The Twin Alphas’ Fated Mate
Chapter 20

ALPHA KING JOSH'S POV

Saying I was angry would be an understatement.

I was pissed, humiliated, and hurt, maybe.

Killian has always been an annoying bastard even though he rarely acknowledged me. My brother was the reason I felt humiliated and pissed.

Did I say I was hurt?

Yes, I was hurt because she disobeyed me. The green-eyed woman that I found myself longing for and worried about was the one hurting me. She didn't have to seat on my throne or stab me to hurt me.

All Rose had to do was disobey me by trying to escape after I specifically told her to stay in the room and wait for my return.

I mean, she held me back yesterday, telling me not to leave and that I should stay. Whether she was talking to me in her sleep or not, I longed to keep and protect her like a treasure.

Like my priceless treasure.

But she didn't want that.

Was I truly an emotionless, ruthless, and unlikable Alpha King? I was a tycoon. I provided for my subjects to the best of my abilities but this woman preferred to stay with that bastard rather than stay with me. She must really hate being in my presence.

"I can't believe Killina thought he could have her! That bastard!"

Max snarled in my mind and my hold on Rose's hand tightened. I hissed, hating my brother more. I was filled with rage. "Where are you taking me..."

Rose asked again. She was demanding a response but she got my anger instead. I didn't yell at her as I pulled her deeper into my home. If she was determined to leave and get killed, I will make her understand that I was more than determined to keep her and protect her. Don't ask me why.

I won't be able to give an answer.

Rose complained, "Will you say something and stop acting like a child?"

I scoffed furiously but still kept my tongue at bay. Such irony. She believed I was acting like a child while she had been irrational ever since she woke up. "There must be a solid reason for her actions and unreasonable decisions."

Max tried to make me less furious and hurt but he failed because the only reason I could think about was that Rose was in love with her toxic mate, Alpha Richard.

At this point, I became livid. I saw red as I walked with no particular destination in mind. I just wanted to get Rose to the farthest room from the doors. To a room where she wouldn't be able to find the entrance door easily.

The moment I saw the stairway, I dragged Rose toward it and took the stairs three at a time, inconveniencing Rose but I couldn't care right now. I was too angry to care.

"Too tight, Alpha King." Rose whimpered but my ears were blocked by fury. "Your hold is too tight."

I chuckled darkly, "Obviously not too tight to stop you from disobeying me."

Hissing, I grasped Rose's hand tighter. An unexplainable sense of possession consumed me and coupled with my anger, I was overwhelmed.

Rose cried out just as we reached the top of the stairway which lead to the highest floor of my mansion.

She struggled, crying, "You are hurting me..."

"But not as much as you have hurt and haunted me these past weeks!"

I barked and slammed Rose against the nearest wall. She winced and I would have felt sorry for her if she didn't gaze at me with angry eyes. We both glared at each other as I trapped her between the wall and my solid chest. She came into my life and changed the course.

"Why couldn't you have listened to me? He could have hurt you before my eyes-"

I gritted, punching the wall right beside Rose's red face.

She fired, "When have you listened to me? I have told you that I can't stay and it's not my fault that your brother is an asshole!"

Her eyes printed with tears which made me angrier. I shared the fact that she was close to tears. I hated the fact that she affected me this much. I despise her for getting me addicted to her by giving me a taste of her natural rosebud... Fuck! "You shouldn't cry. I am sorry for yelling so stop shedding-"

I tried to calm down but Rose yelled at me, "Why do you care if I cry or not? Why does it affect you if I die or live!"

I retorted with a louder voice, "I do not know!" Although my voice was harsh, it carried raw emotions that caused Rose to stare directly into my dark orbs.

"I have asked myself those questions and I can't seem to comprehend why you mean so much to me. Perhaps I should ask you why I feel like the moment you stop breathing, my life will end too. Perhaps you should tell me why my heart clenches painfully and repeatedly when it's you hurting me."

I breathed and punched the wall again.

Rose simply gaze at me with disbelief.

