[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride":3,"chapter-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-396":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Alpha's Unwanted Bride",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496520,1945,"Chapter 396: A CHANGE OF HEART","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-396",396,"\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Jasmine asked. \"Why did you change your mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw what it did to you yesterday.\" He said. \"I was wrong and I had no right to do that. If you want the child then you can keep it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hovered, unsure of what to say .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had said something entirely different and now he said another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked around uncertainly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you bring the nanny so she can steal my baby?\" Jasmine asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. How did that even cross your mind?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave a light shrug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s low.\" He said. \"If I was going to do something, I would tell you, not sabotage you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know you.\" She stated matter of fact. \"And I don’t trust you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed taken aback by that statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He regained his composure. \"I’m only doing what’s best for you and the baby. I won’t take him from you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt an air of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the horrid things he had said, she was now able to believe him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded. \"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait.\" She stopped him. \"What’s going to happen to Lily as your mate? What’s also going to happen after I give birth?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was quiet for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What would you like?\" He asked, surprising her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never really asked her for her opinion on anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this very well surprised her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this a joke?\" She asked surprising herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No it isn’t.\" He said. \"Tell me what you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought really hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did she want? What did she actually want?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She touched her belly and looked down on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, she wanted her baby to have a life where she never lacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where she had the most beautiful dresses, never had to work the way she did, never suffered, never starved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted her child to have everything she didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted her child to have love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never experienced love from her mother or a father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted her daughter to experience Both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she thought of Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lily was honestly as kind as she portrayed herself to be, then she would be a good mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together along with Xaden, if he was a good father to her child, they would have both been good parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t trust them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in the least bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t trust anyone at all. Except Fiona and perhaps Erik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loren too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, she wanted her child to grow up with a loving family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted her child to have a mother and father and for all three of them to live together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would have loved to raise her baby together with Xaden as both loving parents, but she knew that would never happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a wild dream in her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if she was going to be honest to his question, that was what she truly wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was never ever going to give her that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let in a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would have liked to leave the pack with my baby, but I know how much you fear us being used against you by your enemies. I wouldn’t want anything to trigger your past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cleared her throat. \"I didn’t know that that was why you never wanted to have children. Your past, what you had to live through. I’m sorry about it. If I had known and if there was a way I could have prevented having this baby, I would have done it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it’s here now. I won’t leave the pack either and prevent you from being in the life of this little one. I want you to experience it and I want you to be there for her.\" She further explained. \"Which is why I would like to stay here in the pack. You can also keep an eye on the both of us. No one would defy you from within the pack and I believe we would be much safer here than outside anywhere else. I also don’t want to be a slave anymore. I’ll like to gain my freedom. I know it’s too much to ask for. But I wouldn’t want my child being raised in atmosphere where I am a slave. The way my mum gave birth to me as one. The same way you don’t want afflictions from your past to haunt you, is the same way I don’t too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing so she confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would also like to withdraw from the job you gave me as head house keeper. It’s a job for Lily or your sister. Not me. If I could get something else doing so I can earn some money. I would appreciate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing for a while and she began to feel shame and instant regret at being honest with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if you can’t do this so unde-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything you have asked for would be given to you.\" Xaden promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasmine felt her stomach twist in a knot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hasn’t expected him to agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\" She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all?\" He asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes please. One more thing.\" She stated. \"I’m not comfortable with this room either. Can I go to something smaller.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the safest room.\" He said. \"No one can come in unless they go past the guards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand that. But it’s just. Different and uncomfortable for me. Anna doesn’t like it. And I don’t either.\" She expressed. \"If I could please get something else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you then come to my bedroom?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me?\" She said without thinking. \"W.. wh... what? I c... can’t do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the only other place I know that I will be able to keep an eye on you. No one would harm you.\" He stated reasonably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She itched the back of her hair unsure of what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So would you be staying in my room or here?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>",1006,"2026-06-06T04:22:13.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","e0b307ae3561a011458f06ccc64bbeefb473e7e830cf2b6b539ba20f00d8fb54","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-397","the-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-chapter-395",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-alpha-s-unwanted-bride-cover.jpg"]