“Scarlett'' Alex called immediately as the door of Scarlett's office closed behind the both of them. “I want to be left alone,” Scarlett said, shutting him up as she walked to her table and began to gather her things. Alex ignored her words, “Scarlett, who was that man? Do you know him? Why did he come to look for you here?”“I know him” Scarlett was not going to deny knowing Liam, but she definitely did not know why he came here to look for her. Liam was the only one that could answer that question. Scarlett packed the last of her things into her bag and slung it on her shoulder, “I want to go home”. Scarlett began to make her way to the door, but Alex stepped in front of her to block her path, “We need to talk, Scarlett”Scarlett refused to meet his gaze, her eyes were on the door, “No we don't, Alex. I want to go home. I don't want to talk to anyone.” All she wanted to do now was crawl into a hole and lick her wound. A hole where there was no one except her. The tip of her nose
Scarlett used the back of her hand to rub her eyes as she finally gathered enough strength to sit up on her bed and against the headboard. She had been awake for the past fifteen minutes but felt immobile, so she remained on her bed in a daze.Scarlett stared out of the window to see that it was dark outside. It only meant that she woke up early; the sun was not out yet. She did not know if she wanted to leave the house today for work, but one thing she was certain of was that she wouldn't be living in this house for a long time. She needed to leave. Scarlett wasn't sure if she still had a job to even return to, as she had told Alex that he was free to fire her. She did not mean what she said, but who's to say he wouldn't do it?'You are his friend Scarlett, he wouldn't do that to you'And there was that voice again in her head. A voice whose presence she was beginning to notice and get accustomed to. 'If I was his friend, he wouldn't hide anything from me'The voice snickered, 'Doe
“How was your night? I hope you are well rested?”Scarlett looked to her left side, where the voice came from, to see Alex standing there. He was dressed in a dark suit that hugged his lean and tall frame, his pepper red hair was gelled back leaving his face bare and his green eyes were twinkling like they did not have a misunderstanding yesterday. Maybe he did not view it as one.“Good morning to you too and yes, I slept well” Scarlett answered“Well, mademoiselle, I will be taking you to work today” Alex brought his hands out of his suit pockets to wave his car key in the air. Scarlett hesitated, she knew that agreeing for him to take her to work means that they would talk in the car. He would want to ask her about Liam again this morning. “You don't have anywhere to be at? No place to travel to? No business to…”“No, I don't. Now, stop dilly-dally, or you will be late for work”.Scarlett sighed before she began to walk up to him. There was absolutely no way she could run away. He
“Stop stalling”“I'm not” Scarlett blushed in embarrassment at being caught red-handed. That was exactly what she was doing; stalling for time, but she covered it up with a huff. Alex smiled, he found her expression funny and then that little sound she made, “Oh yes you are. Now, let's talk about my engagement”“You want to talk about it now?”His brows furrowed, “Yes, of course. It's among the many things we need to talk about, but let's start from here”Scarlett found it funny how he wanted to talk now, how he was at this moment willing to talk about his engagement. Was it because she already knew about it? Was he going to tell her about it before? Well, good thing she only saw him as a friend and not a potential boyfriend or husband. If she had developed any romantic feelings for him, she would have been very mad right now and hurt, too.Alex was kind and handsome, it was easy to fall for someone like him. Thank God she was hurt. If not, she would have thought about opening her he
“Why don't you try to talk to your family and her? Explain to them and maybe they will understand”. Alex as shaking his head before Scarlett finished talking, “They won't agree”Scarlett frowned in surprise, “They won't?”Alex shook his head, “They won't”“Any reason why? I thought it's your life and future we were talking about here? You are the one to make these decisions yourself” Why was he acting like he was a kid? Everyone should pick their partners themselves, was that not how it was? Was it different for humans? “You know that neither of you are going to be happy together, right? Alana is so in love with you, and she came here to warn me to stay away from you. But I'm sure you already know that by now”“I know she loves me”“Does she know that the feeling is not mutual?”“She is supposed to know that it's not mutual because I have never given her the green light and…”“And you haven't told her that you don't love her either. You did not give her the green light because you
“You want to tell me about him? How you both met. You said you don't want him to know about his child. He must have hurt you a lot.”“Yes, he did hurt me a lot. We were together for over four years and then one day, he woke up and told me that he was dumping me for his other women because she was pregnant for him. She was carrying the child he had always wanted”.“Oh wow, that's just so great. Date a woman for four-year and then dump her because the mistress is pregnant" “Is that not what you are about to do too? You have been keeping Alana for years now. If you don't love her, why not let her go? You don't have to ruin one person before you can be happy”.Alex flinched, and he looked as if he had been gutted, but then, he nodded in agreement, “I guess I'm just like your man, but you are right, I need to take this up with Alana and my family. I can't keep holding her back. She is still young, so she can still get another man for herself. It would be so wrong of me to allow her to wai
