ALEXAKIS I could sense it. It has only been one week, but I could feel it already. The woman who claimed that she would be fine with having nothing to do was already getting so bored with herself that she had already resorted to talking to herself whenever she was alone. Of course, she thought that no one knew about it all, but I did.That was the height of it all for me. If she could be so bored in just a week, how would she be able to cope with days of doing nothing? I was beginning to get worried for both her and her mental health especially. I wished there was a way I could help her get something to work for her. Maybe going over to the cafe to warn everyone off her. I would even tell them that if they wanted information so badly, they should come to me. I would be sure to tell them everything they wanted to hear. But then again. That would be disrespecting her wish. "Maybe I should help her get another job then?" I reasoned within myself. I shook my head again at that notion to
ALEXAKIS By the time I spent another two hours with these people, trying to figure out a way to clear this mess while making sure my pack didn't lose much and they also didn't lose out completely, I was spent. "Are we all good now?" I asked."Yes, Alpha." Everyone answered. It took all the will in me not to shout 'finally' with the way I was feeling so stressed out. Kieran, who was beside me, must have noticed how tired I was because he chuckled slightly when I sagged against the chair. I didn't want to waste any time before calling the meeting to an end -just in case they happened to think of another crisis for me to sort out. I got up from where I sat and watched as they all did the same. "In that case, thank you all for your time," I said. "This meeting has officially come to an end.""Yes, Alpha." They all bowed to me, and I sighed in relief. But just because the meeting was officially over didn't mean that I would be able to leave right away. I still had to mingle with the r
CLAIRE It was morning. The birds kept chirping, and the breeze blew softly, making everywhere cool. The sun glowed proudly in the clear, blue sky. White, fluffy clouds drifted across the sky, illuminating a cool aura around the burning sun. The dappled sun shone through the herbs in the garden, creating mysterious shadows. The hotness from the sun was gently blown on by the wind as it managed to sway the leaves of the trees about, giving fresh air around."Ha!" I roared as I got up from my crouching position, a small shovel in hand. After Alex told me about the garden, I couldn't wait until morning to do my best with it. Once the night cleared away for the new day to begin, I raced out of the mansion. By the time I got to the garden, the sun was not yet out. Only the water from the morning dew decorated the edges of each leaf. I didn't mind that and started my work. Now, it was almost midday -if the way the rose high in the sky was any indication- and I was finally done with weeding
ALEXAKIS It has been a few days since I gifted Claire her laptop back. It wasn't easy to get the item back from her friend's house as I had to stalk the house and wait for the woman to leave for her job. After she left, the brother stayed around and was almost acting like he wouldn't leave in a million years anymore. Of course, I could have gotten her a new one, but I felt like she might have some pretty important things stored on her former one. From the way she reacted when she found the laptop, I could tell that it was more appreciated than a new one would ever be. From the moment she booted the thing and saw it was what she needed, she had stayed stuck with the laptop. While I was happy that the woman was finally having something nice to do, I was also sad that I barely saw her anymore. Again, it pleased my heart that she didn't have to sit around, idle all day long because she couldn't figure out a way to kill boredom. A small part of me was sad that she didn't have my time an
CLAIRE If there was one thing I regretted from my clash with my family and my friend, it would be the fact that they both made me lose my learning courses. Even though I tried not to show it, I was always sad each time I remembered that. But now, I could look back and not be sad anymore. Why? Because I was finally getting what I wanted back. Thanks to Alex.I didn't know how he did it. I didn't know how it was that he had even gone ahead and given it a huge thought, but he did. I couldn't even begin to imagine how hard it must have been for him to be able to get the laptop back from my ex-friend's house. However it was that he did it, I was grateful for everything and how he thought to put a smile on my face.Over the past few days since I got the laptop back, I had immersed myself in getting back into the world of learning. However, it was a huge task for me. Given how long it had been since I last studied or even did a review of what I learned or even practiced it, it was hard for
ALEXAKIS What the fuck was that? No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop myself from asking that one question. What the fuck was wrong with Claire and the odd attitude she just projected at me?I tried to move but my feet wouldn't do what I bid them to do. I didn't know if it was because I was confused about her attitude or if it was because I was embarrassed to move in the presence of the people she had yelled at me. I looked up and saw them all looking at me with different kinds of expressions. I looked down, not wanting to bother with them. Even though I was supposed to react one way or the other, I found that I couldn't.My mind was only set on the woman and wanting to see if she was okay. That was the thing, I knew the kind of person she was. So I could tell that something was either bothering her or she had acted that way because she was cranky the past few days after she didn't bother to leave her room for days. Either way, I knew that she was that way because something wa
ALEXAKIS I heard double sighs of relief from Luna Lisa, and I couldn't help but mirror her act. It was such a relief to know that Nathaniel was alive and well, just ignoring the house on purpose."Where is he? Where can we meet him?" Luna Lisa asked the private investigator. The man moved his head from left to right as if to relieve the tension he was feeling in them. When he was done with that, he held a hand over the back of his neck and rubbed over the place repeatedly. My senses became high alert as I couldn't help but sense that something was wrong with Nathaniel that the man was not yet telling us. Could it be that the man had an accident and was lying in a comma? Or did he beat someone up while he was drunk and got arrested by the police? If so, he has probably been in the cell for days, waiting for us to find him and bail him out of the mess he was in."What happened to him?" I asked the man."I'm afraid that you both wouldn't like to hear the gist of it." The man said to me
CLAIRE I was just about to close my laptop for the day when an email popped into my inbox. My first reaction was to ignore it because I wasn't expecting any important mail. But a part of me, one that felt like I should see what was going on, insisted that I open the mail. Before I could talk myself out of it, I did just that. I was shocked when I saw that the mail was from my stepmother, Becky. I closed the app, not willing to read any form of negativity with how bad I was already feeling. Almost immediately after I closed the mail app, I opened it again and began to read the content. If it was all curses and abuses as usual, I would use that as leverage to justify all the anger that was mounting up within me for no reason.*Dear Claire. How are you? How have you been doing? Your father let me know that you came by the house the other day. Why didn't you stop by my room and say hello? Never mind how harsh your father acted towards you. You should know by now that the man is always li