What if… he’s here with that girl?
Normally, I wouldn’t even entertain that thought for more than a second, but this time it sounds possible. Because he was out all morning with a random girl ignoring everyone’s calls. And now he’s here at a time he’s never here. My first instinct is to drive off and pretend I didn’t see him, go back to my parents’ and pretend I’m fine. But no, I can’t do that. Even if breaking up with Farrow is my biggest fear, I can’t just… ignore this. I want to ask what he did with that Violet girl all day. Maybe he had the same idea I had to come home and take a moment away from everyone and everything to calm down and re-group, right? Yeah, that’s a lot more logical. It sounds like us to have the same idea during a hard time. "Farrow?" I ask as soon as I walk inside the house, waiting a few seconds for his response, but there's nothing. No noise at all. I walk to the backyard in case he's out there. No. I go to the garage we never use except for storage, but he's not there either. He can only be upstairs, in our room. But no matter how much I think about it, I can only come up with horrible reasons why. I mean, he was out with that girl, so... what if he's in the shower to get rid of her scent before going back to work and then to my dad's birthday? But even if that's what my pessimistic brain is pushing towards me, I know deep down there's no way. Farrow would never cheat on me, absolutely not. That's why he was so open about being attracted to another woman, because it's an anomaly and he's confused about it. But no matter how confused he is, he would never go that far. I take a deep breath before opening the door. I already know this could lead to the confrontation I was avoiding. I'm still not fucking ready for it, but it looks like I have no other choice. "Farr-" I start to say when I come in, but my voice disappears. Everything inside of me disappears, in fact I think I just stepped into another dimension because there's no way this is real, "Farrow?" I know damn right it's him. My husband. But he's currently balls deep inside someone who is most definitely not me. And by now, he's obviously heard me coming in, but he's still fucking her. All I can see is his wide back and naked ass while he plows inside of her so hard it looks painful. And she’s crying out in pleasure like a hyaena, so at least now I know the soundproof walls actually work to hide p**n-star levels of moaning. "Hello?! Are you fucking kidding me?" I let out a few seconds later in absolute astonishment because I'm still fucking standing here and they're still going at it. I can hear him let out an annoyed growl and turn his head to look at me way before finally slowing down. "Fuck," he spits out, moving to finally get out of the random woman. He sits down next to her and puts his hands on his face. I'm still unable to move or breathe even, "Fuck me. You weren't supposed to be here." I wasn't supposed to be here? He wasn't supposed to FUCK SOMEONE ELSE. But this feels so absolutely out of the norm and strange, I really don't even know what to do or what to even say. When I hear a feminine sigh, my eyes turn to her. Is this the girl? It must be. She's very skinny and long-limbed and her skin is pasty white. So extremely white, it looks like she hasn't seen the sun in years. But when I get to her face, I really don't understand what the fuck was Farrow about when he said she's 'so, so pretty'. She doesn't have particularly pretty features and even if she did, her heavy makeup is hiding them. She's wearing intense smokey eyeshadow and deep red lips that are smeared all over her cheeks and Farrow's face, neck and chest. And below. "I'm so sorry, Skylar. Farrow said you would be at your parent's place," the girl says, leaning back on my bed with her very big fake tits out in the air. She looks awfully comfortable in my bed, "Should I explain, Farrow? Or are you going to?" Explain what? I frown and look at Farrow again. "I'm going to," he murmurs and shakes his head before looking up directly into my eyes. He looks lost, like he doesn't know what to say. The fact that he's not rushing to explain or even make an excuse is crushing me. He hasn't even gotten up. "Farrow, what the hell?" I whisper, completely perplexed. I can't even be mad because I'm so baffled. "I know I fucked up, I thought you'd be with your dad already," he says. I'm just here, mouth wide open, "I didn't want you to see this, but I'm... we’re… fuck. I can't even think straight, this is crazy." "We're together. In a relationship," the girl says with a very satisfied smile on her face. Farrow shakes his head and looks at me with regret. A fucking