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Once Rejected, Now Desired FIFTEEN| I'm sorry
SOPHIA My fork clicked against my plate as I dropped it. Truly, I had left my stomach empty for the dinner but, the drama had filled me up.If I had thought the room was tense before, it was worse now. With no one in the room besides Asher and I, I was only now on overly aware of the ginger laced cologne he wore. Ginger and a strong hint of ixora, but mostly ginger. “Okay, that was awkward,” I finally spoke and cleared my throat. I had to speak. It was better than the staring contest we were partaking in - where he stared at me, and I did my possible best to avoid his gaze.This dinner was truly a whole lot. I couldn't believe that everything that was laid out on the table that evening happened within the space of eight years and, didn't Adeline love Asher? I mean, on the night I saw them together, I could have sworn they were crafted for each other. One would think that the way she acted and spoke to Asher that she would never, in a million years, leave Asher, and for his less g
Last Updated : 2023-04-28Once Rejected, Now Desired SIXTEEN| Meeting the boys
ASHER Although all I wanted to do was to stop Sophia, to sit her down and hit her with all the questions I had in mind, I couldn't. I just watched her leave while I shoved the questions down my throat. The questions were only going to bring up the past. And the past, they say, should always remain in the past. When I was sure she was no longer close to the dinning room, I walked out. My sleep had eluded me as I got in my room. All my attempts to close my eyes and wander off prove futile. Even the white noise, which had been my saving grace after Adeline left, didn't seem to work that night. No matter how many times I tossed and turned, how many positions I changed, if I sat up or if I laid down, everytime I close my eyes, all I could see was her face. And that, you must know, wasn't a very comforting picture. "Fine." I hissed, and pushed the duvet covers from my body. Since my thoughts didn't want to let me be, I might as well go talk to her. What was the worst that could happ
Last Updated : 2023-04-28Once Rejected, Now Desired SEVENTEEN| Changes
SOPHIA I looked over to the wall clock at the other end of the room and heaved a sigh. Six hours had passed since I resumed work, and I could hear my stomach start to growl. Seated in the laboratory with other technicians, I examined the results of the blood samples we collected the previous day, and the results I was seeing were not a bit impressive. I had treated many new cases but, the plague that struck the wolves of Dark moon pack was something I had never imagined seeing. There were viruses in their bloods but, the bacteria were strange to me.Luckily, it wasn't something recommended antibiotics wouldn't fix. I had seen a couple of things like this in Crescent Heart. “Thank you,” I said to a technician -whom I learned his name was Maxwell - who passed me another envelope. It was another result I had to compare to the ones I had seen. “Do you think we could contact this plague from doing this?” Maxwell said, and I turned to him. “I can't afford to contact this, I have been
Last Updated : 2023-04-29Once Rejected, Now Desired EIGHTEEN| Bed of lies
ASHER After Sophia had left, the boys and I decided to take a stroll around the palace. I hadn't a clue how I was going to take care of them until Sophia was back though, but I just decided to go with the flow, which I went with when Darwin requested for chocolate.“Uncle Asher, can I play baseball, please, I want to play baseball,” Darwin asked as we got to the field side, rushing into the field immediately and David ran after him while Daniel and I walked behind them“Go get us a ball and bat,” I said to Gaston who had been walking closely behind us, and he bowed and turned to leave.“Don't forget the gloves,” David called after Gaston, and I gave Gaston a nod as he looked at me.“Do you like the baseball sport?”He nodded and sat on the grass next to Daniel, “Yup, I do, we all do, Mom used to take us to watch the game all the time. I want to be a famous baseball player when I grow up.”Amused by his words, I chuckled, “Really? Is that why your eyes lit up when you saw the field?”
