The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – Desperation

Ella

My hands are shaking as I dial Kate’s number. Have I ever been this angry? If I have I certainly can’t remember it now.

“Hello?” Kate answers almost immediately, using a sickly sweet tone that screams of fakeness.

“Kate?” I state bluntly. “Are you with Mike right now?”

There’s a pregnant pause on the other end of the line, before she weakly responds, “What? Of course not.”

“Come off it Kate, do you really think I don’t know about your sh it?” I demand. “I’m not a complete idiot.”

“Ella listen–” She begins, obviously gearing up to give me some sort of excuse.

“No, I don’t even care about your little affair anymore – but I need to talk to him right now.” I declare fiercely.

There’s another pause, and then Kate’s voice drops its innocent tone. “You don’t care?” She repeats, sounding truly shocked. “ You know I’m already pregnant?”

for that particular piece of news. I clench my hands into fists, feeling so furious I think I might actually break the phone with my tight grip, “And what, you think

“because a man who’s so afraid of responsibility that he’d poison me for years is probably willing to do

loves me, he would never –”

It’s amazing how charming he can be, considering what a bas ta rd he truly is. How do you think he’s going to support you and your child?

course he does!” She objects, “He just didn’t tell you about it because he didn’t want you to bleed him

Kate,” I sigh, “Poor, gullible, stu pid Kate. He’s as much a stock broker as I am

like that! He’s got money, he

he took out in my

“What?” She squeaks.

if I were you, I’d check your own credit rating immediately, because

repeats weakly, “you’re wrong, it’s different with

is getting thick with emotion now, but I can’t help it. “And frankly I don’t really care what happens to you Kate, but if you’re

not giving her a chance to respond. Why did I buy his lies about looking for work for so long? He

I decide. I won’t ever let myself

to get my revenge on Mike, but first I’ve got to try and salvage what’s left of my life. I have to go to the police and see if I can resolve these financial issues…

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much we can do about this.” The police officer breaks this news to me about as gently as he might smash an ant beneath his boot. “I’ll

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