Chapter 27Fredrick's POVAfter dropping Adrianna and her kids home, I didn't go back to the office, instead, I went home. A lot was on my mind and I needed to think about it.I was feeling very restless after seeing Adrianna's children. I have never had that kind of connection with children before so I wouldn't know what it meant. But whatever it meant, I needed to find out why I was so drawn to them.I decided to make inquiries. I picked up my phone and decided to call someone who might be able to help me out. The phone rang for a while before he finally answered. "Fredrick," Steven called. "Hey, Steven." "Hey, why the sudden call?" He asked surprisingly. "Did Adrianna do something?" "Why? Is it a crime to call my future brother-in-law?" I said. "And Adrianna hasn't done anything, she's been working hard." I told him.She had been walking hard but the part where she hadn't done anything to offend me was a lie. I could begin to list them if I wanted her fires but this wasn't the
Chapter 28Fredrick's POV,We didn't talk too long, and then Steven left. I sat at the counter, taking my third drink. I could hear music playing. But it wasn't the music everyone was dancing to before. It was changed to a kind of music that felt distant.It had been five years since that night, I buried it because I felt bad about the fact that I never got to see her face. But fate had a cruel way of bringing past mistakes back to the present. And today, it hit me hard when I found out Adrianna was the one.The girl who I took advantage of out of recklessness. The girl whose life I destroyed. And those kids she had now, were mine.I slammed the glass on the counter, the impact causing everyone to stare at me but I didn't care. The bartender glanced at me with concern all over his eyes but he didn't dare say anything.Maybe because he was scared and didn't want to get involved, or maybe he was just used to seeing broken men at the counter.The memory of Adrianna haunted me. I never th
Chapter 29Adrianna's POVWhy Fredrick was acting strangely? I had no idea. Why he raised his voice at me when I was only being nice, I didn't know. I wondered what made him so angry this morning. He was all nice yesterday and suddenly he lashed out at me for no reason.I was only thanking him and being nice. This is what happens when you try to be nice to an arrogant wolf-like Fredrick. It was my mistake, one I would never make again."What did you do now?"Lyla asked.Lyla was one of the very few people I talked to at work. She assisted me with some of my work since she was also a secretary. Other than that, she tells me about the do's and don'ts of Fredrick. Things I should know to avoid being fired. She was the reason why I was still here. She reminded me to always apologize to Fredrick even if I didn't want to.Some mornings I see him walk into his office and feel like he can get his coffee himself.I don't say it out loud just in my thought. But she always tried to remind me eve
Chapter 30Adrianna's POV"Ahh…"Fredrick startled me. I turned around and everyone was staring at me. My scream must have disturbed them."Sorry. Sorry, everyone. "I said softly.He just showed up out of nowhere.I turned to Fredrick and he was still there. "I told you to stop doing that. What do you want? Do you need anything?"I whispered. "Sir?"I added.I wondered if he heard my conversation with Shawn. He didn't have the right to eavesdrop on my conversation. "I'm sorry."He said, disrupting my thoughts. His eyes showed remorse in them. "What?""I'm sorry," he apologized."You're sorry?"I joked while smiling. "For what exactly?""For yelling at you. I was going through something when you came in. I didn't mean to respond to you like that. "He elaborated."You are sorry?"I asked him.It was surprising to see him apologize. Not that he hadn't done it before but today seemed different."Yes, I am. I am."He added."Suree. That isn't weird at all."I stated."I'm being serious right no
Chapter 31Adrianna's POVSaturday finally came. Fredrick sent a text to me saying we would meet up by ten. I felt really good waking up without trying to rush and get to work early.I stayed on my bed for a while just meditating on the time I had left. I had nothing to do, all I had to do that day was just to take care of the kids. That was all, I did nothing at home.After meditation, I went to the kid's room and woke them up. They weren't ready to stand up yet. "Why do we need to wake up early?" Hayley cried."We're not even going to school. It's Saturday." Jackson said, sitting up."Don't you want to go out?" I asked them.Hayley quickly got up. "Where are we going to?" She asked."It's a surprise. You just have to get ready." I told them.I didn't know where we were going either. This was probably reckless but I had no idea why I agreed to this. "Okay okay," Jackson said.They both got up from their beds, ready to take their bath.I did all that needed to be done. We were read
Chapter 32Adrianna's POVI tried to avoid Fredrick for the rest of the day. I felt awkward after what happened between us. The best option would have been to push him away while he kissed me and give him a slap like the first time, but I couldn't see myself doing it.The kids and I were building sand castles. I could feel his stares burning through me. I tried to avoid eye contact but whenever I turned around, I caught his eyes on me."Mom," Jackson broke off the stare."Yes, Baby," I answered."Do you like Uncle Fredrick?"The kid in front of me asked.I wasn't expecting that kind of question from him. Yeah, I knew they saw us kissing by chance but they wouldn't know the meaning. *Yeah, mom. You like him, right?"Hayley added."What do you know about liking someone? You're just five." I asked them."I know a lot. One of my friends from school says she has a crush on a boy in our class. I asked her why she liked him and she said because he was handsome.She explained."Is that so?"I
Chapter 33Adrianna's POVWe drove for a while and the rain was still pouring heavily. The kids hadn't eaten and they were sleeping."How long before we get to your house?" I asked him.I was getting really curious, I had been to his house before but I didn't know it was this far."We're almost there. Why don't you just relax? Get some sleep? Or don't you trust me?" He asked."No." "What? You think I'm gonna kidnap you or something?" He asked."I'll never know. It's better to remain vigilant." I said."Whatever. You need to chill. I don't have bad intentions about you. And I'm not going to abduct you. If I wanted to do that, I would done it on several occasions." He explained.I knew he wasn't capable of doing such. No matter how annoying he was, he wasn't a bad person."We're here," he said.We stopped in front of a gate and he began to horn.After some time someone opened the big gate and we drove inside.I almost forgot how rich he was. I was so busy with all the drama at the part
Chapter 34Adrianna's POVBefore I could comprehend the situation before me, I found myself devouring his lips aggressively.I didn't know I could be like this. I couldn't see myself stopping. This was the third time he was doing this. I guess the third time was always the charm. A man whom I hated before. It seemed wrong and right all at the same time because I felt something I had never felt with any other man in my entire life. Not that I had ever had this kind of thing before.His right hand, firmly gripped on my hips this time, he pulled me closer as he sucked on my neck area. Before I knew what was going on, he lifted me and carried me to what seemed to be his room. Using his left hand, he shut the door behind us and locked it rapidly.This time as I was pinned by the wall, he devoured my upper lips and then my lower lips. He did this interchangeably. As soon as I was filled with pleasure, I wanted more and decided to kiss him back the way I wanted.I entangled my tongue with h
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