Chapter 55

Chapter 55
Nolan POV
I kept my arm locked around Ellie’s waist as I pulled her away from Kieran and back toward the party. The rumble of anger in my chest was barely contained and I could smell Kieran’s cologne lingering around her which only made it worse.
“What the hell was that about?” Ellie asked, glaring up at me.
She made no attempt to pull out of my arms, but I knew that was only because people were watching. Of course they were. I had just growled at a guest.
What the hell is wrong with me? Why did I care so much that he was touching Ellie?
Because it was disrespectful-and I can’t stomach disrespect from Kieran. That’s the obvious answer.
And yet… I felt like I was spiraling.
The last thing I wanted was to let go of Ellie. I kept my hand firmly on her waist as we moved away from the crowd.
“I told you last time to stay away from him,” I said, keeping my voice low and even.
“I was just talking to him. You’re the one who’s off dancing with someone else.”
“I told you last time to stay away from other men entirely. Are you intentionally trying to embarrass me?” I demanded.
“Is that a joke?” Ellie snapped, anger flashing in her eyes. “You’re out there with Felicity hanging all over you, but me talking to someone else is the problem? You really think that’s what everybody here noticed? Me talking to Kieran, and not Felicity drooling all over you on the dance floor?”
“Keep your voice down.”
“And keep your damn hands to yourself,” she said sharply.
She shoved my hand away and stormed off toward the bathroom.
I let her go.
If we continued to argue, all it would do was draw more attention.
And that was the last thing we needed.
“Sir?” a beta approached me cautiously.
“Keep an eye on her. At all times. If Kieran or any other ma gets near her, I want to know immediately.”
Ellie POV
“I mean seriously, who the hell does he think he is?” I said angrily into the phone.
“Well, he is the Alpha,” Rae responded matter-of-factly.
I groaned in frustration as I made my way up the stairs.
“That doesn’t mean he gets to do whatever he wants. It doesn’t mean he gets to treat me like I’m his property,” I retorted. “I mean, he’s being completely paranoid. He’s the one who’s cheating, not me.”
“That’s probably all it is,” Rae replied. “He’s projecting. He knows he’s guilty, so he assumes you are too.”
“Yeah, you’re probably right. Doesn’t make me any less angry.”
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“Of course it doesn’t. He’s being a creep.”
“Yeah… look, I’m going to lay down and try to take a nap. This is all stressing me out so much.”
“No problem. Get some sleep, we’ll talk soon,” Rae said understandingly before hanging up.
I shoved my phone into my pocket and walked into my bedroom-but froze right there in the doorway.
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Nolan was standing beside my bed, two pill bottles in his hands. He had taken them from my nightstand drawer. My multivitamin and the iron supplement I had recently started taking.
My heart seemed to freeze in my chest as he turned and looked at me, the bottles still in his hands and a gleam in his eye that I recognized immediately: suspicion.
He knew.
He knew I was pregnant. He had to.
“What the hell are you doing?” I demanded, snapping out of my trance and surging forward to snatch the bottles from his hands. “Why are you going through my things?”
“Why are you hiding things?” Nolan responded, his voice far too calm for my liking.
“I’m not hiding anything! I keep my medication in my nightstand so I can take it before bed. Is that a crime?” I snapped, holding the bottles tightly and keeping the labels covered-though I knew he had already read them.
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