Chapter 33
33–Madeline’s Diary
Graham:
Flashback
“What is she doing here?” I asked my father. My fists clenched, and my eyes narrowed at the young woman standing beside him.
As I stood there alone, my father wrapped his arm around that woman, and my fists tightened even more at the sight. Penny was much younger than my father, and was greedy. Not only that, she was the woman my mother had caught him in bed with before she ended her own life.
Back then, I was very young. My mother was still alive, and this woman was probably only nineteen. It was disgusting, and it left a scar on my heart. Hearing that my father was introducing her again in such a way was too much for me.
“What are you trying to say?” I demanded, anger rising in my chest.
“All I’m saying is that I am marrying Penny,” my father replied.
As soon as he said that, heat rushed to my head and anger consumed me. He had called me to meet him in an emergency only to give me this terrible news.
I had been having an amazing night for the first time in years. I felt good, like I had a chance to move forward, to become a better version of myself, or maybe to have someone I could finally cherish.
But that was taken away from me by my father’s selfish desires, which he threw right in my face.
“I thought you had stopped seeing her after Mom died!” I shouted, tears burning my eyes.
The woman stepped aside, looking completely bored. She had stayed as my father’s mistress in secret then. And now, she had finally managed to secure herself a position that would earn her a crown of respect she didn’t deserve.
“Why are you acting like this so out of the blue?” my father asked. “I thought your friend must have told you,‘ the minute my dad mentioned Madeline, I lost it.
I stepped closer to grab my father’s collar, but he inched back, pointing at me. His warriors were already prepared to attack. After all, he was still the ruling Alpha
“Your friend knew, and she didn’t tell you?” my father questioned again, his tone cold enough to freeze my blood.
“There’s no way she knew and didn’t tell me,” I hissed, defending her.
That was the first time Penny laughed, and her laughter made my father chuckle too.
“Well, it seems like you don’t know her at all then,” he sneered.
“Madeline knew about us, and I told her not to tell you anything. You can even check the security footage. You’ll see her standing in front of me and Penny while I’m all over Penny. It’s not my fault she chose to stay quiet p>
He smirked and continued, “It seems Madeline knew that if she told you the truth, she’d lose my support. Then I would never let her hover around you. So she chose her own comfort instead of the truth p>
The taunting tone in my father’s voice, mixed with Penny’s laughter, shattered me completely.
It wasn’t just that he had lied for so long or that he didn’t care about my mother’s death, it was also that my best
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friend had helped him hide the truth from me.
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“Um, Your Highness, here’s the file p>
A maid left the file on my table before walking away.
“You’re not bringing work home, are you?” Kaylee asked, stepping out of the bathroom. Her gaze shifted from the file to the maid leaving the room.
She hurried to the door and slammed it shut, making sure no one else would come in to hand me more work.
I grabbed the file tiredly and stared at it blankly. It was just an excuse to avoid engaging with Kaylee.
“What is going on? Why are you so indifferent toward me?” she questioned, sitting on the edge of the bed in a tiny silk nightie.
Even her panties were visible beneath it. Normally, that kind of sight would drive me wild, but things were changing,
“Kaylee, it’s nothing. I’m just worried about this sickness. There are children dying,” I replied.
Maybe my tone came out too defensive, because the moment I spoke, she raised her eyebrows and shook her head slightly, as if to confirm she’d heard me right.
“I know, but what is this behavior?” she pressed, malding me roll my eyes.
“What? I’m just existing. Can you stop finding issues in everything I do?” I complained, watching sadness settle in her expression
I didn’t know why I was doing this. She meant a lot to me. So why was I ruining our relationship over something that had happened in the past?
“Well, I want a baby,” she said suddenly, placing her hands in her lap.
I slammed the file shut and rolled my eyes.
“What? I can’t even ask you for intimacy now?” she protested, her voice cracking.
Our relationship wasn’t like the usual ones between Alphas and their mates. For us, it was more of an arranged marriage, a decision made by my father.
At the time, he was fascinated with his best friend, Mr. Robinson, the man who had helped him hide his affair from my mother.
Mr. Robinson probably thought my father would always have his back. But Mr. Robinson didn’t know he was pledging loyalty to a man who didn’t understand loyalty at all.
Once my father gained more trusted men and realized that Mr. Robinson no longer held any leverage over his secrets, he grew tired of him.
Meanwhile, my father’s constant pressure on Kaylee and me to give him a grandchild began weighing on Mr. Robinson too. Every time his daughter cried to him, it broke him a little more.
“I know what’s going to happen, Kaylee,” I said sharply. “We’ll try, then take a test. It’ll come out negative, and you’ll fall into another depression. I don’t want that p>
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I hissed the last words, slamming the file onto the table before standing up.
“Really? Are you sure that’s the reason you don’t want intimacy? Or is it because she’s back p>
Her words hit me hard, stopping me mid–step. I had been walking toward the window when the air in the room shifted.
I turned to her, stunned.
“You think I’d never figure it out?” she demanded. “I saw those pages from the diary you tried to hide for years p>
She rose from the bed, glaring at me with fury. Then she turned, opened the bedside drawer, and pulled out two pages I’d hoped no one would ever see.
“It’s Madeline’s diary, isn’t it?” she hissed, holding the papers up. “She talks about you in detail, doesn’t she p>
Her words made my heart pound violently.
“Did you share the same feelings with her p>
As soon as she asked that, I lunged forward, snatching the papers from her hand.
“How dare you go through my things?” I growled, glaring into her eyes as I loomed over her.
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