All Chapters of The Cruel Alpha's Unwanted Bride: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

{~~Logan Grey~~}After our initial discussion and dinner, Avery excused herself once more. I thought she'd be back.Ryan sat me down in a comfortable area of the living room, a space filled with the comforting hum of a home well-lived in. We waited for Avery to show up, but as the minutes ticked by, it became clear she wasn’t coming. “She’s tired. Let her sleep,” Ryan said, his tone final. He was always so bossy. Acting like he owned me, and like he was always right. Never wrong about a single thing. Which is untrue.“Why the fuck did you bring her to your house?” I demanded, the frustration and confusion boiling over.“She called me. Someone slashed her tires and broke every window in her car.” Ryan’s words hit me like a punch to the gut. “What do you mean by somebody slashed her tires and smashed every window in her car? What in the fuck?”“Exactly what I said. I can't imagine why someone would do that.”I hadn’t had the faintest clue that she had been going through something so s

{~~Avery Sterling~~}I left Ryan’s house the next morning. My flu wasn’t gone but I was feeling better, and besides, I couldn’t leech off him when I had a place of my own to stay. He offered to drop me off, but I insisted on taking a taxi. I thanked him, and he told me to expect a call from the precinct about my car. They’d get somebody on it, and keep me updated.To my surprise, my car wasn’t in the hospital parking lot. I should have gone straight home, but I wanted to take pictures of it before sending it to the tow truck. Logan had just arrived when I had stepped out of the taxi.Where the fuck is my car? Anger surged to me, and that coupled with my body feeling too hot and yet cold, the last thing I wanted was to be standing out in such cold weather searching for my car. Unbelievable.“Are you okay?” Logan’s voice made me jump, although I’m not sure why. I saw his car pull into the parking lot, I knew he was there. And yet I’m jumpy.“Sorry, I can’t find my car. I’m sure it was p

{~~Avery Sterling~~}I woke up in a hospital bed, it wasn’t where I thought I would be after waking up so I was definitely shocked. Even more shocked to see my parents seated by my bed.“Avery, oh my god. You scared us all. You’re awake. Honey, get the nurse.” my mother’s voice was wavering, and genuinely, I was confused. What in the hell am I doing here? I shouldn’t be here. I’m fine. I’m healthy, I had a simple flu, how did it evolve into this mess? I groaned, trying to speak.My stomach hurts.“Wait, let me get you some water. Don’t strain yourself.” She walked to the dispenser in the room to fill up a cup for me. A room with a dispenser is an expensive, extensive care room here at the Heart Inc. Rooms like this are for patients of wealthy families or backgrounds, or people undergoing complex treatment.“Wha-” I coughed. “What happened?” my voice was barely above a whisper. What happened to me? The last thing I remembered was my dream about answering Logan’s phone when Ava called.

Trigger Warning: Sensitive Discussion of child grooming. Proceed with caution.{~~Logan Grey~~}I’m not even sure I can stand to be around myself right now. Out of everything I thought would happen today, I never expected Avery to shatter the small hope I was holding on to. Ava was playing me from the start. Sure, her letters to that weird guy were proof that she was never truly interested in me, but fuck, to find out she knew she wasn’t the one I was talking about and she still-I looked at Avery, she’d woken up again. She’s being discharged by 7 am and it is currently 4 am. I’m here early because I have some questions. And I just.... I just need to know. Avery was watching something on the television in her room, from what I know she’d eaten and was over being stuck in this bed.“Hey, what are you doing here?” warm welcome, nice. I forced myself not to roll my eyes. I think I’ve made enough of a fool of myself in front of her. Might as well start acting my age.“I just have some que

{~~Logan Grey~~}I brought a bottle of beer while Avery read through the rest. I was speechless by what she kept bringing up. And I trusted her words. She had no reason to lie to me, but fuck, I feel so fucking angry. Ava has been lying to me for years, for so fucking long. I’m just so done with the feeling of hurt. Why didn’t I listen? I was so determined to not be an idiot. Imagine finding out the woman you’ve been in love with for years, has been plotting against you. I knew it was weird because I spent years trying to get her attention, from the moment we met, and all of a sudden after trying, she suddenly showed interest. And then she wanted to be with me.I was so happy I didn’t allow myself to think about it. To wondered why she suddenly changed her mind, had I done that then everything would have been fine.I would have asked around, and gotten some information. I feel so tired just listening to Avery narrate everything she found in the letters. Then she got to one that seemed