Chapter 104Adrianna's POV Fake daughter? I was always the fake daughter? I was never a real member of this family.Everything just kept coming back as a memory to me. Amelia had left after mocking me. She felt very happy after telling me the truth.She had made it pretty clear that she had always wondered how my face would look like when I finally found out the truth.I guess when found out today. I finally knew the truth I had been wishing to send out since. I felt good knowing the truth but I felt my whole world crumbling down now that I knew the truth.“Why?” I asked, my voice barely a whisper. Why didn't they just tell me all these things instead of treating me like a burden? They should have at least said something once.I always talked to myself wondering what I ever did wrong, and I tried to improve myself for the future even when I knew I did nothing wrong.I always wondered why I was hated, now I knew the reason. I was related to them in a way. Though not directly. They sho
Chapter 105Adrianna's POVHayley and I ran out of the room together. We were making a run for it. Amelia was nowhere to be seen. Was it possible she had already left? We made it out of the warehouse. We were so close to freedom. Just a few steps more and we would be out of the street.I was already feeling really happy knowing that we were getting away from that monster, Amelia.But I heard the sound of movement behind us. It was the steps of a person. My world came crashing down when I realized someone was behind us.“Adrianna!” She yelled.“Amelia,” I whispered to myself.Hayley was staring at me wondering what my next move would be.“Mummy, she is catching up to us,” Hayley said, holding my hand tightly.We were still running hoping to get away from her. “Stop!” She yelled. “I said stop there!!” She kept on chasing us.“Oh, no,” Hayley said.Amelia was gaining on us. We were not able to run well. Hayley was kind of slowing me down.I held Hayley's hand properly and increased my s
Chapter 106Adrianna's POVMy heart skipped a beat when I saw Amelia's gun pointed directly at Hayley.I tried to move, to push Hayley out of the way, but my body was unable to move. I was frozen in fear.I watched Amelia's hand move slowly to the trigger of the gun. “Amelia, no!” Frederick shouted, his gun still pointed at Hayley. Ready to fire anytime.But it was too late. The gun was heard with the bullet firing towards Hayley. Amelia was aiming for Hayley. “Say goodbye to your daughter,” Amelia said with a smile.I watched her turn to Hayley. it was like everything was going in slow motion. She “No!!” I screamed, diving in front of Hayley.I didn't know what was going on in my head. My first instinct was to dive in front of Hayley.I felt a rush of adrenaline as I ran in front of Hayley. I became unfrozen. My brain's first move was to save my daughter.The bullet hit me and I felt a strong, sharp by my shoulder. I gasped in pain, tears rolled down from my eyes as I hit the groun
Chapter 107Adrianna's POVWe arrived at the hospital. I was aware of Frederick's gentle hands lifting me out of the car and following us with tears in her eyes.I was placed on the stretcher and my eyes went blurry. A man in a white coat leans near me. “Can you hear me?” He asked, the stretcher still loving.Dizziness set in. I was unable to answer his questions. Before I knew it, my eyes went shut.When I opened them, I was in a room. It was a hospital room, I was aware of that. I looked around to see the faces of everyone.I saw Steven first, then my mom, Jackson, and then Hayley. Her eyes were so swollen from all the tears she had spilled.My mom took my hands into hers. “Adrianna, sweetie, we were so worried about you.” Steven had a smile on his face. “I'm so glad you're awake, sis.” He said, still keeping the smile on. There was a hint of relief in his eyes.I looked at Jackson and Hayley and I felt so much joy seeing them.“Mom,” he called, his voice trembling.I tried to spe
Chapter 108Adrianna's POV I was taken aback by Frederick's sudden question. “What do you mean?” I asked him in confusion.“Why did you go ahead and meet Amelia on your own?” He asked.“We had plans, you knew all the risks involved, yet you still decided to go without telling me.”I took a deep breath still wondering what I would say to Frederick that would make complete sense. There wasn't a sensible reason why I left home on my own that would make sense to Frederick.“I couldn't sit back and wait, Frederick. Plus, I know you, you will only tell me to stay home since it's for my good.” I told him.“Yes, I would. Because it's for your good. Me and Francis would have gone there on our own and gotten Hayley out of there. That was the plan all along.” Frederick said.“Exactly. I knew the plan and I couldn't let you go through with it. I knew that leaving you two to go on would have probably been the best idea but I couldn't just stand there and watch my daughter stay in the hands of my
