CARTERAfter the meeting with Delion, I contemplated on whether to go back to the company or go home but since it was already dark, and Hailey must have gone back, I chose to go home instead.But on arrival, the house was empty. She wasn't home. I asked the maid and she said Hailey was yet to return. Perhaps, she had stayed back to get some work done. Immediately, I grabbed my keys and proceeded to the door. I knew that was her way of avoiding me. I was going to go back to the company, apologize and explain everything.Just when I reached the door, I heard a noise on the other end so I pulled it open to have a look."Hailey?" I called, when I recognized the familiar figure. I involuntarily gasped when I saw her state."Hailey, what happened to you?" I rushed to help her. She looked like a mess. Her clothes were torn and her face was bloodied. She had several bruises on her face that looked like she was in a fight. What happened to her? Had she perhaps run into Tristan or Malachi an
TEMMYThe second Xavier left the house to go meet Carter, I smiled to myself. It was the perfect opportunity to leave that hellhole. Without wasting another second, I rushed out. I was finally out of there and I felt free. Xavier's presence was irritating and the man didn't leave. He just kept hanging around me like a leech. He irked me to the bones. In Xavier's house, it was difficult to communicate with father and that was exactly what I needed to do.I sought for a quiet corner and sat on the bench under a tree. I tried severally to cast the spell that'd let me speak with father but for some reason, it didn't work. So I just sat there, enjoying the peace I felt being away from Xavier while waiting for father's order.Unfortunately, I spotted Hailey and she happened to be coming in my direction.I didn't Hailey, much more than I disliked Xavier. Her mere presence alone was enough to rile me up as my spirit didn't like hers. We were like light and darkness, we could never cohabit.
MAYAI walked down the stairs, as I had to meet Tristan but just as I was about to leave the house, I heard my father call."Come here, Maya," Looking over his shoulder, he called from the dining table.I was almost on the verge of ignoring him and walking away, but then mother called, "come have dinner with us dear,"I forced a tight smile on my face, dragged my feet towards them and took a seat. I noticed mother's not so subtle glare at me. My mother, Madeline knew how much I disliked father because she did too but we promised to play along so we'd convince him we did indeed love him. But in reality, we were after his wealth and the foolish old man was so gullible.As I took a seat, Father smiled, "oh my dear Maya, you're the only child of mine who truly cares about me." He began, "your sister, Hailey has abandoned me because of Alpha Carter. She chose a man over blood, over family."If Tristan hadn't told me that this man had sold Hailey off in exchange for power, I'd have pitied
CARTERI sat on the bed patiently waiting for Hailey to finish taking her bath. I knew she'd be surprised when she comes up.Just as I had expected, Hailey emerged from the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body and the second she saw me, she froze on her spot and her eyes widened in shock.I noticed that she reflexively tightened the towel around herself and used her hand to shield her body.I chuckled softly at her cuteness, so I decided to tease her, "what's the use hiding? I've already seen it all."Blood rushed to her face in embarrassment and I reveled in it. Teasing Hailey was always the highlight of my day."I wasn't hiding!," She tried to argue but words failed her.I laughed, "come on now, just get dressed," I continued teasing her.A dark, naughty glint passed through her eyes and with a smirk, she dropped the towel to the ground.I swallowed. Whenever I thought I had the upper hand, she always turned things around."W..what are you doing?" I stuttered, unable to tak
XAVIER I listened to Temmy as she told me about her fight with Hailey and how Carter was in support of it, and I couldn't help but feel conflicted.How could Carter and Hailey suddenly be against Temmy? I thought they loved and accepted her. I needed to call him and ask about it. He should have a reasonable explanation for what happened. "I'll call him," I said and picked up my phone but before I could dial his number, Temmy rushed towards me and dragged the phone.I looked up at her in confusion and she chuckled and rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly."You can't!" She said."Why?" I furrowed my brows at her, "I need to know why he and Hailey did what they did. Perhaps, there's a misunderstanding.""No, don't do it," Temmy argued."And why is that?" I questioned."Because...." She drawled, looking up as though she was trying to think of a response."Because what?" I urged."Because I don't want you to," She finally said and when she noticed the further confusion on my face, she
CARTERI stared at my phone speechlessly. Xavier had dropped the call on me. I couldn't even form words to describe my feelings."What is the problem?" Hailey asked, coming to stand by my table."Xavier dropped the call on me," I muttered, still unable to take my eyes off my phone. It still shocked me that Xavier could do that."Don't think too much about it," Hailey came to my side, softly caressing my shoulder, "he's probably stressed and confused on how to handle the new development of Temmy.""No, that's not it," I shook my head in refusal, "it didn't sound like he was stressed. I know Xavier. If anything, he sounded angry.""Angry?" Hailey raised her brow at me, "why would he be angry?""I don't know..," I said as I pondered over it but the next second, I realized why, "..I have a feeling that Temmy must have twisted the story.""You think?" Hailey wasn't convinced."I know. Because it's unlike Xavier." I sighed."But Xavier I know would have confronted you about it, if she twist
