Alpha's Private Plaything (Elsa and Drake Stone) novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160

Drake’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “Or they never existed.”

“They existed,” I said quietly, my hands gripping the edge of a nearby table so hard my knuckles turned white. “Even if you don’t want to believe it, you selfish prick.”

Drake turned to me, his expression cold. “If they existed, where are they? Convenient that the only evidence of these supposed

pregnancies has disappeared.”

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I felt a surge of anger that made my vision blur at the edges. “The

Twin Moon Hospital was having a power outage that day. The

computers were down. Everything was done on paper, and I… I threw

mine away.” My voice faltered as I slammed my palm against the

table. “I didn’t want the fucking reminder of another thing you took

from me.”

“I kept mine,” Sophia insisted. “I know I did. Drake, we can go to the

café right now. They might be there.”

The thought of prolonging this excruciating confrontation made my

stomach turn, but I knew we needed those reports. Drake wouldn’t

believe us without them, and Sophia was right–this could affect both

of our positions in Twin Moon City.

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“Let’s just go,” I said wearily, running a shaking hand through my

damp hair. “The sooner we find them, the sooner this is over and I

never have to look at your face again.”

Sophia nodded and headed toward the door, but Drake stepped into

her path, his tall frame blocking her exit.

“You’re not going anywhere until I get some answers,” he said, his

voice deceptively soft. “What game are you playing, Sophia? Making

up stories about pregnancies to manipulate Elsa against me?”

Sophia’s eyes widened. “Are you serious? You think I would lie about

something like that?”

“I think you’ve had it out for me from day one,” Drake replied coldly.

“And now you’ve concocted this story to drive a wedge between Elsa

and me.”

“There’s nothing left between us to drive a wedge through,” I

interjected, a bitter laugh escaping me as I pushed myself away from

the table. “You made damn sure of that when you chose her.”

But Drake ignored me, continuing to focus on Sophia.

“If you’re lying,” he continued, stepping closer to Sophia, “I’ll make

sure you can’t operate in Twin Moon City anymore. No one will rent

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to you. No one will do business with you. You’ll be finished.”

Sophia’s face paled, but her eyes flashed with defiance. “You’re

threatening me for telling the truth? That’s low, even for you.”

“Drake,” Allen’s voice cut through the tension. “Back off. This isn’t

helping anyone.”

Drake’s head snapped toward Allen. “Stay out of this, Moonlight. This

doesn’t concern you.”

“It does when you’re threatening innocent people,” Allen replied

evenly.

Drake turned back to Sophia, his expression murderous. “Innocent?

She’s accusing me of causing my own children to die. Children I didn’t

even know existed.”

“Because you never fucking noticed!” Sophia suddenly shouted, tears

springing to her eyes. “You never noticed her pain! You never noticed

when she could barely stand! When she was bleeding through her

clothes! That was a life, Drake! That was your child!”

I moved quickly to Sophia’s side, putting a hand on her arm, my own

eyes burning with unshed tears. “Sophia, don’t,” I whispered, my voice

breaking. “This will only make him angrier.”

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She shook her head, tears streaming down her face now. “No, he

needs to hear this. He needs to know what you went through. Where

were you? Busy with your mate? Too important to notice your omega

was suffering?”

Drake’s expression flickered, something like uncertainty crossing his

features before hardening again into cold anger.

“You’re a liar,” he said flatly, but there was a new edge to his voice.

I guided Sophia to her couch, helping her sit down. Her whole body

was trembling with emotion. My own hands weren’t much steadier as

I knelt beside her. “Breathe,” I told her softly. “This isn’t helping

either of us.”