Hiding His Baby: The Alpha's Rejected Mate novel Chapter 13

“That witch! I feel like pulling all her hair out!” Patricia huffed in anger as she cursed someone under her breath.

“I am so angry right now. How dare she behave like that with Ace! She scared my poor baby.” Suzanne said with a frown as well as she caressed Ace’s face lovingly.

“Calm down, girls. He is okay now. Let him sleep for a few hours. He will be completely fine.” Even though Athena acted like she was calmed down but in actuality she was burning in anger. Ace has just fallen asleep after crying for the past half an hour after they came out of that room. He was a little scared of the way Stacey behaved with him.

“He didn’t eat well at breakfast. Should I ask the maid something for him and for you as well? You also haven’t eaten anything since yesterday. Oh god! It’s been more than one day. I will ask the maid to make something right away.” Patricia spoke up in a worried tone.

“Oh, please don’t stress over something like that. I am absolutely fine. You don’t need to disturb anyone for me. I can cook for myself and Ace. He doesn’t eat without my hands’ cooked food.” Athena said with a small smile.

“Are you sure you can cook? You are really weak and just recovered from such a big wound.” Suzanne asked in a worried tone.

“Trust me, I am fine. don’t worry.” Athena said in an assuring tone. 

“Patricia, can I use the kitchen?” She asked.

“Oh, sure. The maid must have prepared for lunch already. I will ask them to free the kitchen for thirty minutes for you.” Patricia said with a small smile before getting up to leave and do what she just said.

“Thank you. Please take care of him, I will make some food for him then.” Athena said to Suzanne before getting up as well. She kissed Ace’s forehead lightly before leaving. After that she left the room behind Patricia.

IN THE KITCHEN

Athena stirred the soup absentmindedly as she kept thinking about how her life turned upside down just in two days.

It came and stood at the birm of uncertainty again. Her life has always been uncertain as long a s she remembers. She won’t say it was all rainbow after she was captured by Alpha Derrick. It was worse! But now it is the worst.

She was so lost in thoughts that she didn’t realise when her hand which was stirring the soup was dropping slowly. It was really close to touching the hot surface, burning herself when someone saved the day at the right moment.

“Hey, careful!” Someone exclaimed before pulling her away from the stove. She slammed on a hard chest and closed her eyes tightly. She was caught off guard by the sudden change of event. But the next moment her eyes widened as she realised that she was in someone’s arms. She looked up at the person in shock before trying to come out of the embrace out of instinct. But the person’s hold got tightened around her, not letting her move.

“Hey, stop moving!” The person spoke up and surprisingly enough, she listened to him and stopped moving. But not because she wanted to listen to him, she wanted to calm down a little. 

After that happened, she looked back up at the person with a deep frown. It was a man. He looked to be in his mid twenties. He has boyish features and it made him look younger with the playful smile on his lips. He had baby blue coloured eyes and dirty blonde hair. She is not going to lie but he was handsome. 

“What are you doing? Leave me.” She spoke up in a cold tone. 

“What is this attitude, sweetheart? I just saved you from hurting yourself. You could have burnt yourself. Did you realise that?” The man asked with a raised eyebrow. She frowned at him before understanding what he was saying. But she kept her expression neutral.

 “Okay, whatever. So?” She asked in an emotionless tone.

 “So, you should be a good girl and show me some gratitude.” He said with a smirk.