Alpha’s Badass Mate novel

---- more reasons to block you from inheriting?" "T can handle it," Ashly said again. Sebestian sighed gustily. "Seriously , Ashly. I'm your friend. I'm just worried about you." Silence for along enough time that Alex chanced a quick peek over the concrete planter he was hiding behind. The wind was catching Ashly's hair, making it flop into her eyes. She was standing tensely, with her hands balled into fists, staring Sebestian down. "Fine," Sebestian said at length.

"I'll go tell Alex everything , then. That fucker needs to know what he actually did seven years ago." He turned to leave, but Ashly's shout caught him before he could go more than two steps.

"T already took my revenge on him, Seb; I already caused him pain three months ago, but now Adom wants this, and you know I love Adom more than anyone, even more than Alex!" "If I have to choose between Alex and Adom, I will choose Adom without thinking twice." Alex wants to die because of pain; he wants to end his life. Sebestian pivoted on his heel and studied Ashly, his eyebrows rising. "You know how hard it is for me to trust anyone with ---- all my heart," Ashly said.

She shook her head and looked away from Sebestian, out at the skyline. "After Allen, Alex was the first, but he betrayed me. I want him to know I've never forgiven him. But for Adom, I will do anything; even if I have to act lovely and dovey to Alex, I will do that." Alex's breath caught in his throat, and he ducked back down behind the planter. Ashly words rattled around in his head, and pain pulsed in his chest. His inner alpha was wailing in despair.

If Sebestian and Ashly said anything more, Alex didn't hear it. His ears were ringing, and he had to put his head between his knees and force himself to breathe for a minute or two. When he finally convinced himself to stand, his vision went gray and splotchy, and he had to blink hard to clear it. Because of someone, his Ashly, his own mate, going to play with him and his felling. Alex got back to his office on autopilot, barely registering his surroundings.

It felt like his head was stuffed with cotton wool and his shoes were ten-ton weights. Files on the table, body into the desk chair Alex stared blankly at his computer monitor until there was a soft knock on the door and Ashly, his ex-mate, poked her head in. "My files?" she asked, smiling at Alex. ---- It was like a knife to the heart, knowing that smile was a lie. Knowing his mate, whom Alex wants to spend life with, is like playing with his heart because of someone.

"On the table," Alex managed to say. Ashly practically bounced over there, closing the door behind herself . He made appreciative noises as she opened the files and hummed happily as she started reading everything. The burning plastic smell was gone, but her familiar mint-and-pine scent was suspiciously absent as well. She must have been wearing blockers. That was really the only way to deceive someone who knew your scent. Alex blinked away tears and swallowed around the lump in his throat.

"How is it? If there were any mistakes, tell me," he asked. "It's good; your employees did great work on this project," Ashly said, glancing up with a grin. She shoveled another file and sat down, reading, "Thanks. " That wasn't something Ashly said to a lot of people if she could avoid it. She wasn't in the habit of relying on others. She didn't like to be indebted to anyone. Once, she'd been free with her gratitude toward Alex.

But that was seven years ago, when Alex was the first ---- -maybe the only-person that he trusted. Alex cleared his throat awkwardly and said, ''No problem." He tried to go back to his work, but he couldn't focus on it. Ashly was just across the room, smiling and acting the way she had seven years ago, like nothing had changed. "Ashly," Alex said at last, unable to keep silent anymore. He was going to ask about Ashly's plan, call him on the deception , and get it all out in the open.

But what came out was, "Your new lover. What's his name? Sorry, I heard you have someone..." Ashly stops in the middle of her work and looks towards Alex. "His name is Adom, isn't Ashly is still staring at him without saying anything, which makes Alex frustrated even more. "Don't get me wrong, Ashly, but if you really have someone in your life, why did you sleep with me three months ago?

Are you cheating your lover behind his back by sleeping with Alphas?" No, Alex doesn't want to say this; he doesn't want to point out Ashly's character. Alex knows he calls Ashly a whore indirectly. Ashly didn't say anything; her heart is breaking into a