Free Web NovelChapter 40: Chapter 40
Nathan’s POV
For a moment, I forgot how to breathe. The world seemed to tilt on its axis and my wolf reared up within me, snarling.
She signed it.
My fingers clenched around the hard cover of the folder until it creaked. My eyes scanned the page again, every word slicing deeper.
A low growl escaped before I could stop it. The pen in my hand snapped clean in two, ink smearing across my palm.
Peter. freēwēbnovel.com
It all made sense now. His sudden appearance, the fake urgency. The way he had avoided my eyes.
He had been with her.
That realization hit harder than any punch. I’d searched every trail in the city and she’d been hiding with him?
My chest rose and fell with ragged breaths. My wolf pushed against my skin, furious, betrayed and aching. She chose another male’s den, a man beneath me for that matter.
I slammed my hand down on the desk, the sound echoing through the empty office as I let out an angry growl.
She wouldn’t come home to me, yet she was with Peter, signing divorce papers, pretending like I’d never existed.
My eyes darkened, turning the color of midnight.
"Damn it, Aria," I muttered under my breath, my voice low, guttural. "You really think you can just disappear?"
I couldn’t pull my eyes away from Aria’s name. It stared back at me, those words burning into me like they were carved into my soul. Aria. I could feel my wolf stir within me. Every muscle in my body tensed.
Was Peter a fool, or was he trying to pull a fast one on me? Did he bring these divorce papers by mistake—or was he trying to get me to sign them without me even thinking?
Or maybe... maybe Aria was the one behind all of this.
I ground my teeth, and my vision flickered red for a second. My wolf was clawing at the edges of my control.
Damn it! I shook it off.
I jabbed the intercom button on my desk, my voice sharp, edged with the rage building inside me. "Collins, come to my office immediately." I instructed.
As I waited, my wolf paced restlessly, itching for something, anything at all to tear apart. My hand kept moving, signing the contracts Peter had left behind, but the divorce papers... I couldn’t touch them.
I set the pen down with a finality that echoed through the empty office. All the papers were signed, except for that one, the one that carried her name.
I stared at it for what felt like an eternity. My claws wanted to tear it in half, but I couldn’t. I was better than that.
Am I, though?
The door clicked open, and Collins stepped in. I didn’t move, my gaze was still fixated on the paper.
"Alpha Nathan?" His voice was softer than usual, like he was walking on eggshells.
I snapped back to reality, every nerve in my body taut. My hand moved, signing the damn divorce papers without a second thought.
Collins’s breath caught when he saw what I’d signed. He leaned in closer, his voice stuttering, his disbelief palpable. "Alpha Nathan? This is...?" His eyes darted to the bottom of the page, and I saw him rub his eyes in disbelief.
Aria’s signature stared back at him in black ink, just as clear as it had been when I laid eyes on it.
Collins brows furrowed as he looked at my signature. I shoved the papers back into the stack with calm.
He looked up at me, but I didn’t offer him any answers. I just gave him that cold, empty stare, the one I always reserve for when the world gets too... personal.
We walked out of the office one after the other, the air between us thick with tension. As I reached the door, I tossed the stack of papers at Peter, who was waiting by the door. fгeewebnovёl.com
"Since you’re so considerate of your staff," I said, my lips curving into a smile that didn’t reach my eyes. "I can’t exactly drag my feet, can I?"
My voice was low, almost casual, but inside? My wolf was howling.
Peter flinched. The air between us crackled, and I sense how tensed he was.
His unease was almost... delicious.
He was scared.
And that... made the wolf inside me feel a little too good.
He took another cautious glance at me as if suspicious, but I didn’t give him anything. My face was a mask, no warmth, no hint of anything. Just the cold, empty void.
He took the papers from my hand, his fingers lingering a little too long. "I’ll head out now, Alpha Nathan."
My gaze sharpened as he turned to go, the primal part of me coming alive with each step he took. I turned to Collins by beta.
"Get my car ready, we will follow him and find her".
