Worthless to Priceless The Alpha’s Rejected Mate novel Chapter 46

AMELIA’S P.O.V

I had been dreading my meeting with Kaden in the pack house because I was unsure of how to act around him. Things had changed now and he wasn’t just my Alpha anymore- he was my mate. I wondered if it would change anything or if things would stay the same and I also didn’t know how I was going to be able to sit across him for an hour while feeling the mate bond surging between us.

At the end of school, Clara offered to drive me but I turned her down. It was something I needed to do by myself so I could weigh my pros and cons alone as well as prepare myself for the inevitable surge of emotions that would surface from seeing him. Although, when I got to the pack office, I began to wish I had asked Clara to come with me because there was a gnawing feeling at the centre of my chest.

It took me almost five minutes to get out of the car because I couldn’t help but feel like something bad was happening or going to happen. It was a constant ache in my chest that I tried to rub off but it refused to leave. It had stuck to me like a leech and no matter how many breathing techniques or calming effects I employed, the feeling did not leave me. By the time I had convinced myself to get out of the car, the feeling increased. It rocked me on my feet and I had to hold onto the wall to stabilize myself.

“Are you okay?” I heard a guard ask but I nodded. He didn’t believe me and I stood to my feet with a wobbly smile in order to convince him I was fine.

I could tell he still wasn’t convinced but he let me pass. He must have seen me around before and that was why he didn’t ask any more questions or maybe he was scared that I was going to pass out and he didn’t want to be the closest person to me while I passed out. I brushed past him and made my way into the large office building. It still looked and smelled the same.

I made my way up the stairs that I knew led to Kaden’s office and while I passed, I saw Aiden talking to a few guards and I didn’t want to bother him so I just waved to him and to my surprise, he returned the actions. It still shocked me that I had unfiltered access to the Alpha and the Beta of the pack to the point of being obligated to see the Alpha every week seeing as I was nothing but a lowly pack member.

I got to Kaden’s floor and I was met with his secretary. She was typing so fast on the laptop that I could barely see her fingers touching the keys. She was so lost in her work that it wasn’t until I was directly in front of her and I cleared my throat that she even noticed that I was standing there. She had her hair in a tight ponytail and her glasses hung low on her nose.

“Hello, Amelia, right?” she asked pushing back her glasses and I nodded. “Is it time for you to see the Alpha already? I thought it was tomorrow?”

“He said weekly,” I reminded her and she hummed.

She glanced at the door almost as if she didn’t want to go in and I felt that gnawing feeling in my chest return. I was about to offer to return later when she finally stood up. She gathered some documents in her arms and gestured for me to follow her.

“If he’s busy,” I began but she cut me off.

“He shouldn’t be, the last time I checked she just went to drop off some documents so he should be alone.”

I wanted to ask who ‘she’ was but I didn’t want to seem jealous and I also knew that I had no right to pry into his life. I swallowed down my discomfort and followed behind his secretary whose name I still didn’t know. She knocked on the door but there was no reply. I knew the room was sound proof but I figured that we would still be able to hear a response from him.

She knocked once more and there was no response again so she pushed it open. “I’m sorry to bother you Alpha, but you appointment-”

She trailed off and I peeked over her shoulder. My mouth fell open and suddenly, I was not surprised by her reaction.

Kaden sat in his chair with Lucy straddling him. Even though they had pulled back, it was obvious that they were kissing before due to how swollen their lips were. Lucy’s hair was in a tangled mess on her head and I saw Kaden’s hands splayed on her ass. The scent of their arousal filled the air and I couldn’t help but wonder what they would have done if we had not walked in.

It suddenly became clear to me why I felt so uneasy before. Somehow, my wolf had known that something wrong was happening and she had tried to warn me but nothing could have prepared me for what I had seen and my knees felt like they were about to buckle beneath me. Kaden watched me and I saw guilt flicker in his irises but it was too late for him to feel guilty. He would not have felt guilty if he had not seen me so there was no need to feign it now.