A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 81

Nick POV

Stop being an idiot! My son's simple advice. If only there was a manual describing how. It's not like I could turn back time.

As I poured the ice-cold vodka down my throat, I thought of how we got here and all that has happened between Sara and I. I imagined where we could be if I'd acted differently in the past.

It was now past midnight. Alex was sound asleep. I decided I needed some fresh . But as I sauntered through the woods, my feet carried me towards Sara’s.

She probably wasn't home. Maybe she was spending the night with Sergeant Brave. Why was I doing this to myself? I wondered. What could I achieve if not more heartache? But I couldn’t stop myself from spying on her.

As I stood by a tree behind the short house, I could tell she was in there. Awake. The fact that she was home and not with the sergeant didn't mean anything. She was with him now.

But what if I entered her room through that window? One of two things would happen. I stood there fantasizing that I did. She didn't scream for me to leave. Instead, she did the very opposite, offering herself to me like before.

Hours must've passed while I stood by that tree with these fantasies. I waited till I sensed that she'd fallen asleep.

As I left her place, I kept walking till I found myself at the sergeant's. I needed to get into his bedroom so we could chat. But Jake was waiting for me there. And as expected, he wouldn't let me go inside.

"Are you his bodyguard or what?"

"If anything happens to him, she'll know it's you. You think she'll be okay with that?" He said.

With that, he all but dragged me back to the resort.

She's not bound to us anymore. We have no claim. I kept whispering these words to my wolf.

Once in my bedroom, I laid awake for the rest of the night, unable to keep certain injurious images from my mind.

***

The next day was Sunday. My son kept me busy all day till evening. Sara called to talk with Alex like she promised. But she called Janice's phone. I wished we were out at the time. Then she'd have to call me instead of anyone else because the nanny wouldn't go out with us.

While they talked, I heard other voices in the background. It was Sebastian’s and someone else's. Male. I stood up and went into my room.

There was only one thing that would calm the tornado threatening to break out from inside me. A race in the wild. But I couldn't do that yet. Alex and I already made plans for the Sunday.