All Chapters of THE ALPHA'S DOWNFALL: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

AUTUMN:Whether I had a crush on the beta or not should be nothing to Alpha Hugh. He kept me, his mate as a secret so I was noBut the curiosity on his face was…interesting. More interesting than knowing that he already had a child. What would you do if you found out that he had a child or not? the other part of my mind said. He never considered you as his mate. He will never be. You already know the real reason why he asked you to live with them and that’s something to do with his child. The truth was…we did not have any feelings involved at all.“What if I have a crush on him? What will you do?”“I am your mate,” he stated. It looked like he was only holding himself, not to get angry. “What if you are my mate? Will it change anything at all?” I asked back. “You don’t have any feelings for me. And the child…you already have a son and that's what I want to know, Alpha Hugh. Hiding your son that long. Wow.” I clapped my hands. “You never failed to surprise me.”No wonder it took him

BETA MADDOX:I should have not asked the alpha of questions like that. I reprimanded myself. Hugh will ask a lot of questions if I said the wrong words. He will continue on probing until he gets the answers that he wanted. I must be careful with all the words I say. All my answers should be well thought. “It’s nothing,” I said, trying to act nonchalant. “Forget what I said. I must be imagining things, Hugh.”“Imagining things? Such as what?” he pressed. “This is what I said when I said that you started acting weird, Maddox. Why is that?”“I’m not acting weird. I never did anything suspicious or weird.”I bit the inside of my cheeks and drew blood. I must not tell him anything. I should continue keeping my mouth shut. The alpha must not know. No one must not know. Sabrina will break off the engagement. My family would be disappointed at me if it happens. They nearly were disappointed when I almost lost the beta position to another potential candidate among the warriors I had dueled

AUTUMN:A good luck.That’s all the alpha wanted? For what? How dare he confuse me with his words. What was he planning? I had to harden my heart. It is deceitful. ‘Why would I say that?’ I asked using our mind link. He sighed at the end. ‘We are mates.’Mates…He acknowledged the bond privately, but in public? He did not. Did he think I was a fool? Did he think I belonged to his harem? ‘And then what if we are? You never acknowledged me in front of the crowd.’‘We need to be with each other for half a year, Autumn. We are mates during that time.’‘Mates in secret?’ I offered to say and laughed at him with pure sarcasm. ‘You’re a great clown, Alpha Hugh,’ and disconnected our connection. He was not talking about his son, anyway so I thought it was okay to drop the conversation and connection. Served him right. I did not want to deal with talks like that. I was already mad at the beta. I did not want to add more stress. I don’t care if I would receive an earful later if he return

AUTUMN:Now that I had glimpsed the man standing outside the gate, I could see that he was hot. He was wearing a cap which was turned sideways while his hands were full of dirt from getting trash. He wore gloves but those were not enough to shield him from the dirt. His skin turned pinkish when the sun kissed his bare skin. Beads of sweat coated the stranger’s forehead. He grinned seeing I was watching him. If I was some normal girl, I would be swayed by his smile. Especially that dimple. Any woman would faint because of that. I mentally slapped myself noticing the direction of my thoughts. I must not let his handsomeness destruct me. This man could possess a threat to the kid. Or even me. I did not care about my safety. I don't care if I will die this instant. But the child…he was innocent. And what if this stranger is a threat? What can you do, Autumn? Do you know how to fight?I will fight to death. “What do you want?” I barked, distancing myself from the gate and him. I

AUTUMN:“Maddox. No one is watching us right now. No one would reprimand you. Treating each other like we were friends in the past is fine,” Alpha Hugh stated. Between the two, the alpha seemed the rational one. It was just me but it really felt as if he wanted to bring the past. Of the three of us being best friends. I wondered if I had not become an omega of the pack, would I live with them too? Not being treated as a slave, but part of their family?My chest tightened.That foolish dream was like a knife plunged inside my chest. “It’s not fine, Hugh,” the beta insisted. It looked like nothing changed between us. His annoyance was addressed to me. “Why not?” Alpha Hugh said. The beta sighed. “You really cannot see any reasons at all?”“For starters…Beta Maddox was looking at me as if he was going to kill me. Second…an omega will stay an omega unless she bought her freedom. Period,” I answered. Alpha Hugh scowled. “Well, at this house, you're not an omega. You are Gabby's nanny.