Anna nervously waited at the Standham Park. It was already past midnight, and her children were sleeping, the babysitter having been paid overtime for this.It was the perfect time for the 10 million dollars in cash to be dropped off.All of hers and William’s plans had led to this. She could have laughed at the ridiculousness of it all, all over a photo. But she knew that neither she nor William wanted that photo leaked, each for their own reasons.Sophie would be put in jail and denied bail until her court cases came up; she had been assured by William, who had a connection with various members of law enforcement in high ranks.If not for that, then perhaps this might have taken a wrong turn.She turned as she heard footsteps. She smiled inwardly as she saw Sophie sauntering toward her, Dylan by her side. Dylan’s eyes met Anna’s and he minutely nodded.If all went well, he would not be getting arrested today. That was the deal she had made with him if he could get enough evidence to
“Thank you.” The interviewer - a woman that looked to be in her late 40s - said to Anna as she stood up. “We’ll be in touch.”Anna felt her heart fall; saying ‘We’ll be in touch’ was kind of a roundabout way of saying ‘We have someone else in mind already’.She shook the woman’s hand with a polite smile and left the small room.However, as soon as she got out of the office and down to the street, her smile faded and she took in a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.She was really in trouble.It had been just the day after she managed to get Sophie behind bars - with William’s invaluable help. And Anna had not been scheduled any shifts today at her temp job, so was able to attend another interview.Really though, today was just another day for her to consider the thought of returning to work for William again.The Hayes’ Corp was really one of the top companies in the area and it showed. No other place was willing to give as many benefits - company clinic with free care, free daycare amon
Anna couldn’t believe she was having this sort of conversation. She wondered idly if she was dreaming but no, it looked too real to be a dream.She blinked many times as she picked up the cup of coffee to sip, while Ethan reached for the glass carafe and poured himself another cup.Watching him place five cubes of sugar, one at a time into the cup with those slim long fingers of his was entrancing enough for her to watch while her thoughts roiled.Werewolves.Ethan and William were werewolves.And apparently, so were her children.She still didn’t want to think he was telling the truth. But Ethan wouldn’t be playing a practical joke on her, he looked so damned serious saying all of those.As he stirred in not one, not two, but three creamers into the coffee cup, she let out a loud sigh.“I have to be honest with you, Ethan,” she shook her head as he looked at her. “I don’t want to believe this sort of thing could ever happen. It’s just too…”Too much of a movie? Too unreal? Too strang
The moment that Ethan walked into the mansion through the front door, William could spot the smirk on his younger brother’s face. It irked him and so he spoke up.“Where are you coming from, brother?”Ethan stopped upon hearing that and turned to glance at the Alpha seated in the living room with an office document in his hands.“I didn’t know that my movements disturbed you so,” was all that Ethan said in response, the smirk still on his face. He had no intention yet of letting on to William that he had been seeing Anna regularly, and had just finished having lunch with her.“Ethan, everything about you disturbs me, to be frank,” William retorted. “Especially with that hobby of yours. You should be more careful.”“Ah.” The smirk only widened on the younger’s face. “Don’t worry, I haven’t been playing around with my pets today. I simply went out to check on a friend.”That made William even more curious. A friend? Ethan didn’t have friends; he much preferred to be on his lonesome, par
Ethan was right. He had been so damn right.That was all that Anna could think and inevitably her thoughts ran a mile a minute as she thought about all the ways William had deceived her. Had this been why he denied fathering the children with her or even knowing her before?Her trust in William was slowly going down the drain more than ever before.William sighed, unaware of her raging thoughts as she kept silent and watched him with narrowed eyes.“Look,” he said to the human girl he was unwittingly bound to. “The topic of what I was never came up. Werewolves and humans are not meant to be involved with each other, not this way. And it would be a thing of shame if anyone found out that–““–That you had children with a human? Is that it?” She asked, and he nodded.All she was hearing from him were excuses and more excuses, that it pained her. She had hoped he would be more of a father after the lunch they had the past weekend, but she was sorely left disappointed. What kind of father
Lily frowned at the sight of her phone screen.‘I’ll be busy tonight,’ William had sent to her about a minute ago.Tonight of all nights? The night of the rare and long awaited for blue moon?Now he was busy?She let out a sigh, keeping her face appearing gentle like a dove even when she fumed on the inside. The cafe she was in was playing boring background music and her mocha latte tastes like shit.It was almost like today was meant to be horrible for her.With a snap of her fingers, the server by the side immediately rushed to her table.“Bring me the bill.” She ordered, noticing how the young man was flustered when glancing at her. He had been sneaking looks since she came in just like many of the other patrons of the cafe. Already she had two men come and try to talk to her.It was very funny; though it was something that she was used to, Lily always wondered how foolish men could be that they only thought with the thing dangling between their legs.As she paid her bill using her
William was already about to give an excuse as Anna flung open the door but before he could, she huffed and said, “Don’t bother. Just come in.”He closed his mouth with a click - never before in his life had a woman ever thought to command him that way - and entered the house.The air was filled with a mix of scents - pastries baking in the oven, the menthol scent that tickled his nose, and the overwhelming scent of his children above all else.“Did you use vapor rub?” He asked, wrinkling his nose to which Anna glared at him. “How mundane of you.” He muttered his thoughts before his brain to mouth filter could work properly.“Well, forgive me for trying to find some sort of relief for them, Mr I Am So Wealthy! And how am I to know if it wouldn’t work? Do I look like a damn werewolf?” She slammed the oven doors shut after checking the chocolate chip cookies. It was nearly done.He closed his eyes briefly and counted down from ten. The sound had truly irritated him as well as her shouti
85.The night had come, finally. And the silence in the house was surprising to Anna who expected her children to be in tears, or unable to sit still.However, instead she was staring at quite the unusual sight of William, who cradled the two without any discomfort obvious to her. And the twins were awake, but snuggled into their father’s arms. They were breathing in and out so deeply that she would have assumed they were sleeping if not for their eyes being open.“They’re very well behaved,” William remarked in such a low tone that she almost thought it was a dream.She cleared her throat, taking another sip of her tea before saying, “They’re always well behaved. But I guess you being here makes it easier.”Then she pursed her lips before asking what was on her mind for hours. “Do they know that you’re…? I mean…” He looked up to give her a curious gaze, green eyes glittering. “I-Is that something that comes by instinct?”William could tell that she was asking if the twins knew that h