Rejected, And Became A Heiress (Cara) novel Chapter 21

Pull Alaric’s arm over my shoulder and hobble him over to the bed for some rest. I sit down with him, trying to position his body, but he rolls over, laying his head on my thigh. 

It’s such a small, intimate gesture and my breath catches. He’s never laid on me like this. 

Gently, I adjust his body until he’s under the covers. I bring him some medicine and tell him to sit up 

I’m measuring the medicine into a cup, and he surprises me by jeaning forward and kissing me. I nearly drop the cup. I’m so shocked. 

“Shh.. lay back and rest,” I say, trying to soothe him. 

He’s probably just delirious from the sickness. But I can’t deny that my body clenched when he kissed me. 

These physical reactions to him were so frustrating. My mind was made up, I didn’t love him. Now I just needed my body to get over him, too, 

“Cara. I need you… Alaric whispers, stroking any hand. 

2/3 

Chapter 14 

His eyes are barels 

open, he looks desperate for sleep. 

shh shhh. “I beckon him to surrender to sleep, rubbing his ha 

I look down at his body, thinking of all the emotional whiplash he’s caused me over the last few weeks. 

1 

“Did you ever even love me?” I whisper once he’s closed his eyes 

I don’t really even expect him to hear me, the question was just my own mental musing. I think I hear his breathing shift to soft snoring 

I’m startled when he answers me, “No, never.. 

Well there’s my answer, once and for all 

This is all just physical to him. He doesn’t love me. He’s never loved me. 

Once he gets tired of using my body’s he’ll move on and find a new mistress. He’ll go back to thinking of me as the poor. money–hungry low–born orphan 

But this isn’t just about me now. 

I have a child to think about now. 

Our child 

For the good of the baby, I have to leave Alaric, and Pack DarkWood. And must soon… 

Chapter 15 

After a while, my pregnancy symptoms finally improved. 

Alaric let me return to the office as a leta. My reward for being such an invaluable asset to the pack was to not only resume 

Alaric’s wedding. all of my mal Beta work but also planing 

One day, Alaric and I were reviewing details of some pack business when I saw a list of names on top of a stack of resumes. 

“What’s this?” I asked the Alpha King curiously. 

Alaric raised an eyebrow before looking down at the papers. “Oh that.” He sighed. “That was a failed attempt to replace you. Fortunately for all of us, that’s no longer necessary, 

I smiled politely, I had been doing my best to hide my true plans from Alaric 

He couldn’t know that I was planning to leave the pack after all and start a new life. If he found out, I’m certain he would do anything he could to stop me. 

So I played my part. I bought ridiculously expensive jewelry for Lilia. I ordered food for her from the fanciest restaurants. I obeyed Alaric’s every command.