But I wasn't done yet. I still had so much to say and so many emotions to express. I still had a lot of burden on my heart and I needed to let it go in this instance.

"Why did you come for me that night? In fact, why was I the one that deflower you when you have been mated to that bastard for years? Why did you reject me for him? Why did he leave you there to die? Did he do that to you?" I asked many questions once, Yet I still have a lot more to let out. "If he didn't do that to you, he would have let out a notice that you are missing. He would have raised an alarm. So tell me, Rose, what kind of bond do you have with Alpha Richard?"

Rose voice, "Alpha King Josh-"

But I cut her off with another set of questions, "Why don't you have his mark? You don't carry anything that belonged to him or show that you are his mate. Why is that so? I saw how he treated you at my party and when I rejected the proposal. For what reasons do you stick with a man that clearly has no regard for you?"

I finally gave Rose the chance to speak and give answers to my questions which I had lost count of. I might still add more questions later but for now, I needed answers but Rose didn't say a word.

She was rigid.

I shook her, saying, "Give answers, Rose!" I wasn't about to let her hoard the answers I needed, not after I poured my heart and mind out to her. "Answer my questions."

"I can't." Rose announced. "I can't answer those questions, Alpha King Josh."

I chortled. She must be pulling my legs. She must be trying to play me for a fool but I won't let her. I have never been this expressive with anyone in my life, not even my father who thought I was a curse to his reign and territory.

"Do you want me to repeat the questions? Should I ask them one after the other this time so you won't get overwhelmed? Trust me, I remember each question and I have all the time

In the world to listen to you as you give answers."

I declared, holding Rose's sad but oddly determined gaze.

"Say something before I lose my damn mind."

I whispered still holding Rose's gaze.

However, she mumbled, "I can't answer those questions, Alpha King-"

"Fück it!" I barked.

She had answers but she has decided not to share them with me. She could supply the answers to my questions but she had chosen to keep me in the dark and drive me insane. I hated her for doing this to me. Max hated this too but I doubted that he could despise Rose the way I did at that moment.

"I see you are determined but you can't be as stubborn as me and I will show you what determination truly looks like."

I emphasized each word as I spoke while still holding Rose's gaze.

She muttered, "What are you planning to do, Alpha King Josh? You don't understand-"

I stopped listening to her. I didn't want to understand. All I wanted were answers.

"You have three options." I whispered to Rose, "One, give me answers now and I will understand you and also let you go if your answers please me."

Rose inhaled sharply but I ignored her and continued reading out the mental list that I had made.

"Two, failure to pick option one leads us here. You will stay here with me until you change your mind about not answering my questions. There will be a guard with you and you won't be able to escape." Ros's eyes widened, "I can't stay here and neither will I ever answer those questions-"

"And that brings us to the third option." I could be stubborn too. Rose didn't know what she had gotten herself into but I was about to make it clear.

"Third option, you let me find answers to those questions myself while you watch patiently from the shadows."

I let out.

Rose quickly said, "I choose the third option. You can find out the answers yourself while I leave and watch from the shadows."

I smirked and explained, "That's the thing with the third option, Rose." Rose's face expressed her confusion. I continued, "With the third option that you have chosen, you still don't get to leave my home." "What? I can't "

I shut her up by letting out the last part of the last option, "With the last option, you will have to date me while staying in my house." I smirked when he gasped.

"How else would u know you and get my answers? People know each other better by going on dates so let's do that, Rose."

I concluded and slowly pulled her flabbergasted frame to the door of the new room she would be staying in while I dated her and sought my answers. "This will be your room, Girlfriend."

I uttered with a straight face but with a voice that I have laced with sarcasm.

"My King-"

"You can call me Josh henceforth. After all, we are dating."

Disbelief spread across Rose's face but I smirked, contented as I sashayed away, leaving her dumbfounded by the door of her new bedroom.

"We have a girlfriend..."

Max chimed.

I responded, "Yes, we do."

Max voiced, "This will be fun..."

Of course... And I could wait for the fun to unfold.