After I Torched Alive, My Alpha Went crazy novel Chapter 19

I didn’t defend myself. I didn’t tell him that he’d been calling my name, "Grace," while he kissed me that night. I knew it wasn’t love. It was only a brief moment where he recognized me, nothing more.

That night was when I got pregnant with Oliver.

For the next few days, I stayed with Nathan in his den, but he was rarely there. After Oliver was born, he was almost impossible to find. I used to think he avoided me because he believed I was trying to trap him with the baby. Now, I realize he actually doubted that Oliver was even his.

Because of this foolish suspicion, he indirectly caused the death of his own son.

The absurdity of it all hit me hard.

"Who do you think this ‘other man’ is?" I asked, my voice filled with sarcasm.

Nathan slammed the bowl onto the bedside table and stood up angrily. "You know better than I do about these kinds of things," he muttered.

"What kinds of things?" I shot back.

I blinked, coming back to reality, realizing I had been sitting in the cold all night. My muscles ached as I slowly stood, shaking off the numbness from hours of stillness. I didn’t know where I was going, but my feet began to move. Tina had just gone through the pain of ending her MATE relationship and she had been weak and quiet.

My mind was clouded with exhaustion and a heavy weight of emotion that I couldn’t quite name. It was like I was moving through water, sluggish and detached.

As I trudged along the path, I noticed movement ahead. Nathan.