35. A housekeeper who warms the Alpha's bed for money
The lights have been turned off, the room left in full darkness as it overtook every freaking inch of it. Aurora now laid comfortably in bed with her still-dizzy head in the pillow.
She never let go of his head from her chest and those tender fingers never took a break from the job of stroking his scalp. He was asleep but she knew he was loving the message of her fragile fingers.
His soft respiration slapped warm breaths on her cleavage making her core squirm. Even though he was sleeping soundly, his body made her insides curl.
Aura lowered her mouth on his hair and pressed them lovingly. She hugged his head tighter now after she mistakenly touched his affected shoulder. It caused him to flinch in his state of slumber whereas she bit her lips in remorse.
Things were going so lovely between them in Cape Town. They were so happy. Days were always bright and the night skies were always starry. Ther
36. Unexpected encounter... And an exasperated Damien. The car dropped her outside an unfamiliar place. An enterprise she had not prepared to see. Its name made her chew her lips and that particular name came to her mind. Again. 'I am always so paranoid!' Aura sighed at her attitude as she stepped further. This was her bad habit. Besides being over shy, she was also paranoid. She made many consequences a situation could lead every time she fell into them. She was doing the same now when she entered through the huge gates of Ferrari enterprise while reading its slogan. She entered her name and reason for visiting in a register that was presented across her at the watchman's cabinet, on a desk. Don't know why her heart was thumping erratically inside her chest. It was not because she was scared of seeing Damien with more damage but because she hesitated to meet new people. Only if one can sense her fears, they would have justified why she was wa
37. Rosario Ferrari... A friend or someone else?Aurora's PovI wish I didn't come here. I wish I never entered the office building and lost myself into various thoughts.I wish I had not met that bastard Peter, and definitely, I wish I had not bumped into Rosario.Damien's eyes were looking at me. Only me. His posture was stiff. His hands balled up at his sides as he quietly observed me with an accusing gaze. It was a gaze darker than frozen sea, colder than winter precipitation and sterner than an eerie music.I immediately separated myself from Rosario, stepping away from him. Rosario's back was facing Damien so he could not see the dance of exasperation in his blue eyes. But I did. And what I can see was a sour wolf glowering at his prey with hungry, angry and upset glare.As if it was a prey he had not wanted to hunt on... But forced to."Gosh, I am still so shocked. I don't believe my eyes that you are here." For just a second I
38. He can't misunderstand her!Bright azure sky turned black outside Aurora's window. Stars were again assembled together as an army blinking amusingly at the earth below. And here inside the bedroom, Aurora sat on the floor by the support of her bed as she cried.She had been laying there since she entered her room. After Damien dropped her home, he left in the car to somewhere else, leaving her all shattered and dizzy. He left her with insecure feelings and with a thumping heart to cry over something she did not know would ever happen.Aurora locked herself in the room, refusing to see anyone. Even when Madam Martha came behind her following to her room, Aurora pleased her. She asked her to leave her alone as she could not face her. It was only Damien and his emotionless face, and those blazing eyes that remained in her mind.His anger was not unnoticed. He had masked it with a neutral look as if he was unaffected, but deep down, Aura knew he was erupt
39. He knew it!The next morning on the breakfast table, Alpha Damien retired all the maids to some other work as he wished to enjoy his morning meal with Aurora alone. Only Madam Martha stayed given that he trusted her with whatever conversation they were going to have apart from their breakfast.Damien delightfully grinned looking at the meal produced before him. Toasted breads with crunchy peanut butter and omelets. His other favorite, mixed fruit juice was offered to him. He enlarged his eyes in jubilation as there was also some tasty pasta, smelling so good and appealing that he dug into it before anything else.All this while Aura was sitting beside him with a serious look. Irresolution churned her stomach as she was about to tell him what relationship she shared with Rosario.Last night she tried but Damien only took her in his arms and fell asleep. He was very tired. So exhausted that he was softly snoring when they jumped into bed with her naked!
