The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

A few moments later, the waiter returned with a slice of chocolate cake that looked decadent enough to be a meal on its own, topped with a swirl of whipped cream and two bright red cherries. He set it between us along with two forks.

Alexander looked at the cake, then at me. For a moment, I thought he might refuse to participate in this charade any longer. But then, surprisingly, he picked up his fork.

“We might as well make it convincing,” he said, cutting off a small corner of the cake.

I nodded and picked up my own fork. “For the pack.”

“For the pack,” he echoed, and for just a moment, as our eyes met over the chocolate cake, I felt that faint tug in my chest that was our mate bond. My heart rate spiked, and suddenly the space between us seemed to shrink.

It wasn’t real, I reminded myself. None of this was real. It was just an act to save face, to maintain our image, to secure Alexander’s chance at becoming Alpha King.

But as I took a bite of the cake, watching Alexander do the same, I couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like if it was.

Liam

The pictures on Liam’s phone screen felt like a mockery.

Ella was feeding Alexander a bite of food. Alexander was leaning across the table toward her. The two of them were even sharing a slice of chocolate cake.

Liam tossed his phone onto the bed beside him, unable to look anymore. He’d known this was coming, of course. Ella and Alexander had to put on a show for the public after the contract scandal.

But seeing it made his heart ache in a way he wasn’t prepared for. It wasn’t just jealousy, although that was a part of it, but there was something else there, too.

He’d spent ten years thinking about Ella. Ten years in that miserable camp, enduring his ” training,” transforming from the shy, awkward boy Ella had known into the Alpha he was now.

And through it all, the memory of her smile had been his one comfort.

When he’d learned he was being sent to evaluate Ashclaw, that he’d finally see Ella again after all this time, it had felt like fate. Like a chance to reconnect with the one person who had ever truly understood him.

But she was married. Liam could have lived with hat if only she weren’t mated to a man who couldn’t care less about her.

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And what hurt more was that even if her relationship with Alexander was just a contract, the way she looked at him in those photos… There was something real there, at least on her side.

Liam had seen it from the moment he arrived at Ashclaw. The way Ella’s eyes followed Alexander across a room. The way she tensed when Sophia approached him. The hurt that flashed across her face whenever Alexander treated her poorly.

Now, with this charade forcing them to act like a loving couple in public, those feelings were bound to intensify. Ella might think she wanted a divorce now, but how would she feel after weeks or months of pretending to be in love?

Would she still want to leave when the time came? Or would she have fallen even deeper for a man who clearly didn’t love her back?

The thought made Liam sick to his stomach. He’d returned to Ella’s life hoping to be there for her in the same way he had been as children. And then he’d seen how cold and distant Alexander was right away, and it had ignited a protective fury in Liam that he hadn’t stopped feeling since they were children.

For ten long years, Liam had dreamed of returning to her side so he could protect her the way he hadn’t been able to when they were children. And now that he was finally here, he could only watch as she set herself up for even greater heartbreak.

The thought of seeing Ella be hurt was more than Liam could bear.

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