Chapter 129

ALEXANDER’S POV I sat in my study, lost in thought. I stared at the contract Isabella made me sign. It stared at me from my desk. It was like a cage that I willingly stepped into. Three months. Just three months, she said. Three months of pretending to be mine, Isabella had written. She had mentioned this deal before but I thought she was joking. I thought she hadn’t meant it. Then my dad got sick and she mentioned it as a condition. Was that how badly she wanted me? What was her end game here? I belonged to someone else. I wouldn’t fall in love with her and she knew it. I thought I was doing the right thing when I agreed to it. I told myself it was for my father. Isabelle said she could heal him and she used this against me. She knew I would give up anything to keep him stable. Including Eliza. God, Eliza. I leaned back in my chair and ran a hand over my face. My wolf paced inside me, angry and restless. It had been days since we’d held her. Kissed her. Breathed her in. She was our ma