AURORA:
My head kept banging so hard that it made me realize whatever I had taken last night was so strong. I groaned aloud, trying to understand why the hell I was on the bed with a duvet around my body, then it occurred to me that I had acted so stupid last night. Praying deeply, I raised the duvet and saw myself naked underneath,
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! What did you do, Aurora. Damn it, my phone, my phone, where the hell is my phone." I cocked my head towards every direction, but before I could stand up on my feet, the door burst open and I yelled out so loud before Heather stepped in.
"Fuck, you scared the living hell out of me, Heather."
"What the hell are you doing here?" Then, Heather's eyes scanned around the room to see my clothes on the floor,
"Oh wow, goodness. You were having the best time of your life last night? So where's he? Where's the man who stole your freaking virginity?"
I rolled my eyes at Heather. Damn it, how could I have made such a huge mistake yesterday. All I knew was that it wasn't painful after all, and I had enjoyed every bit of the sex with this stranger I knew absolutely nothing about that had taken my virginity last night.
"Cut me the talks Heather,.how did you find me here?"
"Well, I got a call with your phone from a stranger and I was told to come pick you up here. His voice was cute though, and I could tell he didn't want you to be alone for too long."
I watched as her eyebrows danced while giving me a smirk, and I had to avoid her gaze. "Stop saying weird things. I had a lot to drink and I had no idea what happened. Something strange though, I think he's…" I suddenly paused and shook my head as I wasn't certain about what I had in mind. Maybe whatever I felt yesterday was as a result of the drunk or attraction towards him.
"Maybe it's nothing. It could probably have been a mistake. Could you pass my clothes so we could leave."
As Heather passed me my clothes, I collected it and wore them on. "I need to go meet Jackson and talk to him one last time, maybe he could change his mind, don't you think?"
"No." Heather's cold voice made my heart thump a little, "Why? You know best how much I love Jackson, and…"
"To burst your brains even more, the bastard's getting married today." I watched as Heather unlocked her phone and showed me the pics of Jackson's wedding announcement with that stupid blonde, and my heart broke even more. Jackson was willing to marry a girl he just met last night simply because she was his mate. A tear almost slid down my eyes, but Heather took the phone away. "This is no time for tears Aurora, it's time for you to move on and show that bastard how strong you are."
I wasn't listening to Heather as my mind was filled with everything I had done and sacrificed for that ungrateful bastard. I curled my hand and began to walk out of the room after picking up my bag and phone. If there was one thing I wasn't going to do, it was let this slide and let Jackson get away for breaking my heart into pieces. Call me stupid, but right now, my heart couldn't take the manner of pain that had struck it.
Heather ran after me, screaming my name from behind, but I ignored her and continued to walk till I got out of the bar. I stood by the road side, and heard Heather's voice,
"What the hell are you going to do, Aurora? Don't be stupid."
"That's what I'll be, stupid." I replied and stopped a cab. Before she could get to me, I shut the door and told the cab driver to leave.
Jackson had not even the slightest shame in the world. The sight of the hall disgusted me as people flooded in. Whatever her name was, she sure had a lot of rich people because I could see so many dignitaries flooding in. I scoffed and stepped out of the car, then handed the driver some dollar bills from my purse.
This was supposed to be me standing right next to Jackson. I stared at the large picture of Jackson and his mate hanging outside the hall, and I wanted so badly to just rip it apart into bits. Why the hell did he have to hurt me in this manner?
My mind listed out all the things I could do in there, and so I decided to go for one. It would hurt me more, but I was ready to do it just to feel better. As I stepped into the room and some of Jackson's friends spotted me, I heard their murmurs,
"Did you forget she used to chase after the groom so badly even though he was never interested?"
"She's such a cheap bait."
"What a loser."
Don't tell me she's here to sabotage the wedding?"
The last statement got me cocking my head towards them, and I smirked.
