The predator's eyes were looking at Aria and Marcel's closeness, and Lorenzo wants to rip his head off, and the jealousy is eating him alive.
"May I have a dance with you, handsome," Samantha said to him, and then he noticed that she had been standing with him the whole time, but his eyes were trained only towards the beautiful girl who was laughing and enjoying herself with another man's presence.
Samantha looked at him with expectant eyes, and Lorenzo didn't say anything but hold her hand and take her to the dance floor. Samantha snaked her hand around Lorenzo's neck and started to sway to the music. But Lorenzo kept on looking at Aria and clenched his jaw. It seemed like his jaw would break with all the clenching and unclenching.
"Babe is something wrong with your business that you are upset about," Samantha asked him innocently because she was trying to find out why Lorenzo had changed suddenly.
Without answering anything, he twirled her around, and the partners changed. Aria was also surrounded by Marcel, and she was going to land in the arms of another alpha, but Lorenzo rushed and took Aria in his arms.
Samantha was going to fall due to a sudden twirl, but Aiden held her by her waist and protected her from the nasty fall, and she smiled at him in a friendly way. Aiden took her hand in his, and they both danced together but at an appropriate distance.
"I will never let you fall," Aiden said to her dedication in his voice, and Samantha smiled at him, but her eyes were capturing every moment of Lorenzo, who was dancing with Aria.
Aiden looked in the direction of Samantha's eyes, and he shook his head because he knew that sooner or later, Samantha would be broken into pieces, and then he would make her realize how much he loved her.
On the other hand, when Lorenzo's hands came in contact with Aria's waist, she felt electricity run in his body, and Aria was looking at him with curious eyes. She got awkward because his hands were touching her waist like he owns her body, and she was uncomfortable due to his touching, but she felt complete with him.
Unintentionally, Aria's hands clutched his shoulder tightly, matching the rhythm of the music.
"Do not go close to another man," he warned her, and Aria looked at his possessive nature.
"Who are you to tell me what to do, and I don't take orders from strangers," she said to him boldly, but she only knew that she was scared from inside, but she had no control over her tongue.
Lorenzo smirked, looking at the little girl's courage in front of him. He hadn't expected this from her because everyone feared him, but Aria dared to talk back to him.
"I am your Alpha, and you are bound to listen to me. Am I clear, or do I have to take other measures to make you agree with me?" he warned her with threatening eyes, and Aria gulped.
"Is this the only reason you want me to stay away from men?" she asked him with all her courage, and she was expecting to have some heartwarming words.
"Yes, this is the only reason, and I am your mate, but I have nothing to do with you; you are only a liability, and I only love Samantha," he said to her, looking straight into her eyes.
Aria was hurt hearing his answer, but what could she expect from the cold bastard? She always knew that she couldn't accept anything from the cruel man, but hearing her directly from his mouth hurt her.
Her eyes filled with tears, but she didn't allow them to shed in front of him.
"Happy birthday," he said to her out of nowhere, and soon the music went off as if Aria was waiting to be away from him. She ran from the dance floor towards her room because she was hurt. She doesn't want Lorenzo, and she wants him to reject her, but his words still hurt her.
She was going to go to her room but was stopped by Aiden. "Cut the cake, love, and I saw you were dancing with Lorenzo," he said to her, and she looked at her brother with a tearful gaze
"I don't want him, and I am ready to bear any punishment," she said to him, and Aiden looked at her with a straight face.
"Let's cut the cake," he said and took her to the cake ceremony. She had lost all enthusiasm to cut her cake, and Lorenzo was standing in front of her with a straight face, and it irked her more
She cut the cake, and everyone cheered the champagne glass. She gave the first piece to her brother, and then everyone presented her with the gift, but Aria only wanted to get away from Lorenzo's gaze, which was keeping track of her every emotion.
After accepting the gifts, she went to her room and locked the door, and slid down on the door. All her dreams of a happy life had been shattered. She waited for her mate for so long, but now she found him, but she was no longer happy. Tears slipped from her eyes, and she did not attempt to wipe them.
She gets startled by the knock on her door and gets up from the floor, and looks at her appearance in the mirror. She was looking so dull, her eyes had lost their shine, and the smile had forgotten to come to her lips. This was only the start, but what would happen after that?
she opened the door with tears in her eyes and found marcel looking at her with a concerned face.
"what happened Aria, today is your birthday and you are crying like this," he said to her and entered the room. Aria locked the door because she didn't want anyone to bother her.
she turned around and hugged marcel and cried, she had no one to share her pain with and she wanted to cry out her pain because she was sure that Lorenzo would mess her life for the worst.
"you are making me scared, please tell me what happened sweetheart," marcel asked her patting her back and aria broke the hug and looked into her eyes with her glossy ones
"I found my mate," Aria said to him in a low voice and marcel gave her a confused expression
"This is what you wanted Aria then what's the matter," he said to her in an obvious tone and she closed her eyes in pain and anger.
"My mate is Alpha Lorenzo and I hate him to the core of my heart, do you know what the best part is that he loves someone else but still he wants to have dominance over me," aria said to him in a sarcastic way and a traitor tear escaped her beautiful eye.
Aria didn't know what to do, she was alone and no one was ready to understand her but she was not ready to accept Lorenzo who considered her a liability. This pained her heart.
The craziness she saw in Lorenzo's eyes was different, but he still claims to love Samantha.
Aiden would do everything not to let Alpha Lorenzo reject Aria, but what would happen to two poor souls, Samantha and Aria?