All Chapters of Worshipped By The Alphas: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

They barely spoke over the next week or so, merely co-existing in the same house. Sandro still insisted that they take breakfast and dinner together and that they sleep together but he never touched her in bed, maintaining the distance that she had insisted on, some part of Theresa was relieved while another, even larger part, bemoaned the loss of the one bond they had shared. Still, she kept telling herself that it was just sex and it had never meant anything.Besides she had other, more immediate, concerns. Like the fact that she had thrown up every day for the last week and the fact that she was still stricken by dizzy spells at the most unexpected times... like the fact that her period was now than it had ever been before. She was relieved that the intimacies between her and Sandro had ceased, because he was as familiar with her cycle as she was and she would really prefer absolute certainty before telling him anything. She also wanted time to figure out what her next move would

"What did he do to the dog?" He finally gritted out, sounding like he was chewing nails."I never knew for sure," she confessed. "Mom said Sheba went to a new family and was happy with them. But I don't know... I always feared that he took her back to the pound." Despite her best intentions, tears of long-remembered pain flooded her eyes and she averted her gaze and tilted her chin in an effort to appear casual......"I couldn't sleep for the longest time afterwards, imagining how confused Sheba must have been and on the really bad nights I pictured them taking her into the vet's surgery to be put down... because even though I loved her, she really wasn't cute, or clever or all that special. If she went back to the pound, I don't think she would have gone to another home.""You mustn't think like that," he admonished."I know. Never mind, it's so far in the past that the wound has healed long ago, not even a scar," his intent gaze told her that he didn't believe a word of it but for

"Why?" He shook his head slightly in confused frustration."Because everything you do now feels insincere and forced!" She hissed in sudden fury. "Every touch, every apology, every endearment... it's like you brushed up on the 'Amaya Noble User Manual' and learned what makes me tick!""Firstly, it's Amaya de Lucci and secondly, I don't know what the hell you're talking about!" He practically shouted, shaking her slightly."The kisses for one," she itemised."What?""A year and a half of marriage, Aiden and tonight was the first time you've ever kissed me," she pointed out. "You must have realised how much it hurt me to, know that you despised me so much that you couldn't even bring yourself to kiss me.""That's not...""So of course tonight," she interrupted him; not at all interested in whatever it was he had to say. "After making me feel so special by finally doing me the honour of introducing me to your friends, this is when you decide to sweeten the pot with a few of your kisses

Amaya flushed miserably when she remembered how obviously infatuated she had been the first time she had seen Aiden and recognised her own, unwitting role, in this façade. "How's your father?" She asked tightly and he nodded slightly, his face betraying the first hint of emotion since he had started telling the sorry tale. "Content, now that he's home," his voice was absolutely racked with the pain he was trying so desperately to disguise. "And your family knows about this 'deal' you made for the land?" She asked her own voice high with tension. "Yes." "No wonder they never expressed any desire to meet me, or made any overtures of friendship towards me," she said, half to herself and he made a muffled sound and moved a hand towards her face. She flinched away from his reach and his hand dropped halfway between them. "I'm sorry about your father," she said tonelessly. "I see now how impossible your situation must have been." "Even so... I could have treated you less..." he beg

"You stay in here with Rhys," he murmured softly. "I don't want you getting upset by anything Lisa and I may have to say to each other." Before she could utter another word of protest he was gone. Amaya got up nervously, holding the baby to her chest. Much as she strained and strained she could not hear a single sound from the direction of the kitchen and she slowly began to move toward the kitchen as well. She was just outside the slightly ajar door when the sounds of their quiet voices finally reached her."But I don't understand why?" Lisa was asking, sounding baffled but, strangely enough, not too upset. "I still have at least a year within which to finish the loan, it's a substantial amount of money, so I don't see why you would do this?" Amaya bit her lip, wanting to intervene but not sure how anything she could do or say would persuade Aiden to change his mind, she felt helpless and furious and strangely hurt that he would carry out his threat anyway."It's the right thing to