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“I was in meetings all day with my dad. Come with me, I have a surprise for you.”

I smiled and followed him upstairs. I gave him a curious look when he walked to my closet but when Zane opened the door, I let out a gasp.

I walked in, a bright smile beaming on my face. My closet was filled with clothes. Tops, bottoms, dresses, shoes, you name it.

“Zane? How did you…?”

He smirked.

“I have my ways. Do you like it?”

“Zane, you really shouldn’t have.” I turned to him, a little hesitant to accept such a big gift.

“I could tell today that you didn’t have much. I wanted to say sorry for being such a jerk in the past. Besides, you deserve to feel good.”

I jumped and threw my arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.

“Thank you, Zane.” He hugged me back tightly before we made our way downstairs.

Zane sat down at the island, and I could feel his eyes on me. Watching my body. I suddenly felt self-conscious.

“Want to watch a movie tonight?” My head perked up at Zane’s request.

“Depends on the movie. You’re not one of those blood and guts guys, are you?” I replied as I squished my nose at him.

Zane laughed.

“Depends on the movie. How about you pick, then?”

My mom let out a scoff from the other end of the island, and I smirked. This boy didn’t know what he was in for.

I spent the evening racking my brain on the most cringey, gooey, cheesy movie I could think of before settling on the perfect one.

Zane went up before me, probably to clean up his room. I finished cleaning up and then jogged upstairs to my room. I grabbed the movie and changed into some shorts and a comfy tee.

I opened the door to Zane’s room and walked in.

“Hey! So you’re in for a real…” I trailed off as the scene in front of me sank in.

Zane was sitting on the chair in his room, straddled by a very naked Mariah. She gave me an exaggerated look of fake shock before a smirk spread across her face.

I gritted my teeth.

“Seems like you’re busy.”

I walked coldly out of the room before running into my bedroom and slamming the door.

“I knew it. I knew it!” was all I said as I paced my room. My wolf whined, angry but sad at the same time.

It had all been too good to be true. The date, the clothes, he was just buying me so his father would make him alpha.

We had both hoped things were different. We had both begun to open up to the idea of letting our mate back in.

Chapter 23

ZANE

I opened the door to my room and walked in, looking around at the clothes thrown everywhere, the towels on the ground, and the unmade bed. I had to act fast. Wait a minute…