Mated To My Boyfriend's Dad

Chapter 142: _ Choosing Him

I was still in my thoughts when Lupe returned to the room.

"Well, this night just keeps getting better, doesn’t it?" She said sarcastically, leaning against the doorframe.

Better or worse?

I glared at her. "This is not funny, Lupe."

"Alright, alright." She strode closer. "I just think you are all too entangled in a messy ring of secrets. When will you have this honest conversation with Kylo?"

I trailed my gaze to Lupe who was clad in nothing from head to toe. "It’s not that easy, naked miss. Why didn’t you use a towel or something?"

"I forgot to take one before going into the bathroom. And what’s the harm? You’re a girl and Liam is asleep, so chill, buzzkill..." She rolled her eyes.

I almost hissed at her. "Whatever. I guess I just wasn’t ready to see how flat your ass is."

"What?!" Lupe blurted out, her mouth popped open. "Says the girl with the flat boobs." She gestured toward my flat breast under my top.

I swatted the pillow playfully at her. "Shut up!"

Lupe began to giggle but I really had no reason to laugh. How she could smile and dump her worries despite losing her mother and potentially, her mate on the same day was admirable.

But for me who had a chunk of secrets and just found out that she wasn’t the only one who had betrayed her ex-boyfriend, but he had betrayed her as well as a lot.

"I’ll go have my bath." I stood up, undressing while Lupe dressed up in her nightwear.

She turned to me, now getting serious. "Think about it, Isleen. The earlier..."

"The better, I know." I finished for her, stepping into the bathroom.

And thus, I got in the shower. The hot water washed away the dirt, bloodshed, and smoke of the day, true.

What it didn’t wash away was the jumble of feelings in my stomach. Kylo’s betrayal, the guilt over Gamma Rhett, and a strange new ache – like a butterfly trapped inside me.

Soaping my hair, I touched the warm mark on my neck. It was a reminder of Rhett. A tingle shot through me as a memory of his touch, his kiss during the marking process – It played on repeat.

Oh, his strong arms, his warmth, the hunger in his eyes. Gamma Rhett, at this point, I want to accept you.

But heat flooded my face as the water rushed through my head. How could I think of him after everything?

Should desire be the next thing on my mind when so many people had just died in the pack? When I had just found out that my ex-boyfriend and my roommate had betrayed me?

It was now clear to me that I never loved Kylo. What I loved about him was how he loved and cared for me when everyone else was against me, not he himself.

It might sound cruel but it was the painful truth. From now on, I wanted to honest with myself and be true to my feelings. Running hadn’t gotten me anywhere, had it?

The truth was clear – Rhett’s marking me had woken something inside me, a feeling that wouldn’t go away. It made me realize so many things too.

I knew now what real and true desire felt like. It would be unfair for Kylo for me to make him go against everyone and even his father to be with me when I could never love him the way he loved me.

When I could never want him that way as well.

I needed to let him go if I really was sorry for him and I was glad I had done that. If toying around with Cullen would give him joy, I’d pretend like I didn’t know about it and let them have fun.

Kylo deserved to have fun.

Fun for me was being with his father. Hopefully, Kylo would understand too. This would be goodbye.

But it would be welcome to Gamma Rhett. Just like him, I would shamelessly accept my fate. The world would judge me but when they saw how happy I become, the world would adjust.

I pictured Rhett again, his broad back filling the doorway, the way he looked at me a little too long. Was I imagining it, or was there a spark in his eyes too? Like he— loved me?

The cold water surprised me as I stood lost in thought. Part of me knew this was crazy. Rhett, the strong leader, a mystery, and me – with a broken past and a child.

It was trouble for sure.

But another part, deep down, said something different. A connection, a pull that made sense even if I couldn’t explain it. Exciting and scary, like a forbidden candy I couldn’t touch.

Towel wrapped tight, I stared at my reflection in the mirror. Who was this woman? The sad Omega, or the woman awakened by a touch, a kiss, and a mark that promised more?

The answer was like the steam on the mirror – unclear. But one thing was certain – things were about to get messy and I had come to not give a fuck at all.

Just like Lupe, I nakedly stepped out of the bathroom. A smile bloomed on my face when I saw how fast asleep Lupe and Liam were. I didn’t know Lupe was such a sleeper.

However, truth be told, everyone in the pack would sleep for the rest of today. We had all had a long night. The only ones who might not taste sleep were the ones who would bury their kin.

It was sad, but life had never been fair.

Thankful that we had grabbed a thing or two at Lupe’s place, I changed into one of her nightwear and crawled into the bed between her and Liam.

I turned to my son, caressed his hair, and wished it was Gamma Rhett sleeping beside me until sleep took over me as well.

Once again, I came to regret thinking about Rhett before going to bed because I began to have that strange dream yet again.