Evelyn POVI wore a small smile as two plates of syrupy pancakes were placed between me and Kian. Because the atmosphere felt a little awkward, I avoided his eyes while I plucked one of the blueberries off the top pancake.In the meantime, I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened. Quinn, that witch! There was no doubt in my mind that she was responsible for the missing portions at breakfast. Now, I was so ashamed I couldn't meet Kian’s gaze. What if he brought me here to gently break off the engagement?"Your pancakes are going to get cold if you just keep staring at them," he said, jolting me from my thoughts."You're right," I said a little awkwardly, picking up my fork with slightly shaky hands. "Look, I'm so sorry about the hiccup in the kitchen today... I promise that—""It's not your fault. Besides, it gave us the opportunity for our first outing."I slowly took a bite, happy he was so understanding. I’d half expected him to explode at the dining table. But he had been so ca
Kian SylvesterAt one point, my grip tightened, and I reminded myself that I had already sacrificed a lot to come here. I couldn't just throw it all away. I had to keep myself in check. There was also something about this that wasn't infuriating to me; that Evelyn wanted to introduce me to her father indicated she was slowly beginning to trust me.When I saw the look of desperation in her pleading eyes, I tightened my grip on her shoulder, gave her a reassuring look, and she released him.I turned my gaze toward the door and dashed past it in the blink of an eye. Then I went down the empty hallway with haste. However, my speed slowly reduced. Not because I was tired, but because I was rationalizing the situation."Why am I in such a hurry?" A feeling of ridiculousness rushed through my body. I’d been dashing at full speed for a man I hated with every single fiber of my being; if he were to die because the doctor came just a moment too late, then it would be in my favor.I kept walking
Evelyn's pov After a while, the doctors were able to stabilize my father and his heart finally returned back to its natural position. My body felt as if it had been hanging in my throat all this time while I was worried about him and what also surprised me was how Kian just suddenly disappeared. He told me that he had to make a very important phone call. I remained the in the waiting room sitting on the cold metallic bench the doctors told me that I would not be able to see my father today so I was waiting for him to return so we could both go back to the pack house as he did I notice that his charming smile had slipped a little bit it wasn't too obvious he was still firmly latching it onto his face but I noticed that he didn't carry it with the same Charisma as he had before when he left as if something was bothering him. "I'm sorry that I took so long it's ended up being a really stressful phone call but everything is fine now," he showed me, and then his eyes went over to my fath
Evelyn's povFuming with nothing but anger and rage, I marched over to my stepmother's bedroom with a document squeezed tight in my fist but then I ran into my stepbrother on the way there.I stared at him like an undesirable element that I wanted to just brush out of my way because he stood in my path, asking a lot of unnecessary questions. I would have just ignored him but after coming to the conclusion in my mind that he was probably not going to stop bugging me until I told him what I was going to do I admitted with great reluctance and annoyance that I was going to see his mother his eyes widened since everything about my body language which is obviously screaming that I was heading for a fight."Maybe you should take a moment and breathe. You look very tense right now and maybe it's not the best moment to engage with my mother. I'm sure that if you sit down for a while and try to calm down…"I gave him an icy look that immediately shut up the rest of the nonsense he was going to
Evelyn's pov"I don't understand what you find so confusing can't you recognize your own signature anymore? It's clear that you signed this yourself…" Quinn smirked.My rage was steadily building up with every passing second and both of them could see it. Indeed, my signature was on the documents and I could tell that it wasn't forged unless the person was insanely good at it, but that was very unlikely meaning that I was staring at my own signature on a document that claimed I had handed over several areas of lands, properties, and shares from the company that belonged to me as the princess over to my stepmother.This was what my lawyer had come to tell me and even now it's still glued in my mind into pieces I had opened my eyes and closed them rapidly imagining that it was nothing more than a fabrication but despite everything I did the letters in the documents refused to change they stubbornly remained glued to the piece of paper just as my signature did as well."What I want to kn
Evelyn's povI didn't expect that he would come like this, finding me in this kind of condition but of course, life was just that way. It had a way of beating me down and then displaying me to the plain view of other people to be mocked and laughed at.Pressing my weight against the door I soon found myself inside my room and made a beeline for my bed, well I couldn't even make it there before he held me by my wrist and he looked me in my eye sincerely, and asked me what was the problem he had already locked the door behind him and I was far too weak to resist him right now.I found myself intentionally melting into his arms and for a moment he stiffened up like a wooden board but then almost immediately he relaxed and wrapped his hands around me when I was done sobbing he gently led me over to my bed and by that time I was already filled with embarrassment down to the tip of my toes and I found it hard to meet his eyes."I'm sorry you shouldn't have to console me like this after all
Evelyn's pov "Are you sure about this?" My lawyer asked about the millionth time as he returned from one of his shelves with a folder under his armpit that he dropped on the table and glanced at both me and my fiance before wearing his eyes from my fiance and bringing them back to me again. I stretched my hands on his table and folded my fingers together then I stole one look at my fiance who was about to officially become my husband my lawyer had already run all the necessary processes and I wanted this to be done as secretly as possible because the last thing I wanted was my step family getting involved and acting as a barrier to this marriage so now we were in this office ready to sign the documents that would officially make us husband and wife but my lawyer was dragging his feet. Watching him as he was dabbing the sweat off of his face I remembered two nights when I had called him and told him that I wanted to have a quick pack court marriage and everything had to be arranged s
Evenlyn's pov For a solid second, it looked as if he was more willing to bite on his tongue than having to explain himself and his entire facial features lightened up considerably then just like that it was gone and his disarming smile was back on his face again like somebody carefully switching out and wearing a mask."It's just some pack business…nothing that you really have to bother yourself with," he said rather quickly as if he couldn't be happier to just sweep the topic under the carpet and it was clear from how he quickly diverted and he asked if my lawyer had said anything else because I took a while coming out.At this point, I was already inside the car fastening with my seat belt but still keeping my eyes on him he had been so passionate over the call as if the person on the other line would have received a direct blow to the face if there wasn't a phone separating them, if there wasn't any distance between them he had looked fuming mad and now he was already smiling agai
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