Chapter 109Adrianna's POV I lay in my bed thinking of possible events that would have occurred if I didn't get in the way. Hayley could have died. I felt shivers in my spine just from thinking about that. I heard a knock on the door. I assumed it was Frederick since he said he would be right back and that he needed to get something.But I was wondering why he knocked when he could have just walked in. “You can come in,” I said, waiting for him to step in.The door opened, and I was surprised, more like shocked, to see Shawn and not Frederick.My smile faltered and I felt a little disappointed that it wasn't Frederick. All the things Shawn had said to me started coming back all over again.“What brings you here?” I asked, trying not to sound too unpleasant.He looks around the room first before looking back at me. “I just wanted to check up on you, and see how you are doing,” he said.I felt uneasy for some reason. Shawn just showed up out of nowhere. How did he even know I was i
Chapter 110Adrianna's POVToday was the day I was to be discharged from the hospital. Frederick was with me there, and he was the one that would take me back home.Finally, after what felt like an eternity, I was discharged from the hospital.I felt really good being out of the hospital. The environment seemed so different.I smiled at Frederick as he helped me into the car. “How are you feeling?” Frederick asked me while we were driving.“I'm okay. Just a bit tired.” I replied, trying not to worry him.He nodded, taking my hand in his. “ We'll be home soon enough. Then we'll get you settled down.”We arrived home, and Frederick helped me out of the car. He was still treating me like I was still injured.He took me inside and settled me on the couch. I settled down on the couch, ready to close my eyes.I heard the sound of feet coming down from the stairs. Suddenly, Hayley and Jackson ran downstairs with bodies full of energy in excitement.“Mommy's home! Mommy's home!” They said in
Chapter 111Adrianna's POVI sat on Frederick's bed, waiting for him to return from taking the kids to bed. I wanted him to be the first person I would tell about this.I heard the door open, and Frederick's voice as he entered the room. “Hey, what's up? What did you want to talk about that seemed so important?”I sighed, prepared to put out everything I wanted to say, but it was stuck in my mouth,h, unable to come out as much as I wanted it to.“Hey, what's on your mind?” He asked, worried.“When I was with Amelia, she confirmed everything that I thought was right.” I started.Frederick looked confused at first. I knew he wouldn't think about that first because we have been through a lot lately. So, I wasn't expecting him to put the fact that Hayley was kidnapped aside and look for the truth about my parents.“What do you mean? What exactly did she say?” He asked.“She said I wasn't her real sister. My father and mother aren't my parents either. I was suspicious about this from th
Chapter 117Adrianna's POVOur lips get intertwined in an intense kiss. I felt his tongue play with mine. For some reason, now that he proposed to me, the kiss felt more good.Our past kids were all okay, but having a ring around my shoulder made it better.Frederick's arms wrapped tightly around me while he pulled me closer to deepen the kiss.I didn't hesitate to kiss him back with the same intensity he was using on me.We finally broke apart. Frederick was smiling at me while staring. I smiled back at him, feeling nothing but extreme love for him. There was nothing else I could do other than to stare at him.I had been smiling ever since the ring entered my eyes. At that moment, I felt like the luckiest person in the world.Everything was going well for me. I had a family of my own.I was going to marry Frederick. “I'm really happy you said yes, Adrianna. Thank you for making me the happiest alpha in the world.It got to a point where I thought you would say no, but I kept pushing
Chapter 116Adrianna's POV“I didn't think I would see her again. It has been a long time.” He said.“You two seemed pretty cozy over there,” I said, trying to sound casual.Frederick sighed, starting up the engine. “Adrianna, come on.” He said.“Let's just go home,” I told him.I knew that he noticed I wasn't happy about what I saw but he tried to act casual.“Are you guys okay back there?” He asked the kids.“Yeah!” They chorused.“What's wrong with mom?” I heard Jackson ask Frederick.“I have no idea.” He said.“What's wrong, mom?” Hayley asked me.“Nothing, dear. I'm just tired.” I said to her.I knew I said we should go but he should have said something. Instead, he just focused on the road with a neutral expression.He should have known that I would be jealous. Wasn't it obvious? Didn't I make it obvious enough?I decided to remain quiet too. I folded my arms, too, and decided to focus on the road as well.We pulled into the driveway. The kids got out and made their way inside.
