Pregnant By My Best Friend Alpha Chapter 17

Kyra’s POV

I stopped when I almost bumped into Nathan as I was about to enter the eting room. My pulse spiked as his Alpha aura instinctively wrapped around . His stern expression softened when he saw .

"Kyra—"

"Good morning, Alpha Nathan," I said deliberately, watching his lips part in shock. In our world, mates never used formal address—this was a public declaration of our severed bond.

I brushed past him and took my usual seat at my regular chair where I always sat during etings. Instead of leaving, he returned to the chair beside mine—the place reserved for a Luna beside her Alpha.

"We need to talk," he murmured, his wolf’s gravelly undertone making the employees pause their preparations.

I glanced at the pack employees who were putting docunts on the table. "I have another eting after this, Alpha Nathan."

"Five minutes," he begged.

I looked at him lazily and didn’t answer right away. I waited for the pack employees to leave before I fully faced him.

"We already spoke. I told you to give a year—"

"Then why did you co last night?"

My breath caught. He thought I’d sought him out, when in reality, I’d been fleeing a rogue threat while he was tangled up with Sophia. Soone fild naked and he was clueless as hell.

Instead of answering, my eyes landed on the rings on his finger.

"Why are you still wearing those rings?"

"I never regretted marrying you, Kyra. You’re part of my life, and so are these rings."

I looked him in the eyes. "If I were Sophia, I wouldn’t allow you to wear soone else’s rings."

His jaw clenched. "You’re not just soone else."

I looked away and answered with sarcasm, "Yeah. I am one of your treasures."

"Why push away?" He grabbed my wrist. "I’m worried about you, Kyra. That rogue stalker—"

"I’ll deal with it myself," I cut him off as I put my pen on the table. "We’re rejected mates, Alpha Nathan. And the eting is important, just let it be."

He was rendered speechless, and I signaled my assistant to bring the others in.

I didn’t want to waste ti. What happened last night was enough to sober up.

He said he wasn’t dating Sophia, but I caught them together in his house. She was wearing his t-shirt and they looked like they had just had sex.

I would never fall for his words anymore.

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Nathan’s POV

My wolf howled in frustration. Kyra kept pushing away, demanding space I couldn’t give. She was asking to leave her alone for a year. How could I possibly do that?

I felt like I’d lose my mind whenever she was mad at . My mind was thrown into chaos every ti.

I couldn’t stop thinking about her because I knew I was guilty. I brought her into this situation. I was the one to bla. I shouldn’t have married her in the first place.

However, I couldn’t deny that she made happy in our marriage.

During the entire eting, she never once glanced my way. I was her Alpha, her mate—yet she treated like a stranger. Alaric, my wolf, paced angrily. She slls different—like steel and resolve instead of orange blossoms and ho.

I never wanted to lose Kyra, but I didn’t want to give up on Sophia, the mate fate itself had chosen for . I’d been in love with her since high school. I just didn’t understand why I had to let Kyra go just because I wanted to be happy with Sophia.

I was a ss. I didn’t like this, but I couldn’t do anything about it.

After the eting, I silently watched Kyra as she walked confidently towards her office. I didn’t know why, but I had a bad feeling. Since last night, I felt like I was missing sothing very important. And that was the reason why she was angry with .

"Luke!" I called to Luke, the warrior guarding Kyra’s office after she entered.

"Alpha..."

"What happened last night?" I growled.

He bowed his head. "I swore secrecy, my Alpha."

"What?" I snapped at him. I balled my fists and moved a little closer. "She is my Luna! I deserve to know what’s happening to her."

"I’m sorry, she’s still my charge," he countered respectfully but firmly.

I hung up the phone furiously and slumped in my swivel chair. I started massaging my forehead, squeezing my eyes shut, when a pair of warm hands caressed my shoulders.

I jumped and looked up at Sophia who was standing beside .

She imdiately kissed my cheek and smiled, "You seem stressed."

I looked away. How could I tell Kyra that she misunderstood us last night? Wait, was she angry because of it?

Was she acting like this because she felt like I was lying to her when I told her I didn’t mark Sophia?

That was the truth.

Sophia and I weren’t in a relationship, though we had a mutual understanding. However, that was all. Nothing happened last night.

I was about to take a shower last night when Sophia ca. She accidentally spilled water on her clothes, so she borrowed mine. I was fixing my belt because, just like I said, I was about to take a shower.

I felt like it was the reason why Kyra was angry, so I gently pushed Sophia away and stood up. She was calling my na, but I was determined to talk to Kyra, apologize, and explain everything to her.

However, I felt like the world fell on when I saw Luke in front of her desk. His left hand was pressed on the table while his other hand was on Kyra’s cheek.

Sothing inside seed to explode as I realized what they were doing. They were kissing!

H-Her lips were on soone else’s lips...