Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Jealous Jealous II
DAMIEN’S POV
I sat in my office, going through quarterly reports that my Beta had left on my desk.
My wolf was restless inside . He’d been that way for days now and I had no idea why. It’s like he knew sothing bad was coming. I pushed the thought to the back of my mind. Maybe I was just being paranoid.
My phone rang. Simon’s na ca up.
I picked it up, leaning back in my leather chair.
"What is it?"
He chuckled, “Hello to you too.”
“Seriously, Simon. What is it? I’m busy.”
“Lucky for you, I have news but it’s not the type you’re gonna want to hear.”
I raised my eyebrow. “News?”
“Check your ssages....right now!”
I frowned. Simon didn’t get urgent unless sothing serious had happened. "What’s going on?"
"Just check. I’m sending you sothing."
My phone buzzed with an incoming ssage. I opened it while Simon stayed on the line. It was a video file. I pressed play and my blood went cold.
The video showed the inside of what looked like a diner. I saw two figures hugging. When I zood in to see who it was, my wolf growled.
Zade and Sophia.
What?
I watched him pull my wife into a hug. Sophia she didn’t pull away imdiately. She let him hold her. She let him touch her.
My hand gripped the phone so tight the screen cracked slightly. The anger that spread through
was hot. Inside , my wolf scread to shift. He wanted to tear Zade apart for touching what was mine.
"Damien?" Simon’s voice ca through the speaker. "You see it?"
I forced myself to breathe and to stay calm. I didn’t let Simon hear the fury in my voice.
“When was this taken?"
"A contact of mine saw them. It was taken about ten minutes ago." Simon paused. "They’re still there, still together at the diner. They look pretty cozy. They’re in Milbrook.”
Cozy.
The word made my vision tint red.
Sophia was eting with Zade Harrington? My business rival. The one man I’d told her repeatedly to stay away from. The man who’d been trying to destroy my company for years. And she was sitting in a diner with him, letting him touch her.
"Are you still watching them?" I kept my voice cool.
"My guy can stay as long as you need."
"Keep him there. Let
know if anything else happens or if they go anywhere together." I paused. "And find out why Zade is in Millbrook Falls. That’s not his territory."
"Already on it."
I hung up before Simon could say anything else.
I sat there staring at the frozen image on my phone.
Sophia in Zade’s arms. My wolf was going insane inside . He kept snarling and snapping. He wanted out. He wanted to run to Millbrook Falls and remind Sophia exactly who she belonged to.
But I couldn’t do that.
I was Alpha Damien Stone.
I didn’t lose control. I didn’t let emotions rule . I’d built my pack and my company on discipline and strategy, on never showing weakness.
Still, my hands shook with rage as I set the phone down.
How dare she? How dare Sophia go to my enemy?
She knew what Zade was. She knew the history between us.
I needed to talk to her. I don’t know why but I just...I needed to hear her voice. I just wanted to know what she was up to.
I had no reason to talk to her but I would find an excuse.
I took my phone and dialed Sophia’s number. It rang three tis before she answered.
"Damien."
"Sophia. I hope I’m not interrupting anything." I kept my cold, like I didn’t know exactly where she was and who she was with.
"I’m... I’m busy. What do you need?"
Busy? She was busy alright.
"It’s about Ashley," I said. "She won’t eat her breakfast. She’s asking for that special pancake recipe you make, the one with the blueberries."
There was a pause. “France knows how to make those. I showed her before I left."
"She says she doesn’t rember and Ashley is refusing to eat anything else." I let a hint of frustration into my voice. "You know how she gets when she’s upset. She needs her mother right now."
"I can call Franca and walk her through it or I can text you the recipe."
"That won’t work, Sophia. Ashley needs you here in person." I paused, letting that sink in. "Unless you’re too busy."
Another pause, longer this ti. I could almost hear her mind working.
"I can’t just drop everything because Ashley wants specific pancakes. That’s not reasonable."
"Our daughter is asking for her mother. That seems pretty reasonable to ."
"Damien-" She groaned a bit.
She was getting frustrated. Good. Frustrated ant emotional. Emotional ant she’d slip up.
"I’m not asking you to move back ho," I said "Just co for the weekend. Make Ashley her breakfast then spend so ti with her. She misses you. She cried herself to sleep last night."
I heard Sophia’s breath catch. That hit her where it hurt.
"I... I’ll think about it."
"Don’t think too long. Ashley needs you."
I was about to say more when I heard sothing in the background. It was a small sound.
It sounded like a moan. That kind of sound that ant only one thing.
My entire body went rigid. My wolf exploded inside . He growled low in my chest.
A moan? Does that an they’re.....?
Are they intimate right now?
She was with him right now while talking to . I imagined Zade’s hands were on her, touching her, making her make those sounds that should only be for .
I hung up then I threw the phone across the office. It hit the wall and shattered. Pieces of glass and plastic scattered across the floor.
My chest heaved with the effort of not shifting right there in my office.
My wolf was howling for blood.
As for Zade?
He would regret touching what was mine. I’d make sure of it.
My wolf growled in agreent.
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