Chapter 210
210-2 Out Of The Way
Madeline:
Graham’s face lost all expression when he saw me. Even Kaylee froze, her eyes widening as if she could not understand why I was standing there.
There was a hint of a question in her eyes, or maybe she wanted to ask why I had walked into her room without knocking first.
“Madeline, we should go and talk outside,” Graham told me, rising from the bed and speaking very shamelessly.
He did not hesitate. There was no sign of shame on his face. In fact, he looked slightly offended that I had come here to confront him.
“No,” I replied, stepping further into the room, “why, are you afraid? You already decided you were going to cancel the wedding. But instead of speaking to me honestly, you chose the moment I was sick and lying in bed to make me feel guilty and accuse me of something I did not do p>
I spoke in a stern tone.
“That is not true,” Graham argued, moving closer to me. “I saw you with Ron. You two were engaging in inappropriate things p>
His accusation made my jaw drop. My breath caught in my throat for a moment.
His lies were so blunt that even I had no immediate response.
But it was Kaylee’s gasp that broke me out of it.
“She was? Oh my goddess,” Kaylee remarked dramatically, pulling her hands to her face.
It made me realize these women were never nice. Not even once.
“And I thought you were innocent,” I uttered, shaking my head.
“Madeline, do not speak to her like that. Not in her condition,” Graham interrupted sharply.
The way he defended her brought a smile to her lips, the kind you give when you want to show someone that you have won.
“What condition?” I asked.
“I am pregnant,” Kaylee replied, placing her hand on her stomach. “He does not need your child anymore p>
My head snapped toward Graham.
One would think he would tell her not to speak like that, because even if he did not want the children, it did not change the fact that Gina was his daughter. 1
And he had been the one who talked about wanting to marry me and have the babies in his life.
Her words struck harder than I expected. For a brief moment, I felt the same sting I had felt years ago when he told me he did not want the child.
Previously, just like Elgin, he had given me excuses of why he could not.
But now he made me realize I should have never spoken to them again. 1
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“So that is the truth,” I said to Graham, who could not even meet my eyes. He had been the one who pushed the entire situation forward, and now he was backing down too. “You created all the chaos, Graham, ” I said quietly, ” and now you want to pretend I did something wrong, just so you can leave and nobody gets to blame you?” 1 Neither of them responded. The room fell silent. Graham shifted awkwardly while Kaylee stared at him, as if she was urging him to answer me.
I waited for Graham to at least give me an apology. I knew an apology would not do much, but at least it would make him admit he had done something wrong.
But he looked shamelessly bold.
“You cannot hide the truth for too long. Madeline, let’s just admit it.
You cannot be satisfied with one man. That is why even after getting married to Sawyer and returning here, you did not once ask any of us for rejection.
Even when you were getting married to Elgin, you did not ask the rest of us for rejection,” he continued, causing me to clench my jaw.
“Says the man who was married and was forcing me to marry him,” I replied.
The minute I said that, I watched Graham’s face harden because he knew his hero facade was going to shake in front of Kaylee.
“And since we have already talked about rejection, fine. Let us go with it,” I hissed, staring at him.
I knew what would happen next. He would suddenly start apologizing or try to change the topic. 1
But he surprised me when he did not do either of those things. I guessed my taunts had hit him hard. Not that I said anything wrong, but his alpha ego was hurt.
“Yeah, I think that will be the right thing to do. Because I am out of the list of the men that you can ever sleep with,” Graham remarked, once again throwing a big statement my way.
I was not the type who spoke a lot, but I did wait for karma to strike people. So this time, once again, I let him say the big words. 1
“I, Alpha Graham of Dark Silver Pack, reject Madeline as my mate,” he hissed, looking so cocky when rejecting me, and somehow I felt something inside me begin to swallow my heart.
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