"It's time to call up the representatives to the stage for their special wishes." I heard and immediately knew this was the right moment. As bold as I could ever be, I walked up to the stage, loving the surprised look on Jackson's face, and grabbed the mic from the speaker,
"Hello everyone, I'm here as the groom's ex." I started, but paused a little to see the expression on their faces,
"The groom and I have been together since we were 18, and I didn't finish my education because of him. I was stupid, dumb and naive. I worked so hard to support him in studying abroad while we were together for 5 years and in the end, he successfully threw me away like a piece of trash. Now, this is my advice to…"
Jackson suddenly grabbed me by the arm, and pulled me to face him, "What the fucking hell are you doing here, Aurora. I thought I paid you back for everything you have and did for me? Was 200 million dollars not enough for you? I'll give you more if you want, so get the hell out of here. How hard is it for you to understand that I don't love you anymore?" His voice was low enough for only me to hear,
"Can you give me back my youth?" I responded, staring deeply into his eyes, and letting my tears fall freely as I bit my lower lips.
"What the hell are you still waiting for, get this crazy nut head out of here Immediately!" The bride yelled, and in a few seconds, I felt two strong arms on my shoulders before Jackson let go of my arm,
"Make sure she's nowhere around this vicinity. I don't care if you have to hurt her to get her away from here." Jackson uttered to them in a low voice and I was being taken away. As I stood outside, I had no idea what else to do or what was running through my mind because it was so much. I loved him! I love him way too much to even think I would ever be able to let him go. Slowly, I hit my chest with my hand to calm my heart beat, and make my breathing normal, but nothing was working.
I knew it was finally time to leave the moon shadow pack after what I had done. Everyone here would see me as a desperate lady who only loved Jackson for everything that he had.
As I took just a step, I whimpered aloud, but suddenly heard my name,
"Ms Aurora?"
I raised my head to see a man coming towards me, and when he was standing a few meters away from me, I rubbed the tears on my face clean,
"Who are you?"
"I'm Derek Wiseborn and my boss would love to have a word with you. If you come w
ith me, I can promise your decision would change your life for the better."
ETHAN:"Alpha, this is everything I found out." Derek said, handing me the papers and everything I had asked him to find out about my fated mate. "I learned she was Jackson's girlfriend until last night he found his fated mate and broke up with her. Maybe that was why she ended up in a bar drunk with you."I continued to stare at whatever was in my hands, thinking about last night. I had felt the mate bond, and I knew she was my mate. I remembered myself taking her virginity and it was only after I had pulled in I realized she was a virgin,When I woke up the next morning, I wanted to stay by her side till she woke up, but I received an urgent call so I called her friend to come pick her up "Alpha." I fluttered my brows and came back to reality. "Where do you think she'll be next?""Well, Alpha Jackson is getting married today, and I think the best place she might be would be the wedding hall"I rose to my feet and began to walk towards the car. "Where are we heading to, Alpha?" De
“How? Are you even on planet Earth? How the hell could you not know the famous Ethan Thompson of the Phoenix pack? The CEO of Thompson enterprise. How the hell could you not know Jackson’s uncle? Heather yelled, and it was at that moment I let go of whatever was stuck in my mouth dropping the fork on the plate.“Jackson’s uncle?” I muttered, and Heather nodded her head,“That man is also my mate, Heather. I didn’t want to believe it at first because I was too hurt but after I met him for a second time outside the wedding hall, I knew he was,”I felt her pull my arm as she instantly rushed towards me, “You have to tell me everything he said to you Aurora. And, if he’s your mate, what the hell are you still doing here? Jackson isn’t the only one who gets to be blessed with a fated mate, girl, too deserves more than he does.” Heather uttered, but I shook my head in negation.“This doesn’t look like a blessing to me Heather because it's Jackson I always wanted. He’s the one I love and not
