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Chapter 28: Addicted

Author: S. Mendez
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

(Katriona)

‘IT’S a mean world out there. And you are too fragile for the world, sweetheart. Everyone will swallow you whole outside. You may know a bit of self-defense but you still can’t protect yourself well. Your father and I can’t protect you forever either. So, stay with the future crown prince at all times. That’s the only way you can keep yourself, including everyone you love, safe and sound.’

I grew up thinking exactly like how Mom taught me. Those words had been stuck to my mind like a curse that I can’t lift. And after what happened to my wedding, I was convinced more than ever that she was right.

This was truly a mean world. And I had no place in it.

But tonight, as I watched Alexander sitting next to me and tenderly wrapping my bleeding palm with silk, I realized that there could be hope for the world. He brought me back to the hall. There were several people who could do it here in the villa but he personally tended to my wounds.

Was the alpha even aware that he was holdi
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