ARABELLA POV I was attending to a patient when I walked in with a kid. I glanced at her briefly before finishing up with my patient. With the number of patients coming in each day, I constantly have to keep up to track. The woman who came in was standing impatiently, her eyes roving about, looking for someone. I finished up with the patient I was with and decided to go meet her. “Excuse me,” I said with a smile. “I saw you come in. Is there anything I can help you with?” As I asked that question, I looked down at the child she was holding. She was not more than 6 years old, though I could not be sure. Children these days grew bigger than their age. “I want Dr. Evans,” the woman said. “Your child doesn’t seem too good,” I said, noting the perspiration that ran down the sides of her face. “Do you want me to check her and see if she’s okay? Is that it?” “I want Dr. Evans!” the woman practically roared. “I’m not listening to anyone else but Dr. Evans!” I raised both my palms in the
ARABELLA POVMrs. Dingy was waiting for me when I exited the theatre room. I quickly took off my gloves and washed my hands, forcing myself to stop from touching my face. I’m going to have to shower later, but first I needed to speak to her. To think that I overestimated her and my judgment was depressing. That child could have died from the little narrow time that she was wasting.“Dr. Emma!” she gushed immediately she saw me, her hands fluttering aimlessly in the air. “Please how is she? Will she survive?”“If she doesn’t, it’ll be entirely your fault.”She immediately paled at my words. I won’t take it back; that child was so very close to death, so very close. She had nearly crossed over if not for the standby machines that we had at hand. At least the Alpha of the pack made sure to provide them with the necessary equipment to control incidents like these, but I guess you cannot control a mother’s stupidity. “I’m so sorry,” the woman said “I didn’t mean to upset you.”“No,” I re
ARABELLA POVI turned my face away before his lips could touch mine. Then I swooped down under his armpit in his brief moment of shock and escaped from him. Rhys turned around, a sly smile on his face. I did not like it, not one bit. I knew what he was thinking; I could practically smell the arousal on it. However, this was not what I wanted, not now, not here, and not ever.“Emma,” Rhys murmured. “Am i blind or did you just avoid me?”“You’re very much clear eyed,” I replied.“So you are avoiding me.”“I just told you that your wife is unwell and you went straight to kissing me, in her near presence!”“I don’t hear her voice, so I think she’s not home.”“Why do you think the servants are avoiding this floor?” I asked ironically. “Because she’s obviously home and in a sour mood. Thank the goddess that I had my strong pill to knock her out for a short while and help her regain her senses.”He smiled at me, a long, calculative smile. It was then that I realized that I’d revealed that hi
ARABELLA POV “Rhys, open this door right now! I’m sure you’re in there!”I paused, struck. For a moment I thought desperately of what to do. It would be just amazing to deal with Mia and give her a cup of her own tea, but at the same time it was just too early to reveal myself as an enemy. Rhys looked around, at the edge. He didn’t know what to do, and he was drawn to opening the door. I can’t believe I’m in this sort of situation with him, but I needed to make good use of the situation. Before he stood up, I curved my hand around his neck and kissed him. He stood still, shocked for a second.“What are you doing?” He asked my mouth.“Shhh,” I whispered, roving my hands around his body.He eased back into the bed when I grabbed his dick through the waistband of his underwear that he’d hurriedly put on. Rhys hissed out a breath, helpless as I slowly touched him.“Emma,” he begged.I kissed him, slowly delving into his mouth with my tongue. It was a bold move, one that would surely stri
ARABELLA POVI choked, rising up my hand to hold hers that was tightened around my throat.“What did you just say, Emma?” Mia repeated.I slapped her hand away repeatedly, unable to breathe. She finally understood what I was saying and released my neck slowly, her face flushed with a mixture of anger and suspicion. I shouldn’t have said that, damn me and my stupid mouth!“Emma—”“You really don’t have to strangle me to death because I made a simple statement!’ I said loudly, making sure to put my annoyance into my tone. “If you kill me then how am I supposed to tell you what I mean?”She rubbed her hand against her cloth, as if chastising her hand for their treacherous moves.“I’m sorry, Emma. I didn’t mean to actually…” she stopped, shaking her head. “Listen, Emma, do you know who he’s cheating on me with?”“I don’t.”“Then why will you say that he’s cheating on me?”“Because I know the way a cheating man behaves, Mia. I know their mannerisms and their excuses; I’m well aware of all
ARABELLA POVShit. Shit, shit, shit. This wasn’t what I expected. She would be more suspicious now, because Lily was a very private person and not everyone in the park knew where she lived. Those that knew always sent her a message first, asking her if she would be liable to meet. I was the only one back then who could come and go in her house whenever I pleased. I never really understood why she went about her privacy this way, but now that she had caught me in it, there was no going back. I needed to convince her so that she could n't be more suspicious.I laughed, shrugging and gesturing far apart with my arms. “I asked for directions to your house and some good people showed me the way.”She cocked her brows at me in confusion. “People showed you the way to my house… willingly?”“Well… yes.” Lily leaned on the door frame, watching me wryly. I knew what she was thinking; she was calculating the number of people who would have the audacity to lead me straight to her house. Findi
Chapter.ARABELLA POV.The ride back home was sort of silent. I didn’t follow the route of her house, knowing that I wanted to take her home to meet my kids. I wanted to catch up with her and at the same time, reform the friendship between them. If Lily had been suspicious of me all these while, then she had a good hunch.“What are you doing back here?” she spoke up in silence. “You were dead, Arabella.” She sniffed and continued. “At first I didn’t want to believe that you were dead, but you were! What happened?”“Can we go to my place and talk?”I asked, knowing that she won’t resist.Lily nodded. She was sniffing back her tears and I was trying so hard not to cry. Like her, no one knew where Dr. Emma (whom I was posing as) lived, so she’d of course want to see.When I got home and opened the door, laughter filled the air as the triplets jumped on me. I laughed, circling them in my arms and playing with their hair.“Mommy, you’re back!” Damon laughed wildly, and then he looked behi
MIA POV I was excited to head the party, but my mind was not at peace. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Emma said about Rhys cheating. No matter how I wanted to push it all behind him, I knew deep down that it was true. Rhys wasn’t my mate, he only believed that he was. What if he had discovered…? No, that wasn’t possible. The witch of a woman assured me that he would never notice the difference since his own maid was dead. I seethed with anger. If Emma was right and he was truly cheating on me, then I would find that girl and she would have the exact same fate as Arabella did. Not only would I kill her, but I would castrate her in front of the others. I started to bite my fingernails, but then I resisted and set my hands beside me. Rhys better not be cheating on me, because then he’d be mocking me. Imagine being the Luna of a pack whose husband was cheating on her. I would not have that. I walked to his room. I was about to knock on his door but then I stopped; what if he had