After I Torched Alive, My Alpha Went crazy novel Chapter 23

So, that was what Sienna had told him. I almost laughed at the absurdity of it. Of course, she would twist the truth just enough to make it sound damning without even bothering to find out what really happened.

"You believe that?" I asked, more incredulous than hurt.

Nathan’s grip tightened around my wrist, and he slammed me against the door to my room. The force made my head spin. "The next day was our Mating Ritual," he growled. "Couldn’t you have avoided him, just for that one night? If you couldn’t let go of him, why did you marry me?"

His words cut deep, but at this point, I had nothing left to say. I was too exhausted, too drained to defend myself. For years, I had been fighting to make him see me, to make him trust me. But he never did. He always believed what he wanted to believe.

"I thought…" Nathan’s voice cracked slightly, and for a moment, I saw the hurt beneath the anger. "All these years, I thought…"

My head was pounding, and I barely registered the rest of his words. I didn’t care. What difference did it make? In his eyes, I had already been convicted of a crime I didn’t commit.

But when he mentioned Oliver, my heart stopped.

Nathan stared at me, his expression unreadable. But I didn’t care anymore. I walked to the bathroom and picked up one of Oliver’s old toothbrushes. Returning to the room, I handed it to him.

"Here," I said flatly. "You can do the test yourself."

For a moment, Nathan hesitated, his hand hovering over the toothbrush. Then he took it without a word. I walked past him and opened the door, my voice firm but empty. "Now, please leave."