Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 416

Chapter Thirty Four 

I hadn’t spoken a word to Alexander in days, and I wasn’t planning to. I shouldn’t have let him touch me; I should have endured the pain longer, but once again, he won. 

“So you could come visit me, but I can’t do the same?” Aric asked the moment he saw me by his door. 

I pushed past him and walked into the room. 

“Not bad.” I say, looking around. It was smaller than the one I shared with the Alpha King, but elegant and nicely furnished. 

“Why are you here, Kaida?” 

“Do I need a reason to visit my beta and friend?” 

“I’m not the Beta anymore; I am a Commander and Chief. 

“You will always be the Dawn’s pack Beta.” 

“Well the Dawn’s pack is no more; you are a Luna now…” 

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“Okay, what the hell is wrong with you? If you don’t want me here, all you have to do is tell me.” 

“I’m a man who had just been rejected by the woman he had been in love with for years; how do you expect me to react?” 

“Aric… It can’t work.” 

“I know that—at least now I do. I’m not a fool; I know when to draw back, and you were right: you’ve found your mate now; I cannot hold you back from your future.” 

My future. I hated the way that sounded. 

“So… are we cool?” 

“Of course.” He says. Pouring me a glass of red wine–non alcoholic, of course. I accepted it and took a sip. 

“How are our pack members?” 

“Technically, they are the Nightshade’s pack members now.” 

“How has the Alpha been treating them?” 

“Alpha Alexander had outdone himself; each of them has a place to stay; some had to live outside the pack house, but they were all catered for.” 

Aric walked further into his apartment; he picked up a file from the table and passed it to me; it was our pack’s business information. 

“It’s all under him too.” 

“I… had no idea. Who gave the signatures?” 

“Your father did.” 

“Great! More things he did behind our backs.” 

I looked through the financial record for the River–Dawn Enterprise. I tried to hide my surprise when I saw the 

figures. 

“How had he managed to raise the company’s worth ten times what it had been in just a few weeks?” 

“Well, he is the Alpha King, and so others were willing to invest in a business running under his name and thus the figures.” 

“He is always good at everything, isn’t it?” I muttered to myself, taking another sip of the wine. 

“You don’t look particularly happy about that.” 

“Of course I’m not happy. He’s taking over everything and he is doing it so damn well.”