Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Chills.

Richard.

"Okay, come with me." I muttered, waiting for Ms Sinclair to lead the way as we walked back into my boutique whilst people watched us with scrutinising gazes.

Alphas Stormborn and Ms Blackthorne looked like they were about to implode as well, but I didn’t pay them much attention.

Not like they deserved it.

At the moment, my entire world revolved around the silver-haired woman in front of me. And goddess, I was drawn to her like a moth to a flame.

I was bewitched by the way her pale skin gleamed under the lights, by the very tiny freckles scattered across her slender nose, and the small almost imperceptible gold rings floating around her purple eyes like some gem.

For a while now—over three weeks— I’ve been looking for ways to get to meet her... to engage in a conversation with her or to even get to look at her. And trust me, it wasn’t just because she was pretty—that was what had drawn me to her until I discovered how much of a genius she was. And now, even though I wanted to pursue a romantic relationship with her, I also wanted to rope her into my company.

I sighed, turning to the closest security guard. "Get the footage."

Mark, the security guard, didn’t bother arguing, not when he could literally lose his job for breathing the wrong way right now, and then walked off into the back of the store.

By the time he arrived moments later, clutching what we all needed in his hands, the room had descended into chaos.

Ms Blackthorne was visibly sweating. Alpha Kael and Caelum looked smug, pining Leilani who didn’t even bat an eyelash with disgusted glares.

Obviously, they all had a backstory going on but I didn’t care. All I cared about was doing what Leilani wanted, and getting what I wanted from the situation.

A computer system was soon turned on and Mark inserted a flash drive into it.

And for the next few minutes, everyone held their breaths as he combed through several footages until we found what we were looking for.

And then...

Chaos.

Utter chaos ensued when everyone got to see what had actually happened. It wasn’t until the moment a scene showing how Ms Blackthorne continuously picked on Leilani played before us that I finally noticed the small relieved smile on Leilani’s face.

And when we watched as Ms Blackthorne knocked over the dresser, everyone turned to her.

"You lied?" Kael growled, visibly perplexed. "Why?"

"I-i... i didn’t mean to," she stuttered tearfully, and then turning to Leilani, she stuttered; "...you provoked me!"

Leilani rolled her eyes, and I... stupid me found that insanely attractive.

I looked away.

"Everyone can see now that you came for me. And that even when I tried to walk away from you, you didn’t allow it... so stop with the act, sister. I didn’t provoke you. Hell, I don’t even give a shit about you."

Sister? 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Wait... what?

Are they related?

I was snapped out of my reverie when a red faced Chalice glanced around in panic, and when she noticed the hostile looks being thrown at her by everyone, she covered her face with her hands and cried. "I didn’t... I really didn’t."

"Chalice, this was the last thing I expected from you. How could you? How could you stoop to Leilani’s level?" Alpha Caelum snapped, causing Leilani to scoff before turning to glare at him.

Her gaze was cold. So cold, it made shivers run down my spine— and she wasn’t even looking at me. She spat; "You’re stupid."

For a moment, I was momentarily stunned. I wondered if she realized he was an Alpha. If she knew the implications of insulting an Alpha in public but she didn’t seem to care.

There is something going on here...

Something that I needed to uncover.

Something that—

But before I could respond, Alpha Caelum beat me to it. He snapped; "Of course you would! Isn’t that your specialty these days? Repaying men in ’kind’?"

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