SAMANTHA'S POVI had to get out of there as soon as possibleSo once I was safely outside, I walked briskly into the elevator and ran ever faster to my car.The drive back to the house was a blur. Ihad no way of articulating what had just happened at the office. I sped back through every street light breaking every traffic law that I could. It was only when I was leaning back on my door safely in the confines of my apartment that I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.Gripping my neck as if to cover up the shame of his bites and kisses on my neck, I slid down to my haunches and cried into my arms. I cried for all the lost years, for him not recognizing and remembering me."Was I that forgettable? Was I some random one-night stand he could chuck away or have his way with whenever he pleased? How did my life turn out this way? I wasn't supposed to be here. Out of all the companies that this country had, why had it been at his? Was the universe mocking me? How could I tell
MAEVE'S POVI watched as the little boy ran into Samantha's arms. I couldn't believe my eyes. She had a child. It was self-evident that the child was Manuel's. He had the same dark blue eyes that Manuel had. My heart broke at the realization.I shrieked in horror."You had a child?!"She covered his ears with her hands, dropping him back on his feet,she ruffled his hair."Baby, why don't you go on up to your room, I'll be there to tuck you in, okay?This nice lady and I are just having a little chat" she cooed.I watched as the child looked from her to me skeptically."Hey, lady, don't yell at my mum," he said before running back into his room.The smile on Samantha's face beamed with pride.She turned now to look at me."I think you need to leave," she said pointing at the entrance door that I had walked from."Are you throwing me out of your house?"I asked."I believe I am," she said raising her head up defiantly to look up at me."There is no way that I would let you ruin what I
MANUEL'S POVI saw her eyes widened in horror."Manuel, you can't be serious " she scoffed in disbelief."I’m not kidding. I think it's time to end things between us.It's not working. It hasn't been for a long time now. "I told her."Manuel, the only reason it hasn't been working between us is because you have refused to touch me.You haven't made love to me ever.But I’m here. I’m ready to give myself to you completely.“If you'll let me"she drawled out sexily as she walked closer to me.Her hand snaked out to the waistband of my Jeans and I felt her prying hands sink deeper past my buckle.I stopped her just before she could go too far."Maeve you have to stop this"I let out a frustrated sigh."Why?!" she exclaimed flinging her arm away from my grasp.She threw her hands up in the air in exasperation."Manuel why do you always do this me?So many people would kill just to have me but here I am giving myself to you and you're rejecting me!"she let out a bitter laugh."I do not mean an
SAMANTHA'S POVwhen I had gotten a call from Rick's phone at 1am in the morning, I had no idea that it would be this. Here I was nursing Rick's wounds that had been inflicted on him by Manuel my boss. He narrated the whole event accounting from the moment he had proposed to his girlfriend.He told me that he didn't expect to see Manuel there and when he had tapped him on the shoulder, turning he had been surprised to see it was him and without waiting to hear his explanation,Manuel had punched him hard in the face giving him a bloodied broken nose.And he couldn't just stand there and watch him hit him repeatedly,so he fought back giving him a damaging blow as well that had sent him staggering backwards.In the full brunt of the fight, Manuel had shouted at him for cheating on me which surprised me.I couldn't believe that he had attacked Rick for me.I must have laughed at that moment.But then it had dawned on me that they hadhad a full blown fist fight because of a misunderstand
MANUEL'S POVshe felt so good.she was tight and welcoming to me.I reveling in the way her body opened up for me almost like she had been waiting for me all her life.A flicker of a memory hit me.It was of a women's moans as I drive deeper anddeeper into her. Her brunette hair had covered her face.But what stuck was the butterfly tattoo on the left side of her breast.The memory faded before I could make sense of it.All that was staring back at me was the concerned eyes of the woman laying underneath me.l've wanted her for so long so with renewed invigoration I was going to make sure that I savoured this moment.She moaned holding onto the couch for her dear life as I thrust deeper and faster into her. Organsm after orgasm hit but I just couldn't get my feel of her.After our long passionate lovemaking, I had had someone being in food for us to eat.She looked a little woozy and tired.I grinned knowingly."Are you okay?"I asked trying to hide my victorious smile.She turned to loo
MAEVE'S POV"Please it was just a momentarily feeling of weakness!"I begged."No you don't get to give me that excuse. Can you hear yourself? Do you seriously expect me to believe that you both fell into bed"he said,pointingstraight at me angrily."You never touched me what was I supposed to do.Stay celibate all my life?! "I cried in frustration throwing my arms up in the air.He scoffed."And here I thought that I wronged you but it seems that I really didn't mean that much to you, at least not enough to you to do that "he said shaking his head."What's that supposed to mean?"I asked folding my arms across my chest standing in a defiant pose.He paused My eyes narrowed as I regarded him suspiciously,something was definitely wrong and I needed to get answers."Manuel what do you mean?"I asked again."All you need to know that it was good while it lasted. I'm going to provide a new place for you to stay by tomorrow,get ready "he said before leaving.I screamed out in frustration. The
