Mated To The Cold Hearted Alpha – Chapter 106

Hycinth

The alarm clock next to my bed blared the unpleasant news that it was time to start another day. I cringed and moaned. Eyes screwed shut, I flailed my arm in its general direction, and my hand smacked the front until I found the snooze button. Silence fell. I inhaled slowly. But my reprieve would be short.

It had been six weeks since Lucky had threatened to call Leander if it didn’t get out of bed. And every day since then, I’d dutifully gotten up and gone to work and tried to pretend I was okay. But every day, instead of feeling better, I just felt worse.

moment he realized I knew about his mother waged war for the worst memory in my life against the pain in his violet and cerulean orbs just before he turned his back on me and walked away.

danced behind my closed eyelids, intoxicating memories of the way he loved me, his delectable body moving against mine. Mom

closed door.

go off, but Lucky had no intention of being ignored. His tone lowered into an unspoken warning, “Cinn, are you awake?”

rolled from the bed.

een two and a half months since I’d said goodbye to Leander. I was halfway through my pregnancy. It was still hard to wrap my head around the fact that a little life was growing inside me. A tiny male or female I hadn’t even

n my chest as I waited. Maybe it had been nothing. Maybe it was just gas. But then it happened again, stronger…

It was most definitely something-my little one was making itself known.

…

owed almost instantly

ad no

nd awe as he dropped to his knees in front of me, both big paws holding gently to either side while he placed a tender kiss against my swollen belly.

hroat.

have any left?

away and robotically finished my shower.

on a tall stool eating his favorite cereal. I avoided direct contact, but I knew his keen gaze followed every move I made. Popping an English muffin into the toaster, I opened the refrigerator and pulled out the butter.

ssible for me to keep food down. I’d been wearing larger clothing, hoping to conceal how much weight I lost, but of course, Lucky’d noticed.

.

appointed he was in me.

l, he walked to my side and w

in me to argue with him so just nodded my head. He released me and I settled on top of the s

refrigerator. Walking back to my side, he placed both in front of me along with a small knife.

mured, still avoiding eye contact.

ted my coffee intake, hesitant the caffeine wasn’t healthy for the little pup inside me.

ttle sister.” His voice was gentle but there was an edge to it.

p breath in and then looked up, meeting his gaze. Intense absinthe orbs studied me carefully. “You’

ocus his attention.

ud of you for doing so,” he said softly. “That doesn’t mean I’m not still concerned about your emotional well-being. We need to talk about this. You need to talk about it. It’s not going to magically go away. You have to deal with it.”

e plate in front of me. It took so much damn effort just to get throu

struggle like this,” there was pain in his voi

am to the bread. I didn’t know what to say so I kept silent.