She was pregnant. Liam still could not believe it. A day had passed since he met Scarlett, and he was still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that she not only quickly moved on from him, but she got pregnant. How did she survive that forest? How did she get to this town? From what he knew, Scarlett had never left their pack her whole life, so how was it possible?Humans have never trodden that forest because it belongs solely to the werewolf, and they protected the Territories with their life. It marked the boundary they shared with the humans, but they have never crossed it, not even during war.Was it her father's doing? Did he call people to pick her up? Her father has many contacts in the human world, so it couldn't be that hard. Even if he called a human to help him, none could get into the forest. It was not just because of the eerie feeling the forest gave, it was also because of how dark it was. It was also filled with dangerous wild animals. Scarlett was not looking ba
Alex got down from his car and buttoned it up. He shoved his hand into his pocket and stood there for a while, staring at the tall mansion that was his family house. It's been two days since he had that conversation with Scarlett, and he had been dreading coming to see his parents, but he could no longer wait. He had already called his father's secretary and was told that his father was at home.He wasn't sure of his mother, but his father would tell his mother about it if she wasn't around. He wanted to see them so that he could pour out his feelings. He had not only taken his time to arrange a long speech about how he had found another woman that his heart beat for; the right woman for him, he was also prepared to tell his parents that even if Alana's family wanted to stop doing business with them after the break up, they won't be affected beyond repair. He had calculated their losses and knew that they would recover with time. All he would have to do would be to bury himself in wo
Dear wonderful readers of mine,If you are seeing this that only means you read this book until the end. I just want to tell you how great you are for reading my story and how much I appreciate it. So many things happened while creating this story and I never thought I would complete it, but I did and it was only possible because I knew you were following my story and waiting for it next chapter.My new story has been made available by my editor recently, Chasing His Contracted Wife. Real updates would start next month while I also try to complete my ongoing books. Looking forward to seeing you read my next books.I hope you loved Scarlett and Liam's story and also, Willow and Marshall's story. Thanks for coming this far with me.Thank you so much.
There was no going back now. It's been six years since she agreed to drop all of her past behind and focus on her future which happened to be Marshall. Six fucking years since she let Scarlett convince her to follow her heart and be with Marshall and Marshall had never done anything to make her regret it.It was really funny how she was the one they convinced and pushed Scarlett to return back to Liam and years later, Scarlett did that same thing for her. She learned one lesson from this: it was wonderful to have good friends around that would push you to keep going when you wanted to give up. It was great to also be a good friend.Her life with Marshall has been filled with laughter, love, joy and different adventures. That night she had taken the bold step to first mark Marshall as hers was the first and not the last wonderful night she's had. The both of them had turned off their phones and spent the next three days just being together and getting to know more of each other. Ther
“You smelt and tracked me down? But I was with Harrison back then and second chances mates can never identify or smell each other while they are still with their first mate except after rejection or the other dies. If you really smelt me, why didn't I do the same?” A tiny frown creased Willow's brows as she thought back to the day Marshall first walked up to her in the garden. He had said that she was “Her”. She had thought he was referring to her being Harrison's mate, she thought wrong.This time, Willow let go of her fork, ignoring Marshall's disapproving look as she folded her hands across her chest.Marshall's eyes darted from her face to the fork, “You should eat.”“I need answers. I will eat when I've gotten them.” how did he know back then and she didn't?Marshall looked ready to argue but he thought better about it. “Fine. I'm not a regular werewolf like you and…”Willow interrupted him and asked the question that had been on her mind for the longest time, “What are you?” “