Chapter 115Adrianna's POVI watched the ladybird hug Frederick as she owned him. They seemed to know each other from way back.I couldn't help but feel jealous seeing them together. I tried to brush it off, telling myself that being jealous was ridiculous, but it didn't help.I looked away, trying to focus on the kids but my eyes kept going back to them.Her hands were on his waist for too long. She was hugging him tight. I might have been exaggerating, but I felt the hug was too clingy and intimate.Who was this woman? And why was Frederick doing nothing about her? All these questions swirled through my head.I had no idea if Frederick had a friend or not. He never talked about it. All I knew was that he went to work and dealt with his pack problems.I didn't know what was going on there. Frederick reciprocated the hug without any argument. His hands were around her, holding her close with a smile.I watched them, feeling my jealousy increase. I couldn't believe my eyes. Why was Fr
Chapter 114Adrianna's POVWe had arrived back at home. My encounter with my father wasn't what I expected.My father apologized for what he had done to me, and so did my family. I never imagined seeing that day.It didn't take me long to eventually forgive them. No matter what, I still loved them.“Mom! Dad! They're back!” I heard the kids shout as we walked in.Frederick scooped them into a hug. “We're home.”Frederick said, with a smile on his face.“We missed you guys,” they chorused.“We missed you too, baby,” I said to them. no idea what was the reason for going there.“Yeah, we saw her,” Frederick responded when I didn't respond to them.He was always one step ahead of me. He knew when to act when he thought was right. The kids filled us in on how their day went. How they played games and watched movies all day. They filled us up with the movies they watched. Before I left, I prepared lunch for them. All they needed to do was to heat it.The room was filled with chatter and
Chapter 113Adrianna's POVI almost burst into laughter at the sight of my father asking for forgiveness. “You're asking for forgiveness? You? After everything you've done, you're asking me to forgive you?You aren't even capable of apologizing to someone, let alone me. All these are just a trick. A trick to try and manipulate me again, but this time it isn't going to work.”I took another step closer to him.” You do not get to apologize now, not after all these years. You don't get to act like you care about me all of a sudden or you see me as a person.You had decades to make everything right, but you did nothing. All you did was like and manipulate me, Dad.” I said, furiously.“I can't even call you that because you aren't even my real dad.You are not sorry; you're just sorry you were caught. You are only sorry because I found out the truth.If I didn't come here to say all these, you wouldn't think about apologizing to me.” I walked back to my mom. “Can you at least tell me why
Chapter 112Adrianna's POVFrederick and I drove back to my house. He insisted on coming with me.Frederick's proposal had caught me off guard, and I was still trying to process everything.I cared about him deeply, but marriage at a time like this. I wasn't sure I was ready yet.When we got there, I was hit with the memory of me and my father arguing the other day.“Hey, are you okay?” Frederick asked after we got out of the car.I nodded. “yeah, I'm just…it's a lot to take in.”He nodded understandingly. “If you don't want to do this, we can get in the car right now and I'll drive you back home.” He said, looking directly into my eyes.But I shook my head, “No, I need to face this. I need to do this.”I told him.He held my eyes and said to me. “I'm gonna be near you the whole time. Whatever you need, I'll be there.” I took a deep breath and walked into the house. I walked into the living room, and surprisingly everyone was already there.My mom, dad, and Steven were all there.“Ad
Chapter 111Adrianna's POVI sat on Frederick's bed, waiting for him to return from taking the kids to bed. I wanted him to be the first person I would tell about this.I heard the door open, and Frederick's voice as he entered the room. “Hey, what's up? What did you want to talk about that seemed so important?”I sighed, prepared to put out everything I wanted to say, but it was stuck in my mouth,h, unable to come out as much as I wanted it to.“Hey, what's on your mind?” He asked, worried.“When I was with Amelia, she confirmed everything that I thought was right.” I started.Frederick looked confused at first. I knew he wouldn't think about that first because we have been through a lot lately. So, I wasn't expecting him to put the fact that Hayley was kidnapped aside and look for the truth about my parents.“What do you mean? What exactly did she say?” He asked.“She said I wasn't her real sister. My father and mother aren't my parents either. I was suspicious about this from th
Chapter 110Adrianna's POVToday was the day I was to be discharged from the hospital. Frederick was with me there, and he was the one that would take me back home.Finally, after what felt like an eternity, I was discharged from the hospital.I felt really good being out of the hospital. The environment seemed so different.I smiled at Frederick as he helped me into the car. “How are you feeling?” Frederick asked me while we were driving.“I'm okay. Just a bit tired.” I replied, trying not to worry him.He nodded, taking my hand in his. “ We'll be home soon enough. Then we'll get you settled down.”We arrived home, and Frederick helped me out of the car. He was still treating me like I was still injured.He took me inside and settled me on the couch. I settled down on the couch, ready to close my eyes.I heard the sound of feet coming down from the stairs. Suddenly, Hayley and Jackson ran downstairs with bodies full of energy in excitement.“Mommy's home! Mommy's home!” They said in
Chapter 109Adrianna's POV I lay in my bed thinking of possible events that would have occurred if I didn't get in the way. Hayley could have died. I felt shivers in my spine just from thinking about that. I heard a knock on the door. I assumed it was Frederick since he said he would be right back and that he needed to get something.But I was wondering why he knocked when he could have just walked in. “You can come in,” I said, waiting for him to step in.The door opened, and I was surprised, more like shocked, to see Shawn and not Frederick.My smile faltered and I felt a little disappointed that it wasn't Frederick. All the things Shawn had said to me started coming back all over again.“What brings you here?” I asked, trying not to sound too unpleasant.He looks around the room first before looking back at me. “I just wanted to check up on you, and see how you are doing,” he said.I felt uneasy for some reason. Shawn just showed up out of nowhere. How did he even know I was i