Falling in love with my Ex's Alpha Chapter 58

"I understand that you were compelled to execute the first round, it wasn't something you intentionally decided to do," Katie pauses, her voice is soft, but I can see in her eyes how she is controlling her emotions, "It's just that It was really hard seeing Becca dead. It was too much for me," she looks away, but then looks back into my eyes, "But if it wasn't you, it could have been someone else, so in the end, it would have been the same result," she says with her lips pressed together in a thin line.

I can feel that she is fighting with herself to be here, and I am happy for her effort, but I found this sudden change strange.

'Thank Jake later. He's the one who talked to Katie, he didn't say anything about you guys being mates. He managed to convince her to keep talking to you. She was miserable; she's still in mourning, but it's a big deal that she's here.' Jason mindlinks me.

'I'll thank him later,' I reply.

Jacob had no reason to convince her, yet once more, he had extended his assistance in matters concerning my mate. It was an act I couldn't easily dismiss, and I made a mental note to remember his support.

Still, I couldn't deny the unsettling stirrings of possessiveness that gnawed at me when I thought of their little closeness. In my mind, I firmly believed she should only be close to me. These tumultuous feelings I harbored for Jacob were far from affection, but I found myself hating him a fraction less.

After the turbulent storm of our recent misunderstanding, there was a fragile sense of relief in the simple act of conversation resuming between us. At least now, the two of us are talking to each other again after that misunderstanding. Talking isn't exactly what's going on, as the room is silent.

After some awkward time, the silence was abruptly shattered by Chad's voice, breaking through the quiet as he engaged Jacob and Jason in a conversation that I had only half-attended. However, my attention remain steadfastly fixed on her.

She is the epicenter of my thoughts, an enigma I long to unravel, and in that moment, it feels as though nothing else in the world matters except her presence and the delicate threads of our bond.

I can't divert my attention even for a second from my little sun.

Suddenly, Chad's persistent attempts to capture her attention bear fruit, drawing both of our gazes toward him. It's evident that he has been trying to get her notice for a while, his patience finally rewarded as her focus shifts his way... And I sense his relief that she's no longer paying attention to me.

"Katie, remember your suggestion?" He says, I frown, confused about what suggestion he was talking about.

"Which suggestion?" Jason asks, saving me from asking.

"Katie made a suggestion to the hospital council. The request is an elaborate plan to help some people who need medical care and live far from the hospital. Currently, these people only receive visits from volunteers, and Katie asked for an amendment to make this a fixed thing. I didn't know until then that it was something so necessary. I was one of the ones that evaluated the proposal," Chad says excitedly.

"Oh, my Goddess!" She says with her hands over her mouth and her eyes wide like a little bunny as if she's already guessed the good news, waiting to be sure.

"Yes, your proposal was approved! I wanted to give you the news in person," he tells her.

She gives a little jump of joy as she claps her hands in celebration, and I'm amazed to see her reaction.

"Really? No kidding!" She does a little celebratory happy dance. The way she moves her body while saying yes, the little shoulder dance, and the small wiggle when she says 'Yay!' I can't look at anything other than her.

Seeing her reacting like that makes me more passionate. Can she get cuter and more adorable than that? Impossible!

She is genuinely happy, and it's not even for something for her but for other people. Her proposal sounds perfect, she seems so altruistic, totally different from my reputation...

I want now to do whatever she wants just to see this stupid little happy dance of my little sun.

She really is my little sun, she managed to make my heart warm, I didn't know she could give me so much peace just looking at her and making me happy, just seeing her happy.

This, for me, is new, I never imagined that it would be like this to have a mate. She is beautiful even when sad and with eyes full of tears, but when she is happy, she is just a divinity, she transmits peace that I felt with my alpha sense that everyone around me was calmer just because of her mood.

How can she affect others like that? She's just a human.

I can't stop looking at her, if I'd known she was going to have such an adorable reaction, I would have personally approved this proposal that I didn't even know existed.

"Congratulations, little Luna! What a wonderful idea!" Jason says, happy for her.

"That's my girl!" Chad says, and they exchange a high five.

Wait! *My girl*? What the fuck?

She is MY GIRL!

Immediately, I start to get anxious with their closeness, but I am filled with hatred for what happens next.

As they hit their open hands together, Chad pulls Katie into a hug, and Katie puts her hands around Chad's neck and kisses him in front of me.

Abruptly, I feel my skin burning next to my heart. This is the result of our mate bond that she doesn't even know about. Every time she does anything to Chad, these wound marks appear to haunt me. However, the pain I feel in seeing her kissing Chad is much greater.

I go blind with hate.

Nobody touches what's MINE.

I run over to where they are and pull the two of them roughly apart.

Fuck.