••• Maximillian’s POV •••

For some reason, I felt a bit of stabbing pain in my heart when I heard Arra say ‘I’ll never fall in love with you’ and locked the bedroom door behind me.

Was the pain just an illusion?

Because I couldn’t be heartbroken over a woman!

I attributed it to the fact that my ego as a male Alpha was being challenged, and of course, I would feel unhappy when someone, especially a woman, challenged me.

“This is just a contract marriage. What we have is fake. We are only in a contract marriage,” I muttered and reminded myself repeatedly as I went to the living...