Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239: 0239

Kaelen POV

"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice dropping an octave.

Callista froze, her hand still awkwardly resting on the back of the chair. "Um... my feet hurt, and I just thought I could sit for a minute."

"You came here to deliver an invitation," I cut her off coldly. "You’ve done that. Now get out before I completely lose my patience."

Her face immediately went pale. Her gaze darted toward Darius, almost like she expected him to step in and defend her again like he had a few minutes ago.

But Darius didn’t say a word.

Instead, he quietly looked away, suddenly acting like the far wall of the bar was the most interesting thing in the world.

When Callista realized no one was going to save her this time, she let out a small, embarrassed breath. She lowered her head, gave us a quick bow, and hurried out of the private lounge as quickly as her pregnant body allowed.

The second she disappeared through the door, my gaze snapped back to Darius.

He was still staring in the direction she had gone, even though she was long out of sight.

His strange behavior made the irritation I had been holding back flare all over again. I slammed my palm against the table, making the glasses rattle.

"What the fuck was that about?" I demanded.

Darius finally looked at me, but there was still something distant in his expression, like part of him was somewhere else entirely.

"What?" he asked, blinking a few times as though I had just pulled him out of a fucking dream.

I let out a sharp, humorless laugh. "Don’t tell me you’re actually attracted to her just because she has green eyes and blonde hair like Lorelei. Are you seriously mistaking her for the woman who saved you too?"

Usually, Darius finding himself a new obsession would have been the last thing I cared about. But not this time.

Not with that woman.

Not Callista.

"She’s off-limits," I said coldly, making it clear there was absolutely no room for an argument.

Darius remained silent for a moment, still looking strangely dazed. Then he shook his head hard, as if he were finally trying to snap himself out of whatever the hell had gotten into him.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" he muttered, his voice rough. "I... I..."

He actually stuttered, something Darius almost never did.

Then he stopped, his brows pulling together as he seemed to struggle with whatever was going through his head. When he finally spoke again, his voice was quieter, much more uncertain.

"Isn’t her scent too similar to Lorelei’s?"

That question immediately killed whatever frustrated response I had been about to give him.

Because the truth was, yes. Her scent was disturbingly similar to Lorelei’s.

"That’s because they’re identical twins," I said flatly. "But even identical twins don’t smell exactly the same. If you’d been paying attention, you would’ve picked up the difference. The only way you could completely miss it is if you were shit-faced drunk."

It would be a lie to say I hadn’t almost mistaken her for Lorelei when I first caught her scent. For one brief second, I had thought it was her.

But then the rank, sour scent underneath it hit me, and that was all my nose could focus on. It had been so unpleasant that I had to actively fight the urge to throw up.

Unlike me, Darius still looked deeply skeptical, and there was something about that expression that I really didn’t like.

"Just like you’re always telling me, you better get your shit together," I said coldly, leaning forward until my eyes locked directly onto his. "Even if she somehow turns out to be the woman who saved you when you were a kid, she’s still the enemy. And if you cross that line, I won’t hesitate to treat you like one too."

I held his gaze for another second before lowering my voice.

"Plus, she’s already pregnant with that bastard’s child. So whatever the fuck is going on in your head right now, shut it down. Immediately."

It was that simple.

And Darius knew better than to cross me once I had made myself clear.

For a long moment, he just stared at me, his expression impossible to read. But I didn’t miss the way his fists slowly clenched and unclenched against his knees. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

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