The Alpha Who Never Loved Me (Serena and Kieran) novel Chapter 30

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Chapter 30

Serena

His lips were on mine and his hands were running over my body and the bond between us was humming louder than it had in months. Aina was pressing into Cora, desperate and hungry, and my skin was on fire everywhere he touched.

And then my brain caught up with my body.

This was his routine.

Every argument, every time I backed him into a corner where an apology was the only way out, he reached for my body instead. Sex was his exit strategy. He didn’t fix problems. He buried them under sheets and sweat and made me forget I was angry until morning.

Not this time.

The body that had been in Sophie’s bed for months was not climbing into mine.

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He didn’t follow right away. I heard him exhale behind me as I walked into the bathroom, grabbed my white toothbrush, and started brushing.

He appeared beside me ten seconds later and picked up his green one.

I watched him through the mirror. His eyes moved around the bathroom, taking in the counter, the shelves, and whatever else he was thinking about.

“I’m not going to work today,” he said, spitting into the sink. “I want to pick up some things from the supermarket. Some household stuff.”

I rinsed my mouth and grabbed my towel. “Get whatever you need for yourself. I don’t need anything.”

His hand caught my arm before I made it two steps. He lifted me like I weighed nothing and set me on the marble countertop, stepping between my legs.

I gripped the edge of the sink.

“We don’t look like husband and wife,” he said.

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“Isn’t that what you wanted?” I held his gaze. “A stable marriage at home and a lover on the side. You have both, so congratulations.”

His phone vibrated on the counter beside me. I didn’t look at it.

He picked it up, read whatever was on the screen, and placed it face down.

I let out a dry laugh. “Relax. I’m not interested in your phone. I will never touch that thing again. You have my word.”

His face went hard. “We can’t keep going like this,

Serena.”

I closed my eyes.

“You’re right.” My voice came out tired. Defeated. “We

can’t.”

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His fingers brushed my cheek.

My eyes flew open. He was close, his thumb tracing the line of my jaw, his gaze locked on mine.

“If I had cheated on you,” he said, “I would’ve asked you to leave. I wouldn’t keep you here.” He paused. “I haven’t explained myself because there’s nothing to explain.”

I scoffed. “You haven’t cheated because you’re terrified I’ll ruin you. That’s the only reason.”

He pressed his forehead against mine.

I stopped breathing.

“If I had cheated,” he said, his voice low, “I am more than capable of cleaning up my own mess. I wouldn’t be careless enough for you to find out. You know this better than anyone.”

I did know. He was Alpha of Crimson. He had the pack in his fist, the council in his pocket, and enough power to erase any scandal before it made it past his front door. If Kieran wanted to cheat and hide it, he could. And I’d never know.

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He pulled back enough to look at me. “As long as you trust me, we won’t have problems.”

I shook my head slowly. He had lost that little but very important factor of our marriage. “You’re not someone I can trust.”

He went still.

“If we’re done talking,” I said, “put me down.”

He didn’t.

Instead, his hands cupped my face and his mouth came down on mine.

I pressed my palms against his chest and pushed but he didn’t move. His wolf was pouring through the bond and my body was responding before my mind could override it.

I bit down on his lower lip.

He pulled back. Blood sat on his mouth, bright red, and he looked at me with dark eyes and parted lips.

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“When was the last time we had sex?”

I stared at the red smear on his mouth. “Isn’t Sophie enough for you?”

The lust in his eyes didn’t fade. But he stepped back, wiping his lip with the back of his hand.

“I’m going to take a bath.”

He walked away.

I climbed off the counter and grabbed my phone and quickly ordered breakfast. Then I sat on the bed and

waited.

Months.

That was the answer to his question. Months since we’d been together. And Kieran couldn’t go a week without sex. In the early years of our marriage, when he came back from a trip or when I was finishing my period, we’d go at it until I was begging him to stop and he still wouldn’t. He had no off switch.

And now months of nothing.

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If he wasn’t getting it from me, he was getting it from her. There was no other explanation. He needed it the way he

needed air. He had zero control.

The food arrived and I ate alone at the kitchen counter.

My thoughts drifted to our first year, how I’d been hopeless in the kitchen and every experiment ended in disaster. I’d show him every attempt anyway, proud, seeking his approval. He’d eat whatever I made without complaint.

Now I was ordering for one.

He came out of the bathroom with no clothes on. Just a towel slung low on his hips, water still running down his chest and those arms that was strong enough to bend

steel.

I chewed my rice and didn’t look up.

“My mother called.” He leaned against the doorframe. “Dinner tonight at the family estate.”

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