relationship? Didn't they met yesterday? "Is that true?" I ask directly to Farrow, ignoring the girl. He looks pained, but nods, "Then leave." "This is his house, not yours," the girl says, but before I can even start to yell, Farrow lifts a hand to her. To quiet her. "This is my daughter's home, I won't take it away." "Your daughter can stay with us," she says and the way Farrow turns his eyes to me as if he's agreeing with that truly blows my mind. I mean, even more. There's something weird happening here. This is not my Farrow. This isn't really happening, it's just so bizarre. "I think it's best if you do leave," he almost whispers. That's fucking insane, but right now... with him naked and that woman in my bed I guess it's just a part of this insane new dimension I'm living in, "Take it with grace, Sky. I know you will, but..." "I will, don't worry. Just let me get my things," I say and walk straight to the closet, just to get a few essentials. Thank god I have an amazing family, it's not even a doubt in my mind, I know they'll welcome us with open arms. And I say us because there is no way I'll let my daughter stay here with this random woman. No way in fucking hell.As I fill my suitcase with everything that seems important, I wonder why I'm not crying. I think it's because this is just extremely unexpected. In every single way. I still don't think it's actually happening, and if it IS actually happening... is so fucking ridiculous. So stupid. We've known each other for almost nineteen years. We've been together for fourteen and we have a thirteen year old daughter... but the guy I fell in love with and had a daughter with is not that guy out there, so why should I cry? My Farrow must be lost in a different dimension as well. I'm almost done with my suitcase when I feel him walking inside. "I'm really sorry, Sky," he whispers gently. That voice sounds like the Farrow I know, so my whole body stops for a second, "I know I did things wrong. I shouldn’t have fucked her yet, I should've told you first... I'm so... I'm just SO into her, Sky. And there is a reason why, but I don't know how to say it without hurting your feelings. I would
I hang up before Hope has the chance to respond and I walk downstairs very slowly, as if in a daze. Then I get in my car and I give myself a couple of minutes to breathe in and out and make sure I’m okay before driving to my parents’ house, as carefully as I can. The first thing I see as I park in my parents’ driveway is my sister walking back and forth, undoubtedly waiting for me. She looks angry and ready for a fight. “Where the fuck is he now?” She spits out as soon as I get out of my car. I know Hope would have punched both Farrow and Violet if she had been in my position. Or something worse. She would have handled that so differently… and that’s why she’s the cool sister with a fated mate and I’m the one who got cheated on. “I don’t know, with his new girlfriend somewhere,” I respond. My voice cracks at the end, so I shut my mouth and close my eyes for a second, “Please don’t make me cry yet, it’s not the time or the place for that. I don’t want anyone to know about
A few minutes later when I leave the room, I find Hope waiting for me right outside of the bathroom. “Where’s your mate? I didn’t know you could survive without his tongue all the way in your throat,” I murmur bitterly. Hope gives me a pitiful look, “What? I’m joking.” “Right,” she laughs drily, “Well, you look like you could blow up at any moment, but I admire how well you’re handling this. I would be in jail by now.” Yes, she would. “Let’s go pressure those old ladies to get the food ready,” she says and starts walking knowing I will just follow her. As always. A couple of my dad’s closest friends have arrived now, so the loud party has been moved to the backyard. Hope doesn’t leave my side for even a second once we’re there and whenever someone tries to bring Farrow up, Hope finds a way to change the subject and save me. Because that’s me, always in need of saving. I don’t have a backbone or balls to stand up for myself, not even now that I’m a grown woman. “I’m
"I'm scared of being without him, what am I going to do?" I continue, my voice breaking. "Oh, Sky," my sister sighs. I’m surprised she’s not telling me how stupid I am, but I guess she has changed since she found her fated mate. She has gotten softer, "I can't even blame you, it has been so long since you’ve been with him. You guys basically grew up together, everything about you is intertwined with him. I’ve only been with Daniel one year and I don't even want to imagine what would happen if he ever betrayed me like that. I would probably forgive him too. But..." "But it's different. He's your fated mate," I whisper, my eyes starting to water now, "Farrow isn't mine." "And we shall thank the Moon Goddess for that," she gently says and grabs my face to make me look at her, "If he turned out to be a cheater and a fucking backstabber, you're better without him. You'll see it one day. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but you'll realize one day. And then your person will arrive, Sky, I