Willow squirmed in her seat and her hand shook as she carried food to her mouth. After the deep toe curling kiss Marshall gave her at the door after convincing her to stay with him in the beach house for the next three days, they moved to the patio at the back of the beach house where their dinner was waiting for them. According to Marshall, there was an older woman in the house who prepared the food and set out the table. She left the moment he notified her that they were close to give them their privacy.Since they sat down to eat, Marshall had not taken his eyes off her. Not even when he was eating or reaching for his glass of wine. At first, she thought he would take his eyes off her but after eating a little of his food and emptying his glass of wine, he did not move to pour out more for himself. Instead, he set the glass and his fork down and placed his full attention on her, causing her to be uncomfortable.When Willow couldn't take it anymore and felt like he was purposely doin
“We are here."By the time they got to their destination, Marshall had made her come twice. Her body was shaking in pleasure and her mind was lost in ecstasy, he had to repeat himself.“We are here,” his voice was firmer, dragging her out of the haze she was in.Willow stiffened and her eyes that were closed in pleasure snapped open and she brought down her head that had been titled back to look out of the window as she tried to hard her red cheeks. She was surprised at the fact that he was speaking so calmly after making her come twice in a roll. He did all this while driving them to wherever it was that he was taking her to dinner. The man deserved a round of applause. She could feel her wolf just below the surface, fighting to be let out but Willow shoved her back down. Her wolf was super excited, she might push Willow to jump Marshall inside the car and it would just be so shameful when her wolf retreats later and leaves her alone. It wouldn't be so bad, they were mates after al
Willow halted in her steps as she came out of the pack house and found Marshall leaning against the hood of his car right outside the building. He has his hands shoved inside his pants pocket and his eyes that have been staring at the floor immediately looked up at her as if he smelt her and knew that she was standing there — maybe he did.“Why did you stop?” Scarlett who was beside her whispered.Willow cleared her throat but did not take her eyes off Marshall to look at her friend who she knew must be wearing a teasing expression right now, “Nothing,” she began to move after that. Taking the stairs one after the order, all her attention focused on putting one leg in front of the order and now dropping to the ground in a puddle because of the way Marshall was staring at her as she walked up to him.“Enjoy yourself and don't come back. Make babies, I'm old enough to be an aunty.” Scarlett who has stopped walking with Willow raised her voice and said just before Willow heard her recedi
Willow grumbled under her breath as she dragged herself up from the bed and walked to the door to throw it open. After Scarlett left, she spent a few minutes or hours just staring at the ceiling with her kind roaming here and there, just thinking until she fell asleep. Now, she was woken up by loud knocks on her door. If she was not in the pack house, she would have known that it was one of the maids in the house, she just hoped that it was not about work. She risked a glance at the wall clock and saw that it was evening already. In an hour or two, it would be dark outside.Willow ran her hands through her hair to arrange it. She did it subconsciously and caught herself immediately. Why had she done that? It was just one of the workers knocking or even Scarlett so why would she try to arrange her appearance? No, she was not hoping that it was Marshall.“Oh, yes you are.” Her wolf taunted.“No, I'm not.” Willow snapped as she reached for the door knob.“I won't judge.” Her wolf snicker
Willow frowned, “Then what would you say?”“Well,” Scarlett gave a little shrug of her shoulder as she looked away, “He wanted to see you so he is here.”“And I would say you are lying, Scarlett.” Willow said as she shot Scarlett a hard glare.Scarlett looked at her then, “Does it really matter how he got here, Willow? What matters is that he is here and he is your second chance mate. Even if I was not expecting it, it's a bonus point. This is your opportunity, Willow. Your opportunity to find happiness. Let go of your past and embrace your future.”“He has a fucking chosen mate, Scarlett. Like Harrison, he already has a mate so there is no embracing of the future here.” Willow's voice shook at the end and she felt pressure at the back of her eyes.Scarlett frowned at her, “What mate are we talking about here?”“Don't act like you don't know the mate I'm talking about. Rumi!” Willow snapped, her heart twisting with pain.“So you were really serious when you said you were going to be s
Willow's heartbeat immediately picked up speed and began to beat wild and fast against her ribcage. Her heart was threatening to burst and spill out of her chest. Willow has only felt like this once in her life and that was the day she met Harrison and found out that he was her mate and the person she was destined to love and be with for the rest of her life. She was feeling like that again because of one person and it was this unknown alpha who was sitting with his back to her and talking to Liam.Willow had the urge to run up to him and curl up into his arms, sniff his scent and claim him as hers but she squeezed her hands into fists and held herself back. No way in hell was she going to be taking in a second chance mate, not after everything that happened between her and Harrison. She was going to move on with her life like she was already doing without looking back. Who knows if this alpha already have a mate too? Wolf forced her wolf down and warned her to behave.Willow knew th