Alpha’s Baby(58)

After a moment, the governor turned and walked back onto the stage.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” the governor spoke into the microphone in an apologetic tone, “I am very sorry about what you just saw. I can assure you that this wasn’t intentional in any way. My son, Cory, is a young man of integrity and would never conspire to pull off something so offensive—even in jest. It is our belief that someone with an agenda has tried to sabotage this party and tarnish my reputation. I’m sure you are all aware that as governor, I have no shortage of political enemies who wish me out of office. Rest assured, we'll find whoever did this. They're not going to be laughing when we find out who's responsible. In the meantime, I implore you all to remain seated so my son can locate the real video file and we can continue on with our evening.”

But the outraged crowd wasn’t buying the governor’s explanation and people began filing out of the ballroom in droves.

“Sick bastard!” a woman yelled as she swept from the room with her husband and two children in tow.

“I’ll never vote for him again,” someone else added.

The governor raised his hands imploringly. “People, please calm down and remain seated. This is all one big misunderstanding.” But his pleading went unanswered as people continued to file out of the room.

Beside me, Bella tensed as she prepared for the explosion that was about to be unleashed on our heads by our parents. Underneath the table, her hand grabbed a portion of my right thigh and squeezed, her nails almost piercing the expensive material of my pants and digging into my flesh.

I gritted my teeth and ignored the sharp pain her nails caused. If digging her claws into my flesh helped her retain her calm before the storm, then so be it. I was going to be her rock through whatever bullshit that was about to go down.

Evelyn still seemed to be numb from shock, her eyes darting to the blank screen behind the stage and then back to us. My father looked disgusted, his face filled with disbelief as he watched people flee the ballroom.

I braced myself for the barrage that was coming at any moment, summoning the energy I was going to need to defend our relationship.

Before anyone could say anything, a peal of high-pitched laughter assaulted my ears.

It was Veronica George, strutting her way to our table, dressed in an evening gown that showed off her big fake tits and hugged her thin body in all the right places.

“Hi, Bella,” Veronica purred in a cheery tone that made me want to jump up and throttle her. “Hey, Stefan! That was such a great show, wasn’t it?”

Bella dug in harder and I winced. Bella had sharp nails. I was sure she’d made a hole in my pants by now.

Veronica grinned at Bella. “Didn’t think your past would catch up to you, did ya?”

I swallowed back the rage that rose from the pits from my stomach. The only thing that saved Veronica from needing a plastic surgeon was the fact that I’d been raised to never put my hands on a female.

But I was tempted.

God, I was tempted.

I sucked in my breath to send a scathing reply her way. I wasn't going to hold anything back now since I had absolutely nothing to lose, but then Veronica turned her gaze on my father.

“Hello, Terry,” she said in a low, sultry voice, placing her hands on our table and bending forward so that her cleavage was on maximum display. “You haven’t been texting me as much lately. Why’s that?” Tossing a triumphant glance at Evelyn, Veronica strutted away from the table, leaving hysterical laughter in her wake.

Much to my surprise, Evelyn snapped her gaze around on my father like a hawk. My dad looked like he’d just seen a ghost, his face pale, his hands trembling.

“What the hell was she talking about?” Evelyn demanded.

Bella and I traded surprised glances. We’d been expecting Evelyn to erupt on us, demanding to know why we were on that video having sex while dressed in costumes.

My father remained silent for many moments as everyone in the ballroom continued to file out before finally letting out an explosive breath. “I have a confession to make.”





Chapter 27





Bella





I couldn’t believe it. The whole party had seen Stefan and me having sex on tape, including our parents. Yet, for some miraculous reason, neither of our parents had recognized that it was us on the screen. Yes, we had on costumes and masks, but they still should have been able to identify their own children.

The only logical explanation I could come up with was that, given the situation, the last thing they would've expected was a sex tape involving their children to be shown in front of everyone.

In other words, it simply hadn’t registered to them that those two young people on the screen fucking each other’s brains out were me and Stefan.