Evelyn's pov “I can't remember the last time we all gathered like this to eat like a family…” my father exclaimed with excitement as he settled at his chair at the dining table.There was a deep satisfaction written all over his face to see all of us settling down. When I stared at the other, I wasn't pleased about it. “Neither can I…” I admitted not only to him but also to myself. Ignoring my stepfamily was one of my main priorities in life, it saved me a lot of problems and uncomfortable encounters…something that I was always sure of whenever I met with them alone because they would immediately fit down the facade of being the perfect step family in front of my father and then show who they really were exposing their true colors behind him. The breakfast was inarable with my father there but these people were desperate to try and talk to me but I stylishly brought back every conversation over to my father. Eventually, it was over, and I stood up to my feet immediately greeting e
Evelyn's pov I had not expected to run into him at all but I should have known that since he didn't have breakfast with us this was inevitable. No, it wasn't but if even Kelvin could get the courage to speak with me I wouldn't be surprised that this man also had the same thing as well. But I didn't have time to waste and I wanted to dismiss him immediately so that I could get to what I needed to do. I slowly rise from my table when he quickly comes to join me. “Where are you rushing off to?” He said in a very playful tone that completely urged my skin to crawl with bumps of disgust, after our last encounter I thought that he would give me a very good gap and he wouldn't try to speak to me at all but obviously, he was not ashamed at al as that he was more than comfortable speaking to me now despite everything that he had done. I was so angry with him. I had never really fully addressed this anger so I decided that maybe I would implant it in his mind before I finally left. A coup
Kian's pov“What do you mean you're not going to eat your food?! Are you planning to starve yourself to death so that you won't have to give us any information…if you push us any further we are going to force-feed you…”I looked up at my two foolish burly captors, both of them were so ridiculously and needlessly large that it irritated me every time I made sight of them. I had been trying my best to keep myself calm in this situation because I felt that would be the best decision to make initially. Whatever they tied me up with, it was slowly weakening me. When there had been nobody in the cabin, I had tried breaking out of it and failed so I decided that an outburst was not really going to help me escape. I was hoping that I would be able to get through to my wife but she had built a solid brick wall between me and herself. I couldn't blame her for it, she didn't get the full picture of the situation, just the one that made me look like a manipulative monster…the villain in the sit
Evelyn's pov I knocked on the cabin door again and yet there was still no response. Instead, I was met with Dead silence. It made me worried and I wanted to break down the door immediately, but if truly someone else had already found this place then breaking down the door and bringing attention to myself might not be the best idea. This thought became rather irrelevant when I realized that I had already been knocking repeatedly, so the attention that I was not trying to attract might actually get to me anyway. I was worried, my heart was pounding a little bit but just then one of my men that I had appointed to watch Kian came to the door and he apologized for taking so long. “I'm sorry princess, I should have come to the door earlier, we were just a little shocked and you usually come earlier than this so we thought that it might be somebody else,”I wasn't angry at him, I was more of relieved that this place had not been discovered yet but I realized that if truly I had been some
Kian's pov Of all the people that I thought that I would be sharing this story with I never imagined that it would be the daughter of the man that cost it all then putting that in the background, there were a lot of things I never expected would happen when I came to this place back then I had been moved by only revenge and nothing else. But now I couldn't deny what I had gotten even if it was just a little bit…distraction. As much as I tried to deny those accusations when Hailey threw them at me like projectiles there was only so much that someone could deny. Her eyes were looking at me now no longer with the same sparkle and adoration but with distrust and demand. I sighed deeply after everything I had put her through. I guess the least that she deserved was an explanation to it all.“You know I didn't just meet your father when he woke out of coma or when you brought me to see him when he was still in that condition…no I've known your father ever since I was a kid, a young one
Kian's pov “I'm telling you if you're not willing to take a risk then you're not going to be able to make it in business you understood all of this before. Is it that being married has made you forget?” I remember my mother being on the phone with Evelyn's father after realizing that her family that had sold her was not going to be able to help her. She decided to look for other means. She thought that if she had her own money and she planned out a really good strategy everything would work out. So she contacted her closest friend who was also a business associate in the past, hoping that he would be able to dig her out of this situation that she has found herself in. “... It's not like I forgot that everything is a risk but you need to know that mine is not just a simple risk. If I was going to a bank and getting all this money then I wouldn't be all that worried. The worst that the bank could do is take my assets…”My mother and father shared separate rooms. I had realized that