TEMMY The second I walked out the door, the sad expression on my face was replaced with a wide smile. Nothing was more exciting than hearing Carter and Xavier argue all because of me. It gladdened me.It had been quite a while since I saw father and I was sure as hell that he would be extremely happy with me. I looked from my left to my right and when I noticed that the coast was clear, I muttered a spell of teleportation. Almost immediately, I appeared in my father's living room and surprisingly, he wasn't alone. And no, it wasn't just Alpha Damian who was with him. The living room was occupied by father, Alpha Damian, Tristan, Malachi and Maya. What were they all doing here? "What's going on?" I asked in confusion. Had I perhaps made a mistake of appearing now? "Sit!" Father instructed sternly. But instead of listening,I skipped excitedly towards him, "I have news for you, Father!" I said, unable to stop the wide smile that had made its way to my face. Unlike I had expected,
HAILEY"If you can not get it done before the day is over, then turn in your resignation letter!" The second I walked into Carter's office, I was greeted by his loud yelling which was directed to a staff and he flung a document to the ground."Sorry, sir. I'll get it done," the staff muttered in fear as he picked up the document and scurried away out of the office."What's going on?" I asked, leaving my position from the door and I walked towards his desk."He's extremely lazy and I won't tolerate laziness," Carter said without looking up at me, his attention was on the document before him."I wasn't asking about the staff, I meant you. What's up with you?" I took the seat in front of him.Carter finally raised his head to look at me, "why do you think something is wrong with me. I'm perfectly fine." After that, he lowered his head back to the document."This is about Xavier isn't it?" I asked the obvious.Since the last encounter he had with Xavier, Carter hadn't been himself. The li
HAILEYEPILOGUECarter has been the best father to our daughter, Amelia. From the day he found out about my pregnancy, he had been nothing but caring.Every weekend, we always went shopping for baby items, even without knowing the gender of our baby.And when our baby was finally born, Carter's joy knew no bounds. Whenever Amelia cried at night, he'd ask me to rest while he fed her the milk and rocked her to sleep.He even abandoned the company for Xavier in order to be with me and Amelia. He was ever present and I didn't have any complain whatsoever. My only fear was that she'd grow up to be a daddy's girl and forget me.Carter treated our daughter exactly how I wished to be treated by my father. Everyday, when I thought I'd seen the end, Carter would come up with new ways of loving Amelia. I wouldn't be surprised if her first word was his name.After my rebirth, I had never thought I'd find love again. I had given up on it and planned that after carrying out my revenge, I'd start a
CARTER"She's really grumpy and demanding but I love every second of it," I said, knotting my tie."I'm sure you do." Xavier replied, "I'd even mistake you for the carrying the child because of how happy and healthy you look," Xavier's comment made me laugh. He was right as I had heard the comment several times. A lot of people said I was enjoying the process of fatherhood way to much and my reply was always the same,"Becoming a father to Hailey's and my child was the best thing that has ever happened to me in my entire years of existence." Though the pregnancy made Hailey act up and become easily irritated with everything including me, I didn't mind. I loved every single moment of it and because of that, I now had a journal where I document each day of her pregnancy. Her food cravings, her likes and dislikes and so much more.Another thing about Hailey was that the pregnancy made her conscious of her body. She'd stand in front of a mirror and comment on how fat and out of shape sh
CARTERHailey's behaviour left me worried as this was the first time I had seen her this way. After she threw up, I couldn't help but notice how deathly pale she looked and the fact that she didn't touch her food made me scared.I found it difficult to concentrate as my mind thought of several reasons as to why she looked pale. Perhaps was she sick with a deadly, incurable disease? Due to how deep in thought I was, I didn't notice when Xavier walked in, until he placed a document on my table and muttered, "Earth to Carter.""Oh" I looked at him, "When did you come in?""Not long ago," He replied, taking a seat, "What's on your mind?""Hailey," I replied."What about her?" He asked curiously."I think she's sick.""Why do you have that thought?""Because for the first time ever, she threw up and she looks pale," I sighed, "and when I asked her, she said it's that time of the month. I think she's trying to hide something from me," I placed my elbow on the table and rested my head on it
