Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder novel Chapter 402

Chapter 60: A Token of Affection

He didn’t. Instead, he totally ignored me and turned around. In his deep and soothing voice, he asked Sophia, “Only one of?”

Sophia blushed and lowered her head as if she was really shy, “Your Highness…

The whole scene caused a cold and hard knot in my stomach and I felt like a fool for ever making him anything.

It was clear now that all he’d ever wanted from me was help in getting his berry to grow. I fisted my hands, trying to fight back the bitterness.

I couldn’t understand why I was so upset. Yes, I might have considered myself a friend of his, and whoever that he chose to be with really wasn’t my business, right?

But that wasn’t working… I couldn’t help feeling betrayed, somehow, and it hurt, especially when I heard Sophia giggle.

Rounding the corner, I saw two other girls coming down the hallway. “Oh, look over there. It’s the has been,” one of them said, and then they laughed. I recognized them as being friends of Sophia.

Before they got far enough away from me that I couldn’t hear, the other one said, “Sophia is the one Prince Theo wants now. I’m so happy for her. Everyone should’ve known she would win. She is the most beautiful one here. Not that loser.”

I managed to keep my tears back until I heard the other one say, “Sophia will be Prince Theo’s Luna.”

I should’ve turned around and ran away when I had the chance, but it was too late.

“What the hell are you doing here?” Sophia’s sharp voice. echoed in the empty hallway.

“Don’t curse,” Theo reminded her quietly, his voice almost gentle. “It’s not becoming of a lady.”

“I’m so sorry, my Prince,” she said. “It’s only… I can’t believe the same girl you just told to leave the castle immediately is standing here staring at us with her mouth hanging open. Better close it before you swallow a fly.”

I wasn’t sure what to say to her, so I ended up saying nothing at all. I took a step backward, thinking now was as good a time as ever to leave, but now, Theo was also finally paying attention to me.

I fully expected to see rage in his eyes, but I didn’t. He just looked more indifferent than anything else.

“What are you doing here, Ciana?” he asked me. “I didn’t think I’d left things unclear before.”

“You were quite clear, sir,” I agreed with him, finding my voice despite the feeling that my heart was being squeezed. “I am leaving. I just… had something to give to you first.”

“What is it?” Sophia asked, sashaying across the hallway.

“It’s not for you.” I withdrew my hand, accidentally squeezing the metal of the lapel pin again. It stung as I got yet another

cut on my hand. I tried not to wince.

“I know it’s not for me, but if you haven’t noticed, I am the prince’s personal attendant now,” Sophia smirked. “Let me see it.”

My eyes shifted back to Theo. He didn’t make a move to stop her, so with a sigh, I opened my palm, noticing a bit of blood near the bandage I had on from earlier.

Sophia picked up the lapel pin out of my hand and immediately began to laugh. “What the f-”

“Language,” Theo reminded her quietly again. He rarely spoke to me in that tone, yet, he was willing to show his tenderness to Sophia!

Sophia cleared her throat. He really was investing his time and effort in her if he was trying to get her to act like Luna Queen material.

“Beg your pardon, Alpha,” she said, placing the pin back into my hand. She crossed back to him. “You wouldn’t want it anyway. It’s just a little scrap of junk.”

Rage coursed through me. I’d worked really hard on that gift, and even though it might not look like much to Sophia, it had meant a lot to me.

Theo didn’t say anything. I took another step backward.

“Although, I guess I can see why she made a lapel pin for you, Alpha. It is a bit pathetic, though, don’t you think?” Sophia said as she took her place back at the prince’s elbow.

“A lapel pin?” His eyebrows arched, and I noted he was

thinking about something deeper than he had been before.

“I just thought-” I began, wanting to explain to him that I had thought it would be something he could wear on special occasions when he had to wear a suit jacket. At least, that was something I’d been telling myself while I was making it. I saw no reason to tell them that it had been Brook’s idea.

“You just thought that you could win over the heart of the prince the same way that Luna Jezebel won over the heart of Alpha King Titus two hundred years ago? Right?” Sophia asked, giving me an accusatory remark as she folded her arms beneath her ample bosom.