Promised To The Alpha Twins – Chapter 25

“You coming to live with us”, Axel repeated in the face of my silence, one that, as he could deduce with just one glance, only preceded the explosion, which I didn’t delay any longer.

“No way am I going to live with you,” I said when I noticed that Axel had deduced that my silence was by no means a quiet acceptance of what he was saying.

“I’m not asking you, Sussan,” Axel said with that new air of a threatening father that he had now adopted, which was far from the sweet and conciliatory man who had entered my room, asking for permission to do so.

ier. His hypocrisy in pretending to be a concerned father or that new attitude of his as a superior and bossy man, who could do whatever he pleas

ed to with Lia, would only annoy him even more. “I will never live with you in my life.”

nteen-year-old girl.

t.

we need Ethan and Liam the most?”

, Sussan, I wasn’t asking you.”

Why now and not seventeen years ago?”

nd intimidation, I could also see a glimmer of compassion in his gaze.

been away from your life for far too long.”

ing to him the way I wanted to. It was something in his tone of voice, along with his gaze, that told me, even shouted at me louder than that strange voice that had now come to my mind, that Axel regretted what he had done and said it sincerely.

ew belongings, is what gives me reason to take you to live with me.”

h me, continued to resonate in my ears and weaken me. Not only did he have that tone that adults use when they won’t listen to a teenager’s reasoning, but he treated me as if I were a helpless little girl, incapable of taking care of myself and in urgent need of him. Now he turned out to be the savior in my life, and the best thing I could do was accept him and welcome him with open arms.

I hope you’re ready.”

, even though my head was buzzing with thoughts, no words were able to come down to my mouth and be expelled from my lips. Finally, I said something.

ay, Axel.”

e words come

around, something else wanted to come out of my lips.

There’s something else,” I said. Axel turned around, completely surprised,

tely neutral tone, in which I sensed no lies

ly door that had closed.

d as promised.

go?” he asked as he entered my room.

thing unintelligible. While my face had fully healed, the same couldn’t be said for my ankle, which protested when I hurrie

he living room, and I could see Dub sitting in front of the sofa, already drunk and unconcerned about what was happening around him. However, it wasn’t the same for Lia, who, des

Take care, Sussan,” Lia said when she saw that I was leaving, reaching

een years, and I wouldn’t in that last second.

ant for you, but to impress him.”

ient of that gesture was none other than Axel.

Lia.

to the forest, where I saw so much peace and harmony that I would have wanted to immerse myself there and never have to leave again. The breeze swayed the treetops, and I could hear the distant murmur of birds living among the branches. It was so tranquil.

fortable.

g funny?” he asked when our

ou look u

d.

him abandoning me? I resisted the temptation to turn around and tell him to his face, but only because it would make the moment even more uncomfortable.

s. I had never been in a car like that before. Upon entering, I realized that Axel must be doing quite well, even better than that, he must have a lot of money.

ut to have breakfast.

itress on duty, and she approached our table t

“I’ll be right back. I’m

u do it?”

witnessed in front of the bathroom mirror myself.

t’s just a lot of ma

ennifer fol

he?”

een years.”

r.”

alized that I hadn’t fully adjusted to life in a small town, where it was logical for e

and the man you just saw.”

ars has a lot of money. Maybe you can benefit from him.”

hat wasn’t going to change just because Axel had shown up in my room.

ore.

o you have any other childr

ears younger than you.”

took him to forget about my existence and conceive another daughter, with another woman, in another house. Ho

g a play.

ested in your relati

arning. “Now I think that relationship was a mistake, although the outcome would have been a blessing.”

ve a habit of abandoning your blessings,” I said, fa

with pursed lips.

.

Do you know

I said.

me to look over the menu.”

.

efore meeting my fiancée. And she, well, she’s not very friendly towards Lia.”

y moving away. There would be time for explanations later.

stand,” I said. “I’m sure your wife didn’t particularly like the mother of your fir

k it, but you being my firstborn has a very special meaning where I come from.”

oticed Aly, who was sitting at the next table.

ered.

ealize that we were talking about her, but I had to add that she was the first friend I made since I arrived in town. Axel glanced at Aly again.

of friendly and tyrannical that only he could master.

shrugged and took a si

see, I’m completely healed now.”

ery. In fact, for a moment, it seemed like something he had expected.

tell me what happened to your ankle.”