Clara woke up late in the evening and headed downstairs to have something to eat. She was feeling a bit hungry and so needed something to occupy her empty stomach.Getting closer to the place, she could hear the whispers of two people. It was less of a whisper when she got to the sitting room. Opposite Olive was an aged woman who was smiling ear to ear. Her face had wrinkled a bit and she looked like a woman in her seventies if she was not wrong but she looked fit. Advantage of being a Werewolf. The woman noticed Clara's presence in the room and smiled more. "This must be her. Clara, right?" "Yes." Clara and Olive responded at once. "Nice to meet you, Clara. The Alpha was telling me about you and fortunately, you arrived in the middle of the conversation. I am Lucy, the Luna of Star Pack." The woman stood up to greet Clara, and they both hugged each other. "Nice to meet you, Miss…" "Oh no, child. That is absurd!" Lucy teased. "Oh, I am sorry." Clara gave a faint ap
Clara blushed deeply as they separated from each other. Ethan smirked as he got off the chair and went to answer the door. When he opened the door, he met Ophelia standing there, dressed in her pajamas. She was looking cute but Ethan was less concerned about it. "Hi." She was pleased with the fact that at least he was the one who opened the door. "Hi, can I help you with anything?" He asked her. "Yeah, I am here to spend some time with you and also, I went to Clara's room earlier but I can't find her. Do you know where she is?" Ophelia asked. "Uhm…"Clara appeared from behind with an innocent smile. Ophelia was stunned to see her and she looked at Ethan questioningly. "Hi." Clara waved at her. "Hey," Ophelia responded subconsciously. "Uhm, I was told that Lucy came over earlier and handed over my invitation card to you." She finally found the words to say and Clara nodded ignorant of what she was thinking or even her behavior. "Yeah. I have it with me. Let me
Ethan was staring at his workers with unhappiness. He didn't like the information that he had gotten that morning. He had been chasing a Multibusiness deal for a while and all of a sudden, his rival happened to get it very quickly through unusual means. Something that had never happened before in Ethan's history as a businessman. Not even in his Alpha duties did anyone try to outrun him in such a ridiculous manner. "How did this happen in the first place, huh?" "Sir, we are also very surprised about how it could have happened. We don't know because his work is not as good as ours yet he got the contract. The only reasonable explanation for this is that he cheated." One of the workers replied. "He cheated, huh?" Ethan smirked. Now, that fool was playing his type of abandoned game and it wouldn't be bad to give him a taste of his medicine. He immediately dismissed his staff as he needed to think properly and his mood was ruined already. By the time he got to his office, Ben was alr
Clara wasn't happy with what she just heard and Ophelia caught on to that when she saw her face turn ugly. She smirked in a way that she wouldn't get noticed. "So, you are trying to tell me that Ethan had a first love?" "No, my dear. It is not HAD, he HAS a first love." "And how did you know about this?" Ophelia paused and turned around to speak with her, planting her seed of evil on Clara's soil. "I am the closest to him. You don't seem to know how tight our relationship is. He has been the one taking care of me from the start, he would clothe me, feed me, and do all manner of sweet things for me. We shared the same bed and I was his comfort even now, I still retain that position. Whenever he was scared of the rain, he would come to me. Apart from dad and Ben alongside Lucille, I happen to know why he is actually scared of thunder and darkness. Do you know the reason? Because I was there. Everything happened right in front of my eyes but I couldn't do anything. So, I
Clara stepped out of the University Campus with a tired look. She was about to feel suffocated, all thanks to the larger amount of students the school had to occupy. She just didn't understand why a school as huge as this and popular as well couldn't allow the admission or whatever form it was to be online so it could reduce the strength. Not to even couple the fact that she had been thinking lately about who Ethan's first love was. "I know I shouldn't be thinking about it but I can't help myself." She murmured. "I also can't help myself. Who could it be? Ophelia said she was someone we know and also stays with us but who?" Her wolf asked.Clara shook her head and sighed loudly as she adjusted the strap of her bag. She needed to continue doing some things in her life. The women's meeting was set for tomorrow night and she was not yet close to preparing for it while Ophelia was already taking it as if it was some sort of grand event.Clara understood that she would be meeting man
Clara rushed into the hospital, breathing heavily. Despite the rush, she still had a heavenly lovely smile on her face. She was happy. Very happy about the news that had been given to her. "Excuse me." She said to those who were on her way and didn't stop running until she got to the ward. The door was opened a little bit so she just barged in. Her entrance shocked the doctor, nurse, and her father who was talking. They all looked at the entrance a bit scared. "Miss Clara, can you have some manners?" The doctor scolded her. "I was about to cut off your eyes with my paws." He added and hissed angrily before he continued his work. Johnson smiled at his daughter's behavior. Clara didn't know what to say as she was smiling non-stop. She broke down into tears when her father reached out to her and she ran to hold his hand. "Dad, dad, you are alive. I missed you, dad. I couldn't stop thinking about you…I was worried…dad, I miss you. I am happy that you are alive, dad. I am real
"Is he awake yet?" Lucille asked nervously as they went back into the hospital. She had insisted on calling Clara out to pick them up before they could enter but Ben had no idea why. Nevertheless, he had to follow what Queen Bee said. "He ought to be awake by now. I left him in his room thirty minutes ago to do something important." Clara replied and opened the door. Truly, Johnson was awake. His eyes were opened and he could see clearly which made Clara happy as she quickly rushed to his side to attend to his needs. "Can you…you lift me?" He asked slowly. Clara nodded and looked at Ben for help to which he urgently agreed. They both lifted Johnson so he would rest against the wall and have a proper view of the rest of the room. He smiled, "Who are they?" "They are my friends, dad. This is Ben and that's Lucille." She introduced them. "Hello, sir. Good to see your quick recovery." Ben greeted him, earning a chuckle from Johnson. "I wouldn't call this quick. The doct
"You are the one at fault, not her." The man started talking after listening to Ophelia bore her pain and problems to him. "How?" "I told you to let me handle this, you said no. You said you trusted Ethan and the love he has for you so he won't just jump into the lagoon of love just for any other girl. But right now, see what is happening, he has already built a house on the lagoon for both himself and your soon-to-be sister-in-law." "She is not going to be a sister-in-law under my watch!" Ophelia retorted. "I guess…I guess not." The man smiled and lit his cigarettes. As he stared at her, he slowly enjoyed the taste of the bitter thing in his mouth. His stare was getting too much for Ophelia to accept even though it was not a lustful stare but the curiosity type, she still didn't like it. "Why are you staring at me like that?" She finally asked. "You have found your mate, haven't you?" He asked and Ophelia looked away. She wore an indifferent expression on her fac
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