A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 4

I continued to stare at my phone's screen when another text from Nick dropped.

"Meet me at Remus cafe in an hour," it said.

The fact that he was asking me to meet him at a public place was confusing. But then, our secret apartment was now compromised. Also, that cafe was far from campus and his family mansion.

If he'd sent this text a week ago, I would've been over the moon. Meeting and talking to me in public would've meant he wasn't ashamed of me. However, all I felt now was dread mingled with trepidation and sadness.

I looked at the pregnancy test again and decided it was better to deal with everything head-on and at once. At least, I know the full moon wasn't for another week. Besides, it was daytime. He wasn't calling to reject me.

I already knew what he'd say when he found out that I'm pregnant. Not that I am. These kits weren't 100% accurate.

Glancing at my watch, I decided to see the doctor to request an actual test. I had to confirm what was on the stick before I let myself go into panic mode.

Twenty minutes later, the nurse had taken my blood and asked me to come back in forty-eight hours for the results. I immediately left for Remus cafe after checking briefly on my dad.

Across the street from the cafe, Nick's intense grey eyes locked on mine from near the door. Jake was with him and out of habit, I looked away and proceeded to enter the cafe.

As I expected, he didn't make any move to rise from his seat. But he also didn't take his eyes off me. Jake nodded in silent greeting. That was his best friend and future beta who knew all about our secret relationship. I couldn't never tell how he felt about the future alpha sleeping with a lowlife like me.

Distracted, I bumped into someone at the door. It was Richard, Nick's other friend.

"What're you doing here? Shouldn't you be in class," he asked in a friendly tone.

This one had always been somewhat close to nice, but he had no idea about me and Nick, I was dead sure.

"I'm here to grab a bite," I replied.

"Aww, you're exactly two minutes late. I would've let you joined me," he joked.

"Oh, how kind. Thanks, Rich. It's the thought that counts," I returned.

I should've fallen for this gamma instead. I wondered what he would've done if I was fated to him and not Nick.

Though Nick still isn't leaving his seat outside the cafe, I could feel his eyes on me. I stole a glance his way, hoping to guess what he's thinking. His face is without expression as his eyes stay fixed on me.

"See you around, Sara."

Rich held the door, stepping aside for me to go in. To avoid suspicion, I went straight to the counter to order a glass of apple juice. Hopefully, I'll be able to drink it without throwing up soon after. I found the most reserved seat by the corner and walked casually to go wait for Nick.

As I started to sit down, I catch sight of him walking through the cafe's glass door. His eyes swept the place and within a few seconds, they settled on me.

He walked straight to my table and took the seat facing me.

"Should I say it first or will you?" he asked.

"I think you said everything last night. Aren't you worried that your wolves will see us together?" I avoid his eyes as I spoke. My heart was physically breaking.

"Don't act like that's not what you want, Sara. Isn't that what your little confession was about?" His eyes were hard with anger as he said this.

I'm the one in deep shit right now. I'm the one whose heart was falling to pieces. What right did he have to be angry?

"Why did you want to see me?" I asked.

"My family may know about us now but that non-disclosure still stands," he replied. "I just wanted you to know. So if you have any more of those photos, you might wanna burn them. Or keep them as souvenirs if you like, I don't care. As long as no one else sees them."

I was momentarily confused by his words. Then it occured to me.

"You think I told your mother about us?"

"Don't insult my intelligence!" He snapped.

His tone had grown scary. I held back from telling him that he had zero intelligence if he thought I was the snitch.

"You're in trouble if you've mentioned us to anyone other than family. I won't be able to save you," he adds.

Did Megan sign one of those stupid things, too? Or maybe he doesn't know that she knows about us. Instead of mentioning my roommate, I simply said,