Chapter 108
My ears twitched at that name. <b>Arthur </b>promptly disconnected the call while I stood staring at him in surprise.
Were my ears deceiving me?
“Did you get a scolding again from the King?” I asked, pretending to not have heard him take some other name.
<b>Arthur </b>slipped the phone in his jeans pocket and mumbled, “Oh not really. The King had to leave for some urgent meeting and Olivia does <b>not </b>want me to disturb them.”
My face fell.
“Oh, I didn’t know she was a part of official meetings.”
Imented.
Arthur shrugged. “Her father is respected among all <b>the </b>packs. You could say that other than Eros himself, <b>the </b>other alphas listens to her <b>father</b>. So, it is important that the two work closely together
I nodded bat had to ask. “But why would King Eros and <b>Olivia </b>need <b>an </b>alliance? He’s strong and powerful on his own.”
It is sad that in this life. Olivia and I share different families.
“He is. No doubt about <b>that</b>. But the rogue king has been terrorizing a lot, making the king feel that he needs help.”
Eros had always thought of himself <b>as </b>invincible, untouchable.
Arthur then added. “It is not his own life that he fears, but his friends and close ones. There were sudden attacks that almost killed Beauty. And after that, he invested a lot of time and money in devising new strategies and upgrading the security of the packhouse and this mansion as well.”
Tunderstand. He is responsible for everyone’s safety, not just his own <b>pack</b>.”
Arthur agreed. “Yes, and as much as I would like to <b>keep </b>youpany, I have things to do. It is <b>almost </b>evening now, so you could probably take a <b>stroll </b>through the garden or <b>just </b>rest a linle-
“Sure” I replied
I had coerced him to be with me all day, but I knew I couldn’t keep him around 24/7. Plus, I did not want Olivia to snap at
him for no fault of his.
Thus, I did not pester him more. After he left, I walked towards my room, but everything around me reminded me of the arrogant hybrid.
Icould see his office as I climbed up the stairs and recalled the way his hands <b>had </b>caressed me when I had spilled hot tea all <b>over</b>, then I reached my room where <b>I </b><b>had </b>begged him to sate my heat.
I groaned in frustration.
In wanting to keep myself upied. I headed to the bathroom and decided to take <b>a </b><b>nice</b>, long bath.
When I stepped out of the bathroom after thoroughly shampooing my hair and spending hours soaked in the scented water in the bathtub.
I changed intofortable pajamas and decided to justy in bed.
I had nothing to do but surely I could read or watch something the phone, maybe.
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It was just lying around and I had not even checked all the features except texting. So, I took the phone from the table and
saw that a few
Leger messages
were waiting for me.
I eagerly opened them, but it was from an unknown number. Wondering who it was, checked it and read the first message.
“Hello, are you <b>okay</b>, Eden? I wanted to see if you are doing fine
I opened the next one that read:
“Hey, this is this. Did you forget me already? I <b>want </b>my $500 back.” I was furning when I read that message.
What did he think of himself? Luke conned me, broke my trust by trying to sell me audacity to demand money from me
” if I was somemb and now had the
Didn’t Theo give him enough <b>already</b>? I saw him throwing a thick <b>wad </b>of notes back at the club.
I wanted tosh out at him <b>for </b>being such a dick, but I decided to simply ignore the texts so I deleted it.
Next, there was another message<b>, </b><b>again </b>from an unknown number.
“Hey sweetheart, my baby girl, how are you<b>? </b>
“Sweetheart
Only Theo had called me that. He was creepy and threw cheesy lines at every girl. But how did he find my number?
Probably be had taken it from Luke. But then why was he texting me? Did he not fear Eros? <b>What </b>if king Eros knew about thist
Should I inform him? But then he was busy with Olivia, and her <b>father</b>.
I stared at the screen for a long time, wondering if I should reply back or not. Then another message popped up from the same number.
“I know you are angry with me, hurt even. But I only did everything for the park. I will even help you to return back to your family.”
Maybe I could put an end to all this if I yed wisely.
I <b>hesitated </b>for <b>a </b>while before deciding to reply to the message. I had to act like the naive and stupid girl he thought I was.
I sent the following message, “Who is this?”
The reply was instant.
“You know me. I <b>have </b>wanted you for a long time. I <b>am </b>sorry about everything<b>. </b><b>Please</b>, forgive me.”
Okay, he <b>was </b>being cautious, fearing that the <b>phone </b>was not with me.”
“No, I don’t know you. This is an unknown number. Please identify yourself or I will block you,” I waited patiently for the phone to ring <b>again</b>.
Had I really threatened <b>him</b>? I kept staring at the phone for a full five minutes before the much awaited beep sound reached.
Thastily opened the text message and read:
“Sweetheart, I am taking a great risk by contacting you. I <b>thought </b>you would never reply. I <b>am </b>Theo, your love.”
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Right now, I had to gain his trust to know more about <b>this </b>rogue <b>King </b>and possibly rescue my and about this rogue King and possibly rescue my father and pack from <b>that </b>evil birth.
I typed a furious and angry message at first, but then calmed down <b>and </b>wrote a much tamer version of it
“Theo, you were going to inject me with some medicine to imprint upon me. What makes you <b>think </b>I will trust”
All the drowsiness and earlier frustration disappeared from my mind as I got interested in the conversation.
“Please, I am sorry, sweetheart, I did not want the rogue King to <b>even </b><be </b>near you, so I had to mark you to protect you from his lust. I admit my method was rash but my intentions were only to save you from him.”
Such <b>a </b>liar. I wanted to lifi a rock and throw it at him. Did he think I was so stupid?
“The hybrid King will be pissed if he knows you dared contact me again. So stay away from me!” I could not start talking to him excitedly after what had happened or he would grow wary. I had to slowly <b>make </b><b>him </b>believe that I was beginning to
think about his words.
“He needs me to tackle the rogue King”
I kept staring at the message for a long time, wondering what to reply. I did not send any reply to it <b>and </b>even Theo did not continue the conversation.
<b>Maybe </b>he was being very careful with his <b>ns</b><b>. </b>
Either way, it <b>gave </b>me a lot of things to ponder about.
I thought about meeting and having a deep talk with my father, <b>Alpha </b>Griffin.
I wanted to <b>ask </b>why he never came forward to ept that I was his child but treated <b>me </b>like a dirt.