SAMANTHA'S POVAfter that day, I had tried my best to avoid Manuel as much as I could limiting our interactions to when it was unavoidable because it wasbusiness.Manuel had frustratingly quiet as well which wasn't helping matters.Here I was sipping a drink while my thought revolved back to Manuel and his passionate lovemaking. I couldn't get him out of my head and it wasfrustratingly clear that I cared more than I wanted to about him."Samantha you need to stop thinking about him'I thought aloud to stop my incessant thoughts.Nora came out to me at that moment bringing me back to reality "Mummy what's wrong?" she asked.I lifted her up in my lap and massaged her dark long hair, pulling it into a ponytail with the scrunchie that had hung loosely on her hair."Baby,am fine."I responded. Giving her a wide smile."Mummy, at school we were asked to being our daddies for a presentations.I could hear my teachers talking in the hallway. How can I do that?"she asked curiously."Baby, yo
MANUEL'S POVI stilled as I read through the text that Micheal had sent over to me just when I was about to storm into Samantha's office to demand why she had beenavoiding me."I found her"The text had read. I dialed his phone.He picked up after the first ring."Manuel, it's good news.I found her!"he said excitedly.Weeks back as my memory slowly returned the jumbled up pieces had led me to suspect that there was indeed a woman in the past that I had had intercourse with that I couldn't seem toerase from my mind.Micheal had been hesitant to tell me but I persisted. He narrated all he could about this memory and the search for the mystery womanhad resumed.Shoving aside the documents that had been laid open on my desk all morning. It contained security reports about what Alpha Raymus and I had discussed that night.I gave the call all my attention."What have you found?"I asked."Well, She indeed has a butterfly shaped tattoo on her chest.There are no no birth records of any kind
EPILOGUEOn the 24th of August,my beautiful daughter Ava was born.At the right time too."she's so lovely"Martha,my new mother said as tears welled up in her eyes."Isn't she?"Manuel said softly as he stretched out his hands to envelope the beautiful tiny creature in his hands."Daddy let me see,let me see!" Nora chirped jumping up and down just to get a good look of her baby sister."Yes!I finally have a sister. Thank you mummy!"she said excitedly.I laughed.Manuel planted a soft kiss on my forehead."You did great Samantha thank you for eveything. Thank you for coming into my life. "He said softly settling in the chair beside my bed with the baby in his arms."She's so tiny dad"Rey said in disbelief.I laughed."Yes she is darling. "He responded."Its amazing. Were we really this tiny too when we were little?" Finn added.My heart filled with joy looking at my family.Martha stood at Manuel's side with the baby in her arms and a warm smile on her face. While my kids surrounded Manu
SAMANTHA POVMy mind trailed back to all the seasons in our lives that seemed difficult that we never imagined we would scale through but we did. And I was eternally grateful to having the fate to meet Manuel in my life.He was indeed a blessing in my life.We had fought multiple times.***FLASHBACK***"There is no way that I will have a relationship in secret and I will never stand here and watch as other men sniff after what's mine" He told me grimly."I'm not an object!"I shouted.He arched a brow at me."No matter what you do now,you can't take it back. You're mine"he stated matter of factly."You're not saying that you love me but that I need to stay with you forever "I said."You're mated to me now.No man would be foolish enough to come close to you not when you belong to me now. "he said, pulling on his pants.I opened my mouth to speak but we were interrupted by the soft knock on the door."Mommy!"Nova's voice called out.I wrapped my robe tighter around my body. Walking over
MANUEL'S POVWe had come a long way. There was a lot of past behind us.I recalled all the moments I feared we wouldn't make it last.***FLASHBACK***How long will you keep up this act?"I asked."Am sorry, what act?" She asked feigning innocence.I groaned in frustration."You do not know what I went through there.They helped me and I couldn't just let your jealously get the best of you and have you laying baseless accusations against someone that had done absolutely nothing to you"I spoke.I watched as her expression changed with each word I spoke."Jealousy? Baseless accusations?" she repeated.I groaned out."You know that's not what I meant by that.I just...She turned to walk away. My hand snaked out to grip her arm."Manuel,let me go."She told me trying to struggle out of my grasp."Don't walk away from me when am talking to you."I warned holding her tighter."Manuel,let me go!" She cried.I saw tears pooled around her eyes as she struggled to break free.I dragged her into my of
