Naya's POV
From the main gate of the Yorke family estate down to the main mansion, my eyes can't believe what they've just seen.
There's no way in the world one family could own such a huge property. I can't count the acres of land but I'm pretty sure an airport would fit perfectly here.
I don't know how to ask Rowan if all of this belonged to his family since I've clearly seen their name written on the overhead post at the entrance.
Henry drives gently until we get to the main family mansion.
My legs suddenly feel heavy at the thought of coming down from the car.
Rowan's POVDinner ends and the dining table gradually empties, except for grandpa and I who stay back.Without him having to say it during the mealtime, I already knew that we had a discussion to make.From his end of the table which directly faces mine, his brown eyes stamp a blank stare at me while I relax with a toothpick between my lips.He suddenly drops his fork and intensifies his stare.“What were you thinking?”“I did what you asked me to do,” I answer him.“And that is this?” he scoffs, pointing at the exit where Naya walked out through. “I arranged someone with a wolf that is good enough for yours. Instead, you chose this?”“She's okay for me,” I retort.“An omega? A mere omega…” he stresses, veins popping out of his forehead. “And you say she's good enough for you? What have you been drinking in the city?”“I'd appreciate it if you didn't bring my drinking life into this,” I calmly say.His brows hitch. “Goddamn it. What hell of a grandson are you? Do you understand what
Naya's POV“C’mon, aunty Naya, dive in. The pool is warm,” Cookie cries out.“Oh, Cookie, I'm not an olympic champion,” I laugh as I gently walk to the corner of the pool and pick up the yellow floater. I wish I could shy away from what I've always seen as a precarious adventure, but I've made a friend tonight who I don't intend to break bonds with.Wearing it, I carefully step into the pool.We're at the shallow part of the pool, but the water is deep enough to reach my waist as I step in.The chill water soaks up my body and I shiver as goosebumps spread all over my skin.I've never been a good swimmer, so I don't take the risks that the experts do.“Come over here!” Cookie calls, splashing a handful of water at me.She smirks as I cover my face with my palms.“Catch me if you can!” She taunts.Her nanny is standing by the poolside, watching as we play together.I didn't expect we'd be playing like this, at least, not in the space of one day. I guess being sassy didn't stop her fro
Naya's POVI wake up the next morning to the screeching of car tyres and the loud revving of car engines. I rolled to the window and peeked out to see two sports cars drifiting around one of the water fountains.A tiny knocks lands on my door and I pull my nightwear over my breasts.“Come in, Cookie,” I say.The door swings open and she rushes in immediately.“Good morning, aunt Naya.” She springs her energetic self at me on the bed.I do my best to catch her and embrace her in a warm hug.“How are you, Cookie?” I ask with a smile.“Excited,” she cries out. “Come with me. Big bro and Henry want to race along the tracks.”I turn my face to the window and a smile curls my lips.“Alright, Cookie,” I smile and climb down the bed.I brush and then change into one of Rowan's black sweatpants. It's long enough to reach my toes so I pull it up to my stomach. I wear his black Ghost Rider shirt and it's towers over me, but surprisingly makes the fit.Strolling downstairs with Cookie, we join
Rowan's POVI can't shake the thought of Naya off my head now that my grandfather has accepted her into the family.I'm seated in my office, my fingers tapping on the desk as I stare blankly at the screen of my laptop.Honestly, I didn't expect that my old man would accept her. That's why I took time before taking her to see him, so that he'd at least consider that we've been together for a long time.Her wolf doesn't seem capable of matching my wolf of rage, but that's not a problem. I'm not getting married for my wolf, I'm doing it for myself.I've barely had a relationship where I felt at peace as much as I do with her. That's why I'm going to keep her.Moreover, there's a lot I need to understand about her.Since she was wants a week to think about it, I should get her a personal driver and maybe bodyguards too.I palm a hand over my face and I draw a sharp breath.“Sir?” My assistants voice chimes in my ear.I look up and she's standing right before my desk. It seems she's been
Rowan's POVThe response of the shipping company troubles my mind as I sign off from the office. A two weeks delay on the arrival of my cargo isn't something I can just sit and endure.That cargo is actually meant to land by tomorrow latest.If I knew they were this unreliable, I wouldn't have used their service at all. I blame myself for listening to their marketer's pitch. If I hadn't given her those first ten second's attention she asked for, I wouldn't be suffering this mess.Lilian walks with me to the parking lot where Henry is waiting for me.Henry opens the door and I get into the car.“Enjoy the rest of your day, sir,” she says with a courteous smile.“You too, Lilian,” I managed to say. Henry presses the start button and the engine comes alive.Firing the throttle, the engine revs moderately and he puts the car in drive.I can see him gazing at Lilian from the side mirror as she walks away.“That's a pretty hot chick you have for a secretary,” he let out. “You should let m
