"You're ... Pregnant with my child?" his voice caught on his lips, not expecting what I had just revealed in front of him.My fingers still tied him breath around his neck, though not as firmly as before. He remained silent as if he was letting me take his life. However, not with his gaze.His dark irises gripped my defences magically. Slowly, I began to feel the dominance of an Alpha. I just realised, I don't know since when this room was full and thick with his pheromones."Ugh." I complained uncomfortably. My body was exposed to too much of his pheromones to feel so hot and ... wet.This was my body's highest reaction when dealing with an alpha in his mating period. And this is not good news. When I couldn't control my body, it would open up the opportunity for Matthias to devour me whole."Stop that pheromone! Do you want us to have sex here!?" I snapped harshly. Instead of choking his neck, I pulled his hand and made him come closer. To know how serious I was this time."I don't
"Estella may be evil, but she was once the only person who wasn't afraid to get close to me despite my nature that everyone hated," he said with a downcast face."She was the only friend I had when everyone else shunned me," he continued in a voice that sounded desperate. "My mother was an Omega who betrayed her family. At that time, Estella came and made me forget my mother's cruelty. She was all I had at that time."Gradually, this room no longer felt claustrophobic from the overflow of his pheromones. My breathing began to regulate as my consciousness was restored thanks to that. The more clearly I realised, the more clearly I saw how Matthias looked so messed up with his puffy face."So ... You knew about Estella's affair all along?" I asked him between his sobs.He didn't answer, but his silence was more than enough to make me feel thrown into his memories and understand everything.Love can indeed make a person blind. Matthias was an example. Just when I thought my confession wo
"Then do you intend to raise the baby alone?" he asked to me. He stepped closer and closer to me as if he wanted to grab my hand, if I didn't step back and avoid his first."Are you capable of raising that baby alone?" he continued. "You're an Omega, and you'll be under a lot of pressure from other Alphas. Don't you need my protection the most?"Protection, he said? How ridiculous.I replied to his nonsense with a mocking smile and my eyebrows furrowed in displeasure."Protection? Can you protect me, Matthias?" I asked, cornering him again. "You forgot about me all this time, and chose Estella over me. Now that you know I'm pregnant with your child, can you forget about her? Can you choose between the two of us?"And he fell silent.I smiled in front of him knowing that he couldn't answer me."Look how cowardly you are," I said sarcastically. "You already know that Estella lied to you, and that I'm pregnant with your child. But you still can't bring yourself to choose me over her. And
"Isabelle. After seeing Matthias constantly harassing you, I intend to take you away from here right now," Frederick whispered to me so that his voice would not be heard by anyone.I tilted my face slightly to see his tense expression. "Are you sure this isn't too hasty? What if you're captured by another prince?"A shake of his head told me that I didn't need to worry about that. "I have other ideas. The most important thing now is how I can get you out of this palace."He whispered again, "I have a feeling you are no longer safe here. Sooner or later, Matthias will find out about your pregnancy. And I will not let that happen."My tongue was too loose to answer his question. He still doesn't know that I've already spilled the beans about my pregnancy in front of Matthias.Which if I ran away now, would only raise his suspicion level. Apparently, I couldn't keep quiet this time."I'm sorry, Frederick. But I have to postpone our departure for a few days," I whispered, with my brain in
Her hand pulled me in an obvious way like she was deliberately trying to make my body lose balance. Luckily, I didn't fall down and quickly looked for a handle. Because what Anastasia was going to do to me after this was worse than I could have ever expected."The servants contacted me after Arthur was injured and fell into a coma," she said.Her breathing was ragged with the overwhelming emotion she was trying to suppress. "They said it was you who had stabbed him. After taking away all the happiness I had, you now want to take Arthur out of my life!?"/slap!/Her hand came up and slapped me hard across the face. I was used to getting slapped when we were at the orphanage. But this was the first time she slapped me with sobs.It was also the first time I witnessed her crying so sadly. No doubt the tears that ran down her cheeks made my emotions dissolve. Regardless of me not being the actual perpetrator of arthur's stabbing."Tell me, what do you want from us!?" she screamed. More pr
"I've finished treating your wound."I looked at my hand where the wound was no longer visible. Rather than watching the pain in my fingers disappear, I was more astonished at her medical skills, which to me were extremely rare."Since when are you good at treating wounds like this?" my lips quipped with my eyes locked on my finger. I should have thanked him instead of insinuating his kind gesture, but just let me be.It felt like I was still shrouded in prestige to bluntly thank him."A prince should be able to do anything," he retorted. His hands were busy tidying up the emergency medical equipment while his eyes were always on my face."Especially if it's to protect his omega," he continued. His tone of voice deliberately emphasized the word 'Omega'. It was obvious he wanted me to fall for his provocation."Since when did I become your Omega?" I replied with a tug on the corner of my lips-a mocking smile. The gratitude I'd expressed was replaced with a scathing sneer. "Don't think
[Isabelle's POV ends][Matthias' POV starts from here]...."You just wait for the results. I only ask you to keep an eye on Estella's movements so as not to mess up my plan. The rest, I'll do."Perhaps to Isabelle, she didn't think I was so surprised by her words. But in my heart, I was really thinking about how she blatantly mentioned Estella's name as if she had something to hide.Moreover, only Frederick knew of her plans. Actually, what's up with all this? Was Estella really involved in Arthur's stabbing incident that happened so mysteriously?"I will come with you as we originally planned-Isabelle! We haven't finished talking yet! Don't leave me!"In front of me, I witnessed clearly how Isabelle decided to run away and solve everything by herself. Frederick screamed his disapproval and chased after her. I witnessed their plans falling apart right here.My mouth may have remained silent, but inside my brain I realised more or less the situation here; Isabelle suspected Estella as
[Still with Matthias' POV]...Estella cried and threw her arms around me after removing the syringe from her grasp. Her crying was so loud that my focus was lost, and I couldn't think of anything but trying to calm her down."Estella, don't cry," I pleaded. She was still crying hysterically even after I rubbed the top of her head and stroked her back. "Don't cry if no one wants to come into this room and be suspicious of you.""Sobs ..." Finally her sobs subsided. Her shoulders trembled and with a face full of wet tears, she looked up to look at me with her pleading eyes."Please, don't put me in prison. I don't want to, Matthias!" she sobbed in agony. She did not let go of my embrace."You misunderstand! I'm doing this for both of us! I'm doing it so you can be king!" she screamed again in a voice that sounded so desperate.My eyebrows knitted together in confusion as my brain digested her sudden words. "What do you mean? Are you talking about Arthur's stabbing case?"She was crying