Chapter 50
Kael’s POV
I sat there, staring at the phone in my hand like it was a bomb.
And in a way, it was.
That video of me, drunk and half-naked, Roxanne undressing me, touching me….was a weapon.
A weapon pointed straight at my life.
I wanted to throw the phone across the restaurant. I wanted to rip it in half with my bare hands. But I couldn’t move. I felt like I was frozen. My throat was dry. My heart was pounding so hard I could hear it in
my ears.
“You think this will stop me?” I said finally, my voice hoarse. “You think you can control me with this?”
Roxanne gave me a soft smile like she pitied me. “I don’t think, Kael. I know.”
I slammed the phone down on the table. The clatter made a few people glance our way. I didn’t care.
“I’ll tell them,” I said while leaning forward. My voice was low and sharp. “I’ll tell my parents everything.
About you. About Alex. About how he’s your real mate. How you’re marrying me just to gain power.”
Her smile didn’t fade.
“I’ll tell them you’re blackmailing me with a fake video. That you used me when I was passed out drunk.
That you took me to a hostel, not home. That you planned everything. You drugged me, Roxanne.”
“You think they’ll believe you?” she asked gently.
“Yes,” I snapped. “Because I still remember that night. You gave me too much to drink. I passed out. When
I woke up, I was in a strange bed. You told me you took me home, but I knew it wasn’t my room. I just
didn’t question it back then. But now I know.”
“You know nothing,” she said softly.
“I know enough,” I growled. “And I’ll make sure they believe me. My parents….”
She cut me off with a cold laugh. “No, Kael. They won’t believe you.”
I frowned. “What the hell are you talking about?”
She reached into her designer purse, pulled out a folder, and tossed it across the table. The glossy leather cover slid until it stopped right in front of me.
“What’s this?” I asked, my chest tightening.
“Read it,” she said. “You’ll find out soon enough.”
My fingers were slow and hesitant. I opened the folder, flipping past the first few pages. Then I saw it.
I stopped breathing.
My name.
Her name.
And one word in bold: Pregnancy.
My vision blurred. The air around me felt thick and heavy.
“You’re pregnant?” I whispered.
Roxanne nodded, her expression calm… too calm. “Yes.”
I stared at the paper again. My hands were shaking. I felt cold all over.
But then my thoughts started to race.
No.
No, this wasn’t possible.
I looked up slowly. “It’s Alex’s, isn’t it?” I asked, my voice barely audible. “You’re pregnant with his child. And you want me to pretend I’m the father. That’s what all this blackmail is for.”
She burst out laughing. The sound was loud and cruel. It echoed around us, making my skin crawl.
“Oh, Kael,” she said while wiping her eyes. “You really are adorable when you’re desperate.”
My stomach turned.
“You’re mistaken,” she said and leaned forward. “This isn’t Alex’s child.”
I laughed bitterly. It sounded like a scream stuck in my throat. “You expect me to believe that?”
“You don’t have to believe it,” she said coolly. She flipped to another page and pointed to a chart. “Just
read.”
My eyes followed her finger.
DNA Paternity Test Result: 99.98% Match – Father: Kael Blackthorn.
I went still.
No. No. This had to be a lie. This had to be fake.
Valric growled inside me. “She’s lying. She’s twisting everything.”
“This… this can’t be true,” I said in disbelief. “I didn’t even… I wasn’t even awake that night….”
She cut me off again, her voice now low and vicious.
“You were passed out, yes. But not completely useless. I made sure of that.”
I looked up at her. I was stunned.
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She leaned closer. Her lips curled in a twisted smile. “I tracked my cycle, Kael. I knew the exact day I was fertile. That’s the night I invited you out. I poured drink after drink. You were too proud to say no.”
My fists clenched under the table. I felt like I was going to throw up.
“Then,” she continued, her voice like poison, “I took you to a small hostel. Just for a few hours. You were out cold, but I was ready. I gave you a little injection. It was nothing harmful, just something to keep you
hard.”
My eyes widened. Horror flooded me.
“And then?” she said, her eyes glinting. “I rode you. Again and again. It was fun, Kael. So much fun. You moaned, even if you don’t remember.”
I pushed my chair back roughly, the sound of it scraping the floor sharp and loud. People were staring now.
I didn’t care.
“You’re sick,” I said, my voice shaking. “You’re evil.”
She didn’t deny it.
“I want to kill her,” Valric growled.
“Not yet,” I told him. “We need to think.”
I sat back down slowly. My hands were trembling. My heart was thudding. I couldn’t stop shaking.
“You think this will work?” I said. “You think you can trap me like this forever?”
“You’ll do what I say,” she said, brushing a lock of hair behind her ear. “Because you have no choice.”
“I wasn’t conscious,” I said. “The video shows that. My parents will see it. They’ll know I was drugged.
They’ll believe me.”
Her smile widened. “No, Kael. They won’t. Because I’ll tell them we both drank too much. That we acted recklessly. And when I show them the pregnancy, they’ll do what any Alpha family would do….protect their
grandchild.”
I stared at her. My disbelief was turning into fury.
“You’re disgusting,” I whispered.
She just laughed. “Maybe. But I’m also pregnant. With your baby. And that’s all that matters.”
I felt like the walls were closing in. Like I was drowning.
Roxanne reached out and gently slid the folder back into her bag.
“Now,” she said, standing, “you’ll go back with me. We’ll smile. We’ll pretend. And you’ll start planning our wedding.”
I didn’t speak. I couldn’t.
My whole world had just been flipped upside down.
She bent down one last time, her lips brushing against my ear.
“If you try to run,” she whispered, “that video goes public. And my baby? Will grow up hearing how his
father abandoned him.”
Then she walked away.
I sat there, alone.
The air around me felt thin.
Valric was silent.
My heart was heavy.
I closed my eyes and pressed my hands to my face.
What had I done?
What had she done to me?
And most of all…..how was I going to tell the others the truth?
Because this…
This wasn’t a secret I could bury.
This was a trap.
And Roxanne was already tightening the chains.
But I wasn’t going down like this.
Not without a fight.
And not when everything in me screamed that this… this wasn’t the end.
This was just the beginning.