Naya's POV I spent more than three hours at the business registration agency. Then from there, I went to visit Reilley who just came back from the trip to the Maldives.We talked for several hours and, before I could know it, it was already getting dark.As I entered my ride home, I wondered why Sophie hadn't called again. Had she given up on pestering me for my help? Picturing her frustrated face made me crack up. I glanced at my wristwatch just for me to see that it was past seven already. I had planned earlier to make some stew before going to bed, but I should have gone shopping first.The taxi stopped in front of my house and I stepped down after paying him and telling him to keep the change.A sigh of relief leaves my mouth. Even though I knew I was going to eat junk tonight, it felt good being back home after a stressful day.I went to the door as the taxi drove away.I tried to open the knob before I remembered that there was something such a key. Huffing out, I reached for
Rowan's POV For the first time since I met Naya, someone else answered her call.I couldn't help the feeling of curiosity that suddenly spiked inside of me. I don't want to imagine that my enemies are aware of my relationship with her and have probably gone after her.I got into my G Wagon and sped off. I needed to talk directly with her friend who answered her call.Even though I drove fast, I drove with a little bit of caution. The vehicle was last year's model and I hadn't driven it more than thrice. Some of the new gear technologies it was equipped with were things I was yet to familiarise with.In twenty minutes, I arrived at Naya's apartment and I came down from the car, leaving the headlights on as I went straight to her door.I touched the door knob and noticed that the door was locked, however, from inside.I rang the doorbell and waited for an answer. But after five trials, none came.I decided to knock, even though it might disturb the neighbours since it was already late.
NAYAI gasped as the gunshot went off. I could not believe that Sophia would actually be this crazy. She would do anything to have her way right?.Sophie's eyes went wide. She seemed shocked by what she had done. The gun dropped from her hand as she took a few steps back. She shook her head, with her face pale. "No....no, I did not mean to do anything to him. He was the one who got into the way! I did not!" She denied what she had done. Sophie turned and ran out of the house. I wanted to go after her, but then I had to check on Rowan and make sure that he was fine. I had my attention back on Rowan and I noticed that he was holding his arm. "Rowan? Are you okay??" I asked him as i helped him stand up. I felt true fear now. If anything happened to him, I would not be able to forgive myself. I really didn't want this to happen....Rowan getting hurt because of me. I thought that I had the whole situation under control but I was wrong. I had nothing under control! He shook his hea
ROWAN Jessica handed the phone over to me with shaking hands. "I....I called him. He told me that he's going to be here soon. Are you happy now?" Jessica asked me. I nodded my head. "Yes. I am very happy. You know ...you really didn't need to do all of this. You should have just left Naya alone!" I told Jessica. "You....you have no idea how much I love you! Despite how many times you trample on the feelings that I have for you, I refuse to care about it. I just want to be with you. And yet you treat me like this! You even dared to kidnap me! Let me just make it clear to you, Rowan. You are never going to get Naya back. You are going to find out that you're making a big mistake. The King will never let you take the only person who can save the life of his daughter!" Jessica told me.I rolled my eyes at her. "Do you really think that I care about whoever you are working for? It's none of my busines, and it would have been great as long as you had left my wife out of it. You only h
NAYA I lay on the bed weakly as I watched my blood being made into an antidote for the so called princess. She had looked weak when she first walked in, but now that she had taken the antidote, she looked a whole lot better. The princess smiled at Liam. "Thank you so much for saving my life, Liam. I really don't know what I would have done without you. If it wasn't for your efforts all of these years, I am sure that I would have died a long time ago. I am really really happy that I have you in my life!" She said.I wanted to throw up when I heard this. I had never felt this disgusted in my life before. Liam had a sweet smile on his face, and he looked like he was happy to be doing this. I was shaking in anger as I watched him. How dare this person?! He was using my blood to appease someone else! I noticed that Liam had never looked at me the way that he was looking at the princess. He had never been nice to me. I was sure that he did not treat even Sophie in this way. Was this
ROWAN"Are you sure that she is in here?" I turned to ask Sophie. We were standing in front of a house that was in the middle of nowhere. It was an old neighborhood and I was sure that they were less than ten people who lived here. The people who lived here were also probably extremely old and so even if anything had been going on, I was sure that they won't have been able to notice. Sophie nodded her head"Yes. Do you think that I am lying? I did what you asked me to do. I followed him and this was where he came to," Sophie said. I glanced at Henry and he walked with me into the house. I was about to walk in when Sophie grabbed my arm. "Hey where do you think you are going? We aren't done talking here. You said that you are going to pay me a hundred thousand dollars as long as I got the information on where she lived for you. I did that. When are you paying me?" Sophie asked me. "We haven't found Naya yet. As soon as we find her, I am going to give you your money!" I told her f