Hope is sprawled next to me and my eyes feel puffy as hell, but thankfully my headache has subsided. It’s already six thirty AM so I put on some of the clothes Hope brought from my closet last night and I walk to the kitchen to make some breakfast for my daughter. Because life moves on and I guess you have to keep living it, even if it fucking sucks. Even if your entire world got turned upside down and you want to dig a hole in the ground and make it your new home. And even if the man who swore he would rather die than hurt you f— "Good morning," Bobbie grumbles a while later, walking into the kitchen and stopping my thoughts. She’s already dressed for school, "Dad's still not here?" "Nope," I answer. My daughter sighs, but she doesn't say anything about it, she just sits down while I finish, "I'll be the one to pick you up from school today, I’ll drive you to the center." Bobbie is looking at me with a firm frown on her face as I approach the breakfast table with her plate and
"Rocky," I let out and walk to put my hands on his chest and make him look down at me, "I don't want you to lose your mind over this. I need you to be my support during this time, can you do that?" "Probably not. But if Farrow is in the hospital fighting for his life, you won't even need my support," he says, still not backing down. I open my mouth again but he silences me, “No, Sky, this isn’t just a bad situation he put you in, this feels like a terrorist attack on the Anderson family. Farrow has been a part of us for two decades, so he cheated on the whole family, not just you. He has to pay for that. No one fucking cheats on my family.” Farrow definitely did. And he stole the Anderson family’s silk robe to cover that bitch, too. "Please, Rocky, just…” I don’t know what to do, so I go for the big guns and I hug his waist, "I don't need you to fight for me this time. I just need you to be around so I can lean on you emotionally. And I need you to make sure Farrow won't take
"Yes, he's been cheating," I respond, making her clench her fists. I fucking hate how much she looks just like Farrow, especially now that she's ready to punch someone. "I will kill him," she states in a growl, "And I'll drag whoever that bitch is." "Bobbie, enough," I stop her, because that's officially too much, "I choose to tell you because you're mature enough to understand, but you're still a kid whether you like it or not." A kid taller and stronger than me, but still. "So, is that why he's been ignoring my texts?" she asks, with a scoff, "I've been texting him nonstop since yesterday and he hasn't responded." "I don't know, but... listen," I get in front of her and grab her arms to keep her there, "He's my husband, he cheated ON ME. He stopped loving ME, not you. He'll always be your dad and I promise, he loves you with his life. You can be mad at him and I hope you are because what he did is fucked up... but he's still your dad, okay? And he's a good one. So, don't
"I-I mean... it's fucking gold, Hope. And diamonds and actual precious stones,” I say as a last attempt to save them. "Fine, we'll pawn them later," she scoffs and rolls her eyes, "But throw your rings to the pile. It's symbolic." "No," I whine. They're also gold, they will probably melt in the fire, "Guys, come on." "Take them off or we'll take them off for you," Rocky adds, taking a menacing step towards me, "I'm not kidding." I don't want to. But seeing how serious my brother is reminds me of the reason he's so angry. Farrow fucked someone else in my house, in my bed, he gave her my robe and left with her. Even if I'm not ready to get over him and I still love him with my whole heart… we're completely done. There is no coming back from that, no matter how much I would want to. "Okay," I finally whisper and I take my rings off, then my necklace. My brother points at the pile. "Do it, mom," Bobbie encourages me, "Throw them."I do it. Hope was right, this is symbolic
