"Good morning, Mr. Ben." The receptionist at Ethan's office greeted him. "Morning. Is Ethan inside?" "Yes, he is." "Thank you." He headed towards the office.Ben walked in holding a file. He seemed to have just finished a meeting with some people so he was so damn tired that he could hardly stand for long. He pulled out a chair and sat on it before heaving a sigh of relief. "How was the meeting? Did you manage to secure the deal?" "I was told they would get back to us." "How is it going with our victim?" Ethan asked without looking up from his laptop. "Good and amusing as well. Jennifer refuses to say anything about her whereabouts." Ethan scoffed, "Even in the face of death? I am so impressed with her foolishness." He said sarcastically.Ben continued speaking, "For a few days, they haven't spoken to each other much but I think Jennifer wasn't meant to go back home the night she was kidnapped because her last message was I'M GONNA SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH TO
Clara walked out of the bathroom, she was cleaning her wet hair with the help of her towel and Elena was right there on her bed, going through her things after acquiring her permission.The last thing she touched was the big teddy bear of different colors. "I can't believe he bought this for you. He must have known how big of a baby you are." Elena teased her. "Come on, teddy bears aren't only for babies. Anyone can have it." Clara replied and sat beside Elena. The latter's eyes went to the necklace she was wearing and she was surprised to see how beautiful and neat it was. "I am also speechless by your necklace, it's beautiful. Even though you two aren't that kind of mate, he is taking this good care of you. My darling friend, I can see your future as Luna being bright. Do you even know what this means?" Elena asked her joyfully. "What?" "It means he is in love with you."Clara choked on her saliva unexpectedly and repeatedly. That wasn't what she was hoping to hear, s
It was the weekend and Ophelia climbed the staircase leading to Ethan's room. She was wearing a yellow gown that was split into halves at her left side and her back was a bit revealed. Her hair was packed to her left shoulder giving her back full exposure to the public.Her face was prettily made over with and she looked like a bride attending her wedding. With carefulness in her steppings, she went to his room.She cleared her throat and knocked on the door while looking around with no reason to. Her eyes landed on the door that was opposite Ethan's, it was no other than Clara's room and she grimaced before looking away. She didn't want anything to ruin her mood for the morning.She then realized that she had been standing for a while now without any response from Ethan so she pushed down the handle and the door opened. She was hit with the instant wave of his room that smelt nice, it felt good to be back here again. Ophelia smiled as she looked around and finally placed the tray on
Ophelia drove into the underground park and pressed the brakes as soon she found a reliable place to park her car. She turned off the engine afterward and looked in the side-view mirror to see if anyone was behind her before getting off.She picked up her mask and wore it, then grabbed her purse and made her way out of the car. The underground pack was silent but as soon as she walked a bit further, she started hearing music playing very loudly. With this, she got her answer if it is the right place. She traced the way and finally, she was standing in front of a big clubhouse with Disco lights in and out.Drunk people were rubbing against one another while some were vomiting their guts out. Ophelia felt disgusted and adjusted her mask. She wasn't here to take note of how everywhere looked. Her informant already gave her a heads up on the lady's whereabouts and had informed her that she worked there every night, especially during the weekends so here she was.Ophelia found a spot to s
Jessica, with her bleeding knees, crawled towards the stranger that had entered the dungeon and was sitting on a majestic chair taken into the place for him after his arrival. "Who are you? What have you done to my sister?" She yelled but the man crossed his legs instead. He wasn't bothered by her rustic behavior towards him. He was wearing a mask that covered his eyes but exposed his nose and mouth like last time but his every body movement could be easily guessed. His head turned towards the unconscious Jennifer on the ground before looking back at her sister. "I almost ran mad when she kept denying that she didn't poison Jackson but then her face was being shown, no denial. Now I know why the confusion started all of a sudden." He said.Jessica gritted her teeth, "What do you want from me? Whatever you want, at least, let my sister go. She doesn't deserve any of this unfair treatment."Ethan shook his head in disagreement, "Nope. That would be the last I would ever succumb t
CLARA'S POV.It's been a few days after the event and slowly, the tides were changing from the rainy season to the snowy season. I was back from City F after writing my exams successfully and I had more free time to spare. With the help of Aurora, I was now discovering myself and I was doing well in terms of behavior and duties.I tried as much as possible to get information about my father from Ethan but the man was damn persisting in keeping his mouth shut. He refused to reveal anything about my father other than he was working hard on it.It was eleven pm and I decided to return to her room to sleep as I was tired of spending the day doing unnecessary things for my life. "I am so tired," I grunted as I fell flat on her bed. "So am I. You made us run." Aurora complained. "Well, I had to because I wanted to see if I am pretty fast, and guess what? You didn't disappoint." I praised my wolf. I could feel Aurora jumping around, wagging her tail in happiness after my talk. Then
