Three Alphas, Fated To One, Played By One, But Mated To One-Chapter 31: Karl’s Gift

I rolled my eyes inward when Karl walked into the hospital room. ’This guy never lets up.’ I thought to myself, but outwardly, I smiled as if I was happy to see him.

They weren’t the only ones who could be hypocritical. Didn’t they smile in my face and mock me about being disgusting behind my back? Then I could do the same to them.

"Hey Val." Karl walked over to my bed and greeted me with a smile.

I felt my insides turn with nausea and nearly vomited just from looking at that hypocritical face. However, I held myself back.

I still needed him. If I were to stay in the pack for a day, I needed Karl for that day.

Before Karl arrived at the pack three years ago and pretended to befriend me, I faced worse torture than I was experiencing now.

I got beatings everyday like a medicine dose. Anyone in the pack, even the omegas could kick me as they passed by for absolutely no reason and no one would say a thing.

It was only after Karl got close to me that those wolves with lower status dared not touch me again.

The torment remained with those with some power like Innocent and her entourage, Mike, the future alpha, and others who had some standing in the pack.

Moreover, because these people were giving Karl some face, they also toned down the torment and I visited the dungeon fewer times every month.

I only got slapped and kicked during my chores most of the time.

"Hey Karl. How are you doing?" I replied with a perfect smile just like before.

"I should be the one asking you that. How are you doing?" Karl asked while running his eyes all over me.

Luckily, I was covered with a blanket, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to hide the disgust I was feeling.

Ever since I heard that conversation between Karl and Mike, I always think that they are looking for ways to sleep with me and having one of them look at me as if appraising merchandise made me feel uncomfortable.

Yet, I couldn’t show it.

"I am doing better than before. The doctor said I should stay in bed for a few days for better recovery. I am just worried about getting into trouble for not doing my chores at the pack house." I lamented.

Of course, I wasn’t worried about that, but I couldn’t deny that with the way the alpha and others found issues with everything I do and used various excuses to punish me, it was not beneath them to accuse me of being lazy and not doing my job while I was recovering.

"Don’t worry about that. I will take care of it." Karl assured me and I smiled brightly at him.

"Thanks Karl."

"There is no need to thank me. We are friends. By the way, I figured that you will be bored lying down here doing nothing. So, I brought you a laptop. I remember I taught you how to use it. You can use it to pass time. You don’t need to return it when you leave the hospital. Consider it an apology gift for not being able to protect you well this time." Karl was really putting a high hat on himself.

Who did he think he was to assign himself as my protector? But the laptop was a welcome gift.

I had been interested in computers for a long time and when Karl taught me stuff about business and computers, I asked him to get me books on computer science.

Although I only got to read them in the candle light at night when I am done with my chores, I have still read a good number of those books.

The thing is, Karl always thought that I just felt more humanized collecting books. He never believed that I actually read them or understood them.

Since I had learned at a young age to stay low-key and not attract attention to myself, even from Karl whom I considered a friend, I never let him know that I understood those books.

In fact, I just let him think that I was just collecting them for fun. In this way, he bought me even more advanced books to make me feel better.

Yet, this only expanded my knowledge pool.

Unfortunately, all I knew was theoretical knowledge and hadn’t had a chance to do anything practical.

Now that someone brought me the tool I needed for my practicals, how could I not be happy?

"Thank you Karl, you have no idea how I feel lying idle in bed like this."

"Okay, the laptop is connected to a private internet server. So, you can use the internet like I taught you at any time without worrying." Karl reminded me and for the second time since he walked in, I rolled my eyes inward again.

How much gold did he need to plaster on his face? He has to keep reminding me that he was the one who taught me, yet he had no idea that before my father was executed, I was already using his computer to play games and do quizzes online.

It was just that when Karl showed interest in being friends with me, I didn’t want to scare him away, so I pretended not to know anything and let him teach me.

Yet, now he behaved as if he was my ultimate saviour. How ironic considering his plans for me.

But I still appreciated the internet connection. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything useful even with the laptop.

"Thanks for planning everything for me." I said to Karl before he stood up.

"Don’t mention it. I have to go now. I will come back to see you later." Just like always, he rubbed my head and walked out.

The whole time Karl was there, Anita and her friend sat on the sofa quietly. Yet he behaved as if he hadn’t seen them. He had a high and mighty attitude as if he was beyond ordinary people’s reach.

I would have admired him if I didn’t know better that his character was rotten to the core.