Alpha's Rejected Pregnant Mate

[Jade’s pov]

With heavy steps I scurried towards the bedroom of Alpha Ragnar, as usual it was just a regular day of me cleaning the house. Seeing the silence which lingered in the house it was evident that he was not at home.

“I have to clean up hurriedly before he spots me here.” I pushed the door open and headed inside after a careful peek. A strange sensation overwhelmed me like every day, my footsteps halted in the spot with fright.

Doing this each day was my punishment decided by the alpha himself. Alpha Ragnar wanted to belittle and ridicule my self worth by making me clean his room. I never forgot my place as a slave maid but the pain which was etched in my heart sometimes rebelled.

I shook my head and gulped the fears, there was no need to be scared since the alpha was not at home. “Come on, Jade. Why do you still get your hopes high each day? It is going to be the same as always. Just you hurting yourself once again.”

Dragging the broom with my foot while holding the water bucket, I walked inside with courage which always failed in front of the alpha. I diligently scrubbed the wooden floor of the Alpha's room, the fresh scent of lavender cleaning solution filling the air.

My petite frame moved gracefully, with the long auburn hair tied back in a neat bun. As I reached for a stubborn stain on the floor, my eyes caught sight of something glimmering on the Alpha's desk. I should not have been affecting me this much as it did knowing whom everything in the room belonged to.

A disappointment crept into my heart knowing that the photo frame showed me my worth. The woman in the picture with the alpha was his mistress. Or should I say I am his mistress because he does not love me, while the one he absolutely adores is someone else.

“Only if you had seen me the same way, alpha Ragnar. With those same loving eyes, I wish you had touched me the way you ravish her each night.” I whispered but the words could not come out of my mouth due to utter shame. The woman was clutching his arm so passionately while all I was left with was his image.

If the walls could laugh then I would have heard the whole house mocking me at my misery. I, Jade Summers, am the rightful mate of alpha Ragnar. I can be anything from his plaything to a rag doll laying on his bed with legs wide opened. But what I desire and long for is absolutely impossible.

“I don’t know when you come in between us, Blaire. Maybe you were always there and I happened to be the extra within you two.” My heart felt like being crushed under the weight of shame. Blaire was nobody until alpha Ragnar bought her from a brothel and gradually she stole what was dear to me.

It wasn’t like alpha Ragnar had always been mine, I remember when I was sold as a payment of debt to him. My father, the omega of the Gravestone pack owed a hefty sum to the alpha and could not pay him back. Gambling, borrowed, I had no idea what was the reason behind getting such huge sum.

The easiest solution to get off his bad list was to sell his only daughter aka me to the alpha. When I came to this villa Blaire was not in his life but he still saw me as a thing. No doubt he was the alpha of the Gravestone pack, the strongest one who held authority and resources.

I was living in the delusion that the day he found out I am his mate, Ragnar’s attitude towards me would change. However, to my dismay everything crashed when he brought Blare home right on the day when it dawned upon him that I am his mate. Was it that bad? Couldn’t he at least care about my feelings?

The photograph within the frame took my breath away. It depicted the image of Alpha Ragnar, a formidable figure with a strong jawline and piercing blue eyes, standing tall and proud. Next to him stood Blaire, radiant and captivating, her smile infectious just like her existence in my life.

Their arms were intertwined, their love apparent even in the stillness of the captured moment. It was something which I longed for but unfortunately was being given to her. I placed the frame back on the table and remained there kneeling quietly.

I had no idea when my tears left my eyes and came down on my cheeks. Despite multiple efforts and tries I still could not bring myself to become immune to all these things. It has been a lot of time but each time I come into this room it kills me.

Blaire and alpha Ragnar went out somewhere while as usual I was left at home all alone. My life had never been good from the beginning but I also never lived like a maid until I came here as a slave mate. Such irony. I was the rightful mate who was living worse than a mistress.

“I should better head out before they are back.” I stood up after dismissing all the thoughts. What else could I even do? I had already accepted my fate and knew that there was no escape for me anywhere. Alpha Ragnar was not going to let me off the hook until I had paid all my debts.

It was not like I never intended to run away or not, I actually attempted an escape but it was unsuccessful. Later on, for three days no food was served to me in my locked room until the alpha Ragnar’s rage subsided. How could I repeat that same mistake knowing the consequences?

What if this time he will kill me? Certainly, he will. Especially when he knew that I am his mate, though this news had never the four walls of the household. I had nothing to lose anyway if I tried once more but then again. Was my life, blood and breath worthless?

Nonetheless, I turned towards the bedsheet which was creased. I could effortlessly imagine why the room reeked so much. With the pain in my heart I removed the sheet when a ladies underwear fell on my foot. My heart shattered into millions of pieces and every single cell of my body crumbled into sorrow.

It seemed Blaire still tempts him the same way because whenever I clean the room there is always one lacy see through undie somewhere laying around. Shaking my head I threw the underwear in my bucket of unwashed clothes.

After cleaning I cast a last look at the tidy room ensuring the work which was done by me. I turned the doorknob and was about to head out when my ankle tripped badly. Before I could understand anything I saw Alpha Ragnar standing in front of me.

Unconsciously to avoid tripping I tugged at his shirt but my fall made the buttons tore open. “Owhh!” A hiss came from my mouth as the water bucket spilled at the same. What a bad day I was having! It could not get any more embarrassing as it already was.

I lifted my head to apologise but my eyes met with an angry man, whose whole torso was exposed in front of me. Oh shit! How could my hands ruin a day like this? Alpha Ragnar glared at me with a soul eating gaze, when I haphazardly stood up to run.

I completely ignored the bucket and broom instead intended to save my face. But to my surprise alpha Ragnar grabbed my maid uniform’s apron from behind. My back was tucked to his naked torso with his elbow around my neck. “Where are you running now after pulling this old school trick on me?”