Chapter 54
54–Fighting Over Me.
Madeline:
“ Thank you so much for the appreciation, ” I said. “But it was a team effort. I also want to acknowledge that the mothers are doing an incredible job taking care of their children. I hope we can all put our differences aside, join hands, and fight this illness together, to save our children from the endless pain and the early loss that threatens them p>
I spoke to the media. While we were still arguing, the reporters arrived at the hotel, and we had no choice but to freshen up and meet them.
They waited in the hotel lobby, where Graham and I sat down to talk with them. Baxter stayed in the suite with the kids.
It was hard for me to face the media again after they had exposed us in such a vulnerable moment. Still, I acted as if everything was fine.
I refused to let them control me.
“That was a very good statement. I truly hope things will go well from here,” said the reporter with red hair and glasses, smiling widely.
Her name was Sherry.
However, just when I thought the ordeal was over, she added, “I’d like to end this on a positive note. You must be aware of the videos going viral. Do you have anything to say about them p>
She mentioned the videos slyly, pretending they weren’t the ones responsible for spreading them online.
I didn’t know how that sounded like a positive note to her.
“We’d like to keep this professional,” Graham responded firmly, making it clear we weren’t there to discuss our private lives or any drama.
Still, I felt their eyes on me.
Even as they praised me in front of everyone, I noticed a few women and married men rolling their eyes, probably thinking I was some homewrecker they had to tolerate because I was helping save children.
“Alpha Graham, we respect that, but don’t you think this might cause a rift between you and your wife?” Sherry asked.
Then Sherry tried to push Graham further. But as soon as she did, I noticed how everyone’s expressions shifted.
I turned to Graham and saw that he was glaring at them sharply. They understood the message right away.
“We’re really sorry. We’ll end the interview here. Thank you for giving us your time,” Sherry said, motioning for the crew to stop recording.
We both hurried out of there. I noticed that some of the hotel guests were still watching us.
They seemed bothered by the fact that, even after such scandalous clips, Graham didn’t seem to care. He still followed me to my suite.
I stopped halfway and turned to him while we were in the elevator to give him a piece of my mind.
“ Can you please go back to your wife and fix this? I don’t want her showing up here and yelling at me in front of
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my children,” I told him.
“I’m not a child anymore, Madeline. I’ll lose my patience if she tries to do something like that,” Grahamn warned, facing me in the elevator.
He looked anxious too but for the wrong reasons.
“ Why can’t we tell anyone that we’re mates?” he argued, resting his hands on his waist.
“Graham, do you even understand what I’m saying? I don’t want it,” I told him. “Out there, I have a husband. I don’t want to make him uncomfortable. It’s not like we’re going to act on the mate bond, so what’s the point of telling anyone and making our spouses uncomfortable?” I argued, watching him roll his eyes in disbelief at the mention of my husband.
“ You can quit lying. I know there is no husband,” he almost shouted, just as the elevator door opened.
Instead of arguing with him, I rushed back to my room.
The moment I entered the suite, I learned that the kids had dinner with Baxter.
They had fallen asleep then since it was already late.
I was tired
too,
worn out from everything that had happened, the sickness, and trying to find a solution for it.
Then there was Baxter, sitting on the couch, ready to confront us again.
“What,
Baxter?” I hissed when I noticed his eyes on me. I could tell he had questions he wanted to ask.
“I saw the interview. Did you not focus on the questions they asked you?” he mentioned, probably trying to shame me for what had happened between me and Graham in the cabin.
“ I don’t care. What happened, happened. It was a spur–of–the–moment thing, and I didn’t even kiss him. I was about to push him away when they barged in,” I explained again, this time annoyed.
“Why are you giving him explanations?” Graham arrived, frowning and almost shouting.
“Seriously, have you not caused enough damage to her reputation?” Baxter argued, raising his voice while I slapped my forehead hard.
“Anyway, I don’t want to talk about it again,” I intervened between the two.
It was as if I couldn’t catch a break, because soon I heard a voice behind me.
“Why not, huh? Why don’t you want to talk about it? Why is it that these two are taking chances when there are rules that clearly say we’ll keep it professional p>
Elgin’s arrival completely threw me off.
I couldn’t even control the other two, and now he was here, inserting himself into the situation when he had clearly not wanted that in the past.
“Why the heck are you here, Elgin?” Graham was the first to speak, ignoring the concerns Elgin had raised.
“Why can’t I be here? Is it because you didn’t want me to find out that you two weren’t sticking to the rules?” Elgin hissed, storming inside with his warrior beside him.
I didn’t respond to any of them. I just stared at their faces one by one.
“And you, how can you give them a chance, Madeline? How can you kiss Graham? Do you not remember that he
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was part of the people who hurt you? If you’re going to hate us, don’t you think you should hate all of us equally?” Elgin argued, facing me.
“Seriously, Elgin, you’re here to manipulate her against me?” Graham demanded, making Elgin turn to face him.
“I’m not turning anyone against anyone. I’m just saying what’s justified,” Elgin argued back.
At this point, I was only watching them argue when my phone started beeping.
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