Rough. "Why should I be?" I looked back at the road, the pain pressing tightly in my chest. "You’re not my girlfriend." The words tasted like poison on my tongue. "Why should I care."

I lied. I fucking care... I’m in pain... knowing she was with me a few hours ago only to leave to go be with Callum. I let out a painful scoff and shook my head.

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