SAMANTHA'S POVFive months later..."Why would you say that?"I heard his voice say in a hushed whisper."Is mummy sleeping?" Nora said."Look.Look.."Finn cried."Samantha?"Manuel spoke up"Doctor!she's awake!she's awake!"I heard him calling out.The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was the intense glare of the overhead lightning.I raised my hand to cover my eyes until my eyes adjusted to the light.When the doctor were done with their tests and my vitals were checked, I watched the relief on all their faces.From Micheal and a beautiful female who was glued to his side.I couldn't hide the smile that crept up on my face which he returned with a boyish grin.My kids ran up to me.And with Manuel's help I was able to get them all on my bed.I was seated with my unbelievably huge belly inbetween my thighs.I had been told that I was asleep for over five months and that there had been any sort of hope of me recovering. And that it was a Miracle that I had survived evenafter loo
MANUEL'S POVOne second.Two seconds passed but still nothing.My heart pounding in my chest as I waited for the people to speak. The council looked smug on their table as they watched the tumult of emotions that passed through my face as I watched the crowd."Alpha Manuel!" Someone shouted from the crowd."Long live Alpha Manuel!" Another rose to cheer.And the rest stood chanting.Soon the room is filled with eruptions of cheers and claps as they chorused their answer."Long live Alpha Manuel!"They chanted in harmony."Order!order this minute! "The speaker rose shouting at the top of his lungs until the rook went silent again."You have all made your choice and we have all taken it into consideration. But until we have reached a final consensus, Alpha Manuel will be stripped of the Alpha Position and his Beta Rdyer will resume duties in his place until the trial is finalised."the man declared.The room erupted in an uproar of angry emotions."How dare you!"I shouted stilling the cr
MANUEL'S POV"What is this Manuel?" I cried."Where have you been?!" He said through gritted teeth."What is that supposed to mean?Are you monitoring my whereabouts now?"I asked in disbelief."Just tell me where you were Dammit!" He said.I jerked backwards at his raised voiceHe took steps backwards pacing away from me,running a hand through his hair."Why are you getting angry at me for?" She cried."You ...you've been having an affair all this while and I didnt know.How couldn't I have known. "I told her.Her mouth grew agape in feigned shock.I felt my blood boil mat the thought that she thought she could deceive me."Where is all this coming from Manuel?"She asked.I couldn't let her know that it was Maeve because it wasn't. All Maeve did was comform a suspicion that I've had for the longest time."That's not important. What's important is the fact that you've been secretive,absent and distant for a while now"'I told her.She raised her hand up in exasperation."That's because I
SAMANTHA'S POV"I don't think it would be easy to be able to find out the culprits" Steve said as he sat across from her sipping his coffee.We were seated in a coffee shop at the far end of town for a stakeout. We had found a recurring name in my mom's journal, Zain.My mom had described him as a nut-head that had wanted her mated to him.He had gone as far as going to her parents to get them arranged to be wed but she had blatantly turned him down stating that she loved my father who had appeared strategically in her life at the time.And after much difficulty they were wedded On their wedding day he had barged into her dressing room and threatened her to leave with him but she had refused. He had vowed that day that their marriage wouldn't last and that if It wasn't him that no-one would have her and that she should bid her time well and that the click had already began ticking.He had been dragged out because he had refused their offer of being escorted out.It did sound like th
MANUEL'S POV"Why the hell did you not take care of this Manuel?You didn't even tell me?!"cris scolded.I walked past him, pushing the door open to walk into my office as he trailed behind me."Everything that I did,I did for all of us. "I responded settling back in my cushioned chair."But still...Manuel what the hell were you thinking? Did you really think that you were going to keep this a secret forever?" He chastised leaning closer."I was hoping that nobody found out about it.That’s why I don’t understand how it was revealed and..."I explained...And you know that no matter what truce you may have called with the council, they were going to flick around this piece of information like vultures prey looking for their next dead meat"Cris finished. He slammed his fist on the desk with a bang. Unfazed I stared at the dent that he had made onmy furniture."Manuel it's not about you killing him. Everyone knew he deserved it but you had to know that eventually the truth would be reveal
SAMANTHA'S POV"Manuel Wait!Stop!"I said moving my lips away from his,moving my head to the side.His hand gripped my jaw stilling my movement."Samantha please let me.I love you. And I want to show you"he pleaded.I stared into his eyes watching his dark beautiful orbs glistening with desire.Desire for me.I nodded.He let out a sigh of relief,bringing his lips down towards my lips.Bringing his lips dangerously close to my lips,he nibbled on my lower lips waiting. The pain in my arm was forgotten as he pinned me closer to his body,bringing my belly closer to fill his need for me.I tried to side step him but wasn't successful, instead he lifted me up unto the desk, prying my thighs apart he slipped in between them wrapping my legs around his waist to cage me in.he growled impatiently slamming his lips unto mine.He rode my skirt higher up to reveal my red lace panties.His eyes lingered for a while before ripping them off."Manuel!"I exclaimed."I love the way you say my name"he said