Chapter 14 He is aliveJack stared at his friend who was perspiring really hard. He feared for the nail his friend kept hammering on and it was almost like he meant horror for it. They were at Liam’s workshop. Jack had learned so far that his friend only worked harshly when he has something bothering him."Liam, what's with you this time around?" He asked wearily.Liam didn't respond instead he kept hitting on the plank violently. Jack sighed deeply, moving next to him, he held his hands tightly despite knowing well that he is much stronger than him."Get your hands off me, Jack!" Liam growled."No, I won't. Not until you tell me what's eating you up." He insisted."Let go of me Jack.”"Liam, threaten me as much as you want but I am not letting go this time.""Goddammit Jack! I can't do this anymore." Liam turned away after dropping the hammer."What exactly can't you do anymore?" Jack asked with a confused look on his face."Living a life full of lies.”"How?""I want Barbara out of m
Chapter 15 What a small world"Hey there, Arabella.” Barbara called out from the door."Barbara, oh my God…it has been ages." Arabella giggled out of excitement. Barbara was just as she remembered, she just added a little bit of flesh and she was looking radiant as ever. “I see you got used to California’s weather.""Good gracious Arabella, it has been ten years. How else was I suppose to live there if I wasn't going to adapt." She taunted."It's so nice to have you here Barbara.”“Good to see you again.” She smiled brightly.“Likewise. So what brought you here?""I came to see an aunt of mine and thought to drop by. I heard you own the shop here, when I was asking about you from the attendant. My aunt told me your shop offered the best coffee and pastry so I thought to try it out and ask if anyone around knew you and they said you own here. I am proud of you girl!"“I couldn't be more impressed myself. Thanks Barbara.""How is my girl though?”"You mean Mia? Your girl is now a big gir
Chapter 16 Cheryl’s storyBarbara stared at him, he seemed extremely uncomfortable cause his hold on the coffee cup was too tight and his gaze was transfixed on the ground. Sometimes she did wish he could love her just as much as she was willing to love him, but she couldn't enforce herself on someone unwilling. She wasn't that desperate. Bracing herself for what he had to say, she cleared her throat."Night would fall soon, Liam, what is it you have to say to me?"Liam raised his head slowly, trying to find the right words to say. "I really didn't mean for it to end this way Barbara. You are an awesome woman and I can't find it in myself to keep deceiving you. As much as you have shown me so much love…I can't reciprocate. I have loved a woman before and I still love her till now and coupled with the fact that she was with my child then. I can't bring myself to move on when I have no idea where my family is. Whether dead or alive, I can only find peace when I find out. Please forgive
Chapter 17 Lonely feelingAdam hit the ball into the basket and jumped at his victory. He had gone to the town sport center to play basketball. Calling Asher to join him, but he had turned it down saying he had a date and was payback for the last time he turned him down too. He laughed at his friend’s goofiness. Cleaning his face with a towel, he saw Asher standing in front of him with his face blank."What's wrong bro? I thought you ditched me." Adam chuckled as he walked towards him."Do you know any Bryan around here?" Asher questioned."Bryan?" Adam looked confused."Cheryl's ex.""Oh yeah, she told me about him. What’s up with him?""He hit Cheryl." Asher replied his eyes filled with rage.Adam dropped the towel in his hand. “What? Are you for real?”"Yeah, you heard me right the first time. He hit her.""Who the hell does he think he is to touch my girl!”"We would find out when we get to him. Let's go find the bastard.""Right behind you." They both ran out of the court, each p
Chapter 18 First Timer"I feel so bored, this assignment seem like the hardest thing I have ever come across in my whole life." Asher whined hitting the pen he was using on the floor."Stop complaining Asher and just keep up with the work." Mia rebuked him."How am I supposed to anyway when you distract me." He lowered his voice pulling her legs.“Let me go, Asher!” She kicked his hands. They were sprawled out in the Duckstein’s living room after deciding it was the best space to do the assignment given to them. They had been asked to sketch a resort and with details of how it would be structured. A core course for Asher and a borrowed course for Mia and she had offered to help him out. But instead of working, all Asher did was complain and make Mia do most of the work."You aren't doing anything at all, I have been the one up and about. I won't be doing your assignments or projects for you anymore, Asher. Don't even think about it." She warned him with a stern look on her expression
Chapter 19 They are official"Tell me everything from top to bottom and don't leave anything out!” Cheryl couldn't wait for Mia to get back. She had been sitting in her room awaiting her return anxiously."Would you calm your horses young lady and give me a chance to breath." Mia replied."You are a killjoy! I hope you know that." She whined."You are just too nosy, that's it." Mia replied with a shrug."So that's how it is now? After everything I taught you, you traitor!” Cheryl faked crying as she dropped on the bed."Anybody told you, you are a really bad actor.""Wouldn't know if no one gives me a chance. Just tell me already, how was it?!” She giggled."Fine! It was the best night of my life." She blushed, reminiscing on the memory. “He was gentle, his touch was fire and I wished for it not to end.""Oh my God, I feel so damn horny!" Cheryl groaned.Mia stared at her like a weirdo. “Are you serious right now? You are horny? It's not porn woman!""Could as well be an oral porn pre
