Chapter 12

MAYA

I refreshed myself in the bathroom, took my bath and stayed in my room. It was directly opposite Donovan’s, so I kept the door open. I wanted to get a look at him each time he came out. 

My bed was on the side, I had to shift it directly opposite the door. Since the sofa was in the living room, I'll sit here and watch as he comes and goes. With a phone in my hand, I stood here, all eyes outside. 

After fifteen minutes, he hadn't still come out or gone in, I sprang up going to knock at his door. My wolf alerted me that he was inside, I felt his presence. 

“Donovan,” I called when he wasn't answering. 

“Donovan!” 

“Donovan!” 

“What's it?” I heard him growl from the inside, I shifted back in horror. 

“Are you having a bad day?” I had to ask. It was night and we had been tonight throughout the day, he wasn't showing any sign of having a bad day. I waited for about three seconds before I finally got my response. 

“Are you that free?” 

What does he mean? 

I didn't say a word in response, I just waited pondering on this when I heard some footsteps. I shrieked, turning around. 

Cheryl. 

I looked down on myself and I was barely in anything covering, just my bra with one of the straps falling over my shoulders, I quickly brought it up. I wore a mini-short which barely covered my ass. 

Seeing Cheryl, I smiled nervously. 

“Are you back? Mom told me you went to buy–” My voice trailed off as what she went to buy escaped my mind. She stared at me with a twisted face, her eyes darkened with cold anger and she stood there silent looking so dangerous. 

“What are you doing in his room dressed like this?” She demanded. “Have you forgotten that he's my uncle? Are you trying to–”

“No! No!!” I struck out my hand to stop the words from coming out, I already knew what they were going to be. 

She smirked, turned around and ran off. I stood there puzzled, wanting to run after her but my legs struck to the spot. It was shaking, my core seemed as if it was going to release urine. 

I was breathing so hard, wondering what was wrong when the door slowly creaked open. Here was Donovan standing by the door, staring at me. His facial expressions didn't seem as stiff as his voice. 

Since he ignored me before, I couldn't say a word. But did he know that something like this would happen which was why he was trying to scare me away. 

Then another question came to mind. 

“Who was Cheryl coming to see?” 

“Why did she take my standing at her uncle's door so personal?” 

“Maya,” Donovan called me by my name, his voice sounding strong and domineering, I turned not still saying a word. 

“We shouldn't be really close to each other in this house, it wouldn't go well.” 

I furrowed my brows, wondering what he meant and waiting if he'll say some other thing to add but he said none, rather he walked past me heading down the corridor where Cheryl ran out of. 

I stared at him puzzled till he was out of sight. “Is he going to comfort her?” I asked my wolf. “But why will he do that?” I thought again. “After all she's his niece, not like that was his real girl and I was the intruder.” 

When I couldn't find answers to my questions, I turned around and went to my room, falling to the bed. The door was still open, so I sprang up heading straight to it and shutting it right away. 

The way they acted, they made me feel stupid, I couldn't continue to pretend as if I didn't get what they were trying to do. With my phone by the side of my bed, I fell into a troubled sleep which did not last long. 

When I woke up, I raised my eyes and looked at the wall clock. 10:30 PM. Everyone must be in bed now, I thought to myself. Rising up, I walked out of the room straight to the balcony overseeing the garden. I saw two figures right inside the garden, a man and a woman. 

I shrugged, trying to see who they were. 

There's no one here aside from Cheryl and her family, Donovan and I. The way I saw it, they seemed to be lovers, standing close to each other and speaking in low tones. The light in the background was dim but the more intense I looked, the clearer the sight in front of me was beginning to become. 

“Ahhhhhh.” 

My lips formed into a sharp gasp, my hands extending to my head as I saw Donovan with Cheryl. “What are they doing here inside the garden at this time of the night?” My mind began to form a lot of thoughts. 

Are they having some kind of forbidden relationship? But they are uncle and niece. 

Then I saw Cheryl lean closer, dropping a perk on Donovan’s lips, my eyes shut really close. 

“What a fuck!” I screamed. 

“Arrrghhh?” I heard them gasp, turning towards the direction of my voice. I quickly lowered my head, crawling so quickly and then upon exiting the balcony rose and raced to my room, shutting the door and jumping on the bed. 

My heart was beating terribly fast, I was in shock, thinking of what I'd seen. Till I fell asleep, I couldn't tell. 

Slowly I opened my eyes and the room was suddenly bright, the curtains shone with the brilliant rays from the sun. It was an indication that it was morning. My throat went into a yawn. I stretched on the bed, my body was weak. The moment I was ready to get out of the bed, what I'd seen last night came up, taking me back, lying on the bed. 

“Oh goddess!” I grunted. “What's this? What's going on like this?”

I remained in this posture, thinking so much that the sound of my beating could be heard from outside. I continued this way until I fell into a deep sleep.