Last Updated : 2023-04-29Once Rejected, Now Desired NINETEEN| Fear
SOPHIA Coming home from work that evening, I headed straight for my room to drop myself on the bed, but, was shocked as I didn't find the boys in the room as I got there.My heart skipped a beat and I dropped my purse on the floor and hurried out. What was I thinking, leaving the kids with Asher? I asked myself as I began searching around the palace, I should have kept his threat to heart before thinking of entrusting my kids to them. All three of them.Still with hastened steps, my eyes darted throughout the open field as I approached but, my hastened steps accompanied by my beating heart quieted down as I caught sight of my boys, laying in the field with Asher.A smile crept up on my face as I watched the four of them. They were such a perfect sight to behold, and I believed anyone would have confirmed that.Would this be how we would have lived had Adeline not been in the picture? I asked myself, my smile growing wider, if we had never broken up, would he have been a father that w
Last Updated : 2023-04-29Once Rejected, Now Desired TWENTY| Unethical desires
ASHER With a raised brow and slightly amused face, I watched Sophia run away from the field, almost as though she were fleeing from it. She was funny, I had to give her that. Even as she practically fled away from me, her lavender scented cologne continued to linger around me. Like she was inches...merely inches away from me. Like her hands were still wrapped around my neck, like her lips were merely inches away from mine, like she could drink in the air I let out, like she could...I stopped counting the list of things I wished she was doing right now when I felt my groin start to react to my imaginations. The last thing I needed in this moment was a hard on for a woman I knew I couldn't have...yet. To be frank, had noticed lots of changes and development in Sophia’s characters, I had seen her be a lot of things but, dramatic was not one thing I thought she would be.I mean, even when she found Adeline and I in bed together, she didn't put up much of a fight - which I had been gr
Last Updated : 2023-04-30Once Rejected, Now Desired TWENTY ONE| Rhythm of our heartbeats
SOPHIAI couldn't understand what I was thinking, getting close to Asher like that. I should have known! I should have known that eight years would not change anything, it couldn't. I should have seen the blaring warning signs, I should have listened to my head when it asked me to stay as far away from him as possible. Alpha Asher...Asher Morris was my weakness, my archilles heel, my kryptonite. In his presence, my brain seemed to seize the ability to function. Just like it always did all those years ago. Eight years ago was in the past darling Sophia. I had to remind myself as I ran. And I had to tell myself I was also not supposed to reconnect to the past, especially when the past was an awfully good looking man that threatened the life of your kids. That cheated on, and abandoned you, and made sure you were reduced to nothing in his very presence. No. I could not afford to relapse. If not for me, I had to at least think about what would happen to my kids if anything was to ha
Last Updated : 2023-04-30Once Rejected, Now Desired TWENTY TWO| Married again
ASHER Goddess no...please no...I continued to mutter underneath my breath while I stood beside my mother and Gaston. Mother held onto me, as though I would be her support if Sophia was to say anything bad. And she was right, I ought to be strong enough to hold her in times like this. I was. However, I couldn't help but ask myself a question I had not deemed important before today. Who was going to hold me? Shaking my head, I pushed the thought to the back jg my mind, when I felt my mother's grip on my right arm tighten. It was only a few minutes later that Sophia stood up straight, ready to face the trio that anticipated good...or bad news, in front of her. Her doe brown eyes were smeared with pity, and I couldn't say it didn't annoy me, but her pity was the least of things on my mind in that very moment. "He is stable now," She started to speak. "And he would he stable for a long time. The scientists and I are working on a formidable cure for the bacteria. We would be done j
Last Updated : 2023-05-06
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Once Rejected, Now Desired Dearest gentle reader,
This has been an emotional roller coaster for me. This story began in January, and since then, a lot of things have happened. I’ve been sick, I’ve had countless visits to the hospital, gotten an operation, entered final year in medical school, a lot of things actually. And finally, after nine months, I get to say goodbye to the beautiful Morris family, and everyone involved in their story. It wasn’t easy, but you all stood by me. I hope you enjoyed this story as much I almost enjoyed writing it. And I hope to see you again in my next project coming in OCTOBER, and my debut billionaire romance novel. Thank you all. Xoxo, Bella Hemsworth.
Once Rejected, Now Desired Epilogue
SEVEN MONTHS LATER AUTHOR The sound of the door closing had everyone up on their feet. Daniel, Darwin, Lillie who had been fidgeting on her seat, Queen Sophia, even little Emilia. The doctor blinked twice, fairly surprised by how fast they had all stood. All the set of eyes that peered at her caused her to clear her throat. She couldn’t blame them for being anxious. Princess Darla had been in the labor room for over eight hours. “How’s everything? How’s she? How’s…?” Lillie moved to the front, and the doctor smiled at her. “Everything is fine, your highness. Princess Darla has just delivered two beautiful and handsome children.” Silence hung in the air for three brief seconds. Yes. The doctor had counted. “Does this mean…?” Lillie asked with wide eyes. “Yes.” The tall lady replied. “Twins.” “Oh my God!” Lillie screamed, tears in her eyes as she watched everyone else rush into the room. They were supposed to have gone in one by one, but even the doctor knew better than to tr
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 105
Lillie’s POV *THREE WEEKS LATER* I stood outside Darla’s room, taking a deep breath before knocking softly. No response, but I knew she was in there. I could hear her crying from where I stood. Even her large twin doors had done nothing to mask the sound of her sorry. I turned mine into a ball in my throat and swallowed hard to push it down to my stomach. It couldn’t come out, not today. I reached for her door knob, opened the door and found her sitting on the edge of her bed, her face pale, her eyes swollen from crying. The black dress Darwin had gotten for her lay untouched in a rumpled mess beside her."Darla, you need to get ready," I said gently, stepping inside. "It’s time."She shook her head, her hands trembling as they gripped the sheets. "I can’t," she whispered. "If I get dressed… if I go downstairs… it means he’s really gone. That Logan is really gone, and I’ll never see him again. The love of my life, Lillie… the father of my child." Her voice cracked, her should
