Sold To The Demon Alpha – Chapter 50

Aria’s POV

The first thought that came to my mind when I opened the door to Roma’s study and saw Salem bent over his desk as he rammed into her from behind would forever be ingrained in my memory.

His hand gripped her red hair savagely as he pulled her head back and her moans made my chest constrict.

o enter, I closed it and ran.

g to or what I was doing but I held my chest and didn’t figh

ed me on the ground.

person.

oking down at me with wide eyes that were filled with concern and it made more tears to fall down my cheeks.

nking that Roma liked me. So delusional thinking that he would like someone like me when the

ide to the garden to sit on one of the benches.

and when I finally stopped crying, I quickly shifted away from him, embarrassed at how I’d bawled in front of

t I was so standoffish when he was nothing but being nice to me by offering a listening ear.

ience and having my heart shattered was no little convenience at all. It was even worse because I was the one that shattered it with my unrealistic expectations of Roma.

tt smiled and gently

you don’t want to talk about it, Aria. Don’t be embarrassed. I’ve cried quite a number of times too.”

es went wide with surprise.

en last did you cry?” I asked and he shrugged

d a teeth removed and let me tell you, it hurt like a bitch.”

t time you cried was eight years ago?” I asked with my brows raised, genuinely surprised. I couldn’t count how many times I had cried alone this week.

He grinned

g time ago.”

d my eyes and laughed and his sm

ch a beautiful smile, Aria.”

hed into his pocket and handed me another chocolate bar.

figured you could

plied with a soft smile and he grinned, reaching out to ruffle my hair.

e But you, my dear are a terrible crier.” He teased and when I laughed, he smiled again and I realized that he had been t

for this” I raised the half eaten chocolate bar “And for making me sm

hat friends do, isn’t it?”

oon in the sky.

think I was going to be okay anytime soon. Because, without a doubt, tonight had made things even clearer for me. I didn’t just like Roma Ruggiero, I was head over heels in love with him.

POV

looked broken.

only thing that would haunt me for years to come.

hing came close to

he saw us and I felt dirty. Like a cheating husband. Like a delinquent.

in her eyes.

e door immediately.

wide berth and buckled up my jeans, my guilt threatening to swallow me alive.

he both of us that I would after I rescued her from the forbidden forest, then maybe she would have moved on from me.

from her. I couldn’t deny that I had led her on many times, subtly but it was still enough. I knew she

n my bed a long time ago.

up and even though she looked attractive enough, I was over it. She reached out her hand to cup my jaw.

Oh come on, Roma, I can work you back up real good if that’s the problem. And I’ll have the maid punished for barging in to…”

and she flinched, her eyes widening in shock.

g and even that is over now, so do the needful.” I snapped in annoyance.

her eyes watered at my words and I raised my eyebrows, wondering if it was the harshness of my voice.

like me could muster.

ng that we are doing, we have to end it now. It was never going to go past this in the first place. You know that, didn’t you?”

eah, how fo

rt and left my study, my mind was only focused on one person.

Ari

g that I had lost her.

how could I lose someone that I never had