Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 302

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Chapter Forty Two 

For the next few days, Daemon didn’t visited. I assumed he was severely injured, though a part of me wondered if he had actually… died. 

I was heading to Daisy’s; she might be the pack’s healer, but she was the only one I could talk to, and I needed a distraction now more than ever. 

“Riley,” the melodious voice called, and I stopped. 

Anger, That was all I felt at that moment; I turned around slowly. Isabella had a smile on her face which disappeared the moment her gaze met mine; I guess I wasn’t doing a very good job hiding what I was feeling at the moment. 

“How do you feel, Isabella, knowing you’ve won?” 

“What are you trying to say?” she asked; she was going to play the fool. 

I moved towards her, pulling her dress slightly to the side. “The mark.” 

“He told you; I told him not to.” 

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“And why did you think Thane would keep secrets from me?” 

“It’s not what it seems.” 

“It is exactly that, and see, this little talk about friendship and all, it really wouldn’t work.” 

“I know that. I had made him do this only because I wanted to help.” 

“Only that?” 

“Riley, I knew what would happen after he marked me, but this was the only way, believe me. I told him to keep it a secret because I had decided to stay as far away as possible from the both of you and I knew you wouldn’t take the news well.” 

“You were going to do that?” I asked, surprised 

“Yes.” She answered. 

“I don’t really understand why.” 

“I told you before, the fact that we love the same man doesn’t mean we have to be enemies. I want us to be friends, and while I know that can’t work now, I am not going to give up trying,” she said, before walking past me. 

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Chapter Forty Two 

“Isabella.” I called, and she paused. “Thank you for helping him.”