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
AURORA:I’ve never been this nervous before. I could feel my heart thumping so hard, so fast, and out of my control. It felt as if their eyes or gaze would kill me. I had almost wished for the ground to open up and swallow me when the car halted right in front of the building and I couldn’t get my thoughts straight until I felt his hand in mine,“Are you ready?” I nodded my head and then stepped out of the car as soon as the door was opened. As we both began walking together, I heard his voice again “Take a deep breath aurora, no one’s going to hurt you.” We got to the entrance and I was shocked at the kind of people present at the occasion. Maybe for a moment, I had forgotten the man my hands were intertwined with. I had forgotten it was Ethan Thompson standing next to me.“Are you ready to take the spotlight?” He questioned, and just before I could give a response, I cocked my head towards my left and my gaze met with that of Jackson. for a moment, I was lost staring at his eyes.
AURORA:"What took you so long? Are you alright?" Ethan questioned when I got back to our table,"Did you cry?" I shook my head in negation and took my seat next to him, "No, I didn't cry. I just had something in my eyes and I had to rinse it off."He nodded his head, As I took my seat, I took only a few seconds to stare at Jackson and took my gaze away when I saw him staring back at me."Let's welcome Mr Jackson Brandon to the stage, the new manager of Thompson cooperation."Everyone clapped their hands as Jackson rose to his feet, but I didn't. I tried as hard as possible not to stare at him with a lot running through my mind. How come Jackson never told me about his family? He never told me that he had a very influential uncle and that he was the soon-to-be manager of the Thompson group of companies.""Are you ready? It's almost time, Aurora." Ethan's voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and I wondered what he meant by that,"Ready for what?""For this…""Let's welcome Ms Aurora
ETHAN:"Where's Aurora?"Derek was standing behind me. Our table was empty and I had expected Aurora to be seated there, but she was gone."I have no idea. She was seated here before you left a few minutes ago.""Fuck, where's Jackson?" I averted my gaze towards his table and found that it was only his mate seated there. "Don't fucking tell me they're together?"In a hurry, I was about to start heading towards the entrance when Jackson walked in,He had his hand tucked into his pocket, and our gaze met instantly. I wanted to ask him about Aurora, but I held myself back from doing so and I began to walk away from himDerek trailed behind me, but after I walked past Jackson, I halted,"Take another turn and find her immediately. When you do, mind linking me." I instructed him and watched him walk away.I continued to walk until I got out of the hall,I could sense her. I followed the trail of her scent until I got to a corner,"Hey, Aurora." She raised her head to stare at me the momen
JACKSON:"Look into it as soon as you can. I want to know everything there is to know about how she met my uncle. Find out the time, place, and….""Hey baby…" that was Clara,"Okay, Joshua. I know man, I still can't believe it as much as you can." I chuckled on the phone holding onto Clara who was seated on my thighs,I gently planted a kiss on her forehead,"I'll call you later, my wife's here with me. Clara comes first."I watched her chuckle, and I ended the call,"Hey sweetheart, you good?"She nodded her head,"Yeah, I'm fine. I hope he won't feel too bad.""Joshua? No way. If he dares to, I'll remind him my mate comes first in everything." Once again, Clara chuckled loudly, and I wrapped my arms around her tiny waist,"What the hell happened at the party? How did she even know someone like your uncle, Jackson? Don't you find it suspicious?"I heaved,"Can we not talk about, Aurora today? She's past tense already, and I don't care how she met him. Don't worry baby, I know Ethan t
AURORA;A knock was rasped on the door, and I raised my gaze at it,Before I could give a response, the door opened and Heather walked in. She came back? I had not expected Heather to come back because I was certain she was so pissed at me minutes ago,"You came back?""I always come back, Aurora. Only that this time, I came too quickly than usual."Why does she always make everything funny even during intense moments? That was Heather's specialty. To keep everywhere warm,"I'm sorry, Heather. I know I'm so stupid, but I can't help it. Do you know what it feels like to lose a man you gave five of your years to? A man you sacrificed everything for, and a man you dreamt of a life with. It's not that easy for me to forget about Jackson even though I'm trying so hard to do that."Heather came towards me, and sat down close to me,"I know it isn't, but you have to. That's the only way you'll be happy, Aurora. That's the only way you'll be free and you'll forget about him as soon as you can
KATHERINE: "Flog her! Lock her up without food and water till she dies." My mate, Zane yelled at his soldiers as I knelt on the ground pleading and asking myself how on earth Zane had believed everything." "I swear on our unborn baby's life, Zane, I didn't do it. I didn't kill the Alpha king. They're all liars, Zane, believe me. Why don't you believe me, Zane."Tears rolled down uncontrollably, and I couldn't stop it. "Zane!" I yelled again as they picked me up from the floor. I tried to struggle free from their grip, but I was forced to the floor and I fell with a thud wincing in pain and hoping the fall had not affected the children growing in me. "Please, believe me." I cried out in a whimper, staring down the soil and the blood from the sprain on my ankle, and once again, I was being lifted to face my mate."I, Alpha Zane of the blue crest pack, reject you, Katherine Everhart as my mate and future Luna, accept my rejection!" He yelled back at me. His words were like barb
I walked back into my chambers with red and swollen eyes. I should have seen the whore Katherine was earlier, and I should have seen how evil she was, but my love for her blinded me from seeing her true colors.And now, my father's life was a payment for my foolishness. The Alpha king is gone, and I'm the one to blame. I couldn't control the tears that rolled down my eyes. I should have fucking killed that betrayer right at that spot, but I couldn't. My heart could not make me do it right away."Argghhhhnhnn." To ease my pain, I could only destroy multiple things in my room, but it wasn't helping me fully. I fell back on the bed, covering my face with my palm and asking myself why Kath had to do it. Was it because my father never really liked her? This is what I get for trusting and loving a low life. She could rot and die for all I cared. I was going to make her miserable till death would become the only option for her and she would beg for it.A knock was rasped on my door but I ign
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