In 55. Take it or leave it of The Alpha and His Contract Luna novel (Lauren and Darren) by Evelyn M.M., the gripping saga of Lauren and Darren continues to unfold with new twists and turns.
At The Alpha and His Contract Luna novel Lauren and Darren 55. Take it or leave it As tensions escalate between Lauren and Darren, the once inseparable mates find themselves at odds with each other. Darren's allegiance to his fated mate creates a rift between them, leaving Lauren grappling with feelings of betrayal and abandonment. Meanwhile, Darren struggles to reconcile his duties as an alpha with his personal desires, torn between loyalty and love.
“Actually yes, you are interrupting something” I responded flatly.
I get off Claire and take a seat next to her. Even though she doesn’t know everything that happened. She knows that Sebastian is the one that had me arrested. So she understands that things between us are tense right now.
Sebastian enters the room and closes the door behind him. He then turns to Claire.
“Could you excuse us for a bit. Lauren and I have something to discuss” he says through gritted teeth.
I didn’t want to see him let alone talk to him. So when Claire goes to stand up, I grab her hand and stop her.
“She’s not leaving. In fact you’re the one that should be leaving. You aren’t needed or welcomed here” I tell him hotly.
Claire looks between us. Both of us were fuming for different reasons. For me it was because of everything that has happened and for him it’s because I refused to bow down to him.
“Maybe I should go” Claire starts softly. “Give you kids sometime to sort out your issues”
She doesn’t wait for me to say anything. She stands up and literally flees the room. Leaving me alone with my so called mate.
“Traitor” I mumble under my breath even though she’s already long gone.
Sebastian doesn’t say anything. Just stares at me with fire burning behind his green eyes. If he thought that he was going to intimidate me. That he was going to bully me, then he had another thing coming.
“Since you’re not saying anything and you’re just wasting my time. I am going to go back to work” I stated standing up.
I head toward my desk. Picked up everything I would need for the next meeting. I still had an hour to go but I didn’t care. I wanted to be far away from Sebastian.
I was walking past him when his hand darted out and stopped me.
“We haven’t talked yet, where are you going?” he demanded, his voice hard.
“I have a meeting” I simply said.
“It can wait till we finish our discussion” he seethed.
I was about to rip him anew when my phone office rang. I pulled myself from him and went to answer.
“Yes Sheryl?”
“Just wanted to let you know that your last appointment has been canceled. They have asked me to reschedule it”
Damn it. What rotten luck. That was the excuse I had. What the hell was I supposed to do?
“Okay then. Thank you Sheryl. You’re free to go home if you’re done”
She says she’ll stay a little bit before hanging up. I look up to find Sebastian with a satisfied smile. Fuck my life. There was no way I could hide the truth given he has super hearing.
“Let’s just get this over and done with. What do you want?” I ask tiredly, sitting down.
He walks to my desk and throws a white file on my desk. I didn’t even notice that he had a file with him until now.
“I want you to explain to me what the fuck this is?”
I pick up the file. Take out the paper and read them. I had actually forgotten about them. I filed the papers when I was angry but seeing that my lawyer had gone ahead and served him. I was happy.
“Justice” I say with a smile.
“This isn’t a fucking joke Red.” He snapped.
I look at the papers again. Reading them carefully. I was happy with the direction that my lawyer had taken. Indeed I was very fucking happy.
“This isn’t a joke as you have put it. I deserve justice don’t I? When I was in custody you went on and on about how the families of the innocents deserved justice, aren’t I innocent too? I was wrongly accused and tortured because of that. Where is my justice then?” I spat.
His face turns hard. A frown taking over. “So you decided to go to your lawyer and have him file a complaint accusing me of wrongly accusing you, damaging your reputation and causing physical harm?”
I came up with the plan after I came out of prison. Sebastian said that he wouldn’t break the contract and he would fight against a separation. So I decided to take him to court for wrongly accusing me.
My plan was to have him choose. Either he lets me go or I damage his reputation by dragging him to court. Him being an alpha of course his obvious choice would be to let me go.
“Technically speaking, I am not accusing you of anything.You’re guilty” I say as a matter of fact.
“Why are you doing this?” he starts pacing the room. His anger suffocating the room.
I give him a calm look. “I want Justice of course, but if you want I will stop all legal proceedings if you agree to one thing”
He stops and faces me. I had his attention right where I wanted it.
“What do you want?”
“it’s simple really. Agree to a separation and I will drop all charges” I lean back into my chair wearing a satisfied smile. I wait for his answer.
I could see the wheels turning in his mind. The indecision and war that was there. I unblock the mating bond a little. I feel his frustration through it.
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