Chapter 46 Aniston's POV "Let us agree to disagree on that. I think you are actually an amazing mom and I’m sure no kid my age thinks that about his mom. That being said, I will deny ever saying this in public because I have my reputation to think about" A.J said smiling I stared at my son and smiled "when did you get so smart and wise?" I said and touched his cheek.He was my perfect beautiful boy. He looked so much like his father."So I am guessing everyone is good to go, right?" Ari asked me.He was holding his car keys.We had a function to attend and we were running late already, as we got in the car. We all knew we weren’t going anywhere until we cleared the anger and resentment in us, it was just a family rule. We don’t go to bed or drive anywhere without sorting out our issues, family always comes first, every other thing can wait."Danielle, are you okay?" I asked my teenage daughter"I’m fine, thanks mom" she said adamantly "Please can you people make up already? We ar
Ari's POV His questions made me rub my chest in circular motion.(Because we can't) I told him plainly.(Don't I get a say in it?!) He yelled at me.I exhaled shakily and closed my eyes. I felt anger line my veins like a corrosive material.(Do you think you are the only one who wants her? But Gideon, she's not right in the head…)(We can fix her! I can fix her!) My wolf yelled.(We can't afford another project right now. Mom and Dad are at the verge of collapsing. Storm is in constant pain. Granduncle Chad wants our birthright as Alpha, the pack is this close to being torn apart…now, tell me, how do we fix everything and still keep Aniston from hurting herself!) I finally lost my temper.(There is no need to yell…) Gideon's voice faded away.I took a deep breath and rubbed my forehead."I am sorry but I am doing the best I can" I said out loud.(I know, Ari…I know)(Let's go for a run)Instead of using the door, I jumped down from the balcony and I headed straight for the woods.My
Aniston's POV"I won! I won!"I could see Ari walking towards me. My happiness knew no bounds."I won! I won!"Without thinking, I threw myself at Ari and he caught me like it was a normal thing in the world. He was just as happy as I am as we wrapped our arms around each other. His roman nose and half-dome cheekbones….tried not to wrinkle as he tried to not to smile. His wrestler's shoulders were part of his burly physique and I loved holding him more than I care to admit."I won!""Should I point out that you cheated?" He asked in a laughing voice."You could but it's not going to change the fact that you lost…to me" "Fine, you won""Yes!" I hugged him without thinking. I first noticed the change in his breathing pattern before I realized what caused it.I was stark naked!I had transformed and I didn't even know it."Oh my God, I am…""Naked? Yes, you are" he completed for me.I winced.He took off his jacket and gave it to me and I wore it.We started walking home."I can't bel
Aniston's POV Ari laughed this time around. By the look on his face, it was like he was trying to picture it."Tell me she inherited my wit and charm" he insisted."Wit and charm…no, she did not. Danny is smart, intelligent and a CEO by the age of fourteen. She grunts and she is willful, sounds like someone we know?""Oh my God, we gave birth to a female version of Alpha Ryan that also has her Mama's attitude? God help us!" The way Ari shook his head, made me suppress a snicker which made me spit out some coffee."Sorry"He handed a napkin to me and I took it."Thanks. She's your favorite though…you called Princessa affectionately. Her brother inherited your charm and wit though. A ten year old named AJ"Ari dropped the cup he was holding and looked at me."Tell me we didn't name our son, Andrew" he asked with a serious face.I took a minute to look at him and just like that I started missing the life I dreamt of, where someone like him loved me unconditionally."No…AJ actually mean
Ari's POVAfter I watched Aniston leave, I realized I wasn't going to sleep…I was too excited to just go to bed and sleep.I opened the door and stepped out into the balcony, smiling at intervals like a buffoon. I stared at the trees behind my house but I couldn't stop thinking about Aniston.It was beginning to puzzle me.It puzzled me more than I let on. I do not understand why all of a sudden every waking thought was about a girl I could barely stand. A girl with a fractured mind.It didn't make any sense to me. I imagined her lips several times. I imagined I was running my finger down her lips, I blinked twice when my mind started to wander to other parts of her exotic body.Get it together! It was only a kiss but I can't remember the last time I was this excited about something…Aniston made me excited and not only in the way you think, you perv!She made me excited in other areas of my life, she made me feel like I could take on the world and win.I took a deep breath and tried
Aniston's POV This morning I woke up feeling refreshed.I smiled any chance I got. I snuck into Stormi's room because I felt the need to tell him in detail about last night.When I got to his room, he was still undercover snoring softly like a pregnant snow bear.I took off my slippers and climbed on top of his bed and started jumping and yelling "Wakie Wakie! Stormi, it's morning!"As a reply, he pushed me off his bed and I landed on the floor on my butt. I don't think he is a morning person.I went around and pulled the blanket off his body but he curled up in a fetal position and kept sleeping. He was in his gray boxer. Storm was practically naked from waist up, a lesser girl would drool but I didn't.I got the matured and older version of Stormi last night."Storm! It's morning, wake up!"I grabbed his left leg and started pulling him out of bed. He fell on the rug beside the bed, he only groaned and cursed inwardly but his eyes remained close.I sat on top of him and peeped clos
