Promised To The Alpha Twins – Chapter 28
The journey to Axel’s house was calm, in silence, barely interrupted by a curt initial greeting and the traditional “How did it go?” followed by a “Fine, as always.”
After work at the restaurant, Gea seemed calm, and I appreciated it, although it surprised me that she was so quiet around Axel when she had been so agitated just by seeing Lia. But it was a detail I didn’t want to pay too much attention to, fearing it would raise suspicions in the new inhabitant of my head and encourage her to speak.
“You’ll have your own room,” Axel said when we left the town and the car headed down the road.
unnecessary.
have their own bathroom.”
xel wouldn’t start describing the rooms.
drooms in total.”
ghter’s…”
ree because there’s one I use for work.”
though I briefly considered asking him what he did, but the last thing I wanted was to get to know him. What he had told me so far was more than enough.
rivate dead-end alley.
ree children and a dog.
than my grandmother.
y?” Axel asked me, as if the presence of the woman who had come out to greet us invoked the need to eat. “Maggie is an excellent cook.”
ore I could re
t me have a look at you, precious,” she said, approaching as a grandmother would to pinch her grandchild’s cheek. “Oh, what a beauty. You’re such a lovely
describe me, and it would have sounded good as long as it came from her mouth.
oks just like you, sir, only she’s pretty,
“Thank you for my share,” Axel replied with a
now how to cook?”
ten to change, and if it weren’t for Maggie’s words, I might have even gone to bed with my waitress apron on.
s.
ome on, let’s go, you’ll freeze outside.”
assive lamp hanging from the ceiling. Before my eyes could adjust to the interior and perceive the details of the decoration, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs
th a slender body and the figure of a model, blonde hair, very light, and eyes of a light green that was impossible not to admire. Her daughter, my half-sister, was just a step behind her mother and was her spitting image, also thin and even slightly taller than me, although I was two years older. As I gazed into her clear green eyes, I couldn’t help but notice the disdainful look they directed at me.
Axel.
f the stairs as if she needed a little more height to be able to look at me.
hful tone, looking at his daughter.
gized.
n, the one called to rule, that’s all.”
f what Stacy said, but I understood the fact that she
“That’s enough, Stacy,” Axel bellowed,
the fact that, up until that moment, Annabeth, Axel’s wife, hadn’t said anything, not even to defend or reprimand her daughter.
used to getting what she wants. She still needs to learn manners.”
rent towards me and only cared that I could share the monthly allowance with them. But my new “family” seemed extremely different. In fact, I could already feel Stacy’s gaze on me and her mother’s scrutiny of my every move.
he solitude of my small room with its worn-out walls