Sold to Bastard Alpha after My Divorce! novel Chapter 204

Chapter 204: Chapter 204

Aria’s POV

The room had gone quiet in that particular way it gets when someone is trying very hard to disappear without actually moving.

Lina had curled herself into a ball at the foot of the bed, apparently asleep—the kind of sudden, dramatic unconsciousness that only small children can pull off, full-body surrender in the middle of a conversation. Lilith had drifted off too, her head on the pillow beside mine, one hand still loosely wrapped around my wrist like she’d decided she needed to keep track of me even in her sleep.

Which left just me and Sophie.

And Sophie was acting very, very strange.

She’d been fine three minutes ago. Laughing. Crying. Squeezing my hand and demanding details about the baby in that loud, dramatic Sophie way that filled every corner of a room. But the moment Kael walked out the door, something shifted.

She’d gotten quieter.

Too quiet.

She’d been staring at her phone. Then at the wall. Then at her phone again. Her leg was bouncing. Just slightly. The way it did when she was thinking something she didn’t want to say out loud.

"You should probably rest," she said. Still not looking at me. "You literally just woke up from being unconscious for hours, and there’s a whole—a whole baby situation, and your leg—"

"Sophie."

"—is going to need proper care and attention, and really I think the best thing would be for you to sleep, and I should probably—" She started reaching for her jacket. "I have some things I need to take care of. Outside. Elsewhere."

"Sophie."

"You can call me later." She was already half-standing. "Or tomorrow. Whenever you feel up to it."

I grabbed her wrist.

She stopped. Completely. Like I’d pressed a button.

For a long moment, neither of us moved.

"Sit down," I said.

"Aria—"

"Sit. Down."

She sat down.

I looked at her face. That blotchy pink she got when she was embarrassed. The way she was very deliberately not meeting my eyes. The way her whole body was angled slightly toward the door like part of her was still planning an escape route.

"The more you act like this," I said slowly, "the more I know something is wrong."

"Nothing is wrong. Everything is completely fine. I’m perfectly normal."

"Sophie."

"I’m *fine.*"

"Did something happen with Cassius?"

"And Cassius and I had to bring Lina and Lilith home." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

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