Rejected by the Beta Claimed by the Alpha novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9

“Alex?” Althea was shocked to see him here again.

“For you.” Alex gave her the flower and smiled brightly.

“I told you not to come again.”

“You only said that you didn’t want to get into the carriage, you didn’t say anything about not wanting to see me again.”

“I am sure, I did say that…” Althea was speechless, but she accepted the flowers.

“I have cooked for you, should we eat together?” Alex added. “I am hungry.”

“I will give the food…”

“No.” Alex cut her off, knowing what she was going to say. “Can’t we have a nice meal together? I have proven to you that I didn’t up to no good.”

Althea was torn, she knew that he expected more from her, she could see the longing in his unfathomable for Althea to even entertain the idea.

eyes,

but it was very

But at the same time, she felt bad to turn him down again and again even after how generous he was. In the end, she relented and said it was only for tonight.

“Okay. I promise, I will behave.”

Althea wanted to laugh, but she held herself.

Meanwhile, outside of her rented room, there were a few royal warriors in their beast form patrolled around this area.

“How far you are?” Alex asked, he ate gleefully. It had been so long since the last time he could enjoy his food without feeling nauseated every time he swallowed something down.

“Seven months,” Althea replied, she was astonished to watch how this man gobbled up all the food.

At first, she was worried, they wouldn’t be able to eat everything, but now, she was worried that the food was not enough for

him.

“Seven months?” Alex narrowed his eyes, he put down his cutleries and stared at Althea stomach, which made her felt uncomfortable. “You look like you are just four to five months.”

Althea

put her arm around her stomach, as if to cover her bump

“It’s okay.” Althea looked embarrassed. “Probably because I am so thin to begin with, thus I didn’t gain so much weight.”

“That’s because you didn’t eat properly,” Alex corrected her. There was this small furrow between his brows.

“You don’t need to be concern about me. I thank you for your kind gesture, but I think this is more than enough.”

“No. This is not enough.” His voice turned dark and was very cold.

The spoon in Althea’s hand slipped and fell to the floor, she looked mortified, which made Alex looked at her with worried, the coldness in his tone disappeared.