40. Is it the end!Aurora's POVFeeling the weight of a hand on my shoulder, I spun around looking at it.As I lifted my head, my heart skipped beating for a second. It was Rosario. Smiling painfully with accusing eyes. The same look that I had caught on his face before I left his company building that day."Hey Aurora." He smiled from ear to ear but I flinched back feeling uncomfortable.He took his hand back with escalated eyebrows, his smile faltering. Then he looked up at me again to give another forced smiled, trying to show that he was normal.I looked around us to see whether or not he was stalking me. Then I noticed there was a driver standing far away across a Porsche. It might be his. I looked back at Rosario and registered his awful look. He seemed tired.His shoulders were lightly slumped and expressions looked weary. Then I saw he had his passport in his hand. He might just have returned from a trip."Good to see y
41. Saved by an unpredicted saviour."My baby!" Aurora awoke screaming loudly.She batted her lashes in reaction to her surroundings. She was in a hospital room. The back of her left palm had a needle piercing into her vein. She scrunched her forehead but it pulsated with throbbing pain."Ahh!" A wince escaped her mouth and when she raised her hand to touch her forehead, gosh, her eyes watered as there was a bandage on her forehead."My baby? My baby?" She muttered thinking that she lost her child as the memories of the accident came flashing into her mind."MY BABYYY! NOO... NO!" Aurora shrieked.She had not wanted this. This was not supposed to happen. Her baby... She could not lose the baby like that.But it was the only truth as the jerk was hard. The collision was intense which resulted in her loss. An irreparable loss."Noo... My baby!" Her head fell back on the pillow as she cried, clutching the sheet of the mattress on
42. ReconciliationOnce again they were surrounded by a serene stale air of discomfort. Aurora looked away whereas Rosario nibbled on his lips nervously. He wanted to talk but didn't know how to.His eyes cascaded down to her belly that was securely covered with her protective palm.'It was because she was pregnant with Damien's baby that she wanted to get away from me. She thought I would ruin her future.' Rosario closed his eyes as he mused.Damn it, he felt so stupid and crazy.Had he known about her cute little secret she was hiding from the whole world including the father of the baby, he would have assured her that she was safe around him and won't be bothered by the special relationship he assumed they held.Rosario opened his eyes to find her peering at his face. He awkwardly smiled not knowing what else to do.It would have been easier to talk earlier. Now things seemed complicated and he had no hint about how to strike a con
43. A blissful day"Ma, I am sorry." Aurora tried to not cry as she clutched the sheet around her belly tightly in her grip."No, don't talk to me." She suppressed her cries, feeling bad for her negligence."You really hurt me, Aurora." Madam Martha was here in the hospital.A few minutes back she was talking to Aurora in a petrified and concerned tone as she finally got time to pick her phone up post disappearing unknowingly for the whole day.But when Madam Martha was dawned with the knowledge that her car met with an accident and she was in a hospital, she only asked about the hospital she was located in and cut the fall.The next moment she was across Aurora with her red painful teary eyes, expressing her hurt towards her daughter."Which daughter does this to her mother?" Madam Martha stopped Aura from saying anything as she attempted.Her hurt was pasted in the form of paleness on her wrinkled face. The spilling brine fro
127. The Goodbye (last chapter) Eight months later, Under the cool shadow of blooming cherry blossom trees, Aura sat on a mat as she tossed grapes in her mouth. She enjoyed the burbling of shimmery water in the nearby pond. With birds chiming gaily, gazelles roaming freely, colorful butterflies and dragonflies fluttering excitedly in the air, and a colony of rabbits and squirrels jumping and running around them, she fancied the sight of her eight months old daughter crawling on the soft bed of grasses and small flowers alongside their new family member, Venice. He was a month old baby dog Brian bought for Anna. A new friend whom she could play and grow up with. Initially Venice was scared in his new house as he was bought from the owner of his mother. The man could not afford to raise three golden retriever babies hence he gave them away. When Brian was offered one, he instantly accepted him for he was going to be Anna's first ever friend. "Anna, no! Come back here at once." Aur
126. Is Damien going to die?! "Damien, a-are you okay?" It was a silly question, but she was not really in her senses. His blood and reducing breaths took away her patience and whatever patience she had had, now turned into pain. Pure, raw, and escalating pain. Behind her back, Peter laughed, "You didn't come here, Alpha Damien, I summoned you, so I could kill you with my own hands. It would have been no fun to fuck your already fucked up wh*re or kill your vulnerable daughter who is anyways helpless without her mother. The worst I could do to you is kill you… and leave your mate and daughter miserable for the rest of their lives. Your death during the best phase of your life is the biggest and filthiest punishment you could get. You wouldn't be there to see your daughter grow up. Your wh*re will be available for other powerful males, not including that she would move on with another wealthy man after your demise, after some months of weeping in your memory. Your pack will be overt
125. You didn't come here. You were summoned, Alpha Damien. "Da-damien," The one and only name she's been chanting since her abduction quivered on the tip of her tongue. The fog of fear subsided, leaving her with ever so clear vision. She restlessly looked behind her back only to melt on the ground and take a sigh of relief, "Y-you came. You finally came to save us, Damien." Aura's heart throbbed in her chest for her husband was here in his ever so intense glory. There was a bow in his arms and a holder of an arrow put around his left shoulder, as it hung slantingly, resting on his back. His eyes glowed no less than enraged sun as his tightly set jaw twisted in anger.Many more footsteps thudded around her. She saw a troop of armed men coming inside through the front. It was her husband's army. All dressed up in black with holsters put on, hands carrying huge guns and a look of vengeance on their faces. Alongside their Alpha, they shot the enemy's army dead. She could not take her
