While Cole is speaking to me, Elena comes back in and I waste no time in going to her to appeal to her not to use what she has against me.“Elena, please, I have nothing against you and I don’t want us to be having these issues. I’ll do what you want, but please let’s not do anything that will jeopardize my life as it is in this place already.”“It’s a little too late for that already, and worse still, it’s affecting the company. If you weren’t such a selfish slut, all these things wouldn’t be happening.”“Elena, mind your words. You don’t use such words on a colleague. Now apologize.” Cole could be playful, but the person in front of me was a completely different person. The order came with a tone that carried a deadly threat with it. It was something I had never seen before, and it was comforting that he was standing up for me, but frightening at the same time because I did not know what he was fully capable of.“I’m sorry, Alexa.”“Good girl.” The old Cole was back in an instant, a
The constant vibration from my phone disturbed the peace and tranquility of the morning. This morning, my sleep has been going off and on as I have tried to force myself to sleep away through the pain of Alexa’s rejection and frustration of the contract.Nothing was going according to plan, and I experience and feel new levels of anger and frustration every time I wake up and realize my situation. Now, to add to that, someone is blowing up my line this early morning, and honestly, I’m not having it.My two guesses will be Letty and my Mum. They were the only two people who have the mindset to bother me this morning. However, I have no intention of dealing with them this early morning but finding my peace of mind. The calls, however, don’t stop, and I can’t switch my phone off, so I have to answer.“Oh my God, Lucien, I have been calling for ages now. Why didn’t you pick up?” Letty screams into my ear. “I may have been shot or in real danger, and you would not have answered on time. Wh
Author’s POV)It’s the first day for Alexa to work under Elena, and she completely hates the idea of doing it and the fact that she is actually going to be doing it daily for the time being. She hates that Drake is doing this to her for trying to leave the office. Now she’s not only still sick here with all that has happened but also having to work directly under, not with, but under Elena. She walks into the office, and the air feels thick, and she wonders if it has always been like this and swears that it was not always this way. Maybe it was her mood that made the place feel gloomy and dark.Alexa heads to her office, and on her way, she runs into Drake, having an uncomfortable encounter.“Hi, good morning,” Alexa greets and forces a smile.“Yeah, morning,” Drake mumbles a reply and walks by without saying another word, which is unlike him. But she understands and does not want to pursue it further. She slowly picks up her pace and continues to her office to settle down before the
Authors povDrake tells Cole about how much he likes her and how hurt he felt there last week with Lucien all over her trying to make her his girl. Especially with the negotiations going on and trying to make her part of the deal.“See Cole I don’t want her to actually work for Elena but I have to do this and keep her at a distance Lucien be a the more she is close by the more he feels like he can get her and I simply cannot let that happen” Drake explains to Cole.“So if you do like her this much why would you have to do all this? I really don’t see the need to be all mean and non chalant about the whole Elena thing because it is well within her rights to refuse to do anything that is not within her employment” Cole says to Drake.“I know that but I had to draw a boundary between us. No matter how I much I feel about her I am still her boss and that respect needs to be there”“As much I understand this what you did this lot was going a little of the top to stamp your authority wasn’t
Alexa's POV"Where is he?" I mutter worriedly, staring at the pathway. It's getting darker and that's because night is fast approaching. He promised to meet me here, at our usual spot today. I've been waiting since afternoon and now it's almost night. Still no sign of him. I stare sadly at the small red box in my hand. Hours ago, I was so thrilled to give this to him. I wanna see the happiness on his face when he opens it and sees that I got him a watch. Maybe not as classy as the ones he's used to. But yeah, a watch. Because he loves watches a lot. I bought it to congratulate him on graduating high school today. We don't go to the same school and I can't step a foot into his Pack for fear of getting beheaded. So I didn't attend his graduation after-party. So I thought…I thought we'd celebrate here…but right now, I doubt if he's still coming. It's been over hours. Waiting here is pretty stupid of me. But I just can't find the will to leave. I miss him so much and I badly wanna se
Alexa's POVI push the door open, walking inside my little home. It's a small house on the outer skirt of our Pack. I live here with just my Mother. I lost my father when I was five. So yeah, I'm both a poor and fatherless Omega. And minutes ago, I became a rejected one too."Alexa?" Mother's voice comes from the dark sitting room, stopping me from sneaking off to my room. The sounds of her approaching footsteps follow shortly.I stop, wiping off the tears on my face. I cried profusely on my way home and I wanna go lock myself in my damp room and cry even more. But I can't ignore her after she just said my name. So yeah, I wipe off my tears, because I don't want her to notice them. She'll get worried. And she'll ask. And then I'll have to lie. Because I never told her about Lucian and me. I didn't tell anybody. I couldn't. Since our love is forbidden."Where did you go, baby?" She asks, walking closer to me. Her face scrunches in worry. "Are you alright?""Yes," I step back quickly,
