บททั้งหมดของ Arrange Marriage With Alpha Lucus : บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

Emma's days at the office pass by in a blur. Emma goes to work, busies herself with the papers and documentation, and then she goes back home to a cold, empty bed. Lucus has been very busy too, going in and out of meetings, spending hours brainstorming with the team, and then more hours with the marketing team. They barely speak to each other since they came back to work, exchanging a few glances and smiles here and there when they pass by each other, and Emma can't keep telling herself that she doesn't miss Lucus anymore.Thursday proves to be just like the days before, when Emma spent every second at the office with her computer. Halfway through the day, Emma looks around her desk, feeling proud of the progress. She has finished almost half of the pending work she has had since last week. Taking days off has always come with the burden of work once it starts again, which is why Emma rarely takes any leave.Emma received a few texts from her colleagues asking her about her absence, b

"I miss you so much, Omega. So, so much. I just can't tell you with words." Lucus whispers in Emma's ears, rubbing the Omega's back to offer comfort.Emma shakes her head, which is still on Lucus's broad and now wet with her tears. "You can't feel that, Lucus. You're not allowed to. Please don't feel that for me." Emma says in between sobs that small fists are hitting Lucus chest.Lucus immediately retorts, cupping Omega's wet cheeks with his hands and lowering his head down to meet Emma. He rests his forehead on Emma, their noses touching and lips grazing while they inhale each other's breaths."But I want to, Omega. I want to. So please let me."Emma's tears fall more, but this time Lucus catches them with his thumbs. He wipes Omega's tears dry and repeats her earlier request, "Ten minutes, Omega. I'll wait."Emma is riding an emotional rollercoaster. Her rational mind tells her to shut the door on Lucus and get to bed, but her heart wants Lucus. Always has, always willIn the end,

Emma feels so bad for Jack when the man repeats his apology for the umpteenth time before leaving their table. Nobody would've thought that Lucus would tell a total stranger about their relationship when they'd specifically made a deal."Hey! That's not cool." Zia says once Jack is gone, "I thought you guys agreed that each of you was free to date anyone. Why did you sabotage Emma when you were dating Moni yourself? That's not fair!"There's a heavy silence following Zia's argument because she definitely hits a sore spot. After a moment too long, Lucus finally replies, "I just don't think that he's a good man.""It's alright," Emma says next. God, she really hates drama. "I'm not interested in seeing anyone right now. So, it's okay."When it gets a little too uncomfortable, Lucus stands up and announces that he's going to say hi to his friend, the head chef, before leaving the table.Once they are alone, Zia breaks her silence again. "How long have you had romantic feelings for Lucus?

For a second, the world stops moving, but in the next, Lucus pulls himself apart, putting a huge distance between them. Emma doesn't understand why her husband looks scared and frightened before he tugs at his own hair like he's regretting his action and curses at the wind."Fuck! Omega, I'm sorry. That wasn't supposed to happen. That was a mistake. I just need to go." Lucus says this and immediately storms out of the house, leaving Emma alone and brokenhearted.As soon as her husband is gone, the emptiness claims her in an instant. It's overwhelming and it's pulsating; Emma can't seem to think of anything else but her shattered heart. She thuds her head on the wall behind her and slowly slides her back against the wall, down and down, until she's sitting on the floor.There's a kind of pain from within that's crushing and indescribable. Emma doesn't know what's happening to her heart anymore. Right there on the floor, Emma coils her body and cries. It seems impossible to control her

There's some sort of pain that Lucus is sure he has never experienced before, like a sharp, piercing pain that shoots right through his heart when he realizes what he sees. Without any rationale whatsoever, Lucus expresses his distaste outwardly, clearing his throat out loud so that both males on the balcony simultaneously turn to him."I think that's enough." Lucus doesn't mean to, but even he knows how his tone comes out: stern and authoritative. "We're going to be late, Emma. Sorry Max, we have somewhere else to be."Emma doesn't get the chance to say anything when, in a blink, Max's fingers are off her hair, and in the next, Lucus is pulling his friend's jacket off Emma and tugging on her hands. Lucus intertwines his long fingers in between Emma's chubby ones and pulls the Omega to his side before arranging his steps to get back into the ballroom. But as he's about to leave the balcony, he hears Max's voice calling out to him."Lucus!"Lucus and Emma both turn around, their steps