Chapter 5

Avery Elise’s P. O. V.

Never in my life that someone accused me of being a cr*minal, worst in m*rder. And if my father is here right now, he would definitely laugh at Tiffany for claiming that I attempted to kill her by giving her a drink that actually triggered her allergy.

If it weren’t for the doctors who came to treat her, she would be in a much worse scenario right now. 

“Whose cr*minal admitted to the crime she did, Duke?” Morgan asked Duke while caressing Tiffany’s back. “Tiffany had been here with us since before. You grew up with her and you know that she never lied to you---”

“But there is also no proof that I really did it to her,” I cut Morgan off and I immediately earned a glare from her.

“How dare you cut me off when I’m talking?” She hissed in a sharp tone.

I didn’t talk back anymore. As if it’ll bring her to her senses that she’s accusing the right person.

“The CCTV was down at the time it happened, Alpha Duke. And Luna Avery was seen with Lory talking in the hallway, almost in front of Tiffany’s room, but other than that, we saw nothing else,” the man who came in reported to Duke with a serious look on his face.

“So, you’re indirectly implying that I could’ve really done it?” I asked him with no emotion in my voice. I chuckled before I looked at Duke and Chairman Myers. “Aren’t you all curious why my father really sent me here instead of Valerie? She, my sister, who could make an alliance in between of our families?” I looked at each of them. “That’s because he has no use for me, but now he has.” I stood up from sitting, and even though I’m shaking inside, I can’t let them all to blame me for this crime. I’m all alone here, no one will stand for me. “He said that I can’t even kill a bird.” My eyes averted to Tiffany who was crying in Morgan’s arms and sharply looking at me. “So, why would I kiss someone who’s truly unworthy of my time and effort?”

“W-What did you say?” She asked in disbelief.

I turned my back on them and didn’t go back even after Morgan tried to call me.

“Luna…” Lory came up to me, but I instructed her not to follow me.

I feel so bad and horrible right now. I know that despite what I told them and Lory’s testimony that I didn’t order her to hurt Tiffany, they wouldn’t believe me. No one ever did believe me in my entire life. So, I won’t be surprised if tomorrow, Duke would order to put an end to me.

When I enter the room that Lory was mentioning earlier, I immediately notice that my clothes are already hanging neatly in the closet. I locked the door and went to the bed.

I roamed my eyes in the whole room and I saw that it hasn’t been fully changed yet since I can still see some of the stuff that Valerie would prefer to use if she was here right now instead of me.

Slowly, I felt my hot tears streaming down in my face. I lowered my head and looked down at my hands. To anywhere I go, there would always be trouble. Why am I still crying when I should have been used to it already?

I wiped my tears before I stood up and turned off the lights. I directly went back to the bed and covered myself in the mattress to rest.

It has been a long and tiring wedding night. I hope tomorrow, it won’t be another worst day for me. Or maybe no… because tomorrow, Duke might punish me for believing that I really did that to Tiffany.

How I wish I’m as strong and brave as my sister. If I am, in that way, none of them would dare to do this to me. But I suck at everything and I’m so weak…

Never in my life have I hated myself this much for being this weak, just now. Maybe because since before, I always ended up locking myself in my room whenever I get scolded or do something wrong, but now that I’m under the presence of the Myers family and my own husband is the one who will give me the final judgment, I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.

Unlike my intention to rest, I stayed awake until it was almost morning. I only managed to sleep when it was already three at the midnight.

It’s quite strange for me to feel that Duke’s words matter to me and when I woke up in the morning, I felt my head throbbing really hard because of lack of sleep. My eyes were still begging to not sleep more, but my body clock won the game.

My dad would always force me to get out of bed early at this time of every morning before, so when I grew up, I slowly got used to it and had no problem in coping up with the headaches.

I got up from the bed before I looked at the open veranda of my room. The sun hasn’t completely risen yet and it’s still a bit dark outside. I massage my temple and stretch my neck and arms before I go to the bathroom to take a quick and cold bath.

I was grimacing the whole time that I’m taking a bath because of the cold water, but I endured it because it can to help wake up my whole system. After fifteen minutes, I’m already done and already on my way out of the room.

I even hesitated if I will go out because I thought that maybe no one was awake yet, but I still ended up doing what I planned. While I’m on the way downstairs, I saw that there were already a few maids around the house and doing their job to clean everything.

They were even shocked and confused to see me walking like as if I did the most impossible thing in life. I felt conscious because of how they look so when I passed by a mirror, I secretly glanced at myself and saw that there was nothing wrong with how I looked, except that I look a little paler than I was last night. But it’s a normal sight for me whenever I lack in sleep.

I was walking down the stairs and from here, I can already hear Morgan’s voice talking to Chairman Myers in the living room of the house. I felt at ease to know that they were already awake and I have woken up at the same time as theirs. At least now I know that there’s something I’m gaining from what my father had forced me to always do before.

“Good morning!” I greeted everyone when I entered the living room.

I saw that shock was evident on Morgan’s face when she saw me before she glanced at Chairman Myers. I looked at the single sofa on my left side and found my husband looking at me with no emotion in his eyes.

“Good morning, too, Luna.” Chairman Myers greeted, although, like Duke, he was also emotionless.

I’m used to it already. Back when I was in my father’s house, everyone used to be emotionless as well whenever they would face me. Only my father showed emotion towards me before, and that’s all from his fury.

“Your father failed to inform us that despite your lack of knowledge and strength, you still do simple things that are very important.” Chairman Myers said before he gave me a calculating look. “How was your sleep, Luna? Did you enjoy your first night?” He glanced at his son before a smirk formed on his lips. “I apologize that it was cut off shortly while you’re on the verge of peaking the pl*asure with your husband.”

‘W-What?’ I felt my whole body burning in embarrassment, but I remained calm and had tried so hard to not make any reactions. Although Chairman Myers' voice made me bite my bottom lip when I heard him laughing as he looked at me.

I’m probably blushing right now as I stood in front of them.

“That’s enough, Darian,” Morgan cut her husband off before she looked at me with her sharp eyes. “Let’s go back to our main problem here, shall we?”

What did I do to her this time?