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
CITY F, 9 PM.Melissa and her family settled around the dining table to have lunch. It was sort of a beautiful memory for them all as Elena hardly stayed for dinner due to the final year exams. "Do you need this?" Taylor asked and Elena nodded. He puts the piece of spinach on her plate for her. Melissa watched them interact and smiled. "Please, you guys should limit your affair. I am here." She said without raising her head to look at them. Elena smiled. "I am sorry, Aunt," Taylor replied. "No, there is absolutely nothing to be sorry about," Melissa answered.He nodded and continued eating. Melissa was quite happy that her niece's mate was someone caring and respectful. She simply had no regret. "How is Clara doing? Did you inform her about your moving out?" She asked Elena. "Yeah, I did. I will miss her." Elena mumbled and stuffed her mouth with the chicken unhappily. "Well, she is miles away from you so I guess you are gonna miss her the most. I think the decis
It was evening, Clara and Ethan were sitting beside each other in the garden staring at the moon. These days, the moon seemed to be happily portraying and flaunting its brightness nonstop despite the rainy season which Clara believed won't stay for too long anymore.She opened her can of coke and took a sip while Ethan went with his alcoholic beverage this time around again. She glanced at his hand that was holding onto the can and noticed a scar there. It was not deep but it called for attention from her.She touched it, getting his attention from his sightseeing. "What happened?" She asked him softly. Ethan poked the scar and took a sip from his drink. "Nothing." He answered. "Was it serious?" She questioned again. "No." "So the 'nothing' wasn't serious?" She queried and Ethan furrowed his brows as he looked at her, wondering if she was intentionally teasing him or if she was just being dumb. Either way, he was willing to play along. "Yes."Clara exhaled, "Wow, is
The next morning, Ophelia headed to the supermarket to get some things. A lot had been happening in her life and she so much needed that space. Not to talk about her business going down the drain because of her inability to sustain it and also stick with Ethan.She thought about her plan as she rode past the highway. She never wanted things to get this obvious, she just wanted to take things from below but for every damn second and minute that kept passing by, she felt that she was losing Ethan to Clara who wasn't even trying as hard as her to win him and this was making her angry beyond words.She sighed softly and ran her hand across her hair as she flashback to what had happened that day he asked her out. She had always seen Ethan as an older brother to get ever since she was young but then when she reached the age of maturity, she discovered that those feelings he had were not that of neutrality anymore; they were something else and that made her happy.When she later got to know
𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬he walked around to and fro inside the room while Jennifer bit her fingers. She knew it! She knew that something was up, she was being targeted, how could it have ended this way? Jessica couldn't stop thinking and she paused to look at her sister who was panicking nonstop. "Ma'am, we know that you are inside so I will employ that you come out before we go in. We have surrounded this building everywhere with our men so come out when we are being nice." One of the officers warned.Jennifer rushed to meet her sister with tears in her eyes. "You can't go out, Jessica. You will be gone forever, here…" She pushed her to the wardrobe. "You can hide here while I speak with them." Jennifer rushed her words. "Jenny…" "No, no, don't say anything. Just get in and you can talk to me later. I don't want to see you go to jail, I know that what you did was wrong but please don't leave me." Jennifer pleaded but Jessica only smiled bitter
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