Kian's pov “From all I've heard so far, my father has been nothing but a decent person. If there is anybody that you should hold any real aggression to then it should be your own father…”She said and my eyes became red. “Nothing in the world can compare my hatred for that man, and trust me, I despise him more than your father but don't underestimate the hatred I still have for your father. I'm not still done with my story yet…I'm still leading up to the point…”She looked at me doubtfully, tapping her fingers on the arms of the chair, it was like she was trying to run away before she heard the inevitable, before she heard anything that would truly taint the image that she had in her mind, she wanted to shift away because her eyes did not look like she thought I was lying. “Do you really not wonder why your father wanted our marriage to end?” I suddenly asked her and she seemed surprised, she even shifted her back but just a couple of inches. She looked uncomfortable because of t
Kian's pov My resolution to keep everything to myself and not speak to her anymore did not last more than a couple of seconds before it immediately melted away and I felt ashamed of myself and how much I had fallen in such a short time. All those times in the past I used to think that if I ever came across one of this man's children I would not be able to hold myself back from hitting them. But what did I feel towards Evelyn? I have tried not to think about it too much because I knew that it was a dangerous thing to think because it would make things just far too complicated. Even with the way I was feeling right now, if I could just make it stop, if it was only for the period when I needed to do what had to be done then I would have been so grateful but unfortunately, I could have not turned it off. The scary part about all of that was that part of me did not even want to turn it off at all.“Look, you came to finally hear me out, to finally hear why I despise your father so m
Evelyn's pov I couldn't believe that he actually recognized me and I wondered if he was just messing with me but when he said my name, I knew that he wasn't and I wasn't sure how to act around him. I had been holding myself together for when I would eventually leave the hospital then I could process my feelings but now after being separated for 5 years we had collided again, our lives in tangling even though I had done everything possible even traveling across the world to avoid it. “You look very well. I guess the choice that you made to leave wasn't a bad one since you appear to be doing very good for yourself,” the bitterness in his voice was clear and evident then I remembered that he didn't have any right to be angry or at least not at me. I planted my hands on my hips and told him that I couldn't stay with him anymore if he would never tell me the truth. All I asked well was some honesty, for him to respect me enough to tell me what was really going on in his mind and that
Evelyn's pov Even though I knew that the park was just close by and we wouldn't have to go there, there was still a dreadful feeling in my chest, of running into Kian after so long. I never really gave him any explanation as to why I left, he must have returned back to the mansion confused and conflicted I don't know if the letter that I wrote for him would have been enough to satisfy his curiosity but I knew I couldn't stay and say those words, if not I would have never had the courage to leave at all. A tap on my shoulder brought me back to the present and I allowed a small smile on my face as I looked at my stepbrother, Kelvin, I had never imagined that he would become such a pillar in my life, somebody who was once a spineless puppets for his mother had matured into a responsible man and he had girls chasing him left and right but he told me that he was interested in only one person and one day he will confess his feelings to her. I had begged him to tell me who this per
Evelyn's pov The day I made a decision to leave the pack, to leave him, I knew that I could never return back or at least I never intended to and now 5 months had passed it felt like 5 years. Everyday my heart was aching for me to return back but I knew that he would have some kind of convenient explanation or he would deny being part of the council at all but it made so much sense that I was not going to allow him to deceive me anymore. It was not an easy decision to come to and I had no idea where I would even go, all I knew was that I had to leave, now was when I got an unexpected call from my stepbrother Kelvin. He had never reached out to me before, so I was surprised to get his call that night. I contemplated answering it or not, then I decided not to because whatever he had to say, I doubted that I had the Patience to even listen to him but just as I was about to cut the call, my fingers slid in the wrong direction and I answered it by accident.His concerned voice came thro