Lucian's POVThe loud trap music and howling sounds floating in the air and reverberating the walls of the building is a sign of my ongoing bachelor party on the third floor. It's a mad circus down there and I should be the center of it, seeing it's for me. But instead, I ditched it and came up here to my suite, on my balcony, just stargazing and lost in my miserable thoughts. I can no longer pretend that I'm okay. Tomorrow's my wedding day and then I'll forever be gone from Alexa's life. I'll be lawfully tied to another and I'll never be able to break free from that bond. It's a frightening fate and the thought of being bonded to another is soul-crushing. Makes me feel helpless and drowning in despair. This whole situation is slowly killing me. I should shout for help. I should kick against it. But I don't have the guts to rebel against my parents. I can't rebel against the responsibilities that have been hanging around my neck since birth. Caging me from indulging my wishes and
Alexa's POVI run my fingers on the sparkly diamond necklace resting on my neck. It's a match to my outfit and my hairdo. My reflection in the mirror shows how radiant I look. The complete opposite of what I looked like four years ago. Back then, I was just a poor, Omega high schooler, who got unlucky in love and got pregnant too. I had a bleak future. The only thing I held onto was my will to survive and my Mother's love. And of course, my unborn baby. The bulging result of the passionate love I shared with Lucian.Funny how four years later, I'm a radiant single mother, in one of the biggest Packs in the region, working as a personal assistant in a globally acknowledged company, under the direct supervision of the CEO. I own this mildly luxuriously furnished apartment. It's not huge. But it's very modern and comfy. My life has experienced a chaotic change and I can't stop considering how lucky I am. For not giving up. With a happy sigh, I grab my blazer and put it on, as a finis
Authors povDrake tells Cole about how much he likes her and how hurt he felt there last week with Lucien all over her trying to make her his girl. Especially with the negotiations going on and trying to make her part of the deal.“See Cole I don’t want her to actually work for Elena but I have to do this and keep her at a distance Lucien be a the more she is close by the more he feels like he can get her and I simply cannot let that happen” Drake explains to Cole.“So if you do like her this much why would you have to do all this? I really don’t see the need to be all mean and non chalant about the whole Elena thing because it is well within her rights to refuse to do anything that is not within her employment” Cole says to Drake.“I know that but I had to draw a boundary between us. No matter how I much I feel about her I am still her boss and that respect needs to be there”“As much I understand this what you did this lot was going a little of the top to stamp your authority wasn’t
Author’s POV)It’s the first day for Alexa to work under Elena, and she completely hates the idea of doing it and the fact that she is actually going to be doing it daily for the time being. She hates that Drake is doing this to her for trying to leave the office. Now she’s not only still sick here with all that has happened but also having to work directly under, not with, but under Elena. She walks into the office, and the air feels thick, and she wonders if it has always been like this and swears that it was not always this way. Maybe it was her mood that made the place feel gloomy and dark.Alexa heads to her office, and on her way, she runs into Drake, having an uncomfortable encounter.“Hi, good morning,” Alexa greets and forces a smile.“Yeah, morning,” Drake mumbles a reply and walks by without saying another word, which is unlike him. But she understands and does not want to pursue it further. She slowly picks up her pace and continues to her office to settle down before the
The constant vibration from my phone disturbed the peace and tranquility of the morning. This morning, my sleep has been going off and on as I have tried to force myself to sleep away through the pain of Alexa’s rejection and frustration of the contract.Nothing was going according to plan, and I experience and feel new levels of anger and frustration every time I wake up and realize my situation. Now, to add to that, someone is blowing up my line this early morning, and honestly, I’m not having it.My two guesses will be Letty and my Mum. They were the only two people who have the mindset to bother me this morning. However, I have no intention of dealing with them this early morning but finding my peace of mind. The calls, however, don’t stop, and I can’t switch my phone off, so I have to answer.“Oh my God, Lucien, I have been calling for ages now. Why didn’t you pick up?” Letty screams into my ear. “I may have been shot or in real danger, and you would not have answered on time. Wh
