Escolhida para Ser a Substituta do Alfa

Escolhida para Ser a Substituta do Alfa

Laisha Gardner

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Introduction

Meus quadris trabalham sem vergonha, deslizando em sua mão enquanto ele suga hematomas em meu pescoço. Este segredo sujo, esta proposta indecente tão em desacordo com minha vida certinha. Os toques de luz, quase cruéis, arrancam um grito da minha garganta enquanto eu me desfaço, meus olhos revirando para trás, meu corpo travando em um espasmo profundo nos ossos.

*Acabei de fazer sexo... com um estranho... em um beco sujo...*

***

"Seja uma boa menina. Boas meninas são recompensadas."

Baboseira.

Ser uma boa menina não te dá absolutamente nada, além de um marido traindo e montanhas de dívidas no seu nome - cartões de crédito que ele usou para mimar sua amante, a vadia que eu realmente quero apagar da minha mente: Talvez se você pudesse dar a ele um filho, ele não precisaria procurar em outro lugar."

Depois de anos de testes negativos, quão cruel é que um encontro imprudente com um estranho possa ter sucesso onde meu casamento falhou? Uma risada sufocada escapa dos meus lábios, beirando a histeria.

***

O homem sexy de olhos escuros se inclina para frente, cotovelos nos joelhos. "Quem eu sou não importa," ele diz, as palavras ecoando na medula dos meus ossos. "O que importa é que você, Penélope, está carregando meu descendente."

"Seu... seu descendente..?"
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Chapter 1

| Penelope |

Meus olhos verdes cor de avelã brilham enquanto me olho no espelho, os cantos dos meus lábios carnudos se curvam em um sorriso suave, satisfeita com o vestido floral rosa que abraça minha cintura perfeitamente.

Que fofo. Donovan vai adorar.

Hoje é um dia especial. É nosso aniversário de três anos - três anos de casada com meu amado Donovan.

Nos conhecemos quando eu tinha apenas 17 anos, ambos procurando alguém para se apegar neste mundo implacável. Nosso amor queimou quente e rápido, um incêndio que nos consumiu até que de repente não mais. Ainda assim, ele é meu constante.

Há dois anos, ansiamos por um filho para chamar de nosso. Mas mês após mês, meu corpo me trai, estéril e vazio, assim como tudo mais parece. Donovan me diz que não importa, que me ama da mesma forma. Mas vejo a decepção em seus olhos a cada teste negativo.

Hoje é a noite. Tem que ser.

Marquei os dias no meu calendário - os dias do meu ciclo de ovulação. Estou fértil hoje. Ou pelo menos deveria estar.

"Já terminou aí?!" Darnell, meu tão adorado gerente, grita através da porta. Seus nós dos dedos batem na madeira, sua voz profunda ecoando mais uma vez. "Vamos, Pen! Tenho que fechar!"

"Estou indo!" Grito enquanto me apresso para pegar minha maquiagem e uniforme no balcão, enfiando tudo na minha mochila.

Com um último olhar, jogo a bolsa sobre o ombro e saio correndo do pequeno banheiro do restaurante. "Desculpa, Nell," murmuro enquanto empurro a porta, emergindo no restaurante semi-iluminado.

"Desculpa, meu traseiro..." ele resmunga, sua voz tingida com uma correnteza brincalhona. "Saia daqui para eu poder ir para casa."

Dou uma risadinha suave, lançando um sorriso para o homem alto, corpulento e de pele escura, enquanto faço meu caminho em direção à porta dos fundos. "Tenha uma boa noite, Nell!"

Estacionado a poucos metros de distância, entro no meu velho carro vermelho batido e coloco as chaves na ignição em questão de segundos. O motor ruge à vida, e eu me encolho visivelmente, o som do escapamento tossindo me lembrando que um dia desses, meu querido carro vai pifar.

Vou te amar até o dia em que você morrer.

...

Mas é melhor não ser hoje.

Com as duas mãos abraçando o volante, saio do estacionamento e entro na rodovia vazia. As luzes da cidade passam embaçadas pela minha janela, o vento da meia-noite abraçando meu carro enquanto acelero meu caminho para casa.

Meu nome é Penelope Stone e minha vida não é extraordinária, apenas uma sequência de dias monótonos se misturando uns aos outros. Órfã sem família para falar, tenho estado sozinha pelo tempo que consigo me lembrar. Bem, exceto pelos últimos três anos e meio em que tive Donovan para chamar de família.

Tenho uma vida bonita, não me entenda mal. Mas às vezes não consigo deixar de me perguntar se entrei apressadamente em um casamento que só parece me deixar tão insatisfeita. Namoramos apenas seis meses antes de nos casarmos, mas as coisas pareciam tão perfeitas na época. Nunca imaginei que o dia chegaria em que estaria desesperadamente procurando uma maneira de reacender a luz que se apagou apenas meses depois de dizermos nossos sim.