The sounds of birds chirping beside Clara's window woke the sleepy girl up. She opened her eyes and squeezed them shut as well. After all, she was done with her exams, why would she want to wake up early? Oh yeah, breakfast with the family.As she tried to turn around, a heavy weight landed on her tummy and her eyes widened. Her head snapped towards the person beside her before she faced the ceiling with her eyes wide open. She seemed to have been doing that a lot these days. She stole a glance at Ethan again. She had forgotten that he was beside her through the night. "Gosh. I must have embarrassed myself." She whined and that was when Aurora decided to wake up.Ethan groaned and smuggled closer to Clara causing her eyes to open wider as she froze for a minute when his breath touched her neck faintly. Her eyes almost fell out.She slowly turned her head to look at him and removed his hand that was on her body. She tried relaxing on her arm as she pictured his well-built face. This
"So I heard that you wanted to see me," Ethan said immediately after he entered the dungeon. Faint breathing could be heard from one of the twins but he was less concerned about that. Jessica had given up the hope of someone finding her quickly and she couldn't bear to see her sister in pain anymore, she was the one suffering for her sins. "How can you be this heartless, huh? I told you several times that my sister isn't guilty then why are you making her suffer?!" Jessica yelled. Ethan understood how fierce she could be but then no matter how stubborn one could be, if your weakness is your loved one then such a person was a goner. He knew how that felt. "Have you ever heard the saying, when the wicked are on the throne, the righteous suffer? You are on the throne, making your sister suffer. I don't regret having my men brutalize her in this manner if it's the only way to make you talk. Moreover, you both exchanged the deal so it is a part of her punishment. If I were to pun
Ethan settled down as far as he could from Ophelia and he had as many abled people beside him to probably stop him from strangling her to death. There were Clara, Ben, Lucille, and some other abled men for this short mission.The elders were allowed to start talking while Ethan kept shut because it was more advisable to do so. He wasn't in the right state of mind. "We received a letter on your behalf from this young man…" a woman pointed at Jackson while speaking to Ophelia. *Who claimed to be your mate? How true is this?" She asked her.Ophelia blinked, her heart was still racing, all of a sudden this apparent situation of hers opened the door for more headaches, worries, high blood pressure, and whatever one could feel and think about at the point of death. "Yes…yes…he is my mate." "He is human," Lucille said and locked eyes with Ophelia meaningfully. "Yes." She answered with a whisper. "Do you really want to apologize or you just had him do that as a fake? You've
"What do you think is going to happen now? Will he accept it? It's been days." Ben asked as he put Sofia to sleep.Lucille was dusting off imaginary dirt off her clothes and then looked at her husband after he mentioned that. "You didn't know?" "Know what?" "Luna has already sent a letter back to them but I think the question now is will Ophelia come or not?" She answered.Ben sighed, "I just don't even know my stand in all of these. Will everything go well for our good? Ethan doesn't seem like he is in a good mood to want to welcome anybody. He has been yelling at everyone at the company." He rubbed his hair.Lucille sighed and put down the big bear toy that she was holding. She went to meet him and wrapped his arms around her waist making him place his head on her tummy. "I know how badly you want to help me. Everyone is as confused as you are so don't hurt yourself that much. The pain is gonna be there but that day, Ophelia did recognize her mistakes and was trying
"At least, you were able to spread positivity through your behavior," Ethan said as he walked into the mansion with the ladies. "And I am proud to have given her a mark that she won't forget in her whole lifetime. I also told her that I am watching her. I can't easily forget what she did. I went almost naked on national TV. If I had been totally naked, I would have been going through therapy now and her apologies wouldn't heal me." Agnes complained and flung herself across the chair.A wolf passed by them carrying Sofia on its back. "Anyway, it is all gone now and she has turned a new leaf. Try being friendly towards her." Clara said as she rubbed her tummy subconsciously. "I will try to but I won't hesitate to bring her down to her knees if she goes insane." She threatened. Her phone rang, popping up Brown's name on the screen. "Hey…yeah, we are back. Alright, I will be there. No, there is no need for that, I can come all by myself. Hmm…see you later." She ended the c
