Alpha Martin stared at his hand, which lan had just removed from his collar.
“Ian, what’s wrong with you? Is this how you will speak and act with your father?” Carolina said, scolding him. “If my dad doesn’t know how to be a dad, forget about my manners then. I am not anyone’s slave.”
After saying that, he turned to face the staircase. He then made his way there.
“You! Now you are going to talk over your dad? This is how raised you.” Alpha Martin said it from behind. His eyes turned red with rage.
Carolina held Martin’s hand.
“Martin.”
Alpha Martin snatched his hand from his wife’s grip and kicked on the table close to the couch.
“How dare he behave like that? Tell him that he is grounded for a week. I will stop everything that allows him to live a luxurious life. What does he think about himself? A bad boy who can do anything he wants? Is this how he plans to lead this pack?”
Ian’s steps came to a halt. But he did not turn to his father. He was not such a kid that his father could ground him for a week. When his father said grounded, he meant that he would close all of Ian’s bank cards, as well as his expensive cars and bike. Without money and cars, there would be no lavish lifestyle.
“Ian, apologize to your dad right now,” Carolina said, walking toward him.
Jan turned around and looked at his parents. His father was glaring at him, while his mother was pleading with her eyes.
His gaze shifted to the broken table that his father had just kicked in anger.
“If you think I obeyed you all these times because of your money, you are mistaken. I am the master of my own life. I obeyed you because you are my parents, and you have no other heir but me. Otherwise, I am not interested in living this disciplined life where I have to answer questions about whether I slept with a girl, give penalties for a car race, or listen to complaints about my lifestyle. This is who I am. Take it or leave it.”
Ian turned around and headed upstairs to his room.
When he closed the door, he took off his T–shirt and threw it on the floor, furious.
He walked to the bed and collapsed on it. His back pressed against the mattress, and he closed his eyes.
He rubbed his forehead before opening his eyes.
His gaze was fixated on the ceiling. He thought about only one person, and that was Ava.”
Before he discovered her as his mate, everything was okay. He did not even notice her like that. However, after rejecting her, she began affecting her.
All of a sudden, He sat up. He was not feeling well today.
Did he drink too much?
He had a sudden urge to shift and go for a run. But he had just argued with Stephen at the party. How could he tell
him and others to go for a run with him? They all liked to run together.
The night passed and he did not go out of his house.
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In the morning,
Ian walked out of his bedroom with a gloomy face.
While descending the stairs, he noticed Nova’s father heading in the dining room with his parents.
Since he was the pack’s beta, he most of the time remained with his father and mother.
“Ian, good morning, son,” Nova’s father said.
Ian gave him a nod and looked away.
“Ian, have breakfast with us,” Carolina said.
Before Ian could say no to her, his father spoke out.
“Why are you calling him? He should go and find food for himself.”
“Martin, you scolded him a lot last night. At least let him have breakfast.”
Martin did not reply and made his way to the dining room. Beta followed him after casting a last glance at Ian.
“Man, you know what your dad wants. He wants you to be a good boy. Why don’t you just leave this carefree lifestyle and start being responsible? You are not a kid anymore. We thought about handing over the throne to you in a year. How will you handle everything like this? What about our pack? How will we live if our head Alpha lives like this?”
Ian’s gaze met the floor as he stared at it while listening to his mother.
“Ian.”
His mother walked toward him and held his arm.
“Your dad wants you to settle up with someone who will stand beside you, someone who can carry our pack with you. Since you haven’t found your mate, that means you need to get a chosen mate.”
Ian shrugged his shoulders and replied,
“I don’t want to talk about this. I was clear to both of you last night.”
His mother sighed as she realized that no one could make this boy understand anything.
“Then let’s go to have breakfast together.”
“No, thanks, mom. I am not hungry.”
Ian gently removed her mother’s hand from his arm and walked out of the house.
He noticed his car was not outside. He understood that his father had instructed the guards to lock the car in the parking lot.
When he glanced a the guards, they bowed their heads, avoiding eye contact with him.
He was considering taking a bus to get to the university, so he made his way to the bus stop which was far from his house.
After getting there, he boarded a bus and sat next to the window.
At each and every stop, a large number of passengers boarded the bus and exited it as well,
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Ian did not care because his gaze was fixed outside the window until, all of a sudden, he noticed a girl at a stop.
He sat up straight. He saw her get up to catch the bus.
She stepped onto the bus and walked to the second–last seat. Ian’s eyes followed her, but she did not notice him.
When she sat on the seat, he looked away from her.
She was none other than Ava, his ex–mate who he decided to avoid.
He murmured to himself with a confused expression,
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“Gamma Harper has a number of cars. Why didn’t she take one to use? What is she doing on the bus?”