Chapter 20 Cold handsCatty gulped down the whiskey in anger, she was boiling. What was it that Mia had which she didn't? She couldn't explain why Asher wouldn’t just choose her over Mia! She poured herself two more cups downing them all at once. "Let's go Bryan. Where are my keys?" She asked staring at him.Bryan rolled his eyes. “Where are we going again?”“I can’t let this slide! No one chooses a low life over me! Mia is bitch that needs to be dealt with!” She screamed at him.Bryan raised his hands up in surrender. "Alright. Let me drive Catty, you are drunk.” Even though he knew cajoling her wasn't going to work but he needed to try."I would drive and you would come with me, is that clear!" She barked, her voice sounding unladylike."Ok." He replied meekly.Catherine drove down the road wobbling all the way. Bryan held on to the car handle like his life depended on it. She parked two houses away from the M&A Pastries and Coffee. Bryan wondered what she was doing there, just th
Chapter 21 Into the futureFEW YEARS LATERMia stared at her whole family beaming with joy. It has been three years since the accident. She was told to have woken up from coma after two months. During that period, Asher had stayed all through and he even went ahead to reject a proposal in California for the resort plan he had drawn, saying he wouldn't leave her not caring what it had in it for him. No one could convince him to go and he had stayed till she had regained consciousness.Asher covered for everything she missed in school and she had to make use of crutches to get better after coming out of coma. Her friends Adam and Cheryl weren't left out in taking care of her as they made it easy for Arabella and aunt Harriet to get back to work with ease. Asher’s parents out of their busy schedule, ensured to show up once in a while during her recovery. They tried finding who had hit her but came up with no result as no one saw the plate number or neither was there a nearby CCTV cameras
EPILOGUE"This is my first time getting married and I want it to be as elaborate as ever." Arabella whined, as she slumped into the couch next to Liam who caressed her hair.It had been six months since the incident of Mia's kidnap. To avoid escalating the matter and to prevent people from probing the situation any further, they had refused to involve the police. However, Liam had scared the living daylight out of Catty and Collins the night Mia got freed. Shifting into his wolf, he had scarred them in different places both physically and mentally. They had both run away from town as soon as they got a chance to escape. At first Catty had proved stubborn and gone to the police to report a wolf walking around harming people and the police had sprung up working an Investigation to find out if she was right. When no one else corroborated her claim, it was dropped and when she insisted they had to tag her to be crazy. Liam took delight in going to her house to torment both her and her bro
Chapter 59 Scaredy CatMia sniffed the air after she regained consciousness. It was easy for her to sense that she was in a basement, the place smelled of dust a sign that it had not been used for a long time. The veil was pulled off her violently and she puffed trying to breath. The room was filled with light and she had to blink severally for her eyes to adjust to the brightness. Mia sneered at the figure she saw as she tried to move but her hands had been tied tightly to the chair she sat on.“Look who we have got here?” Collins mocked grinning at her.Realizing the situation she was in, she tried reaching out to her father with her mind so he would follow her through her mind portal and get to her.“What am I doing here, Collins?” She queried anger seeping into her bones.Collins smirked as he walked towards her. He leaned down to caress her jaw. “Come on princess, is that how you greet your one time lover? Wow! It has been how long now? Well I didn’t like how you treated me the l
Chapter 58 Get rid of her"That son of a gun!" Catty screamed, throwing the glass she held at the wall.She was boiling really bad. For a whole month she hadn't heard from Asher, but fortunately he had indeed place the call to VelaCruz fashion house and they had called her for a gig which had made it impossible for her to know what's going on with him. She thought he was onto one of his terrible moods and would get over it soon only for her to get back and hear rumors flying around about Asher and Mia being back together. She didn't want to believe it, but had been forced to when she went to the office and Ray wouldn't allow her in. She had left in annoyance and had waited at the parking lot till he would come out. And when he did, she saw Asher and Mia walked out of the building hand in hand and smiling lovingly at each other. She knew better than to go attack them. Asher wouldn't take it easy with her."Do you intend to bring down the house with your noise?” Collins said holding ont
