Page 20 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

"Thank you Scarlett, you look as stunning as ever." Jasmin replied.

Mom did look breath-taking in a silver gown with a slit down one leg, Dad matched her well in a grey suit.

"She sure does." Dad said quietly kissing Mom, his hand resting shamelessly on her ass.

He was quieter and I knew it was because of me… Mom looked a little concerned but said nothing. Well, nothing out loud anyway. I watched them look into each other’s eyes before Mom frowned slightly and looked away. Yep, seemed like Dad was really going to let me tell her myself.

"Brother, congratulations." Rafael said, with a smile.

"Hmm." Alejandro replied, his voice making my heart squeeze.

Rafael stepped forward to embrace him but Alejandro held his hand out. I frowned, wondering what had happened between them. I saw the flash of sadness in Uncle - No - Rafael’s eyes as he shook his hand. Maria didn’t say anything to him and instead met Jasmin. I could feel Dad’s eyes on me and I dared not look at Alejandro.

"Kiara, I love the dress… I had a dress code, did you forget?" Jasmin asked with a sweet smile.

"I don’t really follow rules." I replied with a small smile.

Yes, it was her big day, but that was my mate she was holding on to. The thought made a fierce flare of anger rush through me and I felt my aura swirl around me, my vibrant purple eyes staring into hers…

Everyone looked between us, sensing the tension that had now settled in the air…

69. The Engagement

ALEJANDRO

I looked between Jasmin and Kiara, my eyes staying on the nymph before me.

Fuck, did she look breath-taking. Seeing her here had fucking knocked me off, I did not think she was strong enough to face me… but she sure was. I knew she was in pain. Even her composed mask couldn’t hide the anguish in those gorgeous eyes of hers. From the moment I had walked into this fucking shit-show, I could only smell and see her.

She had made a statement, standing out in that black dress that was messing with my fucking self-control. I knew she did this on purpose and it was fucking working. What made it worse was the eyes that followed her around. Word had got out that Elijah Westwood’s daughter was a special wolf and I fucking hated it. The unmated Alphas watched her like fucking power-hungry leeches, and even the fuckers who weren’t into fucking power were checking her out as if she was a fucking item.

To top it off, Rayhan was being a fucker again. He sure was related to me because he was a fucking dickhead who didn’t give a shit about consequences.

Yeah, guess I made my fucking choice and now I had to deal with it…

"Is everything ok…?" Maria asked.

I didn’t like the woman, never had… She was always scared of me. One of the fucking reasons I left in the first place… She had been too fucking terrified to have her kids around me. I guess she had her reasons. I wonder how she even let them come stay. That must have been Raf’s choice, but I would have preferred her keeping her fucking kids to herself.

The image of Rayhan and Kiara in bed crossed my mind and I felt my anger growing but I had no fucking right, I had kissed Jasmin in front of her after knowing she was my fucking mate…

"Congratulations on your engagement, Alpha." Kiara’s gorgeous voice came, making me want to pin her against the wall and fuck her until she couldn't walk.

Our eyes met and I felt my fucking heart race. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't calm I the fuck down. She gave me a small challenging smile before she turned.

"Excuse us, Rayhan, shall we dance?"

"Sure." He said, taking her hand and leading her away.

For once, the dickhead Elijah didn’t seem pissed. Instead, he simply smirked, watching them walk off.

"Alpha Alejandro, Alpha Rafael, Alpha Elijah…"

We all turned to see Alpha Jake with his Luna. He smiled as he bowed his head respectfully. I saw Scarlett tense and Elijah frown slightly.

This fuckers dad, Daniel, had betrayed them to Zidane. If it wasn’t for him, one of their close friends would have still been alive. I didn’t really trust him, I mean, I didn’t really trust anyone. But the fact, the rumours were that I killed the fucker - I'm sure he hates me, but still he didn’t show it now and never would show his hate for me. That just made him all the fucking more suspicious in my books.

"Alpha Jake, Luna Ella, nice to see you." Rafael said, always the fucking nice guy.

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