The truth is staring me straight in the eyes, right there in the monitor, but I keep denying it to myself for another ten minutes.I mean, one baby was doable… but, two? I'm going to lose my fucking mind. Not to mention, little Alex is most likely going to be around too, since Hope didn't say no. So, the Anderson family is going to be running a daycare, basically. At least I know that my aunts are going to love that, they’re always complaining about how they never had any children. Now they’re going to be overwhelmed by the baby factory we have going on. "How has it been, spending time with Farrow?" Natalia asks. Somehow, I'm sitting in front of her desk again. I don’t remember moving, "The bond is only going to get stronger the weaker your wolf feels with this pregnancy." "Oh, great. This just keeps getting better," I let out sarcastically and take a deep breath, "It's really difficult to stay away from him, Nat, it makes me feel sick. But allowing him close to me is a bad idea
{ Sky } Now that the initial shock about my pregnancy has gone away a bit, I come back to my doctor’s office so she can run some tests on me just to make sure everything is going alright with Baby Number Two. It takes a lot of needles going into my body and almost two hours of waiting, but I don’t care. I’m not fifteen anymore, the chances of me just magically popping out another perfect baby are low. I have to be more careful now that I’m old. Hope is here with me and every time we stay alone, I wonder if this is the right time to tell her we want her to adopt a kid for Rocky, but I chicken out every time. “Alright, you’re hiding something,” Hope lets out when she can’t take it anymore, “You fucked him again, didn’t you? I knew it would happen.” “What?! I didn’t fuck Farrow, I wouldn’t!” I lie, but her eyes never change, “Fine, maybe I would, but I haven’t yet. And I won’t. Anyway, that’s not what I’m hiding.” “Spell it out then, this place is making me feel like I’m the on
After lunch with Nico, I drive to the main building to have a meeting with Alpha Frank and discuss money. The money I'm owed for being the biggest dumbass to ever live. Alpha Frank is a very straightforward and serious man so we get to the point in two minutes and when I look at the check he extends over his desk, my eyes widen to the size of the moon for one second. I have to force myself to stay calm. Holy fucking shit, I don't know why they're giving me so much money, but you won't catch me complaining. Not at all. "Lastly, I need you to sign this. You can take your time reading it," he says and slides a document my way, "It's just to make sure you feel happy with the outcome and this issue is finally resolved." I do read it, just in case they're trying to fuck me over somehow, but it's really only to make sure I won't make a fuss and keep exploiting this situation to get more money later on. Half a million dollars is enough ‘victim compensation’ for me, I don't need
"Stop moving," Rocky growls at some point during the night and elbows me in the ribs, “Seriously.” I try, but I can't stop. I just can’t shut my brain off, I keep thinking about how much trouble I’d be in if I just said fuck it and went into Sky’s room right now. I think Bobbie and Rocky would totally beat my ass into oblivion. But I kind of don’t even care and I’m considering to just risk it. The need to sleep next to her is out of this world. I wish I could touch her again, kiss her, fuck her... sink my teeth into her slender neck and make sure the fucking mark sticks this time. Forever. But I know it won't. The marks I gave her over the years never took because even though we’re compatible, we’re still nowhere near mates. The marks always heal in a few days, so I just stopped doing it at some point because it was more frustrating to see them fade away than to see her bare neck. That’s why I decided to go a different route and just adorn her neck in other ways, with the p
I bury my hands on Farrow’s soft hair—longer than usual at the moment—and I shift my hips lower, just to feel him a little bit. I promise, I’ll stop this before it turns into something else. I promise. Farrow makes a low growl when he feels what I’m doing, he takes two steps until my back is against a wall and he can align himself perfectly to me. I feel his hardening length against my center and I can’t help myself anymore.I hold on tighter and I grind at the same as him… "Mom, what the hell?!” Bobbie absolutely bursts our bubble out of nowhere. I gasp in shock and Farrow scrambles to put me back down, then we're all in the most uncomfortable situation. Bobbie is looking at us like she’s horrified and we're completely embarrassed, "You... what..." "What are you even doing up?" Farrow asks, his tone a lot harsher now that he's embarrassed, but that only makes Bobbie narrow her eyes at him, "You should be in bed by now." "I came here just to ask something, not to get traumatized!"
