Falling in love with my Ex's Alpha Chapter 146

***Katherine***

I look at the ring in front of me, still in disbelief. I think it's the most beautiful ring I've ever seen in my life! Even though my vision is blurred with so many tears that are falling nonstop, I can see that it's a ring with a red diamond on the front in the shape of a claw.

It's so perfect! He must have thought so fondly... It's a perfect ring to symbolize the Diamond Claw.

I blink at him while trying to dry my tears, still in shock from all of it. I wouldn't have never imagined he would ask me to marry him, much less with those beautiful words he said.

Kaiden isn't very good with words, so this was more than surreal for me.

He found a way for us to be together and respect my decision. I'm the one who doesn't deserve him. He is wonderful, my mate is perfect!

I drop to my knees in front of him, wrapping my arms around his neck. "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

I smother his face with kisses as I say *yes* each time.

He wraps his arms tightly around me, and then I let him go to see my beautiful ring again. He takes the ring out of the box and puts it on my finger. The ring fits so perfectly!

I move my hand away to look at it, and it seems to look even more beautiful on my finger.

I don't like shiny accessories or things that draw too much attention, and this claw-shaped red diamond ring and the necklace my dad gave me that belonged to my grandmother definitely draw a lot of attention.

However, they are so beautiful and precious that I don't think I will ever take them off my body. It seems like they were created for me to use.

He kisses my hand, he doesn't even look like the Kaiden I know, this romantic version of him makes me even more in love with him. I hug him again, and we fall to the floor together, me on top of him while I giggle.

"I think from now on, this is the only thing you get to wear in this room, my little sun," he says as I bite my lower lip.

"You are shameless," I play with his hair and hug him tight.

"I love it, Kaiden," she squeals. "*I love you*!"

He takes me to bed, and we lie down together; I put my head on his muscular arm and my leg draped over his.

Home. That's how I feel every time I'm in his arms. Safe.

His hand squeezes my ass, I think he's thinking the same thing as me.

I look at him and bite my lower lip, and it doesn't take long for our clothes to be savagely ripped off our bodies again.

🐺 🐺 🐺

Even days after Kaiden's proposal, I'm still shocked every time I look at my hand and see the enormous red claw-shaped diamond. It's so beautiful and shiny.

When everyone found out, there was a lot of celebration, and the Omegas, of course, threw a huge party with drinks to celebrate.

Today, I decided to go to the hospital because I heard the warriors comment that they were overwhelmed.

I finish drinking the tea that the Omegas make for me. They always leave a drink in my room, and Callie always complains if I don't drink.

My belly is growing a lot with all the things I'm eating and drinking, so I decided to keep doing what I've been doing.

I check my hair one last time in the mirror and leave the room. Today I woke up late; I wish I had woken up early to talk to Maia because she has been very sad lately.

She didn't tell me how her meetings with Chad went, and it doesn't take a genius to see that it wasn't what she had expected.

I want to talk to her and see what I can help with, I don't like seeing her like that. When I needed her most, she was there for me, and I want to do the same for her.

Before I walk out the door to leave the packhouse, Jude stops me, "Where are you going in such a hurry, Luna?" I didn't even realize I was walking fast until she told me.

I look at whoever is next to her and see that Laila is looking at me with a disdainful look.

Since Kaiden proposed to me, I have avoided her presence at all costs.

"I'm going to the hospital, I heard that they need help there, as I don't have much work today, I thought I could be useful there," I say while trying to hide my discomfort from Laila's eyes.

"You should have warned me, I could have prepared something for you to eat there," Jude says, "I'll do it quickly–"

"No need, but thank you, Juh," I smile at her.

"Okay... then I'm going to help Callie in the kitchen. She's preparing her famous lasagna for lunch," Juh says and leaves the room. She's right, Callie's lasagna is delicious, my baby and I totally agree.

The atmosphere gets much heavier now that it's just Laila and me in the living room. I immediately step forward to get out of her presence as quickly as possible.

My heart starts to race, and my hands start to sweat as I walk as fast as I can, but when I'm close to the door, she says, "Stop," I stop and close my eyes tightly before turning to her. When I turn around, she is already facing me.

"You're not going to the hospital, I don't want you there," she says with a smirk as she looks at me devilishly. Then she walks past me, and before heading out the door, she says, "Oh, and Katherine," she looks at me angrily, "don't think that the ring on your finger changes anything. You're going to give up your studies at the hospital–"

"I'm not going to do that. No one would believe that I would just give up–"

"I don't care, find a way! If you don't, I'll do my best to make sure you never set foot there again. That's just one of my orders," she says and walks out the door, leaving my mouth open without knowing what to say.

I keep looking at the door where she left. My eyes start to fill with tears, and I hold my belly to try not to fall to the ground because suddenly, my knees feel weak.

I hate this. What am I going to do?

I try to calm my heart, all this stress is not good for my baby.

Suddenly, Isabel appears through the door that Laila just left, and I try not to blink so my tears don't fall. Isabel looks at my face, and instantly, she gets angry.

