Accidental Mate

CHAPTER 4 TODAY, WE BREAK UP

Jayden's POV

“I now pronounce you husband and wife!” Her voice echoed through the room. She slid under the duvet and placed a sweet kiss on my lips.

“I love you, Jayden, and I can't wait for the day I'll be called your wife. The day everyone will look unto me with such grace and admiration,”

“Our children will be such beauties. They'd be our Prince and Princess, and I'd be your Queen beside you every day, with nothing or no one coming between us.”

Meeting Ava was divine to me. She's been Tony’s friend since we were little. Seeing her in my bed makes me want to mark her once and for all.

For the whole world to see that she's mine and mine alone. My future isn't complete without Ava; She lights up my world.

I'm glad my parents do not oppose our relationship. Although people say she's with my brother, I don't believe them.

Are they close? Yes, they are very close. But they were friends before I came into the picture. I love their relationship, it makes me feel safe that they get along.

But I never believed I'd feel like a total dimwit until the day I heard the shocking words blurted out of Ava’s mouth to me.

“I never loved you. You spineless worm. It has always been your brother from the start.”

A glaring shock plagued my face. I furrowed my brows as if I were using them for hearing. Is she high on something? Me? A spineless worm?

“You think everyone dreads you? Oh… the almighty Alpha Jayden. I'm scared…,” she burst into a fit of annoying laughter.

I know what she wants, ‘a reaction‘, and honestly, I'm not going to give her that. “You are just going to sit there and not say a thing?”

“Ava, you said you wanted to see me. Here I am listening to you. I'm all ears, you can go ahead and get everything off your chest.”

Women's affairs can be really annoying. One minute, they are acting like you are their god and they can't live without you; the next minute, they are losing their minds and calling you names.

“I know you've been cheating, Jayden.” I didn't see that coming, and it made me smile sinisterly.

“You know, when you were busy with your ‘Alpha duties,’ Tony was busy helping you do your homely duties,” she scoffed.

That took me off board, “What did you just say?”

“You heard me correctly, and you know what? Thank goodness this marriage never happened. I'm calling off the wedding, and you could burn in hell.”

I stood from where I sat across the room. The urge to harm her was eminent in my being. I wanted to hold her and make her beg for her life, but I've sworn never to lay my hands on a woman.

She walked right through the door, leaving me wondering what I ever did wrong…

The slamming sound of the door brought me back from the path of memory lane. I looked up to see Amelia, my Secretary, with no other but the "talk of the devil".

“I told her… her… You are in a meeting… sir,” Amelia stammered out of fear. She is never one to defer to my instructions, and never likes to be caught in the middle of a fight.

I nodded my head as a sign of dismissal, but Amelia was too frightened; she had her head bowed.

“Are you deaf or dumb? He just asked you to f**k off and go to hell!” Ava said rudely to Amelia, and she scurried out of the office.

“What the hell are you doing here, Ava?”

She ignored my question and decided to pick a fight with Miss Katie. I never realised she was still in the room until Ava brought her up.

“Are you going to talk rudely to me in the presence of this nobody?” Pointing her finger towards Miss Katie, “You're lowly staff, for that matter?”

“How dare you barge into my office and address my staff that way?” I scowled. My voice resounded throughout the room, airing my anger.

She staggered back in fear and, after steadying herself, shot Miss Katie with a deadly glare which Miss Katie gladly returned to her.

Her reaction made Ava flinch in annoyance.

“I’m his fiancée, get that right,” she scoffed and ran her eyes over Katie, trying to check her out.

For a moment, I enjoyed how Katie reacted to Ava. It brought a smirk to my face, and I wanted to just sit and watch them tear each other apart.

And out of the blue, she spoke up, her voice naturally mixed with sweetness, pleasure, and sin suddenly became firm and conniving.

“Miss fiancé, do you feel threatened?” she asked with her eyebrows raised. Ava glanced at me and then at Miss Katie, speechless and mouth wide open.

Miss Katie stood up, drew her chair back, muttered a “thank you, Sir,” and left the room.

Ava broke down in tears, ranting on and on, “You allowed your staff to disrespect me, and you think I didn't have valid reasons to break our engagement?”

Okay… what game is she playing now? I hate to see women cry, it brings memories that I wish I could bury deep down for eternity.

“All you do is neglect me and pay attention to your pack, to your human work. You pay too much attention to these mere humans who don't even see or know your worth,” she hiccuped.

As much as I hate how my instincts work, I couldn't help it. I gave her a glass of water to calm her down. But she wouldn't stop crying.

“Jayden, you left me to go through hell alone. You never loved me; it was all lies.”

Woah… I never expected that. “What do you mean I never loved you, Ava? You all know I loved you, but you said your heart is with my brother, not me. What do you expect me to do?”

“To fight… Jayden, I expected you to fight for ‘us’. For the future we planned together, but you threw everything away. It explains how much you detest me…” She burst into another carousel of cries.

I'm pissed? Yes, of course, I am. It's annoying to keep walking in circles, and I'm fed up with trying. Today, right in this office, I'm going to end everything once and for all.

We aren't good for each other. As much as I try to be faithful, she's always pushing to make mistakes like I did five years ago. Since then, I have put in extra work to make this relationship work.

“I was fighting depression, Jayden!” Her tears are like a pool now.

“The memories of my childhood came back, and I was depressed. I wanted to take my life. Believe me, I never meant all I said to you that day. It was my depression and not me.”

I could see a flash of remorsefulness in her eyes. Depressed? I never saw that coming. How bad could I get? I didn't even know she was fighting for her life.

“And I never meant to pin your child on Tony. I wanted you to pay more attention to me and to know I was in a bad place.” She cleaned her tears.

I stood there, confused and angry. Angry at myself, how could she do that?

As much as I was pissed at her, at myself? I still want to know if this is for real. How could I be so terrible as not to realize she was going through such a hard time?

“Junior is yours, Jayden,” she dropped the bombshell.