A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret)

Nick POV

Watching Sara walk down the stairs behind our son, I tried and failed to look away.

She had a silk shirt on today with a tight, straight skirt. I decided the slit was cut too high. It exposed part of her smooth thighs when she moved. I pictured her sitting on this couch beside me. Letting me run my hand up that soft piece of golden flesh. I needed to control these thoughts. Why was I having them?

She caught the desire in my eyes before I quickly averted them to our pup.

"Ready for school, little wolf?"

"Yes, daddy," he beamed. The exciting response was quickly followed by the usual odd tickle in my chest.

"Good, cuz I'll be dropping you off today," I said, rising from the couch.

Sara eyes widened. It was hard to tell if the shock she felt was mingled with approval or disapproval.

"Would you like that?" I got on my hunches so my son and I were at eye level. When he nodded with a grin, I roughened his thick, soft curls and rose back up.

Sara was looking at me with an arched brow now. She was waiting for further explanation. I decided I won't give her one. She didn't offer any herself when she let that man kiss her hand, did she?

The sickening image made me want to drive my claws into something. Maybe the man's flesh. Goddess knows where else he kissed her last night. How far had they gone? Was that really their first date? Was this how she felt when she saw me kiss Meg? I was her mate then. We were... nothing now, so I shouldn't be feeling like this.

The elevator dinged, and my gamma appeared with one of the human drivers.

My first thought was 'what the fuck is he doing here?' because his gaze moved straight to Sara. I watched as her eyes soften when she regarded him.

"Why are you here?" I snapped.

The human male beside him flinched. Richard seemed confused by my curt question.

"You... called me," he replied.

"I said get Patel to see me. I didn't say come with him- You know what, you both can leave. I'll drive us!"

Richard nodded and started to lead the human male back into the elevator when I spoke again.

"And Rich, I need you back in L.A. this morning."

He turned around and nodded in submission. Jake had now appeared, too, and was giving me his usual disapproving look.

Minutes later, Sara and I were riding down the elevator with Alex between us. I could feel her getting ready for a protest. If only she knew what else I had for her, she'd save her strength. Soon, we were in the parking lot. I hoisted my child unto the back seat of my car as she waited.

As soon as I shut the door, she began.

"You need to let me know these things beforehand. You can't just decide to be our chauffeur without telling me."

"It's unhealthy to fight all the time in front of the child, Sara. Don't you know this?" I replied. "Of course, you do know. Just the only thing you care about is yourself and how you feel?" Her mouth hung open as she tried to find the words to talk back.

The Sara I knew never talked back.

She surrendered to me like a flower receiving the sunlight. She was gentle and always ready to give whatever I asked. Be it her attention, confidentiality, or even her soul. My stomach went sour as I compared our then and now.

"I'm taking him to school. You'll formally introduce me to the director. She already met me, but still. Also, this,"

I opened the front seat and retrieved the envelope that was delivered this morning.

"It's his new birth certificate. It has both our names as parents... and I fixed his name. Alexander Reign"

I could feel the steam of her anger as it continued to rise. Good. I shouldn't be the only one raging inside.

"I don't understand any of this. Didn't you want him to stay a secret?"

"For now! For both your safety, yes. But you see, most people don't know me here, so we're fine. We'll be

meeting just the school director TOGETHER for a formal

introduction. And maybe one of his teachers. It's either that or pull him out and find another school."

She took a deep, exasperated breath. There was so much she wanted to say to me. None of which would be pleasant. Yet I was intrigued. But she didn't speak. The she-wolf in her still recognized me as her former lover and alpha no matter how much she hated it. Or maybe I'm deluded.

"Yeah and lemme just say that I don't need to tell you shit!Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

You didn't tell me anything when you let that man kiss you, did you? Nope!"

Okay, that sounded childish, but whatever.

Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she scoffed.

I opened the door and sat inside, willing myself not to say another word so I don't make another foolish, petty remark. One more dumb comment about last night, and she'd sense what seeing her with another man did to me. She soon joined us in the car. I started the engine without waiting and drove us out of the resort. It was now 7:20 AM.

"Do they start school this early?"