AURORA POV****I had not seen Heather since I woke up and left for work, and I knew she was still so mad at me. I wasn’t ready to do whatever she wanted me to. I wasn’t ready for another mate when I was still very much in love with Jackson. it might have been easy for him to let go of me and everything we shared for five years, but it wasn’t the same for me. It wasn’t that easy at all.I knew deep down that I would run into his arms the moment he returned to his senses, and I felt like I was waiting for a miracle to happen from nowhere.“We’re here.” The cab driver uttered immediately he halted the car and I instantly snapped out of my thoughts.“Oh, thank you,” I responded and stepped out of the car. I dipped my hand into my pocket and brought out 50 dollars, then I handed it over the him. Once the cab was gone, I turned around to face the company.Now that I was thinking about it, my mate owns the company I had always dreamt of working in as a kid. I chuckled to myself, a lot of dou
ALPHA ETHAN;“Prepare everything for Jackson to become the manager immediately. He’s done his part so I think I should do mine.” I broke the silence and told Derek, and I could see the surprise look on his face as I uttered this,“Are you really going to give him this? You know what his plans are and most importantly, you know what he did to Aurora just to get what he wanted.”“I know, Derek, and that is why he needs to be in that position. Most importantly I can’t go back on my words. That isn’t who I am. Whatever Jackson did to fulfill the condition is none of my business.” I said that, but did I really mean it? Deep down, I cared so much about what he did, but I didn’t want to admit it yet, even to myself. My thoughts suddenly drifted to those videos online and then I was about to say something before I heard Derek’s voice,“A message just came in and they found who uploaded those videos online.” Derek uttered,“Who?” I responded almost immediately,“A Miss Amelia Moore…” He paused
AURORAI pushed him away and rose to my feet in a hurry, “What the hell are you doing?” He chuckled, and then rubbed his lower lips with his thump, “Don’t you get it? I like you, Aurora, I have always liked you so fucking much, and I think this is just the perfect opportunity to get exactly what I want.”“What?”He continued, “I can help you. I can help you keep your job. You wouldn’t get fired if you give me what I want. This is desperate times, and desperate times call for desperate measures, don’t you agree?” His words disgusted me and I suddenly widened my eyes when he began to take menacing steps toward me,“Please done! Don’t do this, I beg you. I don’t want this.” I responded with a shaky voice, but when my back got to the wall, he let out a smile, and finally got to me,“You have no idea how crazy you fucking make me go. All I do is stare at your ass, your boobs, your lips, every damn part of your body Aurora, and now that the opportunity is here, now that Jackson Brandon du
ETHAN"She must be so stressed out,” Heather whispered as we both stared at Aurora peacefully asleep on my shoulder. She had a smile on her face and it made me wonder what dreamland she was in. I could feel her hot peaceful breath fan my neck,“I just hope she’s okay.” “the Aurora I know is strong and she’ll get past all of this. I’m just scared, that’s all.” Heather said and went silent for a few seconds, I could see tears at the brim of her eyes,“But this, I don’t think she can do this on her own. It’s just too much for her.”“That's why she has you by her side, Heather, I can see how deeply you love her.”“No. That's why she has you. I know you’ll treat her well and you’ll help her become stronger than she is right now.”Heather’s words made me arch my brows in confusion“Are you going somewhere soon?”“no, I...”The car suddenly halted and the door was opened and I heard Derek’s voice, “we’re here sir.” Heather stepped out of the car first, and Derek came to my side,“I’ll tak
