Clara was confused as to why Ethan was behaving very strangely. He was not being himself and that scared her a bit. "Ethan…are you alright?" "Where did you say that you found the pictures?" He asked again. "Inside your father's closet. When he had the attack, I went to his room to look for his medicine and I came across it by mistake because my hand hit it so when I checked the pictures, I just had to bring them to you for no reason." She explained but came to stand in front of him. "What's wrong? Why are you looking worried?" "Do you know who this is?" Ethan asked her. "I don't but I have the feeling that I have met him before but I just don't remember where exactly." She stroked her chin as she tried to think harder about the issue. "This is Astro." He revealed. "Who is Astro?" Clara asked confusingly. Ethan wanted to scold her for forgetting the conversation easily but then restrained himself after realizing that he didn't tell her his name. He closed and re
Agnes checked herself in the mirror before leaving her room. She met her grandmother in the sitting room getting a massage from a young lady and she rolled her eyes. "I can't believe that you made a young girl leave her pack just to attend to you." She teased. "Well, your massage is the worst while hers is the best. Moreover, I paid for your transport fare, didn't I?" "Of course, you did." The young lady glanced at Agnes and winked playfully, causing her to laugh. "I saw that. I ain't blind, ladies." "Anyway, I am on my way out to have fun with my friends. I will be back before evening." "Yeah. Have fun and make sure that you are back before evening or else you are going to sleep outside like last time." She threatened. Agnes felt goosebumps on her skin as she shook her head to stop thinking too hard about it. "Please, Grandma, stop mentioning the past. That part was horrible to remember." "Well, sometimes, you have to be reminded of the horrible consequences
Agnes looked around the park. She was waiting for Ella to come over quickly but she had been waiting for the past few minutes however she was not there yet. She tried calling her number but it was unreachable. This was their meeting point but she was absent. "I hope she isn't joking with me or else I am going to rip her teeth out." She threatened her under her breath before finding a cool place with shade to sit on.This could prevent her from getting hit by the sun.Her eyes lingered on everyone that was around. As usual, there were lots of kids more than the adults and their reactions whenever they played were enjoyable to watch. She smiled at them. Sometimes, all one had to do was just sit down in a calm place and watch the creatures created by the creator, he or she would feel calmed down.A few minutes later, Agnes' phone rang and she answered after realizing that it was Ella. "Hey…where are you? Why can't you make it? Are you kidding me? I have been sitting here for the p
Olive was inside his room going through his phone. He had been receiving visitors since morning who were there to greet him about his health. He sighed and continued scrolling. Ethan had ordered that he shouldn't leave the bed until he was back so the only place he could go to was the toilet and nowhere else…not even the garden. After a few minutes, his door was knocked upon and he looked up from his phone. "Yes, come in."The door was opened and Ethan entered alongside Clara. Immediately he saw them, he smiled in relief and put down his phone. "Welcome, how are you doing? I have been waiting for you to come back. This place is a prison…I couldn't go out all because of your stupid order, Ethan. Who does that?" He whined.Ethan locked eyes with Clara before sitting down. He bent his head and hooked his fingers with each other, he couldn't say a word as his body was calmed too. Olive was staring at his son, wondering why he was suddenly mute. "Dad, are you feeling pain anywh
Clara was a bit pessimistic about how her relationship with Olive would go from henceforth. Maybe she should not have shown Ethan the pictures, she kept contemplating…walking to and fro while trying to look for ways to appease him. It's been days since the incident and Olive had not bothered to come out of the room or even speak with her. Ethan told her not to mind him but how couldn't she? He was her FATHER-IN-LAW.She sighed again and cupped her cheeks. This was one of the moments that she needed her father but the man went on a vacation not quite long after he told her about hearing some strange noises coming from their bedroom. Remembering that incident was quite hilarious to her. Agnes came over to meet her afterward. "Hello, Luna." She bowed her head a bit. "Just drop the honorifics," Clara answered weakly and Agnes jumped on her instantly. "Congratulations. You have won a big engagement with one of the upcoming fashion media." She announced and Clara was stunned. She
"Do you need something like this?" Ben showed his mate some of the baby's clothing that he saw but she frowned and shook her head. "It's too dull." She said. Ben wanted the two of them to go on a lovely date and just for her to relax and get herself off the stress but surprisingly, it was void because she pulled him to the baby's store instead. Something that he really had not planned for.He had to secretly call Ethan for help but the man just ignored him and wished him luck.The most annoying and frustrating thing was that she had no choice! She didn't know what she wanted at that moment but knew that she wanted something. She was carrying a bag of two different chips with her and was eating one out of the two while following Ben from behind.The poor man had to seek the help of Google to know where he had gone amiss because he didn't know taking care of a pregnant woman was this stressful. But he couldn't find anything relevant other than granting her wishes.Ben sighed an
She entered and closed the door behind her. Olive opened his eyes and looked at the person, she was indeed fidgeting but he was ready to listen to what she had to say. "May I sit, Father?" she asked him. "Go ahead." He answered after clearing his throat. "Thank you." Clara found a space and just clamped herself to the side. She was nervous because her eyeballs were not in place. They kept running from one place to another. "I am sorry." The both of them said at once, staring at each for a while before laughing. Both of them had a different reason for erupting into laughter but it was working. "Ha." Olive touched his forehead as his laughter slowly died. "You go first." He said to her and she nodded. "I want to apologize to you for touching what you considered your private property without your permission. I just felt curious and wanted to show Ethan…I didn't know that it was going to turn out that way. I didn't know that he is his brother and your son…I just want
Ophelia looked around her carefully. She couldn't sight anyone around her, the house was quiet as well which made her slightly confused and worried too. How was that possible? How could no one be around? Did that mean Astro had gone to war with his brother? That couldn't happen because there was no way he would do that without mumbling the whole truth to her. She was looking tired and weak because she hardly ate the meal that was given to her. She was afraid because she believed that the food could be poisoned; however, whenever the hunger was becoming unbearable for her, she would force herself to eat the rotten food.This was because she wouldn't be served any other meal until she was done with the one they gave her. In short, she was living a prisoner's lifestyle in such a place. Ophelia had never imagined and would have never imagined herself to be in this state.If someone had prophesied to her months ago that she was going to end up like this then she would have fought the pers
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