Chapter 100 Her Distrust Towards Him
Calhoun's POV
Jesus! I am so fucked!
It's hard to believe that Emilia Dante filmed herself naked, and did the same to me while I was asleep on the bed. And then she sent it to Kristen.
To say I am shocked is an understatement.
It's all clear now, why Kristen has been fucking crying. And I can feel my whole world crumbling at my feet.
This is worse than I ever thought. To think I wanted to keep it buried within me, that I was drugged and someone had an affair with me. Only to find out later that she actually filmed us naked and sent it to my mate to stir up problems to destroy our relationship.
I can't even look at Kristen right now. She's wailing so hard that her small shoulders are starting to shake along with her.
"Kristen, I can explain," My hands are trembling when I put them on top of her thighs, and she hurriedly swats them away.
"There's nothing to explain, Calhoun. The video is enough proof that you're cheating on me." Her voice is shaky because she's letting out loud and throaty uncontrollable sobs.
Kristen. She laughs the way she cries.
And Stewart on the other hand is stunned. Even Janette is standing in a corner, eavesdropping on everything.
This is bad...awful.
"You've been cheating on me this whole time," Kristen sneers at me.
"It's not true...I was..." Defending myself at this point is just useless because she already sees me as a liar and a cheat.
"Are you trying to tell me you're not the one in the video?" She yells in my face.
"I..." Telling her I got drugged and I had no idea how it all happened, will even worsen matters when I am a powerful man. An Alpha for that matter.
"How did she know my name? How did she get my contact if it wasn't through your fucking phone," There's this hateful look on her face as she settles her gaze on me.
"Can you please listen to me.."
"What else do you have to say except more lies?"
"I have never lied to you,"
"And you expect me to believe that?" She scoffs bitterly and rises to her feet.
"Listen to me, Kristen. It's a set up, someone is trying to separate us." I explain quickly, hoping for her to believe me as I crawl to meet with her once more.
My heart is doing dangerous backflips in my chest because I can't afford to lose Kristen.
"It was stupid of me to trust you anyway. You left my mom to be with me, and now you're having an affair with that brunette. The same way you were sleeping with me behind my mom's back."
She snaps at me.
"That's not true," rising to my feet, I walk until I am standing in front of her. Because kneeling and talking at her back isn't helping
matters.
And it's so fucked up that Stewart and Janette are here to witness this.
"The video is enough proof for me to believe that you've been pretending, meeting with other women," Kristen walks out on me, while I trail after her until my hand snatches her wrist and then I twirl her to face me.
"I am asking you to trust me, Kristen. I would never cheat on you." My voice isn't low anymore. It's hard, unwavering. And so is my gaze.
"Just fucking stop with the lies, dammit!" She yells so loud that I can see the fangs of her wolf out on full display.
This is new.
"Let me go, Calhoun," her voice is dangerously low as she tries to wiggle her hand free from my grip.
"Why can't you believe me? You have such little trust in me? That I would cheat on you? For fucks sake, I haven't looked at any woman since I met you... nor have I touched any woman." I grit out, staring intently into her eyes.
"I'll take it that it's not me you're lying to, but yourself. Now let me go or I'll shift and fight you." Kristen warns with this dangerous glint in her eyes. Her chest rising and falling heavily.
"I think you should listen to her, Alpha Calhoun," Stewart has his hand folded across his chest as he walks in.
"She's pregnant, don't make her hurt herself or do something temporarily stupid that will affect the two of you permanently." He concludes.
And I can feel my blood boiling because everyone thinks of me as a liar.
"Stay out of this, Stewart. This is between me and my mate." I growl at him, with my grip still tightening around Kristen's soft wrist. That for a moment I wonder if I am hurting her because her skin is so soft.
"She's also my daughter and she's pregnant," Stewart dares stand at my side, "just let her go and leave in the meantime. She's not in her right state of mind."
"Just trust that I am telling the truth, Kristen. We can't be apart from each other," I ignore Kristen's father and soften my voice at her.
"Just let me go and leave, Calhoun. You're worsening things for me." Kristen looks away from me, but I don't fail to see the tears welling up in her eyes once more.
It hurts to know that she's in pain because of me.
"You heard her, Alpha Calhoun. Just leave," Stewart adds.
After taking a rough gulp, I reluctantly let go of her. And she's quick
to return to her room and shut the door with a loud thud.
The next thing I hear is a muffled scream, something which indicates that she's pressing her face to her pillow and shrieking.
My heart thuds in my chest because the situation has worsened.
I am hurting but I doubt mine can measure up to Kristen's. She thinks I am cheating on her, that I wasn't faithful from the
beginning. And she won't even listen to me when I try to defend myself. And it's all because of the video.
Clenching my jaw, I take my leave. But not before taking one last look at Kristen's door.
I know for sure that I'll down myself with alcohol tonight. Because I can't function rightly, like this.