Chapter 41
\nMarked By the Pureblood Alpha (Deanna and Luis) novel Chapter 41<\/p>\n
Chapter 41 Fine, It\u2019s All My Fault<\/p>\n
Deanna\u2019s POV:<\/p>\n
Jake\u2019s words made my face burn red.<\/p>\n
Yes, it was true.<\/p>\n
Back then, I was the one who clung to him.<\/p>\n
I was the one who begged him to be with me.<\/p>\n
I never thought the love that once burned so bright would one day become a weapon he used to hurt me.<\/p>\n
My mind slipped back to when I was seventeen. My parents hadn\u2019t brought me back to the Mistbane Pack.<\/p>\n
+20 Free Coins<\/p>\n
The day I got my acceptance letter from the best university in the whole land. I ran home, excited to share the news. Dorothy barely looked at it before tearing it to shreds right in front of me.<\/p>\n
\u201cCollege is useless for a girl,\u201d she sneered. \u201cBetter to get married early.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she tossed a factory job offer letter in my lap. \u201cI already took a 30,000\u2013dollar referral fee. Next month you\u2019ll be working the assembly line. Stop dreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n
When I refused, she slapped me hard across the face, her eyes filled with disgust.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeanna, if you\u2019ve got any guts, then get out and don\u2019t come back. You\u2019ve got no ID, no papers, nothing. You\u2019re a nobody. You\u2019ll never climb out of the gutter. Give it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ran out of the house in tears, my head spinning, until\u2013bam!-I crashed into a black luxury car.<\/p>\n
The door opened, and out stepped Jake.<\/p>\n
Back then, he wasn\u2019t as cold and distant as he is now.<\/p>\n
He still had that serious look, short brown hair, and sharp eyes. But beneath it, he is still carrying a trace of boyish youth.<\/p>\n
I was trembling and crying so hard that he looked worried. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Are you injured?\u201d<\/p>\n
I had banged up my leg, and blood seeped through my jeans. But the physical pain was nothing compared to the shattering of my future.<\/p>\n
I shook my head, choking on my words over and over. \u201cMy college is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stayed quiet for a moment, then said, \u201cI\u2019ll get it back for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know then that he was an Alpha. I thought he was trying to comfort me. But the next day, I actually received a new acceptance letter, hand\u2013delivered by the university director himself.<\/p>\n
In that instant, Jake was like a beam of light cutting straight through the darkness of my life. At seventeen, he became my only<\/p>\n
salvation.<\/p>\n
A year later, when I was already in university, I ran into him again at one of my part\u2013time jobs.<\/p>\n
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Chapter 41 Fine, It\u2019s All My Fault<\/p>\n
I finally learned who he really was and how big the distance between us truly was.<\/p>\n
+20 Free Coins<\/p>\n
But it didn\u2019t matter. Feelings can\u2019t be forced away. I still loved him. And I still gathered the courage to try and get close to him.<\/p>\n
I had never chased anyone before. It wasn\u2019t really clinging or begging it was just me holding out my burning heart, carefully offering it to the boy who had once saved me.<\/p>\n
Until one day, Jake pulled up in front of me in his Rolls\u2013Royce.<\/p>\n
The back window slid down, showing his cold, calm face.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou wait for me here every day? Why?\u201d<\/p>\n
My cheeks flushed, and I lowered my head shyly. \u201cI don\u2019t mean anything by it. I just wanted to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou like me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Biting my lip, I whispered, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stared at me for a long time. Then suddenly he asked, \u201cAnd how long will you like me?\u201d<\/p>\n
I lifted my eyes, meeting his deep gaze. \u201cForever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, pulling myself out of the past, I looked at the werewolf standing in front of me\u2013the werewolf who felt both familiar and strange.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople grow up, Jake. I\u2019ve given you my heart for the past five years. I\u2019ve given everything to this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about you? You thought I\u2019d always be waiting for you because of that promise I made. And that\u2019s why you\u2019ve been so careless. My love is so cheap in your eyes, and you get to hurt me as much as you like.\u201d<\/p>\n
My voice trembled as I spoke.<\/p>\n
Not just for him, but for all the years I\u2019d given away, all the love and pain that now felt wasted.<\/p>\n
Jake\u2019s POV:<\/p>\n
Watching Deanna so upset stirred up a wave of frustration I couldn\u2019t explain.<\/p>\n
really didn\u2019t get what she was so worked up about. I already promised her she\u2019d be my Luna. What else could she possibly want?<\/p>\n
Was she mad just because I didn\u2019t answer a few texts?<\/p>\n
Because I wasn\u2019t always tuned in to her emotions?<\/p>\n
Because I went to check on Peggie on certain days?<\/p>\n
All of this felt like such small things to me, yet she turned them into fights.<\/p>\n
I took a deep breath, trying to push down my irritation.<\/p>\n
Today was supposed to be about ceremonial gown fitting, not another argument.<\/p>\n
If we kept going, it would end like before\u2013ugly, with both of us walking away angry.<\/p>\n
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1:44 am<\/p>\n
\u05e9\u05e9<\/p>\n
Chapter 41 Fine, It\u2019s All My Fault<\/p>\n
I softened my voice, forcing myself to sound calm.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeanna, fine, fine\u2013it\u2019s all my fault, okay? Let\u2019s just go try on your gown today, alright?\u201d<\/p>\n
As I spoke, I reached out to take her hand.<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2124","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/2124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}