Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 121

"I never agreed to that," I say firmly.

"Of course, your majesty," he chuckles. "If you're ever ready to..." he doesn't finish that sentence nearly as forcefully as he started it. It's more like something cut him off.

"Carson?"

He doesn't say anything, and his silence worries me a little.

I push him away to look at him and he doesn't resist. He stares down at me, and there's a something in his eyes I've never seen before.

"Carson?" I touch his arm. "What's wrong?"

He pulls my hand away from him. He hesitates, then he moves my hair away from my neck. I flinch as he traces my skin where Aiden's lips were. His touch follows where Aiden moved, all the way up to my lips.

I take a step back before he can rub his thumb over my lips.

"His scent..." he whispers. He can barely say it.

"I was going to-"

"What kind of fight were you having?" he asks incredulously.

My eyes widen. I don't know what to say.

Silence takes over. All I hear are the noises from the gym. All I see is him looking away from me.

All of a sudden, he starts talking. "Axel and Aiden were thinking we could all hangout after school to discuss... us. " He looks at me from the corner of his eyes. He scoffs. "Whatever that means."

"It means something," I say firmly.

He keeps talking over me. "I didn't think it was that necessary. I thought you could be clear about what you wanted."

"I can be clear," I say. "It's taken me some time to figure out what it is exactly that I want, but I've never tried to give any of you an answer before I was prepared. I've tried to be as honest and as clear as anyone could be in such a weird, unpredictable situation."

He shakes his head. "You can't be clear. You lie and you keep lying."

Not one of my finer moments.

"You tempted him to let his 'wolf' out?" he yells at me. "That's so dangerous. What, do you think this is a game? What if he tried to claim you right then and there? What then Mia?" He stalks up to me.

... I repeat, not one of my finer moments. I back away from him. I can't look at him right now. I don't know what to say, mainly because I don't have the air to say it.

He follows me, cornering me against the wall.

I reach for his shoulder to balance myself. "Carson," I say.

He pushes my hand away and leans close to my neck. "I would've given you everything. I would've made you feel like a queen. But you wanna keep chasing a guy who treats you like trash, so I guess that's how I should act right? Like an asshole?"

"That's a great point," I stutter out. "But..." I think I'm dying. Don't call my mom. Carson, don't call my mom. I try to tell him, but I don't think the words come out. I just hear him screaming my name.

I don't feel my body hit the floor though.

My first ultrasound wasn't a happy thing. I remember the nurse spreading the cold gel across my chest. She narrowed her eyes at the screen, almost holding her breath. I shivered in my hospital gown, waiting for the bad news. I was twelve years old. She wasn't looking for a growing baby inside me, or the loss of one for that matter. It was an echocardiogram-an ultrasound of the heart.