AURORA;I was half awake but my eyes weren’t opened fully,“Are you picking her over me? Jackson, it’s been 5 fucking years and you’re leaving me? Tell me what I have to do to be better than her.” “Nothing, absolutely nothing, Aurora. You were never meant for me in the beginning. Clara here has what it takes to be my Luna when I become alpha fully. I’m sorry, but it’s over between us,“Tell me you never loved me in these five years, Jackson. tell me you never felt anything for me at all and everything you said to me was all lies and…”“HEY! Wake up Aurora, it’s just a dream”A strong hand held my arm and I opened my eyes widely. I had no idea tears had already begun streaming down my face,“Are you alright? It was just a dream.” Ethan said, but I shook my head in negation,“No, it wasn’t. I did lose him and no matter how much I pray for this to be a dream, it just isn’t going to be one. I still can’t believe that five years of my life were all built on lies with him.” I responded, sh
NEXTDAY: ALPHA ETHAN;I was scanning through the files in my study while Derek was standing behind me. This was about Heather as I knew something was wrong,“You’ll take care of her right?” I recalled Heather's words to me yesterday and I heaved deeply. She had been acting like she was leaving for somewhere far away without Aurora's knowledge or maybe something else was wrong.“Her parents abandoned her when she was just a baby?”“Yes, alpha. It seems Heather never went to college after she struggled through high school with Aurora. They have been together for years after Aurora lost her parents and was taken to an orphanage.”I heaved deeply and then went over to the next papers,“Is this her medical report?” Derek nodded his head when I asked, and as I scanned through it, I wrecked my fingers into my head, “Shit! How long has it been? Does Aurora know?” I questioned, raising my head to stare at Derek so I could get a response,“About a year or two now. I don’t think Aurora knows
ETHAN'S POV“What the hell do you mean by you were coerced? What the fuck are you talking about Dahlia?”I asked in confusion , releasing my grip from the glass I was holding unconsciously.“I could not tell you then because I was afraid, I was afraid that you would not believe me, that you would be so angry with me. I was afraid that if I had told you the truth, you would do something rash and get yourself into trouble, that you would lose favour in your dad's eyes if you go trying to defend my honour”“What the fuck are you talking about?”I growled loudly at her, even more confused by her words.“André..”Dahlia started , then burst into tears.I was at a loss of what to do, was I meant to go to her side and try to calm her down? Or stay put?The anger in me was slowly disappearing with the increasing amount of tears that flowed from her eyes.“He threatened me. André threatened me, I did not know what to do, I had to just go along with it. He told me that if I did not go along wi
ETHAN'S POV“D..Dahlia?”It took me approximately two minutes to gather myself and even after those two minutes, I could feel my blood grow cold as I stared at the woman standing in front of meDahlia Monroe, the love of my life who betrayed me and left me shattered and broken, the mate I had chosen for myself who took up and left when things seemed bleak.The woman claimed that the little boy in her hands, who looked like a splitting image of me, was my son.I had not realized that I had tightened the grip I had on Aurora's hand till she gasped.Immediately I dropped her hand like I was burnt.“Sorry, I..”“Who is she?”Aurora asked me in a soft voice, one full of confusion similar to the tone of her voice.“Oh me? I am the mother of his child and I would say the love of his life”“Dahlia”I said in a sharp tone immediately.Aurora's expression changed from that of confusion to disbelief then to hurt and betrayal.It was written as clear as day on her face. I had never mentioned anyt
ETHAN'S POVWhen I got news of the unrest at the pack, I had to drop everything to go settle things back there like I usually did, but this time, it was different.In the past, it had always been so easy for me to drop everything and just go but that was when I did not have Aurora.The mere thought of going to bed without her in my arms, without the feel of her soft skin, which smelled so sweetly of lavender, er, and her hair that smelled like jasmines killed me.The soft sounds she made while she was asleep became my ho, m,e, and her habit of leaving her bunny fuzzy slipper everywhere in the house was comfort.But I had to remember that no matter what, the pack came first; I had to go and nip the unrest in the bud before it became something else.“Can I follow you at least?”Aurora asked me as she folded my clothes into a bag while I got dressed.“No, baby, you have to stay here and watch things for me, we can't both the gone at once, we still have a company under our care”“But..”
