Chapter Twenty-One
Desmond
I sat in my study, the desk lamp throwing a dim light over the mahogany surface. I stared at my phone, the screen dark and silent.
It had been a week. One whole week of silence.
I kept scrolling through our old messages, wondering why she hadn't called. Why was she running anyway? I couldn't understand why she was making this so difficult. Did she really hate me that much?
I was the Alpha. I had everything a woman could want, yet she was hiding in the shadows like I was a monster.
A soft knock came at the door. I didn't look up, but I knew who it was by the scent of expensive perfume. The door creaked open, and my mother walked in.
She had stayed at the main estate instead of returning to the old house with my father. She claimed she wanted to be sure I w
