Piss Off, Alpha! You Lost Me Forever novel Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Chapter 155 Fake Concern

SOPHIA’S POV

The commotion settled gradually. People went back to their conversations.

Bianca and I stayed where we were.

I watched Zade from across the room. He was back in his element now. He was surrounded by people who admired him, effortlessly commanding the attention of everyone within ten feet of him. The woman in the emerald gown stood close at his side. Her hand rested lightly on his arm, and he leaned down occasionally to say something that made her laugh. He looked completely at ease.

I felt nothing.

Not anger. Not jealousy. Not even a small ache I might have expected. I just felt empty.

My wolf didn’t even stir.

"He’s unbelievable," Bianca said beside me. She was watching him too with her arms crossed. "He breaks into your room. He saves you from Marcel. He tends your arm and holds you like you’re the only person in the world. And then he walks in here with another woman and starts announcing she’s the one who stays by his side." She scoffed "The audacity. The shameless audacity of that man."

I sighed "Bianca."

"No, I mean it, Sophia. You deserve better than someone who treats you like a game he picks up and puts down whenever it suits him." Her voice had real heat in it. "You deserve someone who chooses you every single day, not just when it’s convenient."

I looked at her. Her eyes were bright with anger. Her wolf energy was fierce around her. She had the particular energy of a woman who loved her friend fiercely and had run out of patience for everyone hurting her.

"I know," I said "I understand who Zade is. I’ve always understood, if I’m honest with myself. He’s intensity without intention. He’s someone who wants the chase more than the person. I won’t be affected by him again."

Bianca studied my face for a moment, searching for the crack in my façade. She didn’t find one. Her shoulders slowly dropped.

"Good," she said quietly. "Because you’ve been through enough."

We stood there for another moment, then I reached out and touched her arm. "Come on. Let’s walk through the children’s zone and then go home. I’m tired."

She nodded, and we started moving.

-

The children’s zone was near the far east entrance of the venue. It was a separate area with softer lighting and smaller furniture. The place was filled with the sound of children laughing. We were almost at the entrance when I saw them.

I stopped walking.

Damien stood near the entrance with Tiffany beside him. Ashley was between them or rather, in front of Tiffany, who was crouched slightly to fix the ribbon in Ashley’s hair. Her fingers smoothed it carefully while Ashley stood still and let her. Damien watched the two of them with an expression I hadn’t seen on his face in years. His expression was so soft.

The three of them looked exactly like what they were - a family.

Something moved through me then. This feeling was a different one. It was somehow worse than the pain I usually felt. It was the low, hollow ache of someone watching a door close on a room they used to live in. My wolf made a small, grieving sound deep inside my chest.

I turned immediately, pulling Bianca with me.

"Other exit," I said under my breath.

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