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 104
David’s POV Blood. All over the room. Dripping from every wound in my body. I didn’t need to see my reflection in the mirror to know I had been beaten up real good. Yet, when I saw it, a bitter chuckle forced its way out of my throat. I had managed to kill them all even in my state. The fuckers must have known they wouldn’t be able to stand a chance, hence why they had to poison me. In those last minutes of my life, the faces of my brothers flashed in my mind as I sat on my bed. My brothers, my sisters, my darling mother who had seen so much loss in her time. I never thought I’d see them again. I thought that, by the time they reached the hospital, I’d be long gone. When the rogues came, I was sure it was over. They had knives, weapons—I barely had the strength to lift my arms, but something inside me, something primal, wouldn’t let me give up. Not yet. Not before seeing my family one last time. If they could get to me, that is. There was no guarantee they had been able to make it
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 103
Darwin’s POV Heavy is the head that wears the crown, but there wasn’t a crown on my head. However, I knew I had stepped into David’s shoes the moment he was hospitalized. It suddenly made sense why he had been so stoic and protective of everyone. For the first time in a long time, I could feel what he felt. The weight of the world resting on my shoulders. My world, and that of Dark Moon at large. Even as I ripped Jace’s head from his neck, the reality of what had just happened sank deeper as I looked at him—the cousin who once laughed with us as children, now reduced to this: A lifeless head in my hands. Who would have thought I would be the one to end his life? Who would have thought that he’ll be the one to turn our lives around? To hurt my brothers, to betray the only family he could call his? His eyes, once filled with arrogance and ambition, were now vacant, staring up at the sky even in his death. But now, he would be unable to see any fucking thing. His life had ended.
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 102
Darwin: The battle was far more brutal than expected. Dead bodies lay across the ground, a mix of our own people, rogues and rebel soldiers. Daniel and I were yet to turn as we were preserving our energy to fight our common enemy. A wolf lunged at me and I caught it by its collar and snapped its next in one move. It dropped to the ground, slowly shifting back to its human form as it took its last breath. Another one came and I sank my claws into it, twisting and tearing its guts out so it lay on the floor in a disgusting pile. I only one had one intention as I made my way towards the Palace. And that was to make sure Lillie and my family members were safe. After I'd confirmed that they were, I would return here and find Jace. The hall was empty. Void of anyone, so I knew they had all been carted away to safety to the Palace's secret basement. I heard a familar sob and hurried towards the corner leading to the underground building. Lillie was crouched beside Logan w
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 101
Lillie's POV: Tonight was a wedding and the whole Palace was bright with the hustle and bustle of activities. A decorating team had been employed to decorate the area and it had gone on for about two days. Tonight, they were finishing up the rest of the decorations as guests began to arrive. I heard the Queen's voice from where I stood in Darla's room. She was yelling at the decorating team for their slow pace and we all laughed when she asked one of the ladies to get out of her sight. "It's not mother's wedding and yet, she yells like it's hers." Emilia said from where she stood, our beautiful flower girl, getting dressed by some of the maids. Darla chuckled from where she sat in front of her vanity table. "Mother can be a control freak at times. Don't tell her I said this, or she's going to serve my body to the guests." Emilia grinned in mischief and I instantly knew she was going to use emotional blackmail now that she had power over Darla. "Wh
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 100
Lillie's POV: Things were going smoothly. More than I expected. I banished the thoughts of something ruining the good time everyone was having and decided to, for once in my life, be happy that things were going the way I wanted. Queen Sofia was forced to interceed on Logan's behalf and the embargo of being a slave was taken off him. Darla made it a point of duty to remind her every waking moment of the day until the Queen decided to have rites held on Logan's behalf. And now, they were seen always having little cute moments around the palace. Logan and Darla were always found in each other's arm and I always saw the look on the Queen's face. Even after taking the banishment off Logan's head, she still wasn't in approval of their relationship. But as time went on, she became busy with other things and paid them no heed until I found her one day, smiling at Darla and Logan as they sat at the porch. Darla had her head on Logan's lap as he read her a book. It was such a
Once Rejected, Now Desired Book 2| Chapter 99
Lillie's POV: I paced from one end of the room to the other, trying to come up with words to say to my brother. Logan stood, head bowed low, at the other end of the room. I could tell he was feeling extremely bad, but not guilty. He finally stood tall, steeling his expression as he stared right at me. "What are you going to do? Judge me for following my heart? Call that a mistake also?" I honestly had nothing to say to him if I was being honest. I was just surprised that Logan and Darla were ever a thing. I wasn't angry or judgemental. I just didn't like how it had been hidden from me. Did Logan not trust me? Or hadn't I been a good enough elder sister for him to talk to? These were the thoughts that plagued my mind. I turned to him and sighed. "When did you start Dating Darla?" "We're not... dating," He replied. "Though we really like each other a lot." "So when did all these start?" He scoffed. "Do I have to tell you all the details?" "Yes. I have to know."