"Why are you like that?" she asks, approaching me with her arms crossed.

For Goddess' sake! That's all I need! A person who hates me leaves, and someone who despises me arrives.

However, Kaiden had told me before he left that today Isabel was going to stay by my side again all day, even though I complained a lot about it. He won our fight when he said that the third round was about to be announced, and now everything was more dangerous.

He's increasingly paranoid about my safety, but now that I'm pregnant, I can't disagree with him, even if the person to stay by my side and protect my baby is Isabel.

I run my hand over my eyes to dry the tears that fell when I blinked, "Nothing."

"You wouldn't be like this if it was nothing," she says firmly, angrier than before. "What happened?" she says like she is interrogating me.

"Why do you care?" I yell at her.

Goddess, I immediately regret it, but I have such a whirlwind of emotions inside me right now that I couldn't help it.

She takes a step back and uncrosses her arms, startled by my outburst. I can't believe I yelled at her.

"Of course I care," she says with a hand on her heart as if offended.

"Yeah, sure," I scoff, and this time, more tears come out involuntarily. "You hate me. You don't need to hide it anymore."

"I do not hate you-"

"Yes, you hate me!" I interrupt her, tired of having to control my emotions, simply tired! "If you don't hate me, you're doing a good job showing otherwise because from the first moment you saw me, you've always treated me badly," I confess to her and sit down on the sofa behind me, suddenly feeling vulnerable for saying that. I close my eyes, I feel like I'm asking her to like me against her will.

"Well, you're not entirely wrong," I look up at her, and she has one hand rubbing the back of her neck, looking embarrassed.

When I don't say anything, then she continues, "...The first time I saw you and found out that you were the Alpha's mate, I didn't like you," I bite the inside of my cheek at her bluntness, "you are human, and for me, I thought that the Alpha had to choose a Luna who was a she-wolf because he deserves someone stronger by his side," she says as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Especially because he's running for the next Alpha King. I just couldn't accept that–"

"Why? Did you have any feelings for him?"

"What? Of course not!" She looks at me with a look like I'm crazy, "I haven't found my fated mate yet, but I would never give up on him," she says, looking back at me as if I had offended her.

"I'm sorry..." I say and finish wiping my tears.

She takes a step towards me, "however," she emphasizes the word, and she smiles slightly, "after I got to know you better, especially after coming to live at the packhouse, I saw that I was wrong," she takes another step closer to me, with her smile widening, "I saw that you're a great Luna, exactly what Diamond Claw needs," she tells me firmly, "and besides, I can see how much you and Kaiden love each other," she says and sits next to me on the sofa.

I look at her, still not believing what she's saying, "Wait, so why do you always look at me with a frown?" I ask without understanding because what she's saying doesn't make sense.

Suddenly, she looks at me seriously and then looks away.

Wait, did she *blush*?

"Isabel, why are you always angry around me?" I repeat the question, and she crosses her arms; the difference in height between us makes me look up at her even though she is sitting next to me. "Please, tell me."

"I didn't treat you badly," she says, scoffing.

"Yes, you treated me badly! Don't deny it!" I respond, almost cutting her off.

"Okay... I treated you with a certain amount of anger... I admit it," she says, uncrossing her arms but still avoiding my eyes. "But it's all your fault," she says, and I look at her confused.

Part of me likes that she isn't afraid to tell me what she thinks. "Why it's my fault?" I ask her.

"Because you treat all the other girls well, and you treat me with indifference!" she looks into my eyes, and I see... resentment? "You treat the Omegas as if they were your sisters since the first day you saw them," she points a hand in the direction of the kitchen as if to emphasize what she is saying, "Everything you need, you talk or ask or trust Maia or the Omegas! Or else you'd rather do it yourself than ask for my help or ask me to do anything," she looks away. "They're not your Gamma," she says, crossing her arms again as she rolls her eyes, "you've never treated me like that."

I'm stunned, not knowing what to say. I imagined that she had a more significant reason... I don't know, a different reason to hate me. I knew I did something against her, but I didn't imagine it was that.

Suddenly, the penny starts to drop, and I smile and throw myself at her, wrapping her in a hug. "Aww, sorry, Bel, I didn't realize I treated you differently! I didn't know you wanted to be my Gamma so much," I tease her as I giggle and tighten the hug. She uncrosses her arms and scoffs, but she hugs me back.

"Don't call me Bel," she says in her surly voice.

I release the hug with a huge smile on my face, "Why, Bel?"

She rolls her eyes, "Nobody calls me that," she says, crossing her arms again, but I notice her smile.

"Oh, that's even better! That's one more reason to call you Bel," I respond, giggling. She takes a dramatic, deep breath.

"I can't believe I wished your pillow was always warm on both sides when you flip it," I say with a hand over my mouth, trying to stifle my laughter.

"You what?" she asks me in disbelief but holding back a laugh.

"It wasn't just that! I would rather have to catch the Omegas having sex than be close to you!" to my surprise, instead of looking at me with her usual frown, Bel burst out laughing, and I joined her.