Worthless to Priceless The Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 27

AMELIA’S POV

The entire school stopped to stare at Kaden and I am assuming that it isn’t a normal thing for him to appear on school premises to pick someone up. I felt my checks heat up as his eyes found mine and he started moving over towards me. I could hear whispers from people all around wondering who he came for and a flash of movement to his side had my smile falling.

Lucy had the smuggest expression on her face as she made her way over to him. She walked like the ground was her personal runway and I couldn’t help the feeling of envy as she proudly made her way over to Kaden. The whispers increased and got louder as she got to his side but to my surprise, he practically ignored her. The truth is, I don’t even think he saw her because his eyes were fixated on me.

Her steps ceased as he walked right past her and I saw her mouth fall open as an ugly expression took over her features. I heard people snicker at her and I felt bad for her because people were outright pointing at her and whispering about her under their breaths. I could only imagine that the words they were saying were not nice at all.

Kaden stopped in front of me and it was like everything ceased. All the whispers stopped and I could feel all eyes on me as they held their breaths to see what he would say. Beside me, I felt Clara squeeze my shoulder and she left me standing there. I wanted to ask her to stay because I felt less exposed with her standing there but no words would leave my l*ps.

“Are you ready to leave?” Kaden asked and I almost swooned at his voice. I had forgotten. how good he actually sounded and hearing it again made my knees weak.

I don’t understand how someone’s voice could have such an effect on me but I forced my expression to stay neutral so no one would suspect how I felt and I nodded. He smiled at me and held out his hand for me to take so he could lead me back to his car.

I gently took his hand and my eyes widened at the obvious size difference. His hand. dwarfed mine and it was so rough with calluses in contrast to my soft and dainty ones. What shocked me however were the sparks I felt erupt when our fingers touched. I looked up to be sure that he had felt the same thing but his expression was neutral and I couldn’t see behind the walls he had erected for himself. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

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It was like no one dared to speak or even breathe as they watched him lead me towards his car. I could only imagine what they were all seeing and judging by the stunned expressions of the few people I saw, I can only imagine that it isn’t a normal thing for Kaden to do this to people. A part of me puffed up in pride that he was doing it for me but I had to remind myself that he was only doing this to make sure I wasn’t a threat to his pack.

As we got to the car, I saw Lucy. She still had that expression on her face but once she caught my eye, it was like a switch was fl*pped in her and suddenly, she had the softest smile on her face as she walked over to us. Kaden was about to open the door to his car when he finally heard her footsteps and noticed her

presence.

“Hi Kaden,” she said with a seductive purr and I felt him bristle beside me.

I wondered if there was something off between the both of them or if it was just my imagination conjuring up scenarios to fit into my narrative. Kaden ignored her but she wasn’t going to let it drop.

“Is it okay if I ride with you?” she asked and this time Kaden turned his attention to her.

“No, you n’t, I almost flinched from the emotion behind his voice but Lucy didn’t even seem fazed. “I am working.”

“But we’re going to the same place at the end of the day,” Lucy wasn’t backing down and I didn’t miss the possessive note that crept into her voice as she cast a sideways glance at me. She was trying to remind me that she lives with him and that was her own way of telling met to back off.

I would have walked away from the battle of wits that was going on at that point but Kaden was still holding my hand in his. If anything, he somehow squeezed my hand tighter as if he didn’t want me leaving. I knew that was impossible and it was probably just a subconscious reaction. There is no reason why Kaden would want to keep me around.

“I can’t have you waiting around the office, I will send someone to pick you up.” Kaden said leaving no room in his tone for argument and if I were Lucy, I would have shrunk into a shell of myself but she didn’t look like she was the least but worried.

“That would just be a bother,” she waved him off. “I can go with you and wait in the office, I’m sure there is no problem. I just want to get out of here soon because people are staring and whispering.”

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It was at that moment that we all realized we weren’t in private. The entire school was still standing out and watching us. My cheeks heated up and I glanced at Kaden silently trying to convey that I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. Kaden cursed under his breaths softly before nodding.

“Get in the car,” he told her and she squealed and clapped her hands together in glee.

“I call shot gun,” she began and moved to the front of the car but his hand shot out and held the door closed. Her eyes widened at his actions. “What’s wrong?

“Amelia takes shot gun,” he said and although her eyebrows disappeared behind her hairline, she nodded and went to the back.

I was shocked that he had fought for me to take shot gun and I wanted to ask why but my main focus was getting out of the school parking lot as soon as possible. Kaden opened the door for me

and I thanked him and got in. He shut it behind me and while he turned to get into the driver’s side, I caught Lucy’s eyes in the mirror and there was a foreign emotion swirling beneath them. The intensity behind her eyes had me flushing and looking away.

The ride was tense

finally let out s sigh Silent and it wasn’t until we were away from the university that I

finally let out s sigh of relief. I knew that people would start making their own speculations and by tomorrow there would be a million different stories about what had happened today. I didn’t want to think about the nightmare that it would be so I lay my head against. the window and watched the trees as we drove. past.

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“What work are you going to do?” Lucy asked breaking the silence in the car and I saw Kaden clench his jaw but he didn’t say anything. “I can only imagine that it has to be important judging by the way you spoke about it before. Is it something I can help with?”

“No,” I bristled from the harshness of his tone and I saw him glance at me out of the corner of his eyes before sighing. “I am making sure a new member is adjusting to the pack properly. It is something I have to do by myself.”

I saw Lucy glance at me and her eyes narrowed slightly. He was ignoring her to have the report session with me and she knew it. I could tell that she was annoyed by that fact but she managed to keep her emotions in check and her facial expression neutral.

“It shouldn’t take long then,” she said finally. “I’ll just wait for you to finish so we can go. home together.”

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I saw Kaden clench his jaws at the mention of the word home but he didn’t say anything else. The rest of the ride was so tense that I felt like I could cut the tension with a knife. As soon as we stopped in front of the pack house, I wasted no time in getting out of the car and I saw Laicy wait for Kaden to turn around as if hoping he would open the door for her. When he ignored her and walked over to my side, I saw her roll her eyes and get out of the car by herself.

We walked towards the front of the office building and a few guards bowed to us. Kaden’s steps halted and I did too. Lucy must not have been paying attention because she bumped into me. I rushed to apologize and all she did was roll her eyes and wave me off as if 1 wasn’t important.

I bit my l*p at her actions but I didn’t say anything. She should have been the one apologizing but I stayed silent because I guessed she was just in a bad moon at having to wait in the oflice.

“Take Lucy to the waiting room,” Kaden said to one of the guards who nodded and rushed over to Lucy’s side.

“Please don’t take too long.” Lucy said to Kaden as she went with the guards. “I want us to have lunch together.”

Kaden clenched his jaw but didn’t say anything and he gestured for me to go into his office and wait for him. I didn’t want to move but 1 was also aware that this wasn’t my pack yet and I had no right to

wait but some part of me didn’t want to leave him alone with Lucy.

When Kaden walked towards Lucy, I knew he probably wanted privacy as he spoke to her and even though some inner part of ine screamed against it, I started to walk away. I was almost:

at the office door when I heard Lucy’s voice echo slightly around the room.

“How can a wolf less member be more important to you than me?” she asked and I didn’t miss the venom that was lacing her words.

I felt my cheeks heat up in embarrassment and I wanted to wait behind and find out what Kaden would say in response but one of his guards tapped my shoulder slightly and gestured for me to walk into the office. As soon as I had, he shut the door behind me, effectively cutting off the rest of the conversation from my hearing.

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