Evelyn's pov There wasn't a shred of fear in his eyes. I had not expected to see it at all in the first place and then even so I was not going to back down, I was going to get the truth out of him, I was going to get the evidence that I needed one way or the other. “So you're really not going to say anything, you're just going to sit there like that? This man is not going to take it easy on you…”I said referring to the two guards who had stepped him and looked like they were itching to get to work, but once again that stubborn man had his lips closed and he said that he was going to speak to only me and that he was going to do so to explain the situation.With that, I rapidly marched over to him with anger. I told him that I didn't need any explanations because I was tired, not only that I was fed up with his explanations. He had a million of them for every single situation and I had swallowed them one after the other. I was not going to take it anymore if he was not going to say t
Evelyn's pov I was surprised by his question. He was never really concerned about his brother before but now all of a sudden he was trying to be a good one? “...this is the first time that you are actually talking about your brother. Did you guys settle your issues overnight or something?”As long as I didn't have any evidence I couldn't allow anybody to find out what I was doing especially not my ex, I don't know if he actually cares about his brother enough to try and stop me but he would definitely tell my stepmother and the last thing I wanted was complications. “Yes we went out together if you must really know but he decided that he had some business to take care of and that was all…do you want me to track him down for you or something?”Alex looked at me as if I was speaking a different language. He told me that I was being too emotional, that he was just asking a simple question about where his brother was and he didn't understand why I was overreacting like this. I looked
Evelyn's pov I was still boiling over what that idiot had done in the kitchen, and it was in this very sour mood that my father found me in the living room; he immediately noticed that I was not happy. “What's wrong my dear?” He immediately asked me as he settled down right next to me to sit down, I looked at him, and a flash of guilt that I always felt whenever I saw his sincere face struck my heart again. I was only holding back because I was worried for his health, he had just gotten out of coma and the doctor told me that the last thing he needed was any great shock. Now what would be a greater shock than realizing that the son-in-law that he held so high and the wife that he had adored much had betrayed him in the worst way possible?They didn't do it with any source of remorse or guilt and now that they could no longer hump each other because of the presence of My Father, that idiot was really looking at me as the next best thing, the replacement for the shameless hag that w
Evelyn's pov I found my stepmother in the garden and she was not even alone, just when I thought I could not be more disgusted by this man, he somehow managed to get on my nerves even more. “Alex, what do you think you're doing? This is broad daylight somebody might catch us!” I heard my stepmother's worried voice as I got closer to the tree that I was seeing their familiar figures. Alex, who sounded as desperate as anybody could, was clinging to her by her shoulders.“... Come on I've been so patient, just a little fun besides there's nobody else here all this time that you are using to resist we can use it for something better…” I felt a cold feeling run down my spine. “... Why are you acting like this? Quinn? The reason you came to me in the first place was because that old man could never satisfy you.”He said, referring to my father who just came back from the hospital and was parading him as the perfect son-in-law. He really had no shame at all. “Yes, I know and I'm not den
Evelyn's pov I came to the door and my hand hovered over it trembling, why was I hesitating? I should be bursting out of this room without any hesitation. Did a part of me actually believe what this man was saying? I should know that everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie…unable to do anything else now he wants to create a rift before me and my father.I swerved around, I noticed he hoped for me to accept his words. Was he really expecting me to swallow what he said so easily? “So you really think that you can keep lying to me?” His eyes twisted with an emotion that I could not read, I had never seen it on his face before. “... I know this sounds complicated, it started off just the way you are thinking…but along the way, I got to know you, I got to know the kind of person that you were and I realized that you were completely different from your father, you were nothing like him, and you didn't deserve to suffer the way he did,”He said with a dragged out voice that seemed
Evelyn’s pov Even when I didn't get the assurance that I was hoping for, I didn't want to throw the idea of my father still being innocent down the ditch just like that. I got up with many thoughts in my head. “Good night father..” I said with the most sincere smile that I could master, it didn't reach up to my eyes but before my father could notice this I quickly made my way out of the living room and rushed over to my own room. As I arrived in my own room I crashed on my bed, the thoughts in my head still eating me up, tomorrow I will listen to him…at least I couldn't get out of this without getting something. As my head was pressed against the pillow my eyes struggled to close themselves. My eyelids remain stubbornly open and I will need to get a good rest for that night. The worst part was that I actually bumped into my stepbrother and he saw me in that unruly condition. “Woah did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?”He really got on my nerves, he wasn't
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
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