Evelyn’s pov More than anything else I just wish that she would stop asking all these questions. What I wanted this morning was to be able to relax. I'm not in for her to be bothering me with a million and one questions. At least she could allow me to have some peace of mind. We were enemies but that didn't mean that we had to be on each other's toes every single moment of the day. I much prefer when we were just ignoring each other.At least that way I didn't have to deal with being interactive with her, even in a way that was as simple as this she made me disgusted. Just seeing her alone made me feel as if I wanted to throw up and it was not an exaggeration at all not in the slightest yet for some reason it appeared as if she couldn't see it or rather she refused to see it or she saw it and he intentionally ignored it just as a way to mock me because that was just far too amusing for her.I wish I could understand her twisted amusement but I couldn't and in a way, I preferred that
Evelyn’s pov He was looking slightly disgruntled and thin beneath the hospital gown, his built cheeks had sunk in considerably and his eyes had dark circles running across them, and his bed had grown to the extent of practically begging for grooming. But I didn't see any of that. Instead, I saw his strong smile that traveled across his pale face, his smile that had carried me through many storms and now it carried my feet to him. I threw my arms around him and despite a light groan he hugged me back, I pulled back apologetically wiping off the tears with the back of my hand. “Father it's really you…” I said as I touched his sunken with my adoring hands, next to him was Hailey explaining that he said he wanted to go to the washroom to clean up before I would arrive, a blush ran up my neck as I realized that Kian was probably just stalling me so that my father would have the chance to do exactly that.I turned around for a brief second to give him an apologetic look but he just cha
Kian's pov I grabbed another glass from an unsuspecting waiter that passed by swiping it from his tray and gulping it down in one single movement.“It looks like somebody's going really heavy tonight,” Hailey observed as she notched closer to me through the crowd with her own glass in hand that she was swaying from side to side in a disinterested manner. My eyes were locked on my nemesis, both of us were in the same hall, and all it would take was a couple of steps from me eliminating the distance between the two of us and then finally I could do what I had been yearning to for years but instead, I was slowly getting drunk on wine trying to hide myself in the crowd.Hailey had read my expression perfectly and she knew what was on my mind. She followed my eyes until it landed on Evelyn's father.“You know it's still not too late to take care of him…” She whispered in my ears as she stood on her tiptoes then leaned back with a wicked smile but I shook my head. “I've already been th
Evelyn's pov Words fail to describe just how happy I was when I was reunited with my Father. I had waited desperately for this moment, dreamt about it and now I could rest my head on his shoulder again. I could feel the strong embrace of his arms pulling me close into a deep hug that seemed to melt away all my worries. This was why I was not ready to tell him yet that his wife had been cheating on him even though I was itching to do so, but I was so afraid of a relapse that I wanted to wait even as I dragged on the last strings of my patience to see my pretentious stepmother throw her arms around him and her crocodile tears running down as she pretended to miss him more than life itself when she had been the one advocating for him to be taken off life support. Father seemed to enjoy his welcome back party but I noticed that after he disappeared with my husband and when he reappeared, he was acting rather strangely. When I approached him about this he just gave me a broad skin deep
Evelyn’s pov The scratching of my slippers alerted the two meals in the kitchen as their heads both snapped toward my direction at the same time. With a sigh of defeat, I revealed myself to both of them stepping into the kitchen.I searched my throat for the most appropriate words to say after stepping in on them just after eavesdropping on their conversation and I was lost, so I remained swinging from side to side with my hands clasped behind me and my eyes on my father. They staggered over to Alex for a moment out of curiosity. He had his jaw on the floor, and for my father, he didn't appear so surprised he slapped Alex on the shoulder and then urged me with a wave of his hand to join them.“Really?” I asked and he nodded with all but enough force to have his head dislocated from his body.I scratched my feet with every step scratching against the tiled floor, if my father noticed he definitely didn't point it out then finally I stood across from Alex who was avoiding my gaze, hi
Evelyn's pov Three days passed by and my father did not bring up the issue again, he acted normally around my husband and I thought that the conversation we had in the kitchen had been talked away and we wouldn't have to bring it up again. That was until those 3 days passed and he came to meet me in my office.“My princess is always working so hard…” he said as his eyes were fixed on the documents scattered on my desk with a clear heat of pride in them, then he raised them up until they were looking at my face again.“Well, honestly Father I don't think I work hard enough and I want to make sure that your arrival back into pack affairs is as smooth as possible,”I said to him with a broad smile on my face as he dragged out the chair in front of my desk and sat down. “Yes and I really appreciate you for that I'm even a little ashamed that my daughter has to do that for me…” he said, falling a little bit and I immediately stretched my hand over the table to hold his fingers and squeez
Evelyn pov My father placed his large arm on my back and he was trying to gently nudge me into the room but I refused to step back, an alarm written all over my face. “Father, what's wrong?” On one hand, I was terribly worried that his health had caved in again, my stepmother was hanging like a crow to hear everything that was exchanged between the two of us and while I would rather not have her here I knew that I could not dismiss her with my father present. “Are you not feeling well?” I asked him with a dry throat, and I bit my bottom lip to stop any tears from being summoned from my eyes.He shook his head reassuringly from side to side and came closer to me, stroking my hair. “No there's nothing wrong with me at all, in fact, you don't have to worry about that at all but…” his last word hung like a hook in my throat. “It's about your husband,” he said, his voice getting deeper. “Are you sure you don't want to sit down to hear this?” With my heart pounding I nodded slowly
Kian's pov I buried my spoon into the bowl of murky mac and cheese, it wasn't the most appealing meal in fact it was disgusting, to say the least, but eating deluxe meals was not the most problematic thing in my life I threw myself back on a rocking chair and gazed disapprovingly around my small motel room.It had a couple of rotting furniture placed without thought and then there was also the wooden floor which creaked with every step I took. Sleeping here last night I was half expecting that the roof would even fall on me and was more than a little pleasantly surprised that it didn't. Of course, I could have afforded the place that was far more expensive than this but what it lacked was the quality that it was made up for, for the reason why I came to the pack in the first place. This motel blended in with the rest of the neighborhood and it was surrounded by several other businesses and buildings acting like a barrier from the outside world. Now because of this veil that it pro
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