My Cheating Mate (Emma and Jeremy) novel Chapter 214

Chapter 214

My Cheating Mate

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I couldn’t stop crying.

Hours after fleeing Trent territory, after running until my wolf collapsed from exhaustion, after shifting back and somehow making it home I was still crying. Ugly, broken sobs that couldn’t contain no matter how hard I tried.

The image kept replaying. Connor moving. Connor shifting. Connor taking the knife that was meant for Grace.

Taking it. For her. Without hesitation.

He’d chosen her. Not with words or mate bond acceptance or careful consideration. With his body. Putting himself between me and Grace like she was worth dying for and I was—

I was the threat. The danger. The wolf he needed to protect his mate from.

“Courtney.” My mother’s voice from the doorway, soft with concern. “Sweetheart, please. You need to eat something. Drink water. You’ve been crying for hours.”

“I can’t “My voice broke. “Mom, I can’t stop seeing it. Connor’s face when he looked at me after. Like I was–like I was a

monster.”

“You’re not a monster.” She came into my room, sitting on the bed beside me. “You’re hurt and you made a terrible choice

because of that hurt. But you’re not a monster.”

“I tried to kill her.” The words came out flat. Factual. “Mom, I grabbed a silver knife and tried to kill Grace Trent because Connor was choosing her over me.”

“You were defending your relationship-‘

”

“No. I wasn’t.” I wiped my face roughly. “Mom, I was trying to murder the Alpha’s daughter because I couldn’t accept that Connor’s fated mate wasn’t me. That’s not defense. That’s–that’s exactly what Alpha Jeremy called it. Attempted murder.”

She was quiet for a moment. “Your father is handling it. He’s making calls. Getting Council support. He’ll make sure the Trents understand you were provoked-‘

“I wasn’t provoked!” The words came out too loud. Too raw. “Connor and Grace were sitting in a garden talking. They weren’t attacking me. Weren’t threatening me. They were just–getting to know each other. And I attacked because I couldn’t handle

r watching him choose her.”

“Because she manipulated him with the mate bond-”

“She didn’t manipulate anything.” I stood, needing to move. “Mom, I need you to hear this. Really hear it. Grace didn’t manipulate Connor. She gave him a fair choice. Twenty–four hours to decide if he wanted the mate bond or wanted to stay with me. That’s not manipulation. That’s—that’s grace I didn’t deserve.”

“Courtney-”

“And I spent those twenty–four hours telling Connor that Grace was weird and wrong and using the mate bond as a weapon. I spent dinner making him feel guilty for even considering his fated mate. I came to the Trent house and screamed at Grace that she was stealing my boyfriend.” I was crying again. “Mom, I’m the manipulator here. Not Grace.“4

The bedroom door opened. My father stood there, his phone in his hand, his expression triumphant in a way that made my stomach turn.

“Good news,” he said. “I’ve got three Council members willing to support a formal complaint about the Trent family’s handling of tonight. We can frame this as Grace provoking you, Connor being manipulated by integration politics, the Trents using their

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“No.” The word came out quiet but firm.

“What?” He looked at me like I’dspoken a foreign language.

“No. I’m not filing a complaint. I’m not framing this as anything except what it was me attacking Grace because I couldn’t handle losing Connor.”

“Courtney, don’t be ridiculous. The Trents are vulnerable right now. If we move fast, we can

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“Can what? Punish Grace for having a mate bond? Punish Connor for choosing his fated mate? Punish the Trents for defending their daughter from my attack?” I wiped my face. “Dad, I committed attempted murder. With a silver knife. On an Alpha’s daughter. In front of witnesses including Lord Castellan himself.”

“Which is why we need to control the narrative before the Trents do-”

“There’s no narrative to control! I’m guilty. Of everything Alpha Jeremy said. I attacked Grace. Connor took the knife protecting her. I ran because I realized what I’d done.” I sat down hard on my bed. “Dad, please. Please don’t make this worse by trying to turn it into pack politics.”

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Chapter 214

My Cheating Mate

Courtney pov

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I couldn’t stop crying.

Hours after fleeing Trent territory, after running until my wolf collapsed from exhaustion, after shifting back and somehow making it home—I was still crying. Ugly, broken sobs that couldn’t contain no matter how hard I tried.

The image kept replaying. Connor moving. Connor shifting. Connor taking the knife that was meant for Grace.

Taking it. For her. Without hesitation.

He’d chosen her. Not with words or mate bond acceptance or careful consideration. With his body. Putting himself between me and Grace like she was worth dying for and I was-

I was the threat. The danger. The wolf he needed to protect his mate from.

“Courtney.” My mother’s voice from the doorway, soft with concern. “Sweetheart, please. You need to eat something. Drink water. You’ve been crying for hours.”

“I can’t-” My voice broke. “Mom, I can’t stop seeing it. Connor’s face when he looked at me after. Like I was–like I was a

monster.”

“You’re not a monster.” She came into my room, sitting on the bed beside me. “You’re hurt and you made a terrible choice because of that hurt. But you’re not a monster.”

“I tried to kill her.” The words came out flat. Factual. “Mom, I grabbed a silver knife and tried to kill Grace Trent because Connor was choosing her over me.‘

”

“You were defending your relationship-

“No. I wasn’t.” I wiped my face roughly. “Mom, I was trying to murder the Alpha’s daughter because I couldn’t accept that Connor’s fated mate wasn’t me. That’s not defense. That’s–that’s exactly what Alpha Jeremy called it. Attempted murder.”

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