Ari's POV I stared out my window fully dressed in my corporate outfit. My hands were gently tucked away in both my pockets and even though I was staring at the swimming pool outside my window, I was barely seeing it. My mind was entirely on the errand I needed to run this morning.There was a knock on the door and it jolted me back to reality.I turned around and straightened my tie. It was probably one of the domestic staff coming to tell me that breakfast was ready or Cephas bringing in a cup of coffee.I looked around and nothing was out of place. My bed was made and my space was clean enough if I ignored the stack of papers on the table by the window."Come in"The door opened and my little brother walked in with wet hair."Hey, bro. Come to punch me again" I asked him."You are not going to let that go, are you?" Storm asked me and came closer."Nope! I plan to throw it in your face and milk it to my advantage one day, little dude. It's 7am and you are awake…why?" Everyone know
Aniston's POV I stepped down from the cab and made my way into the restaurant. I was over forty minutes late and I was in a hurry to meet my date. Who knew running worst case scenarios about this date could be so time consuming?I even imagined a scenario where we were interrupted by a hungry tiger!What the hell is wrong with me? What will a hungry tiger be doing in 5th and Abbey road in a freaking city!Then I had to find an outfit that wasn't too flashy but not too dull for a perfect dinner in a high end restaurant, a dress that wasn't slimming or make me look fat, a dress that says I am down for anything but I am not a slut. A dress that made me look exquisite yet down to earth.I know, it was too much expectation to put on a dress and Storm told me so himself after I forced him to watch as I changed one dress after the other till I found the one I was wearing. I wonder what he would say if I told him that my mystery date was with his brother.I shudder to think about it.I step
R18Warning.This chapter contains explicit sex scene. Please read at your own discretion.Aniston’s POVI stood in the shower naked as a new born baby counting minutes till my hot…hot mate who just told me he was in love with me joined me.Then the doubt started to creep in. He was going to see me naked and be…inside me and stuff. Did I even shave?I am supposed to shave right?! Quick Ani, check!I was about to when the door opened and Ari walked inside and locked the door behind him.He joined me in the shower and stood behind me and let his hands wander.I should say something…right? I could sneak out for a minute and shave my legs.I opened my mouth speak...All that came out was a hum.A hum?Are you fucking kidding me?!A freaking hum like a cave person. Ari ran his hand through my dark thick wet hair that fell to my back before grabbing a handful of it to rub on his cheek. When he was done, he pushed them away to expose my bare back. First he kissed my neck as his left hand
Aniston’s PovI sat on a swing by the playground for a while. God, I don’t think I have ever been so nervous like this before. Forty-five minutes and counting, that is the amount of time I have sat at this spot waiting for Ari to come, refusing to accept that it might just be over for us.I tried not to imagine a world without him, I did just the opposite. I allowed myself to daydream…about a possible future where I was actually happy with the love of my life, we had two children, a daughter named Dani and a son name Ari-Storm. And two rescue dogs and a white picket fence.I knew that the possible of that happening was slim…it got slimmer when I felt the first drop of rain.It was almost an hour, he wasn’t coming.Storm came to sit beside me."What are you doing?" he asked me."Waiting" I murmured."For?" he asked but I kept quiet. "What are you waiting for? It is going to be a downpour, Ani. I don’t think he is coming".I turned to look at him. My eyes had a glint of tears in them bu
Aniston’s POV“Few weeks ago when you told me you love me, did you mean it?” Ari asked.“Yes. I love you”“Okay…okay then, because maybe I can live with your secrets” he murmured. “Even thought it hurts that you can’t trust me with them but I am tired, Ani…tired of hoping I could catch a glimpse of you in my dreams...Tired of hoping, praying that maybe you would give me a reason why I am so untrustworthy. I have recurring nightmares of you lying dead in a ditch somewhere and then I would wake up and pace and scream and pray! I am tired of being left on the side walk”“You asked me to leave, Ari”“Well, you didn’t want to stay. You would rather be elsewhere but with me, Aniston! You chose your bloody secrets over me! That hurts you know”I grabbed his arm. "I am sorry. I got scared and I panicked. And I just…ran. I didn't think, I couldn't think…I just ran. And I thought I would never see you again but you are here and I am here now and I want to tell you everything, Ari…everything fro
