The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 156: Because Of You

Scarlett’s POV

​For a moment, he was silent. It was as if he didn’t believe it. His jaw tightened, a muscle ticking in his cheek. He drew a slow breath in through his nose... then let it out just as slowly.

I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t lie and say I regretted it—that it was a mistake—because it wasn’t, and I didn’t regret it.

​"Ethan, please say something," I whispered, the silence stretching and suffocating me.

​He walked away from me, his movements stiff and cold. He stood at the large window, his back turned to me as he stared outside at the bright lights of Australia. His shoulders were shaking with a tension I had never seen in him before.

​"Ethan... please..."

He let out a quiet, humorless laugh. Shook his head once. Then spoke.

​"So this is your way of letting me know we can never be together," he said, his voice low and filled with pain. I swallowed hard, the weight of his words hitting me in the chest. "Three fucking solid years, Scar. I put my love life on hold for you. For the hope that you would one day open your heart to me. But the moment you saw one of the triplets, you gave yourself to him. A married man. A man who has a new mate."

and the look in his

woman through?" he snapped. "You know how it works, Scar. She felt it. She felt him having you. You know the pain of a mate who cheats,

eyes and finally spilled over. "Ethan,

you are not!" he yelled, the sound echoing off the hotel walls. "You are not sorry for what you did. In fact, you don’t regret it at all. I can see it in

he

You gave me every hint that you didn’t want me, but I told myself you just needed time. I told myself you

didn’t need time, did you? You just didn’t want me. You wanted them. Even after they replaced you. Even

my neck again, his lip curling in disgust. "You didn’t even want me coming to visit, all under the excuse of you healing, and yet..." He paused and inhaled deeply, unable to finish the

was just... it was Leo. I couldn’t stop it. The love was still there

What about the man who stayed when you had no one? What about the man who kept you alive when you wanted

handle forcefully. But before he

daughters. Betas’ daughters. Kings’ daughters. Wealthy ladies... even a female Alpha who rules her own pack.

couldn’t answer. I could only watch

did it because I thought you were worth the wait. I thought if I stayed loyal, if I protected you, one day