Alpha Enzo by Ls Barbosa

Prologue

“Enzo, what did I do to deserve this?” Alaria asked, looking at her husband with wide eyes as she walked inside his office. She put the file that contained the divorce papers on his desk in front of him, shaking her head in question as she did.

Alpha Enzo didn’t bother flinching nor look up from the paper that he was reading for the business deal that he wanted to make. The one thing to indicate that he was aware and annoyed of her presence was the fact that he clenched his fist around the pen that he was holding.

“I tried to stop her from coming in, Alpha, she refused…”

“Get out, Matias,” Alpha Enzo said, stopping his beta from saying another word. The lawyer was already outside, waiting for them, and seeing the beta walk out of the room, he knew to give the husband and his wife the privacy that they needed to sort things out.

“How much do you want?” He asked, making the woman frown.

“Enzo, do you think that I am asking for your…?”

“How much do you f**king want to sign these divorce papers?” He asked, stopping the woman. He looked up at her for the first time, and the woman, his wife, the wife whose been married to him for nearly three years, and she saw his disgust and hate in his eyes. The pain that she had in her eyes was one that he saw, but he didn’t care nor did he bother.

“Enzo, what did I do to deserve this? At least explain to me why you want a sudden divorce.” She said, looking at the man as she tried processing what he was asking her.

“A million.”

calm herself down, reminding herself that she needed to stay calm. That what she was doing would be more harmful to her than it would be

“Two.”

sign a stupid piece of paper. But I deserve to know why you want me to sign it

you do.” He said, stopping her. Her heart raced, and the man stood from his chair,

that he was right, the last thing that she was going to do was allow him to insult her with

about the money. You of all

going to sign this paper without giving me much of a fuss. And considering your ‘loyalty’ and ‘devotion’; five million dollars would be wired to your account once the paper is signed.” He said, making the woman’s breath get caught in her throat. “That should be enough to get you started with whatever path you intend to take, and I expect that to be enough for you to

quiet, not saying a word for a few seconds before she wrapped her arm around herself. Her heart raced and for the first time since their marriage, she found herself falling in a

was as if mentioning her was the greatest sin

her stomach was already hurting

She asked, stopping her tears from falling. The man raised an amused eyebrow, clearly impressed that he managed to get what he wanted. But to her, she

handed her the pen and she grabbed the paper, shakily signing it before putting the pen on

your

she walked out of the man’s office. He kept his eyes on her, watching as he heard her heels clicking on the floors