Page 21 of Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire
“Easy there, kiddo,” I say, finding myself staring into a pair of hazel eyes. He smiles up at me sheepishly.
“Thank you!”
“Corrado, I have told you to be careful countless times,” Leo’s cold voice makes me look up, my heart thumping when our eyes meet. He looks away first, coming down the rest of the steps.
“Don’t worry, Daddy, she saved me,” the young boy says, pointing at me as he rushes over to Leo.
Daddy.
I stare in shock as Leo lifts the boy into his arms. Our eyes meet, and despite the fact that we are nothing to one another, I can’t deny that the one word burns in my mind. My heart thunders as I try to make sense of it. I look away, ready to escape into the apartment, when Nikki steps out into the hall again.
“Oh, hey, babe. I was showing Azura the apartment,” she says, walking over to Leo. Reaching up, she kisses his cheek before turning and smiling at me.
Leo doesn’t speak, and neither do I, but the crushing pain in my chest makes me simply stare blankly at them. He has a family, and he had slept with me…
I hate people who cheat, and somehow, I have become the other woman in this sick situation. Things just can’t get fucking worse; he has rejected me and had a family before me.
So, why does it hurt so much?
Struggles
Azura
He has a family…
I stare at the marble tiles of the shower walls, letting the water pour down my body.
Nikki is his woman, and the boy…
I close my eyes, resting my forehead against the cool wall.
He has a son…
Why don’t I know this? Sure, I never cared about the latest news, but it was never something that was mentioned. Sky or Kat would have mentioned it… but then again, Leo has moved away from his family entirely.
Nikki seems damn nice, and I have gone and slept with her man.
He was your mate, Azura.
Would he have broken up with her if I wasn’t a Westwood? I don’t know… why did he mark me then?
Does he love her? Probably…
What he felt for me was just because of the bond…
I am the other woman.
My heart squeezes, remembering the story of my biological mother. Her mate cheated on her. In fact, I even have a brother, thanks to his infidelity, a brother who has been desperately trying to get to know me, but it’s been me who just hasn’t wantedto. I’m not ready. I feel bitter… he is the reason Indigo ended up giving up the will to live. I know the story from Mama and Dad. From the first time when they told me that I wasn’t their biological child, like Kia and Liam…
OVER NINE YEARS AGO
I stared at Mama and Dad, feeling worried. They were on either side of me in my bed, but they wanted to talk to me about something. Did they find out I cut the squares in Liam’s underwear because he refused to allow me to taste whiskey? But… I made sure I had an alibi… hmm. Something wasn’t right.
No, wait, oh my god, they must have realised I emptied the pot of worms on that dumb boy’s head! But he was calling me names! No, wait… what if they realised I’m the one who made Jayce and Theo flood the bathrooms? Or wait, what if it -
“Hey, stop overthinking it, Wildfire,” Dad said, tapping my nose.
“I just want to say, whatever it is, I didn’t do it. I’ve done nothing at all.”
