After Rebirth, I Took Revenge On My Scumbag Ex-Alpha Mate!-Chapter 10: Regret and Guilt!

KALIA

"What!?"

That was the exact word that flew out of Darren’s mouth the minute I told him the reason why I had come down here to see him.

He looked shocked, stunned, surprised, confused and utterly speechless at the same time. His eyes were fixed on me but he wasn’t saying anything. It felt like his whole body had frozen under one breath.

He leaned back into his chair and pinched the bridge of his pointed nose before looking at me again.

"I’ll pretend like I didn’t hear that because I obviously didn’t." He said after the long silence.

"If that’s all you drove down here to say then please, leave." He gestured at the entrance behind me. "Go home, Kalia and don’t ever approach me with this nonsense again."

"I will not leave until you listen to me and give me a chance to explain—"

"There’s nothing to explain or listen to." He cut me short. "Don’t embarrass yourself any further by doing this."

"Do you think I care?" I asked, wide-eyed, my insides trembling even though I looked composed on the outside. "I came here with a reason and I won’t leave until my demands are met."

"This is not happening." He muttered to himself and sucked in a deep breath before staring at me, again. "You’re joking right, Kalia? You don’t really mean any of this bullshit do you?"

"Do you think that I would leave my house and go through the stress of finding you all the way out here if I wanted to make a joke about something as serious as this?" I asked with a side glance.

"What you’re asking for is preposterous, Kalia." He muttered. "You were my brother’s fiance until two days ago. You were supposed to be married to him."

"You were going to be my sister in-law in a matter of weeks and do you know what’s worse?" He corked a brow at me but I didn’t speak. I let him continue instead.

"What’s worse Is that you called off the marriage all by yourself so I can’t put my family’s name in jeopardy just to get married to you for whatever reason at all."

"Shouldn’t this be a taboo or something if it happens? You getting married to your ex-fiance’s stepbrother barely three days after a breakup?"

"And yet your half brother was busy cheating on me with my stepsister weeks before our marriage." I said and I saw the look of confusion in his eyes.

"Isn’t their relationship also considered a taboo or does it only apply to me? Didn’t they ruin me just to be with each other? So why should ours be any different."

I snorted a short, incredulous laugh. "Everybody keeps blaming me for calling off the marriage. They keep calling me names and accusing me for wanting to destroy both families but none of them have even stopped to ask me why?"

"Why would this girl who always does what she’s told, who sacrificed everything to be with this man that she fell in love with just call of her marriage abruptly? What does she stand to gain by doing so?"

I looked away when I felt my heart burning inside me again.

"Why would she take such risk and do something like that when she knows that she has no one by her side and could be easily destroyed by the said family in question?"

"Listen..." I trailed off when I had gotten his full attention. "It’ll only be for a short while. Preferably for a few months and then we can get a divorce and go our separate ways."

"I’m not asking you to get married to me permanently. I just wish to accomplish something very important and I can only do that if I’m married to you."

"I didn’t know that you went through all of that and I’m sorry if what I’m about to say next might come out as rude or anything but I am simply not interested." He said with an air of finality.

"You haven’t even heard me out yet."

He shook his head negatively. "I don’t have to neither do I want to." He replied taking a sip of his drink."

"I don’t want to be involved in any kind of shady family feud that would seemingly put me in the middle. One that will not benefit me in any way. What do I even stand to gain if I decide to help you?"

He asked but I am tight lipped. I couldn’t bring myself to say anything but honestly, I have nothing to offer.

"Your silence is enough answer to that question." He remarked. "I understand what you’re trying to do Kalia and sadly, I’m not your guy."

"What were you even thinking coming out here to request this from me?" He asked out of the blue, shocking me.

"Were you thinking that I’m some crazy, sick psycho, jerk who would jump at the slightest opportunity to hurt his stepbrother in a blink of an eye?"

"I may not have a decent relationship with my father’s other family but I’m not one to start a fight Kalia." He lectured me.

"I don’t go around looking for one either. Callum and I may hate each other, we may be on each other’s throats all the time but that doesn’t mean that I would jump at an opportunity to hurt him when he hasn’t made any plans on doing the same to me."

"Is that what you think? That he wouldn’t hurt you himself if given the chance to?" I asked and I noticed the slight hesitation in his movements.

"Even if he does, let him." He said to me. "It’s my fight and I will handle it when the time comes."

"And for goodness sake, we don’t even know each other other than the fact that you were supposed to be his bride."

"Like it or not, you were once his fiance. He was supposed to be your husband. What did you think people are going to say about this?" He lets out a deep exasperated breath.

"I’m the Alpha’s heir and I’m next in line to rule our pack. Did you even think this through?"

"Did you even stop to consider if this would be beneficial to me or not? What impact it would have on me and my life?" He ranted on while I just remained quiet.

I had already started to feel the regret slowly building in. He was making me feel guilty with every word he uttered and I didn’t like it. I didn’t like feeling this way at all.

He creased his forehead with his palm. "Just...just go home Kalia. I understand that you’re hurt and probably grieving right now that’s why I won’t hold any of this against you."

"I have sisters too and so I know how difficult this must have been for you which is why I won’t say anything to anyone but please, don’t ever approach me regarding this bullshit ever again." He warned sternly with an air of finality.