Chapter 119 - He's Near Me

Chapter 119 He’s Near Me

(Rose’s P.O.V.]

I’ve been sleeping in my office for the past few days and Luna Taylor, Jane, and Diana have been taking turns to keep me company.

Even so, I still feel like there’s a big hole in my life. And the man who dug that hole with his own hands would only look at me with disdain every time he saw me.

I had never seen Edward look at me in that way before, not even when we first met. His eyes were strange and terrifying, as if he would do something terrible to me at any moment.

The other ranked members had been busy trying to figure out what was wrong with Edward. But as time went on, they were getting burned out and hitting dead ends. They even took him to a psychiatrist but the person simply said that he had anxiety and tendency for violence. The strangest part was that he did not remember his work.

Edward had always been a workaholic but now he wasn’t thinking about his work at all. When Patrick offered to send him to the company, he simply pushed all the work to his Beta to be done. He said he wasn’t in the right state of mind work and needed a break. But when Patrick asked him about some documents that needed to be signed, he didn’t even know the names and titles of the other directors on them or the specifics of the project. “I’m worried about our business,” Patrick told me during one of his visits. I could only sigh and fret along with him.

I had never been involved in Edward’s business so I never understood his company. I mean, I knew I would be able to learn quickly but I never bothered to involve myself because I didn’t think it was necessary. Now it seemed possible that everything the Lancaster family had built up over generations would be destroyed by the people I loved the most. Alpha Leon even considered coming out of retirement. Even though his hair was already gray, he still had to clean up his son’s mess.

I tried to avoid Edward every day. I couldn’t face the way he treated or looked at me. I tried to get in touch with Champion several times, but his wolf was just like him. The two were ignoring me, shutting me out.

Sometimes I was able to read his thoughts, but it was more shockingly terrible. All he could think about was a female werewolf from the pack he’d just met with big breasts and a perky butt. It must have been great to f*ck her. He had also thought that a certain ranked member was a complete idiot. The absurdity of his thoughts just made me cry in my office again.

“Rose, I know you’re in there.”

It was Edward.

I smiled wryly. Things had gotten so bad for me that I have had to lock the door to the very office he gave me. It was based on Alpha Leon and Luna Taylor’s advice as well. They didn’t want anything to happen to me and the child when they weren’t around.

I was hesitating whether to open the door when Edward continued to speak through the door.

“Rose, my dear, let me in.”

I suddenly raised my head. I was sure that I hadn’t misheard him. He called me ‘my dear’, which caused my skin to tremble. How long had it been since I had heard him call me that? I didn’t bother to think too much as I practically ran over to open the door.

“Rose, how have you been during this period of time?”

When he said this, I couldn’t help but burst into tears. I didn’t know if he was acting or if he truly cared for me, but I couldn’t resist the smell of his body. I couldn’t resist him.

“Living while thinking that you don’t love me anymore sucks.”

“Love is just a heavy shackle. Why don’t we throw it aside and be happy in the present?” He looked at me and slowly approached me. But then I saw his gaze turn unfamiliarly lecherous.

“Alpha, what are you trying to do?”

He undid his pants in front of me and started to caress his genitals. I looked straight at him. My office door wasn’t even closed. “Come over and hold it,” said he to me.

“Edward?”

“I told you to come over and hold my dick in your mouth. Don’t you f*cking understand?”