Ella’s POV“What?” I whispered with shock dripping all over my pores.“I mean it, Ella. I love you and I will do anything for you… even if it means taking responsibility for your child…”“But I-”“You don’t have to love me back… at least not now. Just let me take care of you and the baby. We can tell your uncle that we want to wait till after the baby is born so that we can have our mating ceremony.”His hands were on mine and his eyes searched my face for an answer. I knew that he was waiting for me to speak, but I couldn’t even move my mouth. This was too much for me to take in all at once.“Except you want… you want something else…” Michael mumbled dropping his head to the ground. “Is he your mate?” He asked and I understood what he meant.Of course, Ryker was my mate, but he didn’t belong to me. He belonged to Willow, and he didn’t even want the baby. He had made that very clear from the beginning. Wanting to return to him was never the action because the moment I stepped out of
Ella’s POVMy heart stopped drumming and I turned to look at Michael. As if he had sensed my eyes on him, he tightened his hold on my hand like a silence assurance for me to stay calm.“Alpha, we can wait we are not in a hurry,” he said, trying to convince him but he shook his head as he walked down to us.His frame seemed larger and even more intimidating than I remembered. When he got in front of us, I could no longer look him in the eye. He stopped right in front of us, and I suddenly felt smaller than my usual size.From the corner of my eyes, I saw his hand move away from his side and he brought it to our joined hands. Ever so gently, he pulled my hands out of Michael’s hold and started pulling me away from him.“You are in love… I see no reason to wait,” he said, without turning to face Michael. I was too ashamed to speak or look at him. I just let him lead me away from Michael till we got to the entrance. He handed me over to a guard and I felt my heart drop to my stomach.A t
Ella’s POVA sharp knock on the door saved me from answering the question and the growing storm in my heart reduced to a wavering breeze as Aunt Emily let out a sigh and got on her feet.“The dressmaker is here,” she said and went to the door.As she left, I released my breath and tried to calm my heart. I quickly grabbed the glass of milk and gulped it down like it was a cold refreshing glass of water.“Oh, my dear, I didn’t know you were a designer…” I heard Aunt Emily say as she returned from the door and the whizz of a very familiar scent filled the room, causing the hair at the back of my neck to stand erect in alarm.“Yes Aunt, I studied Fashion design and creation here at Crystal College. I was one of their star students,” the voice echoed, and my intestines curled.My wolf jumped to the surface, and I felt panic surge through me as I raised my head and my eyes met with the speaker.“Everyone called me, Willow the Great.” She appeared behind Aunt Emily, and blood drained from m
Ella’s POVThe air in the cabin dropped to a very cold temperature and breathing became difficult. I was suddenly uncomfortable with Selena and Willow in the same space with me.My thighs felt glued to the sofa as I began to sweat despite the temperature being low. My heart was beating at a strange pace and even my wolf became restless.‘This is not good at all,’ Nala whispered in my head as the two women stared at me with mischief dancing in their eyes as soon as Aunt Emily left.‘You need to leave here, now!’ My wolf added with urgency, but it was too late. Selena was already strutting to the door.When she got to it, she turned to stare at me with mischief glowing from her eyes and something else I hadn’t noticed before now. Anger.She looked like a flame of rage was burning within her as she started back at me. Then as if they were communicating to themselves, she moved her eyes from me and stared in Willow’s direction. They exchanged glances and then I heard the clicking sound of
Ella’s POVMy already shattering heart fell to the pit of my stomach. Tears burst through the seals of my lids and my chest felt inundated with pain and denial.Michael had said he was my second chance mate… He said he loved me…“Aww, you don’t have to cry,” Selena whispered, “Bad things happen to bad people…”I could barely register what she was saying as my entire body was refusing to take the information I had just heard. It was like Deja vu. It felt like I was cursed. Why did all the bad things have to happen to me?First, it was Ryker. I thought everything in my life was finally going to be better after finding him, but it was all a façade. He had given his heart to someone else and then Michael…“He said he loved me…” I whispered to myself, and I heard the burst of laughter that left Willow and Selena’s lips as my words.I raised my eyes to look at them and they suddenly seemed like new additions to the small house we were in. My breathing was almost coming out at gasps and all
Ella's POVWillow immediately took her leg off my arm and we all turned to the door —me with hope but the others looked with disdain."Get to your feet and place your hands behind you." Selena ordered through clenched teeth.Knowing what she was capable of, I didn't dare argue, I placed my bleeding hand behind me just as she had instructed and pretended like all was fine.Willow immediately went on her knees and started picking up the broken shards of glass, like if had been her duty all along."I was— oh," Aunt Emily paused as she finally stepped into the room and her eyes fell on the three of us. "Willow dear, what are you doing? What's— oh..."She got closer and she saw the damage herself. "Ola! Sandy!" She instantly bellowed and two maids appeared behind the door with trays in their hands."Yes, ma'am," they chorused with their heads bowed."Drop the trays over there and get something to clean this mess immediately," she instructed the maids, and then she turned to us, "Willow de
Ella's POV The awful evening finally came to an end and I was permitted to return to my room.As I walked out of Aunt Emily's cabin, I felt their eyes on me, and my soul was filled with fear. There was nothing my wolf could do to calm me.I kept fighting the urge to run right there and then. But I had to control myself because if I ran to my room it would birth questions and Willow and her accomplice, Selena wouldn't like that.So with my thumping heart, I continued walking, making sure to keep to the light and where I could see the guards hanging around. At least they wouldn't hurt me in front of people or so I thought until I heard the loud horn of a vehicle coming behind me.I moved out of the way just in time for the pink SUV to swerve past me in a very rough way. It was just mere inches before they scratched me.As their vehicle passed, I remained on the road with a hand on my racing heart.'All of these is your fault. You should have listened to me!' Nala growled.'You should h
Hello dear readers, Thank you all so much for reading, voting and subscribing for this book. I hope you are all enjoying it as much as I enjoy writing it. Please feel free to comment on what you think about the story, to help me make it even better. Xoxo❤️❤️ ......... Michael's POV 'Pathetic little fool,' my wolf growled as I marched out of Ella's room. I had managed to calm her and she fell asleep in my arms. Hopefully, when she woke up, she would erase every doubt she had about me and we would go forward with the mating as planned. I have worked too hard for anyone to mess this up for me at this point. My hands clenched and unclenched as I marched down the corridor and headed to Selena's room. She had a lot of explaining to do. I would not sit still and watch her mess up all of my hard work for me. I had to talk some sense into her. As if her door knew that I was coming, it burst open as soon as I got a couple of feet close to it and Willow stepped out with the sound of t