The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Regret

Scarlett’s POV

​I woke up with the sun hitting my face. Ethan was still there, his heavy arm draped over my waist, but he was already stirring. As he opened his eyes, the soft, drunken warmth from last night was gone. It was replaced by a sharp, painful look of regret.

​"Scarlett... about last night," he began, his voice rough and full of regret. "I was drinking. I shouldn’t have—"

​"Don’t," I cut him off. I didn’t want to hear an apology for something I felt so good about. I sat up, pulling the blanket to my chest. "Just don’t."

​I heard the rustle of his jeans as he pulled them on. He was moving fast, like he couldn’t wait to get away from me. The man who had whispered that I was his world was gone. In his place was a guilty Alpha who couldn’t even look his "fiancée" in the eye.

​He made it to the door, his hand on the handle.

​"Alpha Ethan?" I called out, my heart sinking.

​He froze. He didn’t turn around. His shoulders were so tense they looked like they might snap.

​"Is there something you want to tell me?" I asked. I was thinking about his drunken words: I wish it was really you. "About what happened... or about why you were drinking?"

breathe. I waited for him to say it. I waited for him to tell me he had found his mate, or that

he said shortly. His voice was cold. "Not

door clicked shut, and I was alone. I felt hollow. I felt used. I

and turned the shower on as hot as I could stand. I wanted to scrub the smell of him off me. I wanted to scrub the feeling of his fingers out of my skin.

Leo growled through the mind

snapped out loud. My voice echoed off the bathroom tiles. I slammed my mental shields up, cutting

shirt and pants. I didn’t want to look pretty today. I didn’t want to be

the air. The spicy, forest scent of the triplets was there, but it was fading.

but my mind was still on Ethan’s back as he walked out the door. He was hiding something. Something big. And

to the kitchen. I was starving, but the moment I stepped inside, the smell of

was dressed in a tight white dress that highlighted all her

but she stopped the second she saw me. Her eyes traveled down my

froze. I had forgotten to check

her coffee cup with a loud clack. "You look like you had a very busy

said. My voice was flat. I moved toward

the stone floor. "The triplets are out at the North Ridge. It’s the First Hunt, you know. Only

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