Two days. We've been looking for Isabella for two days with no results. I'm starting to lose hope, until Kit calls me out of the blue while we're all separated."I think I found her hotel, boss," Kit says, making me stop dead in my tracks. Someone crashes into my back a second later and curses me in Spanish before walking away. I immediately grab a cab to the hotel Kit found, my palms sweating with nerves. If she's not really there, I'm going to explode. I'm sick of looking and looking for her. I swear I'm going to kill her as soon as I find her."Isabella Mihdi, is she here?" I demand as soon as I approach reception. Kit and Caleb run up to me, "It's an emergency.""As I told your friend, she's here. But I can't give you any other information," she says, trying to look assertive. I snort a laugh and pull out the gun I got as soon as I arrived in this town because that gets people talking fast."Are you sure you can't tell me? I'd hate to have to shut this hotel down and search for h
{ Isabella }I start to come down from the trip very slowly and peacefully, accompanied by the air and the dust particles around me, telling me that I am still okay. I’m not rotten and I’m not useless, I’m fully capable of turning things around. And someday, I will look back and be surprised of how strong I am.I smile when I realize I'm in a bed with Liam. Right now, it doesn’t surprise me. It makes the most sense in the world, the fact that he’s here where he belongs. The wind told me this is my second chance at making things better. I believe her. My wolf forgave me at some point in the session so she is back to being present in my mind. She feels good again. Not completely, because she still wants her pup back, but she trusts me to find my way back to her as well. Every time I think about my daughter and the hate I had stored in my heart for her, a deep sense of guilt grabs ahold of my throat, but it’s easy right now to be optimistic. I will find my way back to her somehow. I
"I… I'm sorry," I start, looking up at him with tears in my eyes. He looks taken aback by that, "There are no explanations that any make sense, they don't exist. I was running on fumes, making stupid decisions like crazy. Being away from you during the pregnancy was actually, literally killing me. I'm surprised I even survived the birth, to be completely honest."He frowns and places a hand over his chest, looking confused and pained. I look down in embarrassment. "You needed me," he whispers, "Those times you were sick as fuck and you somehow felt better when I was around... it’s because you fucking needed me. Biologically."I sigh and nod, making Liam growl and cover his face with his hands in frustration. I understand, I am an extremely frustrating person. The wind told me that as well at some point. "You were literally dying without me. And yet, it was still more important to keep being your parents’ puppet?" he asks. I have to face my stupid decisions, so I nod, "And where are
There's another knock on the door but this time it is the room service. Caleb opens the door and a worker comes in pushing a cart, giving everyone a wary look. I know I just told the hotel I wasn't kidnapped... but I guess I was wrong. For a second I start to consider to just yell and ask for help, but do I really want help from some humans? I really don’t. They’re useless.I mean… they’re just as worthy of love as everyone else, but they’re weaker in strength and no one can deny that. Liam is definitely right, just the three of them could take out a hundred humans easily. And I'm trying to be a good person, so I can't let that happen. "Everything okay?" the guy asks, looking directly at me."Yes, thank you," I say and he nods, walking out with a tense back and closing the door behind him. I sigh and get up from the chair as the guys grab the cart and check out everything I ordered. Liam stares at me for a few more seconds as if he's expecting a fight, but I just stay quiet. I won
"Can we go pick up your daughter now?" Caleb asks as we climb into a black van in the parking lot. He sounds excited about it, but as soon as I hear those words I feel like someone has sucker punched me. I’m starting to feel suffocated. "No," I say, making all three men look at me with some type of disapproving look, especially Liam, "Please. Just not yet. I'm not ready.""It was part of the plan to get her after Isabella," Kit says, looking at Liam as he wants to keep him track with whatever plan they came up with. "I know, but... we can wait a few more days," Liam mutters, earning a disappointed sigh from his friend. I close my eyes in relief, "It's not just for Isabella’s sake. I need more time, too. I don't know how my dad is going to take it.""Liam, dude, your dad already has a grandmother soul, I know he's going to get all excited. You don't have to be nervous," Kit says with an obvious tone, starting to drive out of the airport. "I don't know. I'm not so sure," Liam mutters
{ Liam }"No, dear, we're not usually this nice," my father replies with a chuckle, "You're special, of course. Our prisoner of honor.""Wow, thank you very much," she replies with a forced smile, "What do you want to know, Fidel? Although, we could wait for the hard questions until after we’ve eaten. I have all day. And tomorrow, and the next...""How do you feel about that, dear? To finally be following Fate's plan?" my father asks, narrowing his eyes and resting his face on his hand to give her his full attention, "I mean, everyone here knows that was never your intention."I can see Isabella's jaw clench for a second and she shoots me a reproachful look."Have you been spreading our business with everyone?" she asks me directly. Her eyes finally have some fire behind them."Not with everyone, just with my family," I answer, pointing to the men at the table, "They know everything. Or did you just expect me to sink into misery without talking it over with anyone?”"I did," she spits