124. Don't hurt my daughter in the name of revenge! A wheezing wind rolled over, making Aura's teeth clutter. She stared down in the middle of the room on the ground at her screaming daughter and forgot it was necessary to breathe for survival. That moment, all that she saw was Anna throwing her legs and arms in the air. She was dressed in a pink thin frock that shifted under her little back, leaving her little legs exposed to the cool ground. She was not wearing her socks either. "Don't hurt her, bastard." Aura banged her fists on Peter's chest and bicep. She used all her strength to hit him but the devil didn't budge for a second. He just cracked up louder and held her by her elbow, refraining her from going to her daughter. "You see that, Aurora? You see that? That's what real weakness looks like." He pointed at her daughter and then towards the dogs around her. They were desperately breathing, the noise invading Aura's ears like a warning buzz. "I want you to see it w
123. Damien, where are you? Aura's POV "Damien, where are you?! I am scared and cold. Please… come soon." I looked around the room and crawled closer to the bed, shrinking away in the gap between the bedside table and bed. My knees were against my chest as I cowered away from the menacing door glaring back at me in the dark. I should have listened to my heart. I should have paid attention to the crumpling feeling in my chest. I should have convinced Damien to stay back in the mansion. Only if I had not been swept away by Damien's advances, we would have been safe under the protection of our house. "My daughter," It was hard to breathe as my stomach bottomed out. The room was cool yet my skin was clammy, my body was a trembling mess and eyes weeping silently. "Anna, my baby! Oh that I never left you behind me in the mansion." My hands clenched tighter around my knees as I recalled Anna's heavy screams. Peter said that he would kill my daughter in front of my eyes on the wa
122. Going for a rescue"Anna is safe, right? Brian," I shook his shoulders. "Our daughter is safe, isn't she?" Someone from the guards sobbed. My head instantly looked around at the men so I could pick the sobbing one out. But everyone was vulnerably breathing and their red eyes told a different story. A story I wouldn't like to hear. As I was looking around everyone, I heard my beta, his voice poorly choking, "They breached… the mansion. Th-they shot Madam Martha and another nanny who was looking after Anna and took her away."No. No. No. Please… this was not true. It can't be. It's just… I found my place next to Brian as we both wept together.This was a dream. It had to be a bad dream because I was so happy in the morning. Everything was perfect and clean. Aura and I were savouring moments with our daughter. We were happy. How could everything turn upside down? Is it even possible for a happy family to scatter like the coins on a carrom board? "Miss. Martha," Aura won't be ha
121. Alpha's agony Alpha Damien's POV 'Damien…' 'Damien…' Agonizing screams hurt my head. I could see Aura being dragged away towards a tornado. It was whirling crazily and she cried, her hair bouncing all over her face. My mate. My darling. She was wearing a torn dress. Rather ripped aggressively. There were bruises on her bare arms and a blood trail cascading down her exposed legs. She looked vulnerable. Tortured beyond repair. Her lips were inflated and a puncture in the corner of her lip bled. 'Damien, help me. Save me from that beast. Don't let me go, Damien. Please…' She was held by the hair and dragged ruthlessly. Aura. My respectful Luna was in the clutches of a black shadow. I couldn't see much as my eyes were blurry. But whatever it was… it's caused harm to my Aura, and only meant to worsen her physical condition. 'Don't let me slip away, Damien. Please… please…' She held her hand out and yelled my name louder. I jumped and struggled to take her hand, trying my best
120. I told you I'll have her in my bed! Coming out of the car under the shelter of an Umbrella, they admired the rain and the silvery trails coming harshly on the ground. Damien's one arm was around her shoulder and one holding the umbrella. He loved this place for its simplicity.But looking at Aura's face, he can say she was not very happy. Her nose was creased and her eyes tentatively stared through mist and a heavy shower trail."I don't see any arrangements?" Aura raised her head to meet his eyes.Indeed there was nothing, for this place was an empty piece of land. Yet, what one sees must not be used to draw a final conclusion."Come on, I'll show you." Stretching his lips into a grin, he led themselves ahead.Aura's gown was completely drenched from the edge. There was dirt in her stilettos and she couldn't walk properly any longer. It was her good luck that Damien was walking by her side, or else she would have already collapsed. Much worse, she could have twisted her ankles
119. A menacing date night In the mansion, Aura stared out at the gray army of clouds as they wailed and stormily poured over the horizon. Placing a hand on the glass of the window, she felt the iciness creep into her palm. The rain was frosty and every drop plummeted like a bullet on the grass of bed. "Why is it raining so aggressively today?" She looked up at the sky that's draped the whole world in a blanket of fog. As long as her eyes could see, there was only pallidness. She never liked rains like these. This reminded her of that terrifying night when Damien misunderstood her and threw her out of the mansion, after accusing her of cheating on him. Goosebumps spread over her skin. Aura rubbed her arms and walked away. She no longer wished to look into the gray eyes of the sky and feel vulnerable. Pulling the curtains over the windows, she returned to her bed and sat down near the cot of her daughter. 'My heart throbs restlessly inside my chest. Why?' Taking a look at her