HAILEYMy relationship with Carter had improved considerable after the honeymoon proposal. We barely argued and we did everything together. He was the sweetest and the most perfect man for me. I had gotten used to his sweet side which he only used for me alone.Carter and I stood in the kitchen, which had become a regular witness to our intimate sessions. But that wasn't the point. We were baking a bread together for breakfast and we were waiting for it to be ready."Do you think it'll come out great?" I asked even though I already knew the answer. Carter was a great good and I envied him for that quality."Of course," He smiled, "Whatever I whisk up must come out delicious. Chefs kiss" He folded his fingers, brought it to his lips and kissed loudly.I rolled my eyes at him with a smile on his face, "Narcissist," I muttered."It'd be a waste to be this good and not show it off, you know that right?"I threw an ugly face at him and he laughed. "Don't tell me you're jealous?" He wrapped
CARTERI stood and stared at the vast expanse of greeny before me.Xavier had told me before hand about Temmy asking me to lead her pack.I knew what she was worried about.Temmy was capable of ruling, but the fear of the Innocent people having to suffer if any mischief came up was the issue.I'd been thinking about it for a while and I decided to finally say it to Xavier.A combined honeymoon, Carter and Hailey, Temmy and I.However we'd have to leave that pack and although the peace was all settled, it'd still take a lot of arrangements to make for a trip like that. "Xavier,"I called from behind as he walked towards me."What are you doing here," I asked and shook my hands." Thank you for accepting Temmy's offer," he thanked and he gave a stoic response."I've something to suggest Xavier," I began and he turned to look at me Interestedly." What is it that you've in stock," he asked as I kept mute."A combined honeymoon," I said and he stood shocked before finally getting a grasp
TEMMYI lay down on my bed, reminiscing about the relationship between Xavier and me.I shook my head to get rid of the thoughts to no avail, they consumed me whole.I'd been thinking about it the whole day, our relationship, my relationship with him.It felt even more different after the incident that happened last.When he told me that he loved me, I felt my heart thump rapidly but it thumped harder when I saw him losing consciousness in my arms.A Small part of me wanted to stop but I couldn't, I struggled harder to stop the rampage Inside of me.But despite all this, he didn't stop holding, despite the chances that it could be his last chance of survival.A thought clicked in my mind, I'd marked Xavier and he had as well, but I had no memories of doing so.Love was sweet and I ran my hands through the mate mark on my body, smiling like a Cheshire cat to myself.The small date, little Jabments of PDA when we both hadn't confessed our feelings to each other, the thrill that came wit
HAILEYMy face burned bright red as I realized what I had just done. "Uhm," I coughed awkwardly, "I..I didn't mean it like that" I tried to come up with an excuse but it didn't seem like Carter bought it."There's no need to retract your words, Hailey." He chuckled deeply, a sound that shamelessly made me want to clench my legs together.I was short of words so I decided to keep mute. Since I met Carter, I have never felt as needy as I felt at that moment and the most surprising thing was that I wasn't under any kind of spell that made my senses become heightened."Do you want me to fuck you or not," Carter asked, staring deep into my eyes, "Tell me you don't crave me as much as I do and I'll turn around and walk away, pretending that this conversation didn't take place."I swallowed the bundle of nerves that had formed in my throat. Of course I wanted Carter. I wanted him to do all sorts of wicked things he could come up with to my body. I wanted him to fuck me until I wouldn't be a
HAILEYI hadn't spoken to Carter since the fight. We just acted like we couldn't see ourselves, we just went about ignoring each other.I tossed around on the bed unable to fall asleep due to the pain of my injuries. I sighed for the umpteenth time as I sat up on the bed, thinking of a way to distract myself from everything.Finally, I decided that ice cream was the best option so I came down from bed and walked out of my room, heading downstairs.The living room was dark, only illuminated by the light coming from the kitchen. I contemplated going back to my room as I assumed Carter was in the kitchen but on a second thought, I walked further. The maids had probably forgotten to turn off the light.But I was wrong. A shirtless Carter stood by the kitchen counter, chugging down a bottle of water, his body on full display. I halted in my track, pondering on my next line of actions.I thought about heading back to upstairs to my room but just as I was about to drag my feet, Carter droppe
XAVIERAfter the chaos, we finally made it home. I towered over Temmy, watching her closely as she slept.She looked incredibly peaceful, a huge contrast to her earlier behavior. But I didn't blame her for that. It wasn't her fault. I could only hope that she was back to normal.Speaking of the incident, I reached for my neck, the exact place where Temmy bit me and absentmindedly caressed it. I wasn't sure if she realized that she marked me which was a way to stake her claim on me.I felt giddy that she remembered me even while struggling with demons. She choose me even while she wasn't in her right frame of mind. I could only hope and pray that she doesn't regret it because then, I wouldn't know how to act.I was glad that no substantial harm was inflicted on anyone as it would have made matters worst. Thinking back, Hailey suddenly crossed my mind so I left to check up on her but not before placing a kiss on Temmy's forehead.In Hailey's room, while she sat on the bed, Carter stood