6 - Fighting Over My Body

"About that." He fell silent. His night-dark irises looked even gloomier after being attacked by my question. Matthias' face, which had always been fierce towards me, showed clear confusion. I saw that his hand which had been touching my body, keeping me from falling, was now moving away. 

"This was all Estella's idea," he says. Thin, icy lips uttered the words with eyes that refused to look at me.

"Estella told me to take you back to the palace," he said, coldly. After the hesitation was gone, I could see that Matthias was now starting to change to his original cold demeanor towards me. "Estella asked me not to let you go. Even though I'm not your mate, the other four Alpha princes are waiting for you in the palace."

My breath snorted in amusement, upon hearing his answer. 'What did you expect, Isabelle? Did you expect Matthias to beg you to return to the palace because he has feelings for you? What a fool.' I cursed myself after wishing wishful thinking on him.

"No need, forget it. You may return to the palace, Matthias. Leave me here," I retorted, fed up. Knowing that the reason why he was here was not because of me, but because of Estella, made me lose my mood even more.

"Isabelle, wait for me!" he calls out to me after knowing I left him to serve another customer. I thought by busying myself serving the Alphas here, Matthias would come to his senses and leave me alone.

I could never understand him. Once again, I watched as one of my hands was pulled away by a tight, insistent grip. I looked up in shock and saw that Matthias was already about to drag me away from here.

 

Chaos ensued thanks to that, and even the old man who owned this fancy restaurant started to scold me. I tried to shake off his tight grip but to no avail. Matthias dragged my body and almost carried me.

"Get into the carriage, now," he said in front of my face. "I can't let you be in such a dangerous place."

I laughed amusedly at that. "And you're doing this for Estella, aren't you? I'm sorry, Matthias. But I refuse to follow your orders when you can't even forget the woman who left you."

Oops. I've blurted out.

 

My emotions made my mouth run away and say something that should have been a secret. Matthias was silent with his eyebrows knitted together in surprise. His face never stopped looking at me with an expression of surprise, confusion, and disbelief.

 

"Hey, how did you know about that?" he asked. Both of his hands grasped my shoulders and pushed my body until it hit the body of this golden horse-drawn carriage. I groaned in pain, but he continued to press my body until I felt our bodies pressed together.

 

"How did you know Estella had left me?" he asked again. His voice was tense this time, and the cold air outside made me shudder even more.

"Answer me!" Matthias snapped at me with his voice breaking the air.

"T-that's ..." I stammered in front of him. I didn't expect my stupidity to provoke its problems here. If Matthias knew that I was the one who slept with him that night, he would hate me. He openly disliked me and didn't want to interfere with the contract mate.

 

If he knew I was pregnant with his baby now, I couldn't imagine what he would do to me.

"Isabelle, I'm talking to you. Are you dumb?" Matthias gripped my shoulders even more until I felt my bones crumble under his grip.

 

I just closed my eyes and hoped for a miracle. I felt like Matthias would have killed me right here if I hadn't heard the sound of footsteps coming toward us, breaking the conflict I was so afraid of.

 

"Hey, hey. You can't be that rude to an Omega, Matthias. Even though she is just our contract mate, she is a very valuable asset. " An Alpha in royal attire as white as his mane became an obstacle to Matthias who already wanted to vent his emotions.

 

He was Nathaniel, one of the five Alpha princes I had contracted with. What puzzles me about his arrival is why he was able to find me so timely. As if me meeting the two Alpha princes here wasn't a coincidence.

"Isabelle, come here. You don't have to force yourself to be with Matthias, and get hurt by him," Nathaniel held out his hand to me as if telling me to come into his arms. And I hesitated. Matthias was still holding my hand, not wanting to let me go. While Nathaniel wanted me to leave with him immediately.

They both fought over me in front of the royal servants who continued to watch the three of us.

 

"I've prepared a special chamber for you, Isabelle. Come here," Nathaniel coaxed me again.

My heart was beating wildly because this was the first time two Alphas were fighting over me. All this time, I had always gotten rejected. It felt unusual to be treated as if I were the Omega that everyone wanted.

 

"Sorry, Matthias." Finally, I decided to accept Nathaniel's hand and walked away from Matthias. The white-haired Alpha was smiling after getting me, while Matthias looked angry. I witnessed him hit the carriage's body with so much force.

"Thank you for choosing me, Isabelle." Nathaniel hugged me and stroked my face lovingly. I pushed his face away when he almost kissed my lips.

"Please don't take this the wrong way, Nathaniel. I didn't choose you because I like you. It's just that I don't have any other choice," I said, which got a chuckle from him.

"Haha. I like fierce omegas like you," Nathaniel said. "No problem. More than that, you must serve me tonight, Isabelle."

 

Nathaniel's golden carriage arrived, and I was taken inside. We both drove away leaving Matthias still there with his anger. The whole journey I could only daydream, imagining our quarrel earlier. And I never thought that I, who had been expelled, would be forced to return to the palace again.

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- Theodosius Palace

- 07.00 PM

 

"Miss Isabelle, please meet me. I am Miranda, the Butler Head of this Theodosius Palace. From now on, I will take care of all your needs by order of the princes. This morning, you must attend breakfast with them." An elderly Alpha woman was already in my room when I had just woken up.

 

"Alright," I replied casually. My body was so tired after last night's fight with Matthias, and running away from Nathaniel who wanted to sleep with me.

 

I still didn't understand the situation in the palace, and now a dozen servants were helping me clean up. They were dressing me up like a princess, putting me in an expensive dress that I didn't understand. Isn't this just a normal breakfast? Why do I have to dress up so beautifully?

 

What Miranda meant earlier was different. The breakfast I had to go to was attended by the five alpha princes and their concubines. Including, Matthias L Theodosius.

 

He was sitting next to the beautiful omega, Estella. It felt like I had just had a fight with him, and now I had to sit in front of him. The other five alpha princes sat next to their respective Omega concubines. What confused me was where to sit. I was neither their concubine nor their mate here.

"Isabelle. You may choose to sit beside me or sit beside Matthias," Arthur, who was being fed by Anastasia, was the first to address me.

And of course, I sat next to Arthur without a second thought. Even though I hated him, it was better than having to sit next to Matthias. But just as a waiter was preparing the dishes for me, I suddenly felt a hand pulling me from my seat. Matthias pulled me forcefully and made me sit beside him.

"Matthias!" I called his name in annoyance. And he returned it with a cold stare, which seemed to silence the contents of my mouth.

"Sit next to me. I have something to talk to you about," he said coldly and kept holding my hand.