Alexander grabbed my hand awkwardly, trying to explain:"Sarah, don't overthink it. I'm Scarlett's step-son, I just..."Scarlett suddenly clutched her chest, frowning:"My chest feels tight. I wonder if my heart condition is acting up..."Alexander immediately let go of me, pulling her into his arms, face full of worry:"Why is your chest suddenly tight? Does it hurt? No, I must examine you right away."Without another word, he scooped Scarlett up in his arms like a princess and carried her upstairs, not even glancing back at me.The guests all looked at me with mockery in their eyes."No wonder Alexander would rather buy his stepmother so many gowns and jewels than get his mate even one. A woman of such low birth doesn't deserve fine things.""She probably used her mother's death and her father's remaining reputation to trap Alexander into mating her. Shameless thing, stepping over her mother's corpse to marry into power."The whispers grew louder until the Alpha, feeling he'd lost fa
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