Too Late Alpha The Mate He Never Wanted (Iris and Eric) novel Chapter 122

Chapter 122

Iris’s POV

After assuring Shane that I was fine, I closed the door behind me.

I leaned back on the door, closing my eyes for a moment. My head was pounding from all I heard from the clinic, and my hands shook.

I straightened up from the door and walked to the bed slowly. My legs felt like they belonged to someone else. I sat down at the edge of the bed, and I pressed my hands against my stomach lightly, as if I might feel something already.

A child.

For a second, my throat closed. I thought of Evie, the way her small hand held mine, the way her eyes twinkled when she laughed. Losing her had broken something I thought would never heal.

That was why I could never even consider ending this pregnancy. No matter what had happened with Eric, Evie had been the best part of my life. Nothing else even came close.

This baby wasn’t a replacement. It couldn’t be. There would never be another Evie. But the idea of life growing inside me made me feel something close to healing.

My eyes burned. I brushed away the tears with the back of my hand and released shaky sigh.

I wrapped my arms tighter around myself.

History was trying to repeat itself. Different man, but the same trap. A child whose father was already tied to another woman.

I needed air.

I stood and moved toward the window, looking down at the training grounds.

Then for the first time in a month, I saw Rowan.

My heart pounded hard against my ribs before I could stop it. He stood near the edge of the field, with arms crossed over his chest. Even from the distance, the sight of him after weeks of silence sent a rush of heat through me that I hated myself for.

I leaned against the window frame, watching him, almost wishing he would turn.

Then I saw her.

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Chloe.

She stood beside him with a perfect posture, and her long blonde hair shining as she tilted her head toward him with a dazzling smile. They looked like they had been carved to fit together, the Alpha and the future Luna. A power couple.

Something sharp twisted in my chest. Jealousy rose in my chest like fire.

I forced it down hård.

I had no right to feel this way. This was a clear indication that whatever had happened between Rowan and me that night was a big mistake. My past experience should have taught me that

However, as I watched Chloe rest her hand casually on his arm, a wave of nausea spread through me.

My fingers tightened around the window frame.

I turned away before either of them could look up and catch me watching them.

I pressed a palm against my stomach again.

I couldn’t let history repeat itself again. But what was I supposed to do?

My chest tightened until it hurt.

I had told him that it was a mistake. So how could I go back now to tell him of the child?

I sank back to the bed and buried my face in my hands. The baby inside me deserved better than the mess I was already making.

I walked back to the window even though I knew I shouldn’t. The air was cool, but it did nothing to calm the heat burning through my chest.

Rowan said something I couldn’t hear and Chloe laughed, tilting her head back. The two of them looked exactly like what a pack would want from an Alpha and his Luna.

I swallowed again.

I forced myself to look away, but my eyes kept pulling back. It was pathetic.

“Stop it,” I muttered under my breath.

I wasn’t supposed to care. I had been the one who said it was a mistake. I had been the one who told him not to come near me again.

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Then why did it feel like someone had pressed a fist into my ribs and twisted?

“It must be the pregnancy hormones.” I murmured to myself.

Behind

me,

the door creaked.

“You didn’t even hear me knock.” Shane’s voice was low.

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