“You are free to go”The words were not completely out of nurse Annabel's mouth before Scarlett, who was no longer weak, tired and had now fully recovered her strength, was off the bed and reaching for her purse. “You will be giving birth soon, you should keep coming for checkup”“Hmm” Scarlett murmured absentmindedly. All her mind was on leaving this room and Liam's presence, which has become suffocating in the past few days.All she wanted now was to breathe in fresh air that did not smell of roses, disinfectant, or Liam's scent anytime he came close to her to give her food. Scarlett walked around Annabel intent on leaving the room, but Liam stepped in front of her, blocking her path. Scarlett caught herself and took a step back before she knocked into him. She raised her head to give him a questioning look, “What now?” She hoped he was not going to stop her because she knew that without his knowledge or consent, nurse Annabel would not be letting her leave right now. She hoped h
Liam brushed past her and walked out of the room. Scarlett cocked her head to the side with a confused expression. That was not the reaction she was expecting. She has been expecting him to react violently, she also wanted him to get angry and lash out at her. Yes, she wanted them to fight, as that was the only way to take out her hurt on him. Scarlet turned around and ran after him. By the time she made it out of the room, he was already at the end of the hallway.“Hey, wait up” she yelled behind him. She expected him to ignore her and keep walking, but he did the opposite; he stopped but did not turn to her.Scarlett took her sweet time in walking over to him: drawing her foot on the floor and making sounds that he could hear. He did not get impatient with her, he stayed there until she got to his side and walked past him.“Get in” Liam held the car door open for him.Scarlett stopped, she bent her head to stare inside the car and Ryan was nowhere to be found, it only meant that Li
Scarlett was surprised to see Alex in her office, he had his head buried in a huge pile of documents. “What are you doing here?” she asked with raised brows as she shut her office door behind her and approached the desk.Alex's head came up fast and his eyes widened in surprise before he was abandoning the documents, getting up and circling around the desk with his arms held open for her, “Scarlett, you did not tell me you were coming back today”Scarlett accepted his hug but because of her bump, she could only give him a side hug, “Sorry, my phone's battery died, and I forgot to charge”“Yeah, I noticed. I have been calling you for days. You should have found a way to charge, then, call me to pick you up.” Alex's hand lingered a bit on Scarlett's back when she began to pull away. They separated from the hug and Scarlett failed to notice that Alex did not want to let her go at first but changed his mind later.Scarlett moved to sit down, “I told you my aunt seized my phone. She only
He was here. Liam was here at the hotel. Scarlett could feel anger bubbling up in her heart. She wondered what he wanted this time. He has been calling her phone for God knows how long, and she did not even try to think about how he got her number. He was Liam anyway, he would always get what he wanted. If he could find her after she was banished, what was her phone number that he wouldn't be able to get?He was demanding to see the manager of the hotel after throwing a fit about how a waitress messed up his order. Two of the hotel’s managers were on leave, so she was the only one available; it was almost like he was aware of it. If he was unaware of this fact, she knew that he would find a way to make sure she was the one who went down to solve this problem.“There he is, Miss Scarlett,” Scarlett's secretary pointed at Liam, who was seated in a private room in the hotel's VIPs section. Scarlett looked in his direction, and her breath caught in her throat as her eyes lanced on him. H
Liam, like every wolf, had wanted to find his fated mate. He, like every other person, wanted the love that came with being with the mate the moon goddess picked for him. He wanted love, and he wanted a family of his own. So, when he couldn't find her, he was heartbroken but had to move on to picking a mate for himself. He attended many werewolf gatherings hoping to pick a woman who caught his eyes, but he never found one until that fateful day he saw Scarlett on the training grounds. He’d known immediately that she was the one. It just felt so right, he did not think twice about picking her. He told himself many times that it was because of her father's rank; he was also doing her a favor by placing her above her peers. But with what Jama was saying and what was happening right now, it was his wolf that helped him pick Scarlett.Oh, his wolf immediately accepted her, when he had been thinking he would have to make his wolf like whoever it was that he would pick. His wolf who likes S
“Your brother is not here,” Scarlett said as Mandy opened her office door and strutted in.“I know that,” Mandy said with an eye roll as she placed her bag on Scarlett’s work desk and dropped on the seat opposite her“Of course you do” After that, Scarlet ignored her and focused all her attention on the movie she was watching before her assistant notified her of Mandy’s presence.A wicked glint flashed through Mandy's eyes when she saw that Scarlett was paying more attention to the movie playing on the television than to her. She adjusted on her seat and cleared her throat, “Uh, of course, I do know that my brother has gone on a one-week trip with his beloved fiancé and future wife to Italy.” she smiled widely when she saw the way Scarlett stiffened, “Oh, he didn't tell you that did he? Poor thing” her voice held mockery.Scarlett sighed as she moved her eyes from the television to Mandy, “What do you want, Mandy?” Alex told her that he was going on another one of those his business tr
Scarlett was still staring at the door minutes after Mandy left. To become Luna of her pack, she’d been taught so many things. Apart from etiquette, how to be a leader and how to fight, she had been taught about how scheming the people in the upper class were. With the goddess in her heart and how she had been protected all her life by her father, Scarlett had told herself that it was not possible for anyone to be that evil. It wasn't until Olivia did what she did to her that her eyes finally opened. She was not going to be taking any chances with her child.It was just for a few months that she had been working for Alex, but she had been saving every penny she got here; Alex was taking care of her every need, including hospital bills and feeding. She had always known that she wouldn't stay with Alex forever; he would meet a woman one day and get married. He might have his own house that he was living in, but women were territorial; the wife might not like her and would want her to
Liam was resting on the hood of his car when Scarlett exited the hotel with Joy when they’d closed from work. Seeing him there was a surprise to Scarlett because that was the hotel's underground parking lot reserved solely for their workers. She wondered how he was able to drive his car in when he had no worker's ID but knowing Liam, he would get whatever he wanted through nook and cranny. Since she knew that Liam could be waiting for her outside the hotel anytime he wanted, she told her driver to always park the car there. This way he wouldn't be able to stop her when she was going home. They had already locked gazes but Scarlett did not care, she was going to be ignoring him but of course, Liam wouldn't let her. He stood straight and began to walk up to her. “How was work today, little cat?” he asked as he stood in her way, blocking her from walking forward. Scarlet took a step back as they were standing too close for comfort, “What do you want this time around?” all she wanted