Jackson stood to look at his mother who seemed to be arranging something in front of the house. He was squeezing his fingers nervously as he watched her. He was totally fidgeting.He didn't know how he was supposed to approach her because her actions were always unexpected. Rihanna sighed for the third time. Living a lonely life was hell and her husband was not around.Was he even worth being called a husband? Her present family was nothing but trash. There was no peace…no love, just her alone. There was nothing to gain as it was an absolute waste of time.She turned around and saw Jackson standing there, staring back at her. She eyed him without much reaction. One was expecting the other to tell him to come but staying off was probably better because anything dangerous could happen. Rihanna spread her hands open suddenly for him and Jackson's eyes widened. There was that rise of hope in his eyes as he looked from his mother to her hands that were opened in front of him. Rihanna ur
Jackson left the house after taking a day off from the restaurant. He was inside a cab heading to Lydia's father's house for a meeting. According to the plan that Ophelia had devised yesternight, he was to go to her father's place before she did anything dangerous while she promised to work on his mother instead.He didn't know what she was going to say to her but he hoped for the best. As he was going, he felt nervous because he didn't know what else he was going to face on his side.What if he didn't like him anymore and decided to punish him? What if things wouldn't go the way that they planned? He was sure of one thing and that was, Lydia was going to get mad at him. But he was ready to do whatever it took for himself to regain his freedom.The cab dropped him off at the gate and he paid the money before entering. The security man cross-checked diligently as he was supposed to do before letting him in while someone else brought him to the garden where the man was sitting.He was
"Why can't just people face what they are doing, huh? Why must they be concerned about other people's affairs?" Agnes said with frustration.Lucille came into the sitting room carrying a plate of fruit for Clara to taste. "What happened?" She asked. "Someone went ahead to spread pictures of Luna and Mr. Henry, claiming that the both of them are dating." She answered. "That's absurd," Lucille answered and collected the phone from her hand. She took a look at the contents and rolled her eyes afterward before taking a seat. "Well, to be able to sell, they need to provide enough false news. And telling the tales of Billionaires seems to work just fine for them, I guess." Lucille replied.Clara didn't even mind and only focused on eating her fruits. "I hope the Alpha won't get worried and over-jealous after seeing this. The pictures are quite intimate." Agnes showed Clara. "If he doesn't get jealous, that only proves he doesn't love me. If he considers this to be fake j
Jackson came back with a glass of drink for her and sat beside Ophelia who was sobbing. By now, she was trying hard to stop herself from crying and eventually started hiccuping so Jackson had to attend to her. "Here. Have some water." He gave her the water and she collected it with trembling hands. "Thank you."Jackson nodded and watched her drink all of it. What could be the problem? Who offended and made her cry? Why was she crying? She had always been that strong face woman that he knew so why was she crying?After a few minutes, she was done drinking the water and gently put down the cup. "May I ask why exactly you are crying?" Jackson asked her again worriedly. Ophelia bit her lips and fumbled with her fingers. Maybe she shouldn't have come here directly but she wasn't in the right state of mind to want to be alone. "I…I"Jackson sighed, "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. At least, you came to me when you are unhappy and that's enough to keep me glad bec
Ethan drove out of the ice cream store that evening, feeling a bit pressured. Beside him was Ben who was going through the things that he had bought for the hundredth time in a row. "Alpha, the flavors are complete and I can assure you that she will love them." He said. "You are not here so how can you say that on her behalf?" Ethan raised his brows and Ben just scoffed. "I can't believe that you are behaving like this now. What happened to the strong Ethan I know? Come to think of it, during my time, you didn't consider me serious. You would mock me all the time and whenever I called to cry out to you for help, you just ignored me and reported me to Lucille for more suffering. Don't you think that it's my time to repay the deeds?" He smiled at Ethan like a maniac and Ethan successfully pulled out the leadership card against him "As your Alpha, you shall obey me." He ordered and Ben's smile slowly dried up as the corner of his lips went downwards. He was displeased at the
"Remember that you have to put on a good smile and act accordingly to the plan, do you understand?" Lydia instructed through gritted teeth to Jackson. The latter was dressed in a fine suit and his hair was well made so it could give him a more beautiful and innocent look.Currently, they were in Lydia's father's house for an introduction and Jackson felt more nervous than ever because he had not been in such a situation before.His pupils kept moving from one side to the other because of his anxiousness.Then suddenly, they both heard the sound of footsteps coming from the inner part. Unlike any other house with a staircase in sight whenever someone came in, Jackson concluded that they must be in the waiting room because there was no staircase in sight for him even though it was a big building that ought to have one.An aged man then appeared with a lot of electronic gadgets. Some were his phones. He seemed to be in his seventies as most of his hair had turned white. He was wearing