"You should tell him now," Kit says, putting a hand on my shoulder to encourage me. I raise my head and look at my father. He’s with his arms crossed, just waiting for me to say what I have to say."Could you guys give us a moment?" I say to the boys, they immediately get up to leave. Daisy starts to pick up the dishes, but I'm not worried about her listening because she knows everything that goes on here anyway, "There's something you need to know.""Tell me," my dad demands and his body gets tense as if he’s preparing for the absolute worst. "Isabella lied," I begin. He rolls his eyes as if he's not surprised, "The child she had was never Theo's. It's mine. I… I have a daughter."I’m studying my father's face, so I can clearly see everything that goes through his mind. The shock, the surprise... and then the relief. His face breaks into a smile and now it's my turn to be shocked when he suddenly stands up."Come here!" he exclaims and doesn't even wait for me to move, he just grabs
"You're right," I nod, letting the air out. I'm scared, but of course that's nothing new, I've always been a scaredy cat. And my father has always been good at pushing me to stop being one, "Uhm, I bought some land for Isabella. I'm going to build her a home there, but that will take a long time...""You guys can stay here as long as you want, you know I don't mind," he hastens to say, "We can arrange a room for Millie here, we'll start as soon as possible.""Are you sure you won't mind having a baby in the house all the time? Crying and bothering you?""I'm sure," he answers with complete certainty. And maybe some excitement, "Maybe this is my second chance to get things right from the start. Bring Millie to me, I'll give her all the love Isabella can't give her yet. I'll teach you what little I know about taking care of a baby or we can learn at the same time." "Okay," I whisper, "Fuck, man, Isabella is going to lose her shit.""Let her," he scoffs as if he doesn't care. I narrow m
{ Fidel }Finally feeling better after so much time of worrying and stressing out about this woman, once I allow my body to relax, I end up passing out next to her. It’s like my body released all the endorphins at once and now I’m drained. I don’t know how long I sleep next to Daisy’s lovely naked body, but when I wake up, she’s playing with my hair and doing something on her phone with her free hand. As if this is our normal.“You awake?” She whispers.“Yeah, sorry. How long have I been out?”“Just over twenty minutes,” she answers, letting her phone down to look at me with a smile, “Kit is texting me, asking if I’m still grounded. The kids are hungry.”“Tell them to go out or something. I want to stay here longer,” I admit, hugging her waist until she’s turning on her side to face me. I let my hand caress the length of her body, from her delicate shoulder to her plump hips. She’s pure perfection. The definition of a true woman, “I want to enjoy you some more.”“That sounds good,”
"That's the only way you'll stay quiet, apparently," he growls, then he looks down at my body again, without anything covering me at all. I know I don't have the most perfect body out there, but I'm also not hideously ugly. And by the way he's starting to fill the room with his arousal, I think he likes what he's looking at, "I've been denying myself this since the moment I first met you, Daisy. But I finally have you right here... and you're just as delicious as I thought."I swallow and bite down on my own panties when his hands start roaming around my body. They feel possessive and authoritative.He grabs my breasts and cups them, pinching both of my nipples at the same time. I moan and trash around, but he pins me down with just a look before moving down until he's in between my legs again.I’m going to pass out. I’ve never been this aroused. "If I ever found out you're fucking someone else, I'll chop his head off right in front of your eyes. I won't let you convince me to let hi
{ Daisy }I told him. I just let it out. I knew he wouldn't stop torturing me one way or another until he got what he wanted, so I just gave it to him. And the fucker just looks at me with a stunned face for a few seconds, not saying anything back.My worst fear is coming true the more he stays silent. He's going to reject me. He doesn't want me. He won't give me what he promised. He'll fire me and push me away. I start crying again just thinking about it, because I don't want any of that to happen. I've been so angry today because he forced me to stay here, but I know I would hate it even more if he forced me to go away and never come back. "Is that all?" he asks in a cold voice, my crying stops. I narrow my eyes at him, "You could've said that sooner, Daisy.""Yeah? So you could reject me sooner?" I snarl, getting angry now, especially when he smiles like the evil person he is, "Get off me!""No," he simply says, "You're not getting rid of me now. Ever. I hope you're happy and
