Alpha Dimitri By LS Barbosa

Chapter 75 Dimitri: “You and Aurora seem to be getting along well enough lately,” Ivan stated, raising an amused eyebrow atas the two of us entered the office. “And | have to admit, had anyone toldthat you would be getting along this way, | would have told them that they have lost their minds.” | chuckled and nodded, knowing that he was right. Even | didn’t expect that the two of us were going to be getting well. The idea of us saying a proper word without arguing was something that | didn’t expect before Angelina was born, and yet, here we were. The two of us have been sleeping in one room since she left the infirmary and that was something that | was extremely grateful for.

“How are things going on with the wedding preparations? | know that Natalia has been going with her family to get things ready a lot more often lately.” | said, changing the subject, | knew that this was something that was somewhat hard on him. With being who she was, | knew that her family’s expectations were high, but what | also knew that | wasn’t going to leave him alone to do this. As his Alpha, he knew that | was going to give him everything that he was ever going to need “They're going well, almost done with most of them too. Natalia seems to be happy with them. W are just waiting for tonight to be over before we start on the final preparations when it comes to the ceremony and the food testing. It is something that she is insisting that we do.” He said, and | chuckled, knowing that it was something that mom haddoing with Aurora when the two of us were preparing for the wedding ceremony. It was how we chose the food that we wanted, and | knew that Aurora often had the concierges coming with samples to also check and choose what she wanted for our guests on a normal basis.

“Let these elders leave today and we are going to be focusing more on the wedding. We have to make a good impression on them, and | know for fact that they are going to have Aurora under more supervision than she has ever been. And you know, with Elder Jordan being salty against her, | doubt that she is going to allow the night to pass without making sure that everyone in the room knew that she didn’t like her.” Ivan said, remindingof the first tElder Jordan met Natalia in the lord Alpha’s house. And though both Natalia and Aurora knew not to hold things against one another. Plus, there was the fact that Natalia knew how to withhold the situation without making it harder for the two of them, | knew that the elder was not going to let the night pass as smoothly if she could.

“I know, but I still have to apologize to you for how things are going. You should be focusing on the wedding and your mate. And yet, here you are, doing this with us, and though I know that you are going to tellthat it is because you're best friend and beta, | know that this is something that you also fought for.” I said, and he smiled. | wasn’t dumb, | knew how much he fought to get Natalia’s attention first. The fact that she played him was a completely different thing as she tried finding out type of men that he was.

the Therefore, | knew very well that he wanted nothing more than to be with her. If he was patient through all that and if he managed to stand in front of her father for her, | knew that he didn’t want to lose her.

“As you said, Dimitri; you don’t need to thankfor this. | know that you have done the sand more. Plus, both Natalia. and Aurora discussed the dates together. It wasn’t like it was something that we would have had a chance to interfere in. You know for fact that we are not the types to get involved in such things, and if the night is for anyone to shine, it is Natalia.” He said, smiling at the thought of her. “I am to claim her as my own, but | know that even that can wait until she is ready, and | don’t mean ready to be my wife; | mean ready to be bound toas a mate.

“You know for fact that she wants nothing more than for you to claim her as your own. It is the main reason why the two of you are also getting married. The marriage would be bringing the families closer, and would make the two of you closer than you could ever be. | doubt that you would be hesitating now.” | said, teasing my beta. He chuckled and shook his head atbefore getting up from the desk to pour the two of us a drink.

“How about we get things done before the elders arrive? If we are to proceed this way, nothing would be done and we are going to be more behind on schedule. And you know for fact that right now, we really can’t afford that.” He said, and | nodded. “Plus, we are still going to have to ensure security around the pack. You know, the last thing that we will need is for trouble to arise when we have the elders over.”” “And by trouble, | do believe that you are referring to your ex?” He asked, and | looked away from him for a second. | knew that he felt more than a little guilty toward Aurora and his friendship, well, what was rising of it, when it cto Charlotte's situation.

She knew that he wanted her to be the patient wife that didn’t say or do anything. He knew that he also didn’t want her to get in trouble withfor the sake of things staying in order despitehaving an affair with another woman. And though that ended, too, he knew that he also defended Charlotte when she left. Him bringing her back to the pack when her father took her back in was something that didn’t si*p his mind.

“I don’t want Charlotte to cause a problem within the pack and the last thing that we are going to need is for her to be around the pack’s grounds when the elders are here. So, yes, | don’t want her around at all costs. And | don’t care what it is going to take.” | said, and he looked down at the drink that was in his hand before putting the bottle down on the bar table.

“You do realize that her father is an ally, Dimitri. And if he is not around, it is going to stir questions.” He said, making my chest burn. And though | knew that it was true judging by our past.

Considering that his daughter was with me, the man would attend every single event that | held, none missed and no excuses were ever given. Hell, the man even cto one of our business events, and it wasn't even an important one, while injured; therefore, when it cto this one, | knew that we wouldn't know how to explain i) But the one thing that | had in mind was that before, he was doing this because of his daughter being my mate, well, in theory, she was my consort. In his mind, she was my woman, and though that was a fact that was kept from the public's eye, especially after | stripped her off her titles and rights if she were to be my woman, | knew that it was something that no one outside our pack members knew. Hell, even Aurora, who was supposedly Charlotte's friend, didn’t know of that “Her father broke more of our alliances when he chose to turn against me. You know for fact that he has done more damage to us even before Aurora and | were married when rumors spread aboutbeing with her. And though he got an explanation from both Charlotte and I, it didn’t stop him from the things that he has done to try and ruin our pack’s peace.” | said, reminding my beta of the clubs that he not only ambushed, but also sabotaged. The fact that he snuck inside the pack and had Charlotte hiding and lying toabout it played in my head, and I couldn't help but find myself wondering if that had happened before.

And though | wouldn't have minded her seeing him in public and in public events. Them talking in private after the man calledan enemy as | had a mate chosen forwas not something that | accepted. And it was Charlotte who chose to want to stay withat the time. | never forced her to do so, and he knew that very well.

“I don’t intend to defend any of them, but you know for fact that he wouldn't have done so if..” “I didn’t choose to be with Aurora. And both Charlotte and | had our agreements to this. We let her father in and he chose his own side.” | said, stopping Ivan. His eyes met mine for a second and | knew that he was well aware to close the subject as not to cross a limit that he wasn’t going to be able to get back from. This was a topic that I didn’t want to talk about anyway, and | believed that he understood that very well.

“Anyhow,” | said, choosing to change the topic. “I don’t want her or her father near the pack at all costs tonight. | don’t care what you have to do or who you have to put around the pack to ensure that. But make sure that no one catches their scents. around; otherwise, the two of us know that the trouble that would be coming from this would reek more than a dead b*dy that has been abandoned for over a week, am | making myself clear!”