Emma's POV“Alpha.” The staff immediately stood upright and lowered their gazes. Draven glared at them and did not acknowledge their greetings. Instead, he looked down at me and asked, “Are you okay?”I steered my eyes away from him and blinked my eyes furiously to fight back my tears. “I am fine.” My voice cracked and he seemed to have noticed it. Without a warning, he pinched my cheek and forced me to look up.His eyes widened in shock when he saw the tears in mine.He asked in a murderous tone, “What happened?”“It's nothing. Let's go.” I tried to walk past him and go outside but before I could, he grabbed my hand and forced me to stop. He asked again, his tone far scarier than the last time, “I asked what happened.”When the man uses his Alpha tone, there is nothing much we can do other than succumb to his orders.I narrated everything that happened to him and watched his expression turn from ugly to worse.After I was done talking, he directly looked up at the two staff behind
Emma's POV Sometime after we dismissed the staff, Draven's legal team came with the business transfer contract. The owner of the restaurant signed but I could tell by his expressions that he was not happy about it. He started this business from scratch when he was very young and raised this empire with his blood, sweat, and tears. Even though Draven was paying thrice the price of the whole business, it still felt unjust to do something like this to him.I turned down the offer, Draven only asked me the reason once and when I told him my view on this, he respected this.He gave back the business to the owner who was smiling ear to ear after this. He thanked me for being grateful and apologized wholeheartedly for the inconvenience.Draven remembered to give him his one final warning and told him there wouldn't be any mercy the second time.The owner wanted to treat us to a meal but I turned it down.I had no appetite after all this and my only thoughts were to head back home.“Where a
Emma's POVIt only took a blink for the man to adjust his emotions and go back to being an expressionless robot. He came in and looked at her luggage, “You didn't tell me you were going to come back early.”“I wasn't planning to but my father told me about the fight that ensued in the territory. I was worried so I came back home.” Stella said with the same amazingly sweet smile.Bullshit! She was definitely lying! She must have heard that I was living in the Alpha's house, causing her to abandon whatever she was doing and head back home.Draven's reply was a small grunt. He was about to leave when Stella said, “You both are sleeping together?”“Huh?”“What?”Draven and I asked in unison. Stella apologetically giggled and said, “I saw Emma's things in this room. So I assumed she is staying in this room with you, Alpha.”I was about to say something but the Alpha interrupted me first.“Yes. We are sharing the same room.”I looked at Draven in shock. How can he say something this seriou
Emma's POVI stopped in my tracks with Asher and turned my head to look at the little girl looking up at her father. The whole garden fell eerily silent, it was so quiet that I could feel my heart pounding within me in nervousness.I stole a glance at Stella, she had stopped whatever she was typing on her laptop and was staring at her screen blankly. It was evident that her whole conversation was on the topic now, she did not want to make it obvious.I then looked at Draven, the man pulled the phone away from his ear and returned my gaze.Why was she asking him this?This was not part of the plan?I said, “Ashel, daddy won't be able to join us. See, he is busy.”“Is that true, Daddy?” The little girl's smile started to fade.“Yes.” Draven said in a stern tone. His reply visibly saddened the little girl. She was about to give up when the man disconnected his call without a warning. He put the phone inside his pocket and said, “But it's okay, we can go.”Ashel was thrilled and I was sho
Emma's POVWhen I turned around involuntarily to the voice that called me, all I could see was a pair of eyes with anger gleaming in them. Draven took long strides towards me, his eyes were locked with mine as if he was questioning me what was happening.I froze, my whole body shut down as if I had malfunctioned.“Draven…” Stella cried out, she sounded as if she was in pain. Her cry for help grabbed Draven's attention and he changed his course towards her. “Stella, are you okay?” He went inside the pond himself and helped her stand up. The girl stumbled before revealing a huge cut on her leg.Draven's expression turned angrier when he saw that she was bleeding.“Mom…” Ashel and Asher grabbed my hand but I stood there blankly, not knowing what to say.“What happened?” He asked.“I…” Stella looked at me and quivered, “I tried to initiate conversation with Emma but she kept being rude to me. When I asked her why she was angry, she told me that I was coming between you and her. She blamed
Emma's POV “Fine. I am calling the cops.” He pulled out his phone and was tapping on the screen.“Mom…” Ashel was so scared that she was on the verge of tears. I had to take care of the kids. If I go behind the bars, what will happen to them?“Fine.” I stopped Draven and was about to apologize when Ashef spoke out of nowhere, “Wait.” Draven looked at the little kid and asked, “What is it?”“My mom won't be apologizing.” The boy said firmly, shocking all of us.Draven's already grim expression turned grimmer, he asked, “Why won't she?”“I trust my mom. If she says she didn't do it, she didn't do it.” He replied, crisp and clear. Even though his voice was still childish and hasn't developed yet, he sounded as serious as an adult. The Alpha said, “Then how do you explain what happened?”“I don't have an answer to that yet but I am sure there is a logical explanation to it.”Draven took in a deep breath and got on his knees to match the kid's height. In a much calmer tone, he said, “A
Emma's POVDraven called me and asked me to come back home, apparently, he had already left with Stella since he was taking her to the hospital.Hospital for that cut? I scoffed but I did not bother taunting them. Instead, I said, “Why should I head back home after what you have done? I want to go back to my own house.”“The scene you stirred today isn't over yet. You dare not run away from it this time and be there at my house by the time I come back. Moreover, the time isn't up yet.” “Draven, what are you trying to do here?” I asked, “Stella is back! Why do you need me now to take care of you?”“Stella is injured and she is not my nurse, you are.” I could hear the cars in the background which indicated that he was driving. Even while being busy, he didn't find it difficult to threaten me, “Or you can surely quit midway and make me shut down West Wing for their unprofessional service.”I balled my fist and growled, “Fine. I will be there but Draven, I swear to God, this is the last
Emma 's POV“What the heck…” I muttered my myself. My social media feeds lately are about how people are getting scammed off their money so I did not open the link. I sent out a text, “Who are you? And how do you have my number?”“Doesn't matter.” The person on the other end was quick to reply, “Get this link to your son. You are running out of time.”“What do you mean I am running out of time?”I was still believing that this was a scam but what the person replied made me stand on my feet. The text read, “Isn't your son trying to prove your innocence? This has all the things he requires to do it.’How did this person know what was going on in my life? How does he know what my son was upto?Suddenly, a scary feeling of being watched welled inside me. I grabbed Ashel and ran upstairs to find Asher.“Mom, is everything alright?” The little girl, who had no idea what was going on, asked.“Yes, baby. We need to find your brother.” I did not want to scare her.I first went to the bedroom,