"Attention back to me, please," Rocky mutters, pinching my arm to make me snap out of my eye-locking with Farrow. I yelp and move away from him, "What would Hope say? I need her advice but I don't want her fucking nagging me about this." "Uhm, well, Hope is extremely anti-Cassie or anything to do with her," I remind him, he makes an annoyed face, "However... she has a soft spot for kids and I think she would think the same thing, that Alex shouldn't go to the orphanage. He's only a baby. How old is he?" "Four," he murmurs with a sigh, then looks at Farrow again, "How was raising a four year old?" "Bobbie? She wasn't too bad at that age," Farrow responds, moving to grab a new beer from the cooler. He offers one to me, but I shake my head, "I think one, two and three were the most difficult years, then four through ten were absolutely amazing, Bobbie was the sweetest little girl. After ten, though... that's when you lose them.” He’s so dramatic. She just stopped being obsessed
There’s chatter as I walk to the backyard, but as soon as I reach the guys standing in the corner next to the grill, Rocky shuts up and the vibe gets awkward immediately. I narrow my eyes at my big brother and I stay there, unmoving."Shit, Sky, you're creeping me out," he complains, but he's still refusing to meet my eyes."What were you talking about just now and why did everyone got quiet when I arrived?" I ask, looking at the three men, all of them very focused on their own thing. Farrow is now checking the ribs like it's life or death, Nico is pretending to text and Rocky just shrugs."Nothing to do with you," Rocky responds, but he's defensive. I know he wouldn't talk about any of my secrets, so I don't think it's that."Was it about Cassie?" I cross my arms. Nico is the only one who remains impassive but both Farrow and Rocky get nervous, "I knew it! He's obsessively talking about her again, isn't he?""So what if I am?!" Rocky blurts out, swinging his beer so hard, Nico’s ches
"If you're scared Farrow will try to fight you, don't worry about it," I try to appease him, but as the words are coming our of my mouth, I start realizing I can't actually promise that. Farrow’s not as quick to start a fight as he used to be. Or even if he starts one now, it's shouting first, not straight up running to tackle a guy to the ground and ram his face like he did in school, "Actually, there’s a chance he will… but he's weaker than normal at the moment, so if you were to fight him… right now would be the right time." "Sky," he lets out like he can't believe me and laughs, "I don't want to fight at all." 'Not even for me?' I want to ask in bewilderment, but I instantly discard the thought and remind myself that it isn't all that normal for a man to constantly be ready to disfigure someone for you. Or to growl at anyone who even dares to look at you too much, like Farrow does. It's not the norm, even if I'm so used to it. And it's not a representation of how much a man
Cameron is wearing jeans and a basic black t-shirt, which throws me off my game completely because this isn’t… him. He's always wearing formal clothes, even at the most casual of times. At the very least, he's wearing khakis or linen pants, never jeans. Jeans are Farrow's thing. But jeans and a black t-shirt? That's basically Farrow's daily uniform. They are two totally different men, they can't start fucking fusing together in my head now."Hey, gorgeous," Cam says as I walk closer to him. I haven't seen him in a week, so I don't think it's weird when he hugs me and goes to kiss my lips. The kiss is perfectly fine and quick, but it doesn't really do much for me this time. Not to mention, my wolf is not happy. But I'm not happy with her either. She's willingly and consciously putting us in a difficult situation, bonded to a man who broke our heart and isn’t meant to be ours anymore.'He's my mate!’ She fights. Not really, dummy. You're just hormonal and crazy.Cam grabs my hand a