Chapter 0020
His final words are a command, not an offer, and if things couldn’t get any worse, Sebastian being here is the icing on the cake!
“When did that arrive?” I ask as I stare at the unzipped dress bag that sits on my
bed.
“Not long after you left,” Mom replies, shaking her head. “He had it ordered at the boutique… I knew Maggie was working on an order for the Alpha, but I did not think it was for you. It now makes sense why she has been so nice lately.” (
I shake my head. “And the colour…” I say, staring at the lilac shade of tulle.
“He, for some crazy reason, is into you.”
“Mom, am I that bad?” I ask, amused despite the situation.
tilts her head and wrings her hands.
an Alpha… I don’t know, I mean it can happen and
and only now do I realise just how much weight she has lost. I feel
looking away and back
me… I
Mom places her head in her hands. “I’m
like that before. I slowly kneel before her and take her hands in mine. “Mom… we’re going to be ok, I’m sorry…
very
No Zaia, don’t
learn that the Alpha asked you to the ball.”
come. He didn’t
1/3
and closes her eyes. Up close, I
skin. I should be taking care of her… not the other way around… “I
I’m not that stupid. I learned my lesson once. Zaia Toussaint needs
least my words brought a smile to her face,
here tonight… It’s so risky.
Something is troubling
JJ
voice is lifeless as
was born, my father took me away and gave me to my stepmother.
Mom and I, my stepmother didn’t want me, nor did she want me raised in that household and convinced
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