ChapterAri’s POVI stared at her face and then everything stopped. Time stopped like I wanted it to, because right this minute…right this second, everything just became too real and I had to deal with it.But I don't want to.I want to go back to the beginning. To the time when I was a boy and my only concern was the butterfly outside my window, when my mother's embrace was the safest place for me.I want to go back to the time when my father's shoulder was the highest place in the whole wide world…to the time when crying meant a smile was just around the corner.I want the beginning, when mother's laughter was music to my ears and father's voice was a source of admiration and solace.I want the little tree house behind the house, I want the fake dance parties and fast car races…to the time of tooth fairies and little gods, when Santa Claus was real…when all I had to be was… good and everything worked out just the way they were meant to be.I want the beginning and the goodies that c
Ari's POV I must have stood there for a very long time, just staring at nothing. Images of a naked man in Aniston’s room stayed with me for as long as i stood there. I mean nothing made sense anymore; nothing seemed real anymore too…everything has gone to shit. “Ari?” Everything seemed so far away like I was floating and nothing was keeping me tethered to earth anymore. Something didn’t feel right. I could feel it from the depth of my soul…I could feel it. I just can’t explain it. “Ari? Hey, are you alright?” Dev’s voice brought back to reality, I turned around and looked at her. She had a smile on her face. “Making this trip is the best thing to have happened to…” “I have to go” I murmured, more to myself than for her benefit. “What? Go where?” she looked puzzled. “I just saw a naked man in Ani’s room” I said and looked at her with this deep frown that came from my soul. “I am so sorry” She said. It sounded like she meant it. “It is a good thing we are here…away from all t
Aniston's POV "No, I am not""Yes, you are. It was idiotic of me to trust someone like Anton, I know but I was going crazy with boredom and…" I was interrupted by Markle "Do you know what is worse than boredom? Death, sis. You went with a strange man to God knows where, outside the scope of my protection and he could have hurt you…really hurt. Did you even think it through….""I am not a child, Mark. I can fucking take care of myself and stop treating me like some porcelain doll that will break at the sign of trouble! I am not breakable! Or I would have shattered a long time ago…so, just stop! Just…cut me some slack" i voiced my opinion strongly before continuing on my journey to my room, he tried to follow me but I stopped him"I know you suddenly want to be a good big brother but Just give me some space…I am serious, Mark, don't follow me!"I walked away and banged the door as loudly as I could when I got to my cabin.I went into my makeshift closet to change into something less
Chapter "Wow…you are really…really bad at threats, Aniston. Laxatives? Laxative was the best threat you could come up with. Even the way you are standing doesn't encourage fear and your face looked like you are about to offer me chocolate"I was taken aback and I couldn't speak. Anton removed his hand from his pocket."I am going to do something I rarely do. I am going to teach you how to effectively threaten someone and get them to take you seriously. Now stand upright, it will make you taller, narrow your eyes…please stop smiling…move closer to your intended recipient, pout and make sure to voice out each word with precision and bone chilling coldness, none of your sweet soprano voice, for Christ sake you are threatening someone not trying to get them to fall in love with you. Now, give it a try" Anton instructed me.I relaxed. I was always in the mood to learn something new.I stood upright earning another inch; I narrowed my eyes and pouted. When I opened my mouth, every word was
ChapterAri's POV Chioma didn't give it much thought; she just went around the table and hugged Veronica. "It won't be enough for the whole project but it is a good start. You can stop hugging me now, I haven't told you but…there is only a tiny hiccup, we need an engineer""Oh that's okay, Ari is one and a damn good one too. I am sure he is happy to help" Lee said and I turned sharply to glare at him in shock.Why on earth would he volunteer me for a project that huge when we leave in three weeks for home?"Will you?" Chioma asked me with a puppy dog look I couldn't turn down."Sure. Excuse us, come on guys" I ushered my friends out the door specifically to get my hands on Lee and murder him.When we were out of a hearing distance from Veronica's office, Lee took off on a run.I looked at Dev and I didn't have to ask too. She seemed pissed off."I will get him and I am going to fucking kill him!" She ran after him leaving just Caleb and I to stand in the middle of the hallway stari
ChapterAri's POV "Yes, that's one reason and second, is I don't want anything complicated right now. Nothing about starting up a relationship with Chioma screams simple. So, just drop it" I told him firmly. "And Lee, don't talk about Aniston like that ever again"Lee was quiet for a few seconds before he said something."Let's see how long you can go without sex, Ari""You make it sound like I am an addict" I turned to look at him."Just saying….the only thing the two of us have in common is the fact that we aren't saints. We all including Caleb love a good bang, maybe you more than all of us""I love sex! I ain't ashamed to acknowledge that but I am not a dog and I have self control. And I refuse to treat women like a sex object. Worry about yourself, Lee"I said and walked away but not before I heard him mutter "you are so full of it"I almost made it to my room which was opposite Chioma's when I saw a boy knocking on her door.He was skinny, average and had a dark chocolate skin