Selena’s POV

I could sense his confusion. He was confused because I didn’t start complaining that he didn’t come back last night, for spending the night at Linda's place. That was how it had always been in the past.

“Sorry I couldn't make it last night.” He said awkwardly.

I shrugged nonchalantly, “It's okay, you must have been busy.”

Zane furrowed his eyebrows at me, wondering why I wasn't reacting like I normally did.

“Are you mad at me?” He couldn't help but ask.

“No, I'm not.” I replied with another shrug.

“Really?” He asked, narrowing his eyes at me in disbelief.

I nodded. “Yeah,”

“Then what is this?” He asked, pulling out a vial of potion from the trash bin.

“I'm not angry,” I repeated with yet another shrug. I wasn't going to explain anything to him.

Zane gave me a patronizing look. “Of course, you’re not mad. How petty can you be, Selena? You threw away the potions and the herbs over something so trivial.”

I was about to show him the pregnancy report when he shrugged. “Whatever. Besides, you’re the one who has been worried and troubled about having a child, not me.”

I gaped at him in disbelief as I processed his words. How could he say something like that?

I swallowed back my words, as I shifted the pregnancy report away. Zane must have seen the look on my face because he released a small sigh and sat on the bed beside me.

“Here,” Zane said, handing me a slightly worn-out jewelry box, “I got you this. Linda kept freaking out, saying that she had upset you. She begged me to get you something on my way back” He said, opening the box.

I looked at the necklace inside with a blank stare. I recognized the necklace immediately. It was an old gold necklace. The tear-shaped pendant in the center had faint scratches on it. It wasn’t new, it wasn’t bought with any thought or care. It belonged to Linda.

Zane hadn’t gotten this for me. He hadn’t gone out of his way. He had simply just picked it from Linda, something she clearly didn’t need any more.

I scoffed in disgust and rolled my eyes as I turned back to the book I was reading. Last night, Linda had posted the picture of the new necklace that Zane had gotten her. It had a gold chain, and the pendant was a shining sapphire. The caption was: ~An Alpha like no other! Thank you for always putting me first.~

Zane glared at me when he saw my reaction. “Why are you so petty and ungrateful? What’s your problem?”

He shot to his feet, flinging the jewelry box with the necklace inside and stormed to the bathroom in anger. Pain settled in my chest as I watched him walk away. Zane was taking me for a fool. I thought to myself bitterly.

Few minutes later, Zane came back to the bed in a better mood.

“Hey, I just remembered that today is your ovulation day. We can try and see if it works this time.” He said, lifting an eyebrow at me with a small suggestive smile. I was about to refuse when his phone rang from the table beside him. I recognized the cute ringing tone he had assigned to Linda’s contact. I craned my neck to confirm that she was the one calling, and sure enough, the caller ID that showed was Cupcake with a lot of heart emojis.

Selena’s POV

“Zane!” Linda cried the moment Zane picked the call. Zane tensed immediately and shot to his feet in alarm.

“What’s going on, Lin? Are you okay?” He asked frantically.

Linda sobbed harder, refusing to say anything. Zane was getting more panicked.

“Tell me, Lin! What’s going on? Is it the baby?” He asked, seriously worried.

She sniffed. “I don’t know, but I feel so dizzy, and my head hurts so much, Zane.”

“Hold on, I’m coming to get you.” He announced, rushing to grab one of his coats.

“No! You can’t come yet, today is Linda’s ovulation. You need to stay and try for a–”

Zane snorted “Oh please, it’s not like she’s going to get pregnant miraculously this one time.” He mocked. “You’re the one pregnant, and you need to be taken care of. That’s all that matters.”

When the call was disconnected, Zane turned to me with a glare. “Can you see how Linda is concerned about you? She was ready to risk her life and the life of her baby just for you. Stop being so insecure and jealous.” He scolded with a frown on his face.

“I’m going over to her place to make sure she's fine and take her to the pack clinic if the needs arise.

He walked to the door, about leaving when I called him back with a sigh

“Zane, hold on.”

He whirled around, his eyes blazing with anger. “Selena, what is it?! I am tired of your constant jealousy and pettiness! I have somewhere important to be” He snapped

I didn’t react to his harsh words. Instead, I pointed to one of his coats that hung on the clothes rack. “Your car key is still in that coat.” I informed him.

Zane blinked in surprise, clearly not expecting it. Then he nodded and walked to the coat to take the key from it. “Thank you, Selena,” he finally said with a small smile. I didn’t respond.

“I love you, and I’ll see you later, Selena,” Zane said softly, walking back to place a soft kiss on my forehead.

“I won’t take long, I promise.” He swore, looking sincere.

Immediately Zane left, several thoughts raced through my mind. I was fed up, and I was done enduring it. But I knew that I couldn’t rush into any decision too quickly, I had to put things in place first.

I began making calls. First, I called a friend of mine in the Healer’s Circle, Jason.

“Hey Jason,” I greeted with a small smile.

I could hear the smile in his voice as he replied. “Selena, what a pleasant surprise!” he exclaimed.

After all the pleasantries, I went straight to the point. “I accept your offer to work at the Healer’s Circle.”

He inhaled sharply in disbelief. The Healer’s Circle was the largest institution of Healers in the supernatural world. They had approached me several times because of my skill in herbal medicine, but Zane had refused me from joining because he had wanted me to focus on giving him a child. But now, I needed to make sure I wasn’t completely helpless. This was just the first step, I had other preparations to make.

By the time I finished with the preparations, it was already midnight. Yet, Zane hadn’t come back from Linda’s place. I opened Linda’s status, she had added another picture.

It was a picture of a shirtless Zane asleep on her bed, with his mouth slightly opened, and his chest completely bare. The caption this time was: ‘Have you seen a hot Alpha like this? And he’s all mine!’

I replied to her status with a ‘thumbs up’ emoji again, and immediately, she deleted the image.

When I saw that she was about to reply, probably to tell me another crap, I quickly blocked her. I was done with both of them. I had a future to plan for.