Kian's pov “It's been a pleasure doing business with you,” I said with a confident smile as my fingers gripped that of my newest associate. The contract that I had just closed down would end both of us millions and that satisfaction was almost enough to make up for the 3 days that I had spent away from my mate.Well almost…I had already booked a flight and I would be pulling her into my arms once again in less than 3 hours or so, so with an expectant smile on my face, I checked out of the hotel that I had been staying for the past 3 days and made my way to the airport, my eyes were glued shut throughout the entire flight and everything seem to blur until finally, I was driving into my mansion through the gates. A maid came to take my briefcase and I easily handed it to her asking her if she knew where my mate was. Her face suddenly paled up, and then she started shaking a little bit, her lips obviously trembling as she visibly battled to get out her words saying that she had no ide
Evelyn's pov The search for my father's killer went on for months, it started with days and then it dragged out into weeks until months passed and yet there was nothing. It was almost as though they appeared out of thin air and after committing that heinous act disappeared like dust in the wind. I mourned for my father until my heart wanted to bleed right out of my chest. My only consolation was my husband who was there for me during this difficult time, promising me with all of his heart that he would find my father's killer but despite all of his efforts, nothing came out of it. One dead end was just followed up by another one. Eventually, after catching him looking through the little evidence that could be found at night barely allowing himself to sleep I had to call it quits but he was stubborn about letting go insisting that if he just kept looking he would find the killers. On one of such night, I caught him in his office after waking up in bed and finding that his ow
Evelyn's POV When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I got was an urgent text from my father's personal investigator urging me to reach out to him as soon as possible. My heart quickly found its way to my throat. I had a nightmare and it involved my father and now this? Calming my racing heart, I took a few breaths and then made the call and on the second ring, he picked up and his voice was low. It was always sort of monotone but now there was something beneath it that made a pit my stomach grow even deeper. “Is something wrong?” I couldn't help asking and his voice was a few decibels as he dropped the bombshell that left the room spinning around for several seconds until I spoke again in a response. “You must be joking…” I said, my voice coated in denial. “You can't be serious, please tell me that you are joking right now…” “I'm sorry you have my condolences…” I wasn't able to listen to his next words because the phone fell from my trembling hands, and if I h
John's pov “This has to be a joke…” I said for the millionth time throwing a folder back to my desk. My personal private investigator looked at me with a source of resignation on his face and he told me that he was confident of his findings.I looked at the folder again like a bomb that was about to explode cautiously touching it and I opened it up. The first thing I saw randomly was a picture of a boy and standing next to him was the familiar feminine face that made me close the folder once again, my chest burning up. It couldn't be, it just couldn't be… “Alpha John…” My private investigator was about to speak but I held up my hand. I needed a moment to digest this so I dismissed him, leaving me alone with all the evidence that brings back memories from the past, memories that I thought I had long buried. And along with it came intense guilt, just as I was battling with this, Quinn appeared in my office with a cheap smile on her face but right now I needed to be alone. When she g
Evelyn's POV I looked down at my wristwatch for the millions of times and a heavy breath left me as I tilted my head up and groaned afterwards. I was hoping that this flight would make me get to my father faster but instead it ended up getting delayed because of an incoming storm.So I was left with no other choice, I had to Lodge into a hotel for the night, I would be coming back the next day to quickly catch my flight it was already too late to consider going on the road anymore and I would still end up wasting the same amount of time anyways, so I might as well just get on a flight. At least, I wouldn't have to worry about traffic or anything. When I was settled with my baggage I lay down on the bed with my shoes. I feel like a bigger traitor than those two shameless people for not telling him this. How was he even going to react when he knew that I had been keeping these secrets for so long now? I squeezed my fingers together until it pulled into a fist and I was agitated just
John's pov My wife stayed in the basement longer than I expected. I thought that after a couple of hours, she would come out but it was only the next morning that I was able to convince her. I brought some food for her, an omelet and some bacon because she had also refused to eat anything from the previous day. Then, standing at the entrance of the basement, I knocked to get her attention. “Quinn, don't you think that this is unnecessary?” I asked her “Both of us are adults so we can discuss this as adults..” “I don't want to discuss anything…” she cried out. “Just tell me that I can go, that you don't need me anymore, and have my bags packed for me so that I can leave immediately. I have dedicated so many years of my precious life to you and you won't even trust me I don't want to talk about it,” I looked down at the plate of food. “You haven't had anything to eat since last night. Are you really planning to starve yourself to death?” There was silence for a while before sh