5. Gracelynn is Back

LILIANA SPENCER…..

I never thought our marriage would end up like this. I really believed I could make a place in his heart. As he has a big heart of gold.  

I still remember that day, four years ago, at the coffee shop where I used to work, I accidentally spilled cold coffee on a customer because a customer bumped into me from behind. 

But that hot-tempered person, despite me asking for forgiveness several times, was not convinced and in anger, he took hot coffee from a waiter and threw it at my face. 

But before it could land on my face someone stood before me saving me from burning. When I looked up I met with his forest-green eyes which were looking back at me. I was mesmerized by his beautiful eyes. 

The man was tall and well-built. He had a perfect jawline and his hair was combed meticulously.  His every move was graceful and calm. His brows were arched together in concern. And he asked me, “Are you alright?” 

An icy-cold voice came out of his throat. It was low and hoarse and it disrupted my breathing. I was such a mess that no word came out of my throat. So I just nodded my head. He didn't say anything, just turned around and smacked right on his face who was trying to harm me. 

“Were you trying to burn her face? When she was apologizing to you, you should have let it go. Because it was an accident and the coffee was cold. But what you wanted to do was totally absurd. It was completely harassing. So if you don't want to see yourself behind bars, get the hell out of this shop right now.” I was moved by him. The way he was standing up for me. 

They all hurriedly left the coffee shop and I watched my Prince Charming walking away to a table. I knew he was a high-ranked werewolf by his domineering aura. I felt my wolf purr inside my head when he walked past me and his delicious fragrance filled my nostrils, waking all my feminine hormones. 

My eyes went wide when I heard my wolf yell in my head “Mate”.

A co-worker of mine came to me to inquire if I was hurt. 

“Do you know that man that just saved you?” Tessa whispered in my ear, eyeing my Prince Charming who just took my heart away with him. 

“No, who is he?” I inquired, still fixing my gaze on him, who was talking to a person sitting across from him. 

“Zade Meadows, most eligible bachelor of this city. I wonder how come you don't know him. Every girl is lined up for him. Girls die just to get a single glance at him. But alas! He's off-limit.” Tessa sighed and I frowned at her last words. And my heart clenched tightly inside my rib cage thinking about all the negative possibilities. 

“What do you mean by that?” 

“Look there.” I followed her gaze and my eyes fell on a beautiful blonde girl walking toward me with all her glory. 

“Now don't tell me you don't know her.” I could sense irritation in her voice but it wasn't a matter of my concern. Because my main concern was the girl who was approaching Zade’s table. 

Who is she to him?

“Who is this girl now?” Before she could tell me anything about her manager called out for me and I had to go there. 

“Yes, Mr.John” I reported holding my hands behind me. 

“Attend table number six. They are VIP customers. You can't offend them at any cost. Mind it.” My heart skipped a beat hearing the table number and I immediately nodded my head. 

“I will not give you a chance to complain.” Saying that I took my notepad and headed towards the table. I stopped dead on my track when I heard their conversation. 

“I don’t know why Dad is so adamant to get me to find my mate. I don't want my mate. But you. I want you in my life. I want to make you my Luna and the mother of my child. I don't care who my mate is. I'm going to reject my Mate, no matter what.” 

I closed my eyes against the rush of pain that filled me. My hand clutched my heart, not able to take the pain. I could hear my wolf Angela howl in pain in my head. It was too much for me to take in one day. I found my mate and on the same day, I found out my mate loved someone else and was planning to reject me.

Why is this happening to me? What have I done to deserve this fate? 

“GRACELYNN!” I came out of my thoughts when I heard Alex's voice. 

“Are you really alright? I have been calling you but you seemed absent-minded.” Concern was clear in his voice and I let out a sigh. Because I was not alright. I was broken. And I don't want them to know that I'm broken. I hate it when someone shows sympathy to me. 

 “Do you think Dad will forgive me for what I have done?” I asked Alex, scared to face my Dad after Four years.  

He was against this marriage but I married Zade going against Dad. He was so mad at me that he never contacted me in these years, and neither did I. 

“You’re his favorite, Grace. Even though he's mad at you for your wrong decision his love for you never lessened. He missed you like crazy. I have seen how hard it is for him to live away from you these years. I don't know if you have missed him or not but he still loves you like crazy. Even though you are the spoiled brat he always loves you most. You kept in touch with me and Mom. But why didn't you contact him?” I smiled faintly. 

“It's not that I didn't miss him, Alex. I did. But I couldn't dare to call him. When I told him that I wanted to marry Zade, he said that if I did so, he would abandon me. And cut all ties with me. I didn't listen to him and marry Zade. Then you tell me how I could try to contact him.” 

Tears rolled down from my eyes when I recalled our conversation of that night when I went to talk to Dad about Me being Zade Mate. And I told him that I wanted to marry him. But he didn't take a second before refusing. As the Miller family and Meadows family were sworn enemies. 

“I can understand you. Don't worry, he will not be mad at you. Trust me. But you tell me, are you really going to let go of that Zade so easily. Don't you wanna take revenge for what he had done to you? How badly he had treated you. How easily he just tossed you out of his life. Are you going to let it slide just like that?” 

My lips curved up in a smirk. “I'm going to let him pay for it. I have cherished him with all my heart but he didn't even care for my feelings. Now he will see my wrath. And I will become his nightmare. For him I was that submissive Liliana Spencer, an orphan weak girl. But now I will show him who Gracelynn Miller is.” My eyes blazed with revenge. 

“Whoa! My old Sissy is back.”