NAYA The door was pushed open and my eyes flew open immediately. "Who is there? Jessica? You are back? Let me out of here. Let me go as soon as possible. You are not going to get away with doing this. You are going to regret ever don't this to me. Let me go if you know what's good for you!" I snapped at her. When she didn't reply me, I continued. "Rowan is going to find you, and he is going to make sure that you pay for doing this to me. Don't think that you can get away with this. Even if you keep me here for the rest of my life or even kill me, he's never going to look at you. He doesn't love you. Why is it so hard for you to understand that? I am the one that he loves! Only me!" I stated. "Oh really? You are the only one that Rowan loves? Are you sure about that? Are you really so confident about his feelings for you?" I heard a familiar voice ask me just then. I would recognize that voice even if I was dead. The voice that had haunted me in both lifetimes..Liam! Liam was he
LIAM"What? You went out to meet with him? Are you stupid?!" I yelled at Jessica over the phone. "Well, Rowan called me and he told me that he wanted to see me. He even booked a table at a restaurant. I thought that he had come back to his senses and he had seen that I was the better choice for him. But when I got there, all he did was talk about Naya. I think he knows that I am the one who kidnapped her, but he doesn't have any proof at all. He even knows that I met with yon. What am I going to do?" Jessica asked me. She sounded like she was panicking. .I just rolled my eyes. I had no idea why I was surrounded by all of these dumb women. I thought that Sophie was the worst that I would have to deal with and that since Jessica worked for the King, she would be smart at least. But once it involved the man that she was interested in, she had no brains. She was just so fucking stupid! "Do you really think that he'd come running back to your arms a day after Naya went missing? You
ROWAN "Are you sure that Jessica is working for the Alpha? If she's the one working for him then...it means that she's the one who has been spying on us. When she came here and said that she wanted to take care of you that time ..it was because she wanted to spy on you," Henry said to me. Sophie was gone now. It didn't take much for me to persuade her to find out where Liam had taken Naya. "Yes. I am sure of it. She's definitely working for that person. She has been working for him for a really long time, I am sure. If Liam is talking to her about him then it means that they both know him," I said."Then what are you going to do now? Are you sure that it's a good idea to meet with her? I don't think that she's going to give anything away if she's really working for him," Henry said. I shook my head. "I have to try. I know that she won't tell me the truth but I have to meet her and ask her and see if she's going to let anything slip. I asked Sophie to find out from Liam where Naya
ROWAN"I don't deny that she was good to me while we were best friends, but how am I supposed to make a living if I don't have any money? I can't take chances, Rowan. I need to survive. You will never know how hard it is for me to survive. I don't want to beat around the bush with you. So are you going to give me the money or not?" She asked me. "Fine. I will give it to you. And don't think about playing tricks with me, Sophie. Because there are many ways I can get this money back from you. And I don't think that you are going to survive what I do to get the money back if you play me," I warned her. "Don't worry about it, Rowan. I may be a terrible person but I am very honest when it comes to doing business. Besides, I don't want to die. I need to be alive to spend the money," she stated. I brought out my bank book and I wrote her a cheque. Sophie snatched it away from me. She gasped when she saw the price that was written on it. They were literally dollar signs falling out of h
ROWANI turned to Henry. "What do you mean you still can't find her? It's not as if she disappeared off the face of the Earth? Why can't you find her?" I yelled at him. A whole day had passed since Naya had not returned home. At first, Henry had said that she was going out to meet a friend, but then she didn't come back yesterday and we still can't find her today. I was really worried now. Had Liam gotten to her? Did he kidnap her all because of her blood? "Did you find out what Liam did yesterday?" I asked Henry. He nodded his head. "Yes. The person that we had watching him said that he didn't leave his house much yesterday. He went out to meet with the Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack but that was just it. He didn't go anywhere else and he came back home immediately. I don't think he has anything to do with this," Henry said. I sneered at him. "Are you stupid?! Even if he didn't do anything, then he must have had someone do it for him! He must have told someone to kidnap her!
SOPHIEI gasped when I heard this. Was Liam saying that they had kidnapped Naya? I had no idea who that Jessica person was but from Liam's words, they had worked together to kidnap Naya. Liam ended the call and he burst out laughing. I quickly shut the door and started to pace around the bedroom, thinking of what to do. I did not want Liam to know that I had heard what he was talking about. I knew that he was an extremely cold man and if he taught that I knew a secret then he was going to do something to hurt me. I didn't want to die in Liam's hands. I just wanted to be able to survive. Just then the door was pushed open and Liam walked in. I turned to face him and we came face to face with each other. There was a menacing look on his face when he saw me and he looked like he wanted to just triangle it to death and be done with it "What the heck are you doing here Sophie? I thought I have told you that I don't want to see you in my house? and how were you even able to get in