Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 314

Chapter Fifty Four 

RILEY 

I paced in my room. 

What if he had something important to tell me? 

I shouldn’t have slammed the door at him as I did earlier, it was wrong of me. 

He was right; I was pushing him away, and I feared he would go to the only one available and ready to give him a listening ear. 

You know what? Fuck it. 

He was right; I couldn’t pull through with this; it was simply impossible. I headed back to the Thane room. Nothing has changed since I moved. 

I headed to the inner room, moving as silently as I could… I stopped short. 

Bella had her legs wrapped around Thane’s waist. I stood there, watching them; it took everything in me to hold in the tears and turn around. 

It was too late. I had pushed him right into Isabella’s waiting hand. If I had any tears left, I would have let them out. 

I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t think, and for the first time I wondered if I should have taken Isabella’s offer while it was still on the table. 

I visited Ethan because I needed someone, anyone, to be with. 

Watching him made me happy; it always did. Finally I could take in breaths without feeling the pain in my chest. 

“Momma is going through a hard time now. I just want to have a family filled with love and unity. I want you to be happy. I want a happily ever after for us all–is that too much to ask? 

I feel like I have messed up everything; I should never have come up with the dumb idea, but I thought I was being selfless like Isabella always is. You know what saddens me the most? He seems happy with her, content even, and suddenly I feel like a misfit. We are supposed to have passed this stage a long time ago, 

but here I am, back here, once again.” 

Daisy was waiting in my room by the time I returned. 

“I would have asked why you are here, but I already know.” 

“Where is he, Luna?” 

“Gone,” 

“You did this, didn’t you?” 

“No, he did this to himself, not me.” I stared at her hand; it was shaking. Something was wrong with 

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her. “Hey, are you alright?” 

“No, I am not. I can’t stop thinking about it.” 

“Thinking about what?” 

“His bite… I can’t stop thinking about what it will feel like to be bitten by him. I know what this is; it’s like an addiction. I can’t think straight; I had to stay off my duties for the meantime. But you can help 

me.” 

“You think I can help you?” 

“Yes,” she answered. 

“How?” 

“I know what you are; you are half demon.” She walked closer to me. “I need you to feed from me,” she said.