Talvez hoje seja nossa tentativa de sorte. Talvez em duas semanas eu receba um teste positivo e tudo volte ao que era.

Ao estacionar na vaga de rua ruim do nosso modesto apartamento, abro o porta-malas, pulando do carro. Com a mochila em uma mão, pego a garrafa do pinot noir favorito de Donovan que comprei antes de começar meu turno de 10 horas na outra. Em um movimento rápido, fecho o porta-malas e começo a caminhar em direção à porta enquanto sonho com uma noite romântica na esperança de reacender aquela velha faísca entre nós.

Respiro fundo, sentindo meu coração na garganta com os nervos inquietos da noite que deveria ser perfeita enquanto empurro a porta aberta.

Algo está...errado.

Minhas sobrancelhas se franzem quando entro na sala de estar, fechando a porta atrás de mim. Meus olhos passam pelo espaço arrumado, e embora tudo pareça o mesmo, algo está diferente. Não são as luminárias de cerâmica rachadas na mesa de centro ou o tapete manchado de cerveja que Donovan jurou que limparia três meses atrás.

Não. Algo não está certo.

Conforme avanço mais pela sala, a apenas alguns passos da porta do quarto, meus olhos se fixam em uma camisa amarrotada no chão ao lado de um par de saltos desconhecidos. E emanando do quarto, sons inconfundíveis de gemidos, ofegantes e pele batendo contra pele.

Não...

Lágrimas quentes enchem meus olhos, uma raiva ardente fervendo dentro de mim à medida que a realização se instala.

Na nossa própria casa..? Na nossa cama..?

Segurando a garrafa na minha mão, avanço para a porta e a abro com força.

Lá está ele, o homem que prometeu ser meu, nu e entrelaçado com uma loira que nunca vi antes.

"Que diabos é isso..?" minha voz treme, cheia de dor enquanto quebro a reverie luxuriosa deles. Eles se separam, a mulher se cobrindo preguiçosamente com os lençóis.

"Pen, eu posso explicar —" Donovan começa, mas o interrompo.

"Explicar o quê? Como está transando com alguma vagabunda na nossa cama?" Lágrimas humilhadas ardem nos meus olhos, caindo antes que eu consiga piscá-las de volta.

A mulher sorri, tirando um colar de aparência cara de sua pilha de roupas. "Talvez se você pudesse lhe dar um bebê, ele não precisaria procurar em outro lugar."

Suas palavras me tiram o ar, me atingindo como um soco no estômago. Meus piores medos, minhas maiores inseguranças, expostos para o que parece ser o mundo ver. Em minha vergonha, meu olhar se fixa no chão, mudando para a bolsa aberta dela — brincos, um relógio em uma pequena caixa de presente. Todos presentes do meu marido para sua amante, tokens de afeto mais extravagantes do que qualquer coisa que ele já me deu.

Não tenho certeza do que me domina — desespero, fúria, um coquetel doentio de ambos. Com mãos trêmulas, desparafuso a garrafa de vinho e a viro, o líquido ardente descendo pela minha garganta enquanto começo a me mover em direção aos tokens tangíveis da infidelidade do meu marido.

"Pen," Donovan tenta me alcançar, mas eu me afasto, trazendo a garrafa com força na bolsa aberta da loira, encharcando seda, renda e ouro. É infantil e fútil, mas Deus, como é bom.

Acabou. Estamos acabados.

Com os restos despedaçados da minha surpresa de aniversário espalhados pelo chão, meus olhos encontram os olhos castanhos-dourados de Donovan pela última vez, e saio furiosa do nosso quarto, lágrimas borrando minha visão.

Ouço ele me chamar, mas o ignoro, batendo a porta atrás de mim e correndo pela rua, sem parar até que meus pulmões queimem e uma dor aguda rasgue meu lado.

Caio em um banco de ponto de ônibus, minha respiração vindo em soluços que se transformam em soluços dolorosos. A imagem de Donovan e aquela...mulher transando em nossos lençóis passa pela minha mente e pressiono as palmas das mãos nos olhos, tentando desesperadamente bloquear isso.

Como ele pôde fazer isso comigo? Conosco?

...

Eu não pude lhe dar um bebê...

Deveria ter sabido. Todas as vezes que ele mentiu descaradamente para mim, dizendo que não importava... Importava. Importava pra caramba.

Como pude ser tão cega..?

Fico no banco por horas, insensível aos olhares curiosos dos transeuntes e ao frio do ar da noite até que minhas lágrimas finalmente se esgotem. Um sentimento pesado e plúmbeo se instala sobre mim, os pedaços despedaçados do meu coração chacoalhando na cavidade vazia do meu peito.

O que eu devo fazer agora..?

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