Chapter 65
Aria’s Pov
The next morning, I was the first one to wake up.
He was lying behind me, his warm chest pressed tightly against my back, one arm wrapped around my waist.
The soreness between my legs was impossible to ignore.
I let out a silent breath, staring at the corner of the room.
That whole rule about how I wasn’t allowed on this floor was like bullshit now. I couldn’t even remember the
“What are you thinking about?” came his raspy voice beside my ear. He was awake
I shifted a little, but he only held me tighter. Our bodies were completely tangled beneath the sheets.
“Tell me,” he insisted.
The more I got to know him, the more I realized just how possessive he really was.
“I’m thinking how you forced me to completely betray everything I believed in,” I said quietly.
He gave a soft scoff. “That no sex rule was stupid anyway.”
frowned. “Your first love was from Frostpine Pack too. Would you say her beliefs were stupid?”
He propped himself up and flipped me over to face him. His expression was cold in the dim light.
Let me guess. Zane told you that again?”
I shrugged. “We had a lot of time to kill while we were on the run.”
st time I’d slept in my own bed.
He exhaled sharply, clearly trying to keep his temper down. “Frostpine Pack puts a lot of weight on bloodline purity. That’s why toyal members- especially women–are forbidden from having sex before marriage. So they don’t end up with bastards. But you’re not royalty, Aria. You don’t need to follow that rule,”
Of course I knew that
Honestly, I didn’t even know why my mom insisted I follow it in the first place. It’s not like anyone would’ve cared if Thad been sleeping around since was a teenager or had a kid in high school.
But still…it was a principle I’d clung to for over 20 years.
And he was the one who made me break it
I guess what pissed me off even more than losing my virginity…was how little he seemed to care.
“Besides,” he murmured huskily in my ear, “you did enjoy the sex.”
His hand slid from my waist down between my legs, circling my clit. My back arched as I gasped for air. My body was already getting ready for another
hard fuck.
“You’re so sensitive, babe. We’re perfect together,” he whispered, ribbling my earlobe. “Don’t let that stupid rule ruin something this good.”
“And w
what if I ask you to marry me?” I asked suddenly.
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His hand froze.
Just like that, all the heat and spark in the dir vanished.
“You’re asking?” he echoed, hit vairo dropping dangerously tow
“yeah, You think that rule is stupid, but I don’t. So now I’m asking the guy who took my virginity to marry me
He actually laughed like I’d just said something ridiculous.
“Don’t be silly,” he said lightly.
I scoffed and pushed him off, jumping out of bed. His cous from last night was still diding down my thigh–sticky and gross. Feeded a shower,
“You can
nask me for anything. Except mariage,” he said from behind me, his tone like he was warning me not to get gready
I didn’t reply. I just headed straight into the bathroom.
The hot water helped a lot. I could finally breathe again. Think straight
He probably wouldn’t let me go back to work anymore.
So what now? Was I supposed to just stay locked up in this gilded cage, waiting for the day he got bored of me? Or until he found some proper lady to marry?
I had no idea.
After I finished my shower, I stepped out with a towel around my hair. He wasn’t in the bedroom anymore. A few maids were tidying up the sheets.
The moment they saw me, they dropped what they were doing and bowed
“Lady Collins,” one of them said nervously. “Alpha asked that you go to his study after you’ve freshened
I nodded and started heading toward the door. But then I paused and turned back to them.
“Don’t call me ‘Lady.” I’m not one.”
Everyone kept reminding me how lowborn I was. There was no poigt pretending otherwise.
The maids exchanged a nervous glance. One of them mumbled, “Y–yes… understood…my lady.”
I sighed and walked out of the room.
His study used to be off–limits to me too. But just like his bedroom, that rule had long gone out the window.
I reached the study and knacked, then opened the door and walked in,
Then I immediately froze.
I’d thought he would be alone.
But no. There were at least 20 people inside. All of them dressed in expensive suits, elegant, powerful–looking. They all turned to stare at me atonce
And I was wearing… a bathrobe. My hair was still damp.
“Sorry to interrupt,” I blurted, hastily trying to back out.
“Come in, Aria
Grayson was sitting right in the center of the room on a plush anta, fully dressed, looking like a damni kes
He reached a hand out to me and held my gaze steadily
Was he out of his fucking minut? i shook my head hard at hen,
“Come,” he repeated
Left with no choice, I sighed and quietly shut the door behind me, and walked toward him–under everyone’s shocked stares.
He pulled me straight into his. Then he just buried his face in my neck, inhaling deeply.
There were gasps all around us.
“Alpha Grayson, with all due respect, this meeting is incredibly important…” middle aged man said respectfully. But his eyes were glaring at me ket was some filthy rats
“You may continue,” Grayson said lazily.
He started playing with a strand of my hair like it was the only thing he cared about
“I’m afraid the matters of the company and pack are top secret. We can’t discuss them freely…especially with outsiders present
Grayson’s hand stilled.
His cold p
gray eyes locked on the
on them. And he gave a strange, sharp laugh.
“Outsider?” he repeated, “That’s fucking ridiculous. Aria is someone I trust completely. Meanwhile, Jace Carter–who’s a real outsider—you had no problem sharing all your secrets with.”
Everyone stiffened in their seats.
“W–we’re so sorry, Alpha. But Mr. Carter is Lady Delilah’s husband……..
“I had him sign a prenup. He’s cut off from the company. That bastard doesn’t deserve t seconds and you all hurry to welcome him onboard…That is betrayal
ve to touch my comp
my company nor my pack. Yet took my eyes off for 5
He didn’t yell.
But his voice was sharp and dangerous.
It made my skin crawl. I was pretty sure everyone in this room felt the same way.
Grayson’s gaze shifted to one man in the room.
“Speaking of betrayal…Beta Harold.”
A man shot up from his chair, his face pale, forehead drenched in sweat.
Wait, I knew that name.
May told me he was the one who led people to the hospital and locked up my grandmother!
“Beta Harold, have you ever betrayed me?” Grayson asked coldly.
“O–of course
not! I’m your Beta–I’d never
“Yet you went behind my back and hurt Aria’s family. Who gave you that order?”
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Theld my breath
Walt–behind bly back?
Did that mean the really had nothing to do with it
Harold looked like he was about to pass out from the tension. After a long, heavy pause, he said their orders were the same as yours –
“Give me a name.”
mea
Harold’s teeth were chattering. “Lady Delilah… and your mother.”
I slapped my hand over my mouth, eyes wide with shock and fury.
e stammared, “1.……. I didn’t have a choice, they told me th
Before I could fully register everything, Grayson suddenly led me off his lap and placed me on the couch
In the next second, he was in front of Harold.
He seized Harold’s neck with one hand and easily lifted the six–foot man off the ground!
Everybody screamed. Harold let out a strangled cry, kicking and thrashing for air.
“Aria.”
Grayson stared at the Harold’s purple face, his eyes gleaming coldly. “What do you think we should do with him?”
I gripped the edge of the couch, half–standing. “…I get to decide?”
“Of course. I told you. You can ask me for anything”
AD
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