She wants to kiss him
: She wants to kiss him
(Third–person’s POV)
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Theodore pushed the plainclothes enforcer away and got up from the ground. He was shrouded in gloom, his dark eyes swirling with a bloodthirsty chill.
“Come on, you try it, Alpha King.” His voice was low and menacing. “I won’t let you succeed!”
Matthew paid him no mind and walked toward the exit. Theodore chased after him but was blocked by the enforcer.
He roared at Matthew’s back, “The mate bond severance documents could only have been leaked by someone close to you.”
“Hacker Zero has been causing trouble, but his ultimate target isn’t Cipher, it’s you.”
“The person Declan Shaw wants to deal with is also you.”
“Matthew Kane, all you bring her is danger.” Theodore’s voice cracked with desperation. “Only I can keep her safe and carefree.”
Matthew placed his hand on the door handle, his profile turning to Theodore. His indifferent gaze held a flicker of imperceptible sadness and coldness.
“You were once her entire world,” he said quietly.
“Your betrayal left her world in ruins.”
“Theodore Redgrave, what right do you have to stand before me and talk about how to make her carefree?”
Matthew’s gaze fell upon Olivia’s serene figure outside the glass door, and he reined in all his emotions. He pulled the door open and stepped out.
The bell on the door chimed.
Olivia reached out and took Matthew’s large hand. “They were tired, so I had the nanny take them back first.”
“You waited for me?” Matthew’s voice softened instantly.
“Yes, you’ve been drinking moonlight wine.” She studied his face with concern. “Want to go for a walk? To clear your head.”
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As Matthew and Olivia walked away, their cheerful conversation drifted back. Theodore watched through the glass window, his nails digging into his palms until they dripped with
blood.
He saw her gentle features and tranquil smile, so much like the carefree she–wolf she was when they were mated.
Meanwhile, they entered a boutique shop in the Sovereign’s Citadel. Olivia briefly considered buying perfume, her mind flashing to the photo of the sophisticated woman with Matthew and his comment that she was like a pup.
A wave of insecurity about her own scent washed over her, but she quickly dismissed it, deciding she was who she was.
Just as she put down a bottle of perfume, she saw a group of she–wolves admiring Matthew. One bold she–wolf approached and touched his arm, only to be instantly seized by a plainclothes Royal Guard.
Olivia hurried over, asking them not to hurt the she–wolf.
Matthew held her hand and leaned in, whispering like he was tattling, “She offended me.” Confused, Olivia explained it was just an attempt to get his contact information.
“She offended you,” Matthew clarified, before taking off the suit jacket the she–wolf had touched and tossing it into a nearby trash can.
“I should wear a ring,” Matthew murmured through their mate bond, before asking possessively if many males tried to get her number.
He leaned close and told her seriously, “Not many people know you’re my mate. If someone pursues you, you must refuse them.”
His domineering Alpha tone sent a jolt through Olivia’s heart. She thought about his sense of responsibility and felt a deep certainty that he was nothing like Theodore.
Trusting that he would never hide things from her, she stood on her toes and pressed her lips to his.
A smile he couldn’t suppress bloomed on his face as he gently kissed her back. His ears turned red, and they walked home, fingers intertwined.
Back at the Kane Estate, Matthew placed the model wolf figurine in Leo’s room. The boy was awake, his eyes filled with tears.
Matthew gently comforted him, asking him to come to him first next time he wanted to see
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his father and making him promise to keep Aurora’s parentage a secret for her own happiness.
After praising his performance at the pup creche, he left, and a grateful Leo whispered, “Thank you, Alpha Matthew.”
(Matthew’s POV)
I then drove to the Stonehaven Council Hall. The press conference was over, but one meeting
room remained lit.
I walked in to find a terrified Tasha sitting at the conference table, her hands trembling.
I sat down across from her and coolly laid out the evidence. “Only you had access to my office the day the mate bond severance papers were stolen from the shredder.”
Beta Tristan stepped forward, his expression grim. “I’ve been monitoring all close personnel since your coronation was announced.”
He played a recording of Tasha’s phone calls, exposing her collusion with Ethan Moonstone and her role in inciting Julian Thorne to murder Olivia.
Tasha broke down, sobbing that she did it out of love for me and jealousy of Olivia.
“The person who became your mate should have been me! What right does Olivia Blackwood have?”
My voice turned to ice. “You like me? And because you like me, you try to kill my mate?”
I stood up, disgusted by her pathetic display. “You don’t deserve to live.”
I walked out, leaving her to her fate.
I sped home, my chest tight with a storm of emotions. The betrayal from someone so close cut deeper than I expected.
I found Olivia asleep at her desk, her face illuminated by the laptop screen, her cheeks stained with dried tears.
On the screen was her “Cipher” program, analyzing the old photograph of Ethan and Lyra Blackwood. I realized she was investigating Hacker Zero, and my heart ached.
Were her tears for this other wolf she was now invested in?
I gently brushed her face, and she woke up, nestling into my embrace.
“Why did you go out without telling me?” she murmured sleepily.
I held her tighter, my mind racing with the dangers that surrounded her. I had been too
careless.
“Are you afraid, being with me?” I whispered in her ear, then added reassuringly, “Don’t be afraid.”
I would work harder, become stronger, to shield her from the wind and rain, to let her live without a care in the world.
However, Olivia misinterpreted my intentions and reached out to take off
my clothes.
