A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret)

Sara POV

Mrs. Montgomery was acquainted with the Reigns. She advised that the details on Nick's agreement were not "so bad considering the fact that he's an ex."

The situation was a shared custody. I would have full and equal access to Alex. The only problem was the fact that the child must live where his father chose. And I must live with the child. Which meant Nick invariably decides where I get to live. Was I to endure that for the rest of my life? No way.

She advised me that I couldn't win a custody battle with a Reign. First of all, I couldn't even afford it. So the best move was signing his agreement first to throw him off our tracks.

The most important thing she said was that Nick Reign wasn't taking the child away from me. He was just making it illegal for me to run away with little Alex. Following her advice, I'd put my signature on the document there in her office.

It was the best way to keep him from suspecting that I was making any move. Ever since I signed it, I'd been eager to part with it.

That he would destroy it was not something I expected. But that was his problem.

I've had a tough day. All I wanted was to hold Alex in my arms one more time before I went to bed. I was in no mood to get into any bickering with Nick right now.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Sara James!" he snapped as I raced up the stairs again.

"What?" I barked.

He took the stairs, eyes shining with fury and something else I couldn't discern.

"You should ask why I tore it to pieces," he said. Only a few steps separated us now, so I didn't have to lift my head to look him in the eye. "Hmmm, not interested."

"I'll tell you anyway. It's cuz you showed it to outsiders."

How the hell did he know? Right. He must've seen Avery drop me off. But why would he suspect I showed his silly paper to my date?

He glanced at Jake, and I knew he was saying something to him with his mind.

"Why would you think that? Wait, are you saying I can't even have a lawyer look at it?" I asked.

He didn't reply. He was still mindlinking Jake.

Moments later, the beta left the room. Nick sighed, relaxing against the railing as he watched me with narrow eyes. They still glint with the brightness of his wolf's orbs

BUMS

For some reason, I became

somewhat uneasy. I wanted to turn around and continue to Alex's room, but I couldn't. I didn't violate any terms here. Yet I was back to being that anxious girl that had just turned twenty and defered to her mate.

"Are you sleeping with him?" he asked gently.

With that question, my confidence returned alongside the annoyance. What the hell was he talking about now?

"I don't have to answer anything unrelated to the reason I'm here in your house, so I'm just gonna go upstairs to Alex now."

"It is related. You left our son with a stranger? Where did you go tonight?" His voice was low and threatening.

"It's none of your damn business." I started to walk up the stairs into the hall. He followed me.

I was a few feet from my son's room and was about to reach for the knob when I felt his large hand on my arm. He spun me around and held me against the door. "Wanna say that again and watch me prove you wrong?"

His eyes fell to my lips. I stopped struggling, holding my breath, unable to think or act.

His grip on my arm had grown softer as he leaned closer and closer. The scent of his fury mingled with that heady whiff of desire that I I

remember so well. Our lips were almost touching now.