Chapter 79: Chapter 79

"Don't come close to me, Zayn. Keep your distance and do not get on my nerves tonight. You kept making Mom say bad words about my husband while you felt good about it, isn't it?" Mia warned Zayn, who was approaching.

"I'll be leaving now. We'll meet at dawn tomorrow when I'm about to leave with my husband," Mia declared, walking out of the gathering, holding Alex with her.

"Jayden, you watched Mia talk to me like that, and you did nothing about it, is that it?" Stella accused, turning to Alpha Jayden.

"You also crossed your boundaries with her husband," Alpha Jayden retorted, not giving any face to Stella, and walked away.

"Mia," Isabelle's voice called out from the crowd.

Her legs halted, and she turned back to see her childhood best friend Isabelle walking hurriedly towards her.

"Isabelle," she said with a low voice, turning back to Alex.

"Alex, I'll meet you in the room," she said, releasing his hands to talk to Isabelle.

"Mia," Isabelle called again, fixating her eyes on Alex who was walking away.

"What is the matter, Isabelle?" Mia asked impatiently.

"Mia, I think you shouldn't have talked to Aunt Stell like you did. You literally just made a fool of her out there," Isabelle criticized.

"And didn't you see how she ridiculed my husband in front of Zayn? I only did what I was to do as a Luna, and I'd still do it, no matter what, again and again," she declared, not giving in to Isabelle's resolve.

"Think about it, Mia. Aunt was right. Alex doesn't even smile, and yet you call him your husband. I wonder how you get to be happy with a man like that, and maybe that's why Aunt was worried about you being with him instead of Zayn."

"Please address Alex as my husband, Isabelle, and yes, he's my husband, isn't he? And I get to do whatever I want with him. He doesn't smile, he gets angry, yes, he does. We aren't even that close because our marriage was an alliance to bring an end to the killings in packs, but I still get to be with him all the time, don't I?"

"But, Mia, what about Zayn? He's been dejectedly sitting in a spot after you said those words."

Alex's shadows reflected in the dark night, which was seen by Isabelle but kept quiet about it.

"Don't you love Zayn anymore, Mia? Have you forgotten about how much you said you wanted him to be your husband?" she whispered to the ears of Alex behind the walls.

"Of course, I had once said that, but not anymore. Zayn is family, and it's better he remains distant from me," Mia said, not paying attention to the looks on Isabelle's face.

A sly smirk formed on Isabelle's face as she saw Alex walk away from Mia, not listening to the remaining words she said.

"Alright, Mia, I understand your point. You should go to meet your husband; he would be waiting for you already," Isabelle said, acting like a caring friend.

Mia nodded in agreement with what Isabelle said and took turns to walk to the bedroom to meet Alex.

Isabelle waited for Mia to walk quite a distance before she ran after the way Alex had walked, meeting Zayn along the way.

They gave each other conversing glares and walked away from each other meaningfully.

"Alpha Alex," Isabelle called out in the open space of the corridor.

There was no answer from Alex, and she walked towards him, trying to gain his attention.

"Alpha Alex, as you've heard the others while, I think you should already know what the family, including Mia, thinks about you," Isabelle said standing beside Alex.

"And what does that insinuate, young lady?" Alex said to Isabelle nonchalantly. "What do you think you can do about it?" Alex added.

"I think that you and I would be a great couple, Alpha Alex. Mia is the one who doesn't know how to love. Her heart's been with Zayn since day one; that's why she's unable to love you," Isabelle said, fueling the fire of anger inside Alex.

"I'll stay with you and take you as my alpha and husband. We can be happy together, and we'll rule your pack. Sign me as your Luna," Isabelle said to Alex, walking closer and trying to grab the hem of Alex's sleeve.

"Keep your distance, young lady. No one's allowed to touch, except for Mia, and you're just a slutty dirty bitch who's just not compared to my Mia," he said and walked away.

"But you know Mia doesn't love you, right?" Isabelle said, still trying to get her aim.

"Yes, she does. Want to know how I knew she loved me? I linked my mind to hers and I read it without any obstruction. And up till this morning, I still linked mine to hers, and it never changed," Alex said as he walked away from Isabelle.

"And now tell me, do you dare to let me link my mind with yours and read your thoughts? No, you don't, because your mind is as full of evil as you are," Alex said from a distance as he turned back to go.

Alex walked a distance to notice on the floor the long tail of Mia's dress on the floor. In front of her was Zayn, who was having some kind of talk with her.

Their position was so absurd to anyone that noticed; Alex saw this and walked away back to the bedroom.

Zayn saw Alex walk away from there and as well left Mia in an instant. Their scheme was already getting to the goal; he smirked and walked away.

Mia left and walked to the bedroom, dragging the long tail of her dress behind her. She met Alex in the bedroom, having no idea about anything that had happened between him and Isabelle. She apologized for taking too long and walked away to change her dress.