The Alpha's Unclaimed Mate (Jason and Laila) by Caroline Above Story novel Chapter 190

I didn’t want to agree, but for my father’s sake, I had to at least see this through. Once it didn’t work, maybe he would back off then. If he felt like I had tried, maybe he wouldn’t see my impending breakup from Brittany as a failure that would destroy the pack.

Lakely, I had a lot more convincing to do.

“One session,” I said.

Dad nodded. “That’s all I can ask But when things go well, we will do more.”

When things go well, he’d said. I doubted he had listened to me at all. Still, seeing him shuffle away toward the stairs made my own chest hurt. I just wanted my father to be healthy, not help him further into the grave.

I took a moment to breathe, in and out. In and out. Then I walked back into the living room where Melody had sat in one of the chairs, facing Brittany sitting on the couch. When she saw me, Brittany patted the empty spot beside her.

Gods what I would have given to walk away, but I couldn’t. Not if I wanted Dad to be okay. So I moved to the empty spot on the couch and sat with as much space between Brittany and myself as possible without making it too obvious though.

Brittany noticed, though, and frowned at me. Melody wrote something down in her notebook.

“Are we ready to begin?” Melody asked.

“I’d like to acknowledge that I’m only doing this because my father asked me to,” I said. “After this meeting, I have no desire for another session.”

Melody lifted a brow.

Brittany frowned deeper.

“Why don’t we just get started and see where things go from here, yes?” Brittany asked.

“Fine,” I said.

“Jason doesn’t respect me,” Brittany said at once, not even waiting to be prompted by Brittany. “He treats me like I don’t matter to him. Gods, he’s even cheating with another woman.‘

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“Yes. Perhaps we should talk about that other woman,” Melody said.

“That isn’t relevant,” I said. “The biggest issue Brittany and I have is that we don’t love each other.”

“I love you!” Brittany said suddenly, but it was clearly fake, flooded with an over–the–top affection that made her voice go up in pitch.

“You don’t,” I told her. To Melody, I said, “I don’t think I ever loved Brittany. I only ever felt an obligation to my pack. At one time, I had thought we could be friends, but even that seems impossible now. The baby reveal was a cruel kind of trap. She isn’t even pregnant.”

“Jason!” Brittany gasped, as Melody’s other eyebrow now lifted as high as the first.

“You aren’t really pregnant?”

“She never was,” I said. “It was all a scam. And our mating bond, never took hold.”

“That was your fault,” Brittany said, pointing. “You said Vanessa during our ceremony.”

“Yes,” I said, accepting that blame, “But we never cared about each other that way. We never really telt what we needed to, to make a relationship like this work.”

“Ifelt it,” Brittany said, with some bite.

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“You didn’t, Brittany. Maybe you can convince my father of your lies. Maybe Ms. Melody as well. Maybe the whole of the pack. But I see you. I know you are lying. And I just can’t live like this anymore.”

“You don’t know what you are saying,” Brittany said.

“Why don’t we take a step back,” Melody added. “A moment to cool down might help us think with clearer heads.”

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