"No, I can't say," she mumbles and tries to get up, but I move faster than her and I grab her arm to keep her in place, "Fidel, stop. It has nothing to do with you.""So what, you want another man?" I ask, pulling her harder until she falls on top of me. Daisy tries to get up, but I don't let her. I flip us until I'm on top of her, "Is that it? You know I'll find him, too.""No, Fidel," she says, trying to push me away, "Stop. Please, get away from me.""Not until you tell me what you're hiding from me," I demand, slipping a leg in between hers. I can hear how fast her heart starts beating and I can smell her scent getting thick with arousal. I think she liked being manhandled like that, "I'm not fucking asking, Daisy, I'm ordering you to tell me.""Well, now I want to tell you even less," she snaps, closing her eyes and moving her head to the side, "I'm disappearing inside my mind again.""No. Stop that, stop doing that," I growl and grab her face to force her to look back at me, "Co
"B-b-but," she lets out, her pale face blushed now, "But that would make this very unprofessional.""You really think I care about being professional? I almost kill your boyfriend and I grounded you, Daisy, I'm not a professional boss," I say, laughing at myself, "Or are you disgusted at the thought of touching me?""What?!" she almost yells. I have to bite on the inside of my cheek to stop my smile as she gives me a very incredulous look. She's so fucking gorgeous and I want her so fucking bad, "Of course I'm not disgusted! Why would I be? You're not that evil, everyone just says that because they don't really know you. Don't believe their words, Fidel, you're not disgusting."This time I can't stop myself from laughing out loud, feeling days and days worth of tension leave my shoulders. She's back. "Thanks for letting me know everyone calls me evil and disgusting behind my back, Daisy. But I meant you'd be disgusted because I'm so damn old," I let her know. She looks shocked again
Isabella keeps me company while I eat. She tries and tries to get me to admit I want Fidel. I might like her, but I know she’ll definitely tell everyone everything I say, so I say almost nothing.When she leaves, I decide to take a shower and put on some of the old clothes I have in this room. They’re old jeans and a shirt that are now around two sizes too small and it just reminds me of how imperfect I am.I’ve let myself go in this house. I got too comfortable, I denied myself of everything too, just like Fidel. I denied myself of a man, of more friends, of a job that didn’t involve talking to the same four people every single day.I’m so sick and tired of this life, something has to change. And now that I have the idea of the sperm donor in my head, I really think I could make it happen. Even if I can’t go out, there’s a lot of viable men in this house: Kit, Caleb… even Roger. He might be old, but his swimmers could be alive, right? Other than them, Fidel has a lot more guys that
{ Daisy }I can’t believe this is really happening, but he put the idea in my head and now I really, really want it.He gave me a solution to my issue. I would be an idiot if I don’t try to go for it. But Fidel drops his mouth open in shock as he looks at me, as if he can’t believe I’m being like this. And yeah, even I can’t believe I’m speaking to my boss this way, but really, this isn’t a normal work environment anymore. Not since he forced me back here.I have so much money saved that I could afford to retire, but I don’t think he would even let me. And I really don’t think he would hurt me or kill me, so if I have nothing to lose, I can be a little bitch if I want.“I’m so fucking mad at you,” he lets me know, pointing at my face before walking away and out of the kitchen, “I don’t want to eat dinner here anymore. I’ll go out again.”“Fine!” I let out, “Have fun!”“I will,” he responds, “And you’ll stay here tonight. You’re grounded until you apologize for saying that shit. Kit,
Before I leave my car, I down the last bit of the cognac bottle and get out. Instead of heading to the front door, though, I walk to the backyard and get in through the kitchen door. My Daisy is already here, cooking something delicious. She was humming a song and moving her plump hips from side to side before looking at me and giving me yet another annoyed eye roll.“Forgive me,” I demand, taking a few steps closer to her, “Forgive me now.”“Of course, I forgive you,” she says with a bored voice. I growl and walk closer to grab her. Daisy gasps, finally looking at me with something other than distaste in her eyes. She’s shocked by my attack, “What is this about?”“I want you to be normal Daisy again,” I demand, realizing I’m drunker than I thought because then I hug her waist, allowing myself to touch her more than ever before. My hands dare to roam down her ass too, “Please, Daisy, I don’t like you being like this. I know you’re mad, but I won’t let you go no matter what, so I’m b
{ Fidel }"Dad," Liam growls, entering the bathroom without knocking while I'm taking a shower to wash the blood off my body, "Who the hell was that?!”Amazing. I’ve been found. "What do you mean?" I ask, "And why are you here, Liam? We're not that close, show me some damn respect.""Shut up, old man," he says and opens the sliding door of the shower to give me a disapproving look, "Who the hell was that guy in the cabin and why did you kill him?""Do you think I owe you an explanation, pup?" I scoff and turn off the water, "You're wrong. I do what I want and there’s no one alive who can stop me.Not even you.”"You've been in the cabin every day this week. Nobody knows anything about this, there is nothing bad going on at work right now, so... who was that guy in the cabin and why did you kill him?" He asks, talking very slowly as if I’m an idiot or something. "Because I felt like it, Liam. Is that what you want to hear?" I admit, pushing him aside to get out of the shower and cove