While Cole is speaking to me, Elena comes back in and I waste no time in going to her to appeal to her not to use what she has against me.“Elena, please, I have nothing against you and I don’t want us to be having these issues. I’ll do what you want, but please let’s not do anything that will jeopardize my life as it is in this place already.”“It’s a little too late for that already, and worse still, it’s affecting the company. If you weren’t such a selfish slut, all these things wouldn’t be happening.”“Elena, mind your words. You don’t use such words on a colleague. Now apologize.” Cole could be playful, but the person in front of me was a completely different person. The order came with a tone that carried a deadly threat with it. It was something I had never seen before, and it was comforting that he was standing up for me, but frightening at the same time because I did not know what he was fully capable of.“I’m sorry, Alexa.”“Good girl.” The old Cole was back in an instant, a
Alexa’s POVI don’t know how long I can put up with these declarations as they are beginning to affect me more than I can explain or handle, not to talk of Elena on the other end with her threats to completely assassinate my character without regard if I don’t leave Drake and inform Lucien’s wife that I’m after her husband. The whole situation is driving me crazy. Drake is right by her side, asking if I’m okay, and to that, I reply I’m fine. I’m rubbing my forehead so hard now I won’t be surprised if I took off my skin anytime soon.“Alexa, are you sure you’re fine? I could send Elena to get you something,” Drake leaned in to talk to me, but I could see Elena’s reaction, and I can’t decide if it’s because she heard her name or because he leaned in.“You need to focus on the deal, Drake, and ignore me.”“You know I can’t do that, you don’t look well.”“And I wonder why that is?” I shoot him a rhetorical look.“Come on, Alexa, that’s not fair.”“Not fair is having to sit through this af
“Okay Alexa you can do this, come on girl don’t let what these men and that stupid Elena both get to you and turn you into a savage. Your bigger than all that. Better than all that and you are going to show them that they can not do anything to change that because you are always going to rise above the occasion”.The pep talk had gone on for a few minutes because I have to give myself the much needed assurance that I can take what they are throwing at me and come out on top of it all without a scratch. I take a look at my hands one more time and we’ll maybe in this case without mute scratches as they had already drawn first blood.I can still Remember Lucien’s stricken face when I rejected him again and the pain he felt although he deserved it I could not still but feel a bit bad for him. But however, it all happened for the best and now he knows that he cannot be toying with me anyhow.I think I am all set now to leave and with one last look before I hear a chime from my cellphone. I
Alexa's POVI run out of the room, wiping the now cool tea off my body. It stings like hell back there, and I know that bitch Elena got her fill from watching the hot tea nearly burn my skin. I hear footsteps after a push from the room door, but I don’t check to see who it is because what I need most at that moment is a nice relaxing bath when the day ends. But for now, I'll settle for a clean towel to wipe this stain off me. There should be some in the locker room.“Alexa, wait.”I recognize the voice, and it's one of the last people I want to deal with in that moment. I try to ignore him.“Alexa, I know you can hear me.”“Alexa, please wait a minute. Let me help you.”“Lucien, stay away from me.” He grabs my hand and forces me to stop. “Lucien, I swear to God, if you don’t let me go, this might be the last time you use your hands.”“I don’t want any help, especially from you, Lucien. Please, for the love of God, leave me alone.”“Alexa, come on. I know you don’t mean it that way.”“
Lucien stares in disbelief at Drake. He can't believe that he is threatening to go that far, even though he knows he has no moral standing as he issued the first threat. However, this direct attack is too much. It would be one thing if he told his parents after achieving his mission to get Alexa back because he would be ready to face them. But for them to hear it from someone else while still actively pursuing would be chaotic, especially with his mom, whom he knows would not take the news kindly."I can't believe you would go so far as to jilt my folks so that you can keep me away from Alexa," Drake says with a light laugh. He somewhat admires the audacity of Drake to want to out him this way."Well, better believe it.""You really have some balls there.""And you are selfish and unkind to Alexa, bothering her with the calls, the gifts, the threats to this deal. You are so self-serving, and she does not deserve all this in her life.""You know nothing about me, Drake.""Oh yeah, I do
Lucien “You know, Drake, you should mind your goddamn business.”“Not when that business concerns me, I wouldn’t.” Drake gets in my face, and I step up too, not about to back down. “So, you better tell me what exactly is your deal here making absurd demands and making threats because I assure you that I do not respond well to threats, so do mind your words and what you say or do next time, okay, Bob?”“Oh, big man, I’m so scared of you; I’m shaking in my shoes. You talk tough a lot for someone who is depending on me at the moment, and you better listen to me because this might get ugly fast.”“Well, that’s depending on whether you back off on all this shit and stop making stupid demands and bothering Alexa with the call, the gifts, and basically with trying to force me to give her to you like she is some sort of object that I can just hand over to you.”“It’s not like that, you imbecile! I don’t see her as some object that should be passed around.”“Then what is it you want because y