One month later DAHLIA'S POV“It is a beautiful place André, but I would have preferred somewhere closer”I said as I walked into the house that André had purchased for me. As usual, it met up to all my requirements and my taste.“Are you sure you want to go through with this? Is there even any point to it, I thought that you had moved past all of it ?”André asked me as I picked up a white vase and admired it quietly.“Say something”“What do you want me to say? There is nothing that you can say to me that would change my mind now. My mind had been made up; the plans had been set. It is happening André, whether you like it or not.*****************************************I had worn this dress only once; I had bought it to receive one of the most important awards of my career, and today that was exactly what I was going to wear.It was a sequined green dress that exposed my cleavage and my long legs, it made me look extremely sexy and exoticI stared at my mirror, I looked like perf
Weeks laterAURORA'S POVThe hostility I had expected was found lacking. I had thought that many of the workers would hate me but it seemed that little by little they were getting used to the idea of me in the office.Having Jackson just opposite my office was honestly really crazy. Most times, I caught him staring at me, with anger and longing in his eyes.He had made it clear that he hated the fact that I had a higher position than him in the office.Knowing Jackson, I was not surprised that his male ego was bruised. After all, he had always been like that, everything was always about me.Not only was he prejudiced about that, but he had also made it his life mission for some reason to get me back.I came to the for a few days to see flowers, chocolates, plates, and little gifts on my table, and I knew immediately that they were from Jackson.One thing I did not want to find out about was that. I could not let that happen, I had to stop Jackson one way or the other.Dropping my bag
CLARA'S POVOver the years, I had perfected restraining myself and burying my emotions.Mummy had always told me that a lady should not show emotions. Honestly, I think that because she was incapable of showing it having emotions, she thought it was normal.Jackson's words never left me; I could have dismissed them as drunken words, but deep down, I knew that he meant every word he said to me last night.There was no way that I was going to let it go; he had said those things to me, his mate, because of that dreadful bitch.“Did you complete the job?”I said into the receiver.“I did exactly what you asked me to but someone got in the way and saved her”The hitman that I had hired to kill Aurora replied “What?! Are you trying to tell me that she is alive?”“I am sorry ma'am”“You are so fucking stupid, I gave you one simple task, one little task and you could not carry it out. You are so damn useless”I shouted into the phone and threw the phone to the ground.Jackson and Aurora were
JACKSON'S POVThe ride to the office was filled with me regretting my life choices after that little stunt of Clara's this morning.I had had it with her already, but I was in a cell, and I just had to butter up my prison guard to survive.Handing my key to the valet, I walked into the office, heading straight to my new but not-so-new office.After I had gotten married to Clara, Ethan had done well on his promise and promoted me to manager which had very nice perks.I had my own office, it was luxurious, not as much as I would have loved it to be, but it was quiet and private. What I loved most about it was the name tag on my door.As soon as I sat down, a knock resounded in my office.“Come in”I said as Pearl, my secretary brought my daily cup of coffee whilst balancing some files on her other hand.“Good morning, Mr Jackson. I hope you had a very nice and relaxing weekend?”She asked in that shy little voice of hers.Pearl had not always been my secretary, initially when I had been
AURORA'S POVSaying I felt jitters was an understatement. I had stalled resuming my position in the company with the excuse of after the marriage and I knew that there was no excuse I could give again.I was married to the CEO of Thompson Incorporations, and I was meant to be the COO. To say that I felt very unworthy was an understatement. Knowing how people were, I was aware that I would be gossiped about and called names, like being a gold digger, a slut, and the like.I took deep breaths as I stared into the fog-covered mirror, running my hands through my wet hair; I sighed.No matter what, I was worthy of this position. Over the years, I had worked my ass off to attain my qualifications, and even today, a fortune only smiled at me because I was married to Ethan. At the end of it all, he was my mate, and he felt I was worthy, and that was all that mattered.I picked up the blow dryer and started drying my hair, still unable to shake off the nerves that were growing and increasing
JACKSON'S POV“Argh! Close the damn blinds”I mumbled as the light entered into my eyes and worsened the banging in my head“You are late for work. There's aspirin beside the table and a glass of water; take it, get dressed, and come downstairs. We need to talk”Clara said in a stiff voice and walked away.I had only heard that voice once, and that was when Clara was planning to annihilate a shop attendant who spilled wine on her limited-edition white gown.“Fuck! Why did I drink so much”I mumbled as I grabbed my head between my handsPopping the pills, I swallowed it down with some water, immediately feeling a little bit of relief.I hopped into the shower and as I washed my face I remembered all my words to Clara last night“Fuck!”I groaned.The soap I had applied to my face entered into my eye.“Ow, ow, fuck!!!”I grimaced, trying to wash it off, the sudden movement had me spiraling to the floor and I hit my face on the tub “Argh”I groaned.Why was this morning so bad? Was this