His Arrogant Human Mate novel Chapter 29

"Of course. I know, I know. But I can't do anything-"

"Tell him no!"

His face hardened. "Now, Caroline. You know I can't do that. Please, calm down. Or just don't be angry. I don't know how to deal with that."

My mouth opened to shout something else, but my voice cracked on the first word. I quickly shut up, trying to hold back from crying. "I don't want this to hurt you. The new beta has a mate, I think you might get along. She's-"

I pushed him hard, running out of the office. "Cara, please. Wait a minute," he called. "I am so sorry. I didn't want this."

"Shut up! Yes, you do. You've always wanted this. You want a mate to stay indoors and pop out mutts every nine months and cook and clean. You don't want me. You've never wanted me. With Alfie and Andrew gone, you might as well lock me inside this damned house! God, you must have been ecstatic to hear about Andrew's offer," I snarled.

Dominic grabbed my arm tightly, just before I got out the front door. "Caroline, sugar. That is as far from the truth as you could get. You aren't thinking rationally."

"Get away from me!" I shrieked, clawing at his arm.

"Caroline, look at me."

A new voice piped up from behind me. "Let her go," Andrew grunted. "She needs to cool off."

I spun to glare at him. "I hate you! This was all Dominic's idea, wasn't it? All you've wanted was to make me more miserable. To have me serve this stupid mutt! What does Alfie think of all this? Do you think he wants to leave?"

Andrew folded his arms calmly. "I don't think anything, little brat. Alfie told me he wants to go. Wanna know why he hasn't been answering you? Why he's so busy?" he sneered. "Alfie is packing. We leave tomorrow."

Alfie. I had to see Alfie and talk to him myself. I knocked furiously at his door, trying to ignore the open garage with boxes sitting in it.

I heard Alfie curse under his breath before he opened the door. With his lips in a tight line, he stared at me. "Tell me it isn't true, Alf," I squeaked.

Alfie tore at his hair. "Do you even hear yourself? Holy hell, how did I ever befriend such an entitled little human? Cara, you are acting like a brat right now. And none of this is even about you. Andrew and I are going to be important. We'll matter. Doesn't that mean anything to you? Aren't you happy for us? For me?"

My throat was burning. He had never spoken to me like this. I took a small step back, away from the guy I called my best friend not even an hour ago. "Of course it doesn't," he spat. "Because when little miss mundane princess isn't happy, no one else is allowed to be."

"A-Alfie-"

"You were right. There is no reason Dominic should have chosen a mundane below him." Then the door slammed in my face.

I had no idea where I was. But I didn't care. I was sitting above a tall embankment over a river. It was high enough I could sit on the ledge and dangle my toes comfortable into the rushing water. After Andrew told me the truth, I ran for hours, a sobbing and snotty mess. I was still crying, but it was silent and softer, aside from the case of hiccups I'd acquired.

If I was lucky, Dominic wouldn't find me and I'd die of hypothermia or something of the like. But I wasn't lucky. I was God's cruel joke. I wiped my nose with my sleeve as a couple tear drops fell from my chin and into the water. All I could hear were Alfie's accusations towards me. The names he called me.