The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 245: The Secret

​Scarlett’s POV

​Shit. Shit. Shit.

The words hung in the air like a deadly poison. The room went so quiet that the only sound was the frantic drumming of my heart against my ribs. My hands started to shake, and a cold sweat broke out across my neck. This couldn’t be happening. Not now. Not like this.

​Liam stood frozen by the door, the shopping bag slipping slightly from his fingers. The soft, helpful look on his face completely vanished, replaced by a sudden, terrifying blankness. He looked at me, his green eyes wide and scanning my face for a denial, before his gaze snapped back to Leo.

​"What do you mean?" Liam asked, his voice dangerously soft, dropping to a low, trembling whisper. "What the hell do you mean by that, Leo?"

​Just then, heavy footsteps echoed in the hallway, and Leonard walked straight into the room. He took one look at the suffocating tension, his dark brown eyes narrowing as he sensed the incoming explosion.

​Leo looked completely out of control. His chest was heaving, his sea-blue eyes wild with a sick, twisted mix of triumph and agony. He didn’t back down. He leaned into the madness.

for over two years! We fucked! In fact, I was her first man.

was a total disaster. The secret I had hidden so desperately, the one thing I wanted to protect them from, was being dragged out into

room, and grabbed Leo tightly by the collar, slamming him against the wall. His Alpha aura roared to life, violent and ready to kill. "You’re fucking lying, Leo!

Liam’s shoulder to face me, a bitter, broken smirk on his lips. "Ask

the heavy pressure in the

him, Leonard stepped closer, his hard expression completely breaking into pure, total shock. Both Liam and Leonard looked at me, their eyes begging me to say it wasn’t true, begging me

out, a hot tear finally spilling over my lashes and running down my cheek. I held my hands up, stepping toward them with my heart breaking into a million pieces. "Please, just listen to me...

out from under him. He looked at me as if I were a stranger.

shattered remnants of my secret. "I didn’t

​"Protect?!" Leonard suddenly roared.

leg, Leonard kicked a wooden stool across the room. It slammed into the wall,

with both hands, pacing the room like a caged animal. "For two entire years, my twin brother and my fated mate knew the truth. You let me believe you were dead. You let me suffer. You let me bleed through the bond while the two of you were together behind

back as if he had just been struck by lightning. He looked down at his hands, then at me, his green eyes filled with a deep, silent agony that was ten times worse than any physical blow Leo had given him earlier. He looked completely paralyzed, his chest heaving as he struggled

looked like he was physically dying. "I stayed faithful to your memory, Scarlett. I