Chapter 57 Pure bliss"This seems so surreal." Amanda clapped in delight. "I can't believe you both are back together after what seems like the most impossible thing to happen." She gleamed happily. Since Asher had announced his reconciliation with Mia, his bright self had returned and she couldn't be more glad. In her celebration mood, she had invited Mia's family, Cheryl, Adams, their son and even Ray wasn’t left out to a Sunday night family dinner. It seemed like old times as they all sat together in the Duckstein's large dinner room, dinning and throwing jabs at each other."I really want to see more of this, it has been long since I had a taste of your chicken casserole Amanda." Adam moaned in between bites.Everyone laughed except Cheryl who smacked his head from behind. "You are a mess, acting like you have been starved of food. So typical of you." She huffed."Let him be Cheryl, I miss having you all around too." Amanda replied, "I hope you feel really better now Mia?" She ask
Chapter 56 A peaceful sleep"So, you both were once lovers?" Darrel asked, playing with his drink.Mia had called him to go out with her for lunch, she realized he needed an explanation for how he got treated the last time he was at her house. It had taken her a whole week to get back to her normal self after waiting for Asher to call her. But he never did and she returned to their temporary office together at the beginning of the week. However, he didn't resume with them. She had asked Ray and he wasn't too direct with his response.Mia reached out to hold on to his hand. "I had no intention of playing you Darrel, in fact I really Cherish what we have. But I won't lie to you, I still love him. It's like my soul and every part of me belongs to him.""I understand you, Mia. You never gave me the intention of wanting to be with me in the first place. What I don't understand is why you left on your wedding day?"She shifted uncomfortably. “Well—“"She had to because of some personal reas
Chapter 55 Werewolf not Mere WolfAsher sat still on the single couch in Mia's room saying nothing, he didn't know how to feel or what he was suppose to say. Never would he have thought what he saw would be the reason why she had left.Mia handed him a glass of cold water, she rolled her eyes at how lost he looked. She knew no one would take such news lightly which was why she kept it all to herself. She feared he might leave and never come back and without a second thought she knew the chances of them getting back together after the revelation was really unlikely and slim. What human would want to be with a werewolf? ‘Your mom loves your dad.’ A voice whispered in her mind.Taking the water from her, he gulped it all at once and wiped his mouth. “When did you find out?" He queried his voice sounding coarse."The midnight I clocked twenty one…on our wedding day." She replied not looking at him."That was when you didn't reply to my messages.""Yes.""Why didn't you tell me instead of
Chapter 54 Question and AnswerAsher stood in front of the M&A Pastries and Coffee feeling nostalgic and he felt like a stranger in a familiar place. It was a weekend and he had gave everyone an off since he was in no mood to work. He knew Mia does go to her own company on weekends, however, he was told she didn't come to work so he had to come see her at home. He had decided to take to his mother's advice and get an answer to all his questions once and for all. Promising himself when he does, he would leave and never come back. He would also supervise the library project from his office in New York and put an end to all the charade.After having brunch with his mother, he had drove down here. Entering the place it looked very different from the last time he remembered and the faces at the counter had changed too. He hadn’t spend a minute when he was seen by aunt Harriett.“Oh my handsome, Asher. You came? It has been like forever since I last saw you.” She beamed at him pulling him i
Chapter 53 Guilt feelingsDarrel mused on what had gotten into Mia, since she came back from the restroom she acted strange and all through the drive to her home, she didn't utter anything."Are you sure you don't need me to get you anything?" Darrel questioned, sounding unsure of what to say to get her out of the mood.Mia sighed. "It’s fine, Darrel. I am so sorry for ruining this night for you." She apologized in a sincere tone."Don't be like that, I understand you must have been annoyed by something. Maybe some other time we can go out again since I am around now." He cheered her up."You are so considerate." She commended."It's why I can put up with you." He teased, wiggling his brows.Mia gave a short laugh while appreciating the space Darrel gave her. It was one of the reasons why she respected him, he didn't probe too much and knows exactly when to not interfere.Darrel stopped the car in front of her house. “We are here." He announced.Mia gave him a quick peck before she al
Chapter 52 Did you ever love me at all?"You look so beautiful." Darrel commented as he stared intently at Mia. She had worn a red open neck dress that suited her skin so well. His mind went on an imaginative race, wishing he could run his fingers through her smooth skin but he knew better than to push any further. He was appreciative of their closeness now and wouldn't want to ruin it.Mia blushed lightly. “That's like the umpteenth time you have complimented me this evening. Don't you think you might run out of gas?" She teased.Darrel grinned, a smug look on his expression. “Well that doesn't seem like it will happen anytime soon. I will keep complimenting you as much as I can.""Well, it's nice to know I have a faithful fan." She winked.Darrel couldn’t hide his laughter and he did happily. “Now I see you are having fun at my expense. Can I have an autograph please?” He joked.Mia raised her glass. “It’s not like I can help it. And don’t worry, I will give you an autograph." He ch