Chapter 58What do you mean?" I raised a brow."I thought you'd know this better than anyone else. Come on, this is Henry's mom. It's not like there's anything anyone would say about it," my eyes widened."My stepmom? Didn't she die from my arrow that year? She's dead; it can't be her!" I shrugged, refusing to believe him."I'm not urging you to agree with me; I'm stating a fact here. Besides, how sure are you that she's truly dead?" I furrowed my brow, finding some sense in what he was saying."Take a look at this. She had a big mole on her left leg, remember?" I ruffled my hair in frustration.The whole thing was leaving me speechless."I remember," he brought the phone closer, then zoomed in after pausing it."I'm only starting to think about it now that you mentioned it. The aura around Dora seemed more like hers, but I didn't bother taking it to heart."How come you didn't notice it when you saw her running away?""How would I believe that she's the one when she's dead? Remember?
Chapter 59Wait, your wife didn't tell you about it?" Wren looked back to glare at his wife."Babe?" His wife walked out."Babe, who's at the door? I've been waiting for you to come back," she said, shocked to see Sonia standing by the door."Sonia?" She gasped."I was here only to see your husband asking who I was and what I was doing here. Didn't you tell him I was coming?" His wife gasped."What are you saying, Sonia? I told you I needed to talk to my husband about it. Seeing you here today isn't what we discussed!" Sonia frowned."Are you suddenly changing your mind because he's here? You told me I could come over anytime and that your husband wouldn't say a thing. You even told me your husband isn't much trouble and that he always does anything you say. Why are you suddenly acting like you have no idea what I'm saying?" She twitched her brow, glaring heatedly at Sonia."This better be a joke, Sonia. I won't tolerate you laying false accusations on me!" Wren, who knew her game, di
Chapter 60"Why are you still outside? Come on, come inside," Wren said from inside."You heard him; he wants me in. Get ready, baby girl. It's my turn to shine!"***Alisha's POV I stood up to get the door.I was shocked to see Dora standing at the door, smiling widely at me. I could see the deceit in her eyes as she smiled, but I couldn't just bring myself to believe she’d do such a thing."Are you okay?" she questioned when she noticed I wasn't smiling back at her. "Why can't I just bring myself to believe something that's already obvious?""I'm fine. Do you need anything?" I asked. I wasn't ready to let her in. She should stand outside and tell me whatever she has to say."I'm fine; I just came to check up on your son. How's he doing this morning? Is he okay? Did anything happen to him?" she questioned. What the hell kind of question is that? Wait, was she expecting something to happen to him? My gaze darkened. I can't remember mentioning anything to her or anyone."Why do you as
Chapter 61Darien's POVI walked into the room only to see Alisha's stepdad, or should I say my dad, sitting comfortably on the couch."Why are you here?" I asked moodily.Heaven knows I wasn't in the mood to argue with him; neither was I in the mood to drag him or even force him into doing anything. He should just let me be. I'm already going through a lot."Are you chasing me out of your home?" His eyes widened."If you think that's it, then fine. Please don't just come here to stress me. If you are here to argue or drag me, then come back tomorrow; I'm already occupied today," he chuckled."You should think twice before chasing me out of your home! I'm your father-in-law, remember?" I scoffed."Father-in-law? To whose daughter? Because I can remember you saying she's not your daughter, and besides, she hasn't forgiven you. Just leave and come back tomorrow," I blurted, taking a seat on the second couch."It's still not fair. I'm still your stepdad. At least I deserve some respect f
Chapter 62Clara walked down the stairs with Adrian, her oldest son, behind her while she carried Adam, her youngest boy, in her arms. Sonia chuckled upon seeing them."Mom, who is she?" Adrian, her eldest son, asked, referring to Sonia, who was seated comfortably on the couch in their sitting room with her legs resting on the chair."Wow! Seems your mother hasn't told you. It's fine; I will tell you," Sonia chimed in before Clara could say a word."She's my friend; she's here too..." Sonia interrupted her before she could complete her statement."I'm not your friend, Clara; tell them the truth!" Sonia cut her off."Mommy, what is she saying? If she is not your friend, then who is she?" Adrian asked again. Without letting her say a word, Sonia interrupted once more."I don’t know why they refused to tell you about it. You will find out a little later, but let me brief you about it. I'm your father’s new wife. Tell me, aren't I prettier than your mom?" Adrian hissed in frustration."No
Chapter 63"What condition?" I asked, and he smirked."I discussed it with my mom already, and she agreed. The doctor also said you can take me with you. If you don't trust that I'm healed, you can just get a home nurse for me. I'm going with you. Mom, you agreed already, right?" He winked at his mom, and she reluctantly nodded.Only God knows what she's blackmailing her with because Alisha will never agree to this willingly."You see, Mom wants me to go with you. Look, she already arranged my bag." He pointed at a big bag lying in a corner. How the hell did he do this?"But what about..." He cut me off before I could even finish."There's no 'but.' My mommy agreed already, and that's all that matters. Don't give me excuses. You can tell me if you don't want to take me with you."****After an hour of chatting with Daniel, he finally fell asleep.Alisha never said anything during our discussion; she just sat and watched as if what he discussed was none of her business."So tell me, Al
Chapter 64Alisha's POV"I'm so sorry, I was just passing by" She quickly stood up trying to run away but Wren grabbed her hands preventing her from leaving."Where are you rushing to? Weren't you listening to our conversation?’’ Wren dragged her in and then closed the door."I wasn't standing here, I was only passing by" She tried going out again but the wren's grip on her was too tight."Who exactly are you Dora? Why are you doing this?" She had that one innocent expression on her face."What do you mean? I didn't do anything" she blinked innocently."Stop lying to us Dora, who are you walking for?" Darien questioned walking up to her.Seeing they weren't ready to let her go she chuckled darkly."And who is to tell me what to do? I'm not telling you anything, do your worst!" She snapped.The next she opened her hands and fire in the form of balls appeared in them. Everyone, including My stepdad."What are you doing Dora, are you crazy?" I yelled."Yes, I am. I'm crazy, what will you
Chapter 65 Alisha's POV;"You are now mine Alisha! Just mine! I know I've really wronged you in the past but not anymore. I promise I will love you, just the way you want to be loved, just give me a chance" Wait, if I hadn't forgiven him would I let him have his way, he's very dumpy."I have forgiven you, I can't be mad forever. I need to give Daniel the chance to experience what it feels like to have both parents" I lied, I wasn't only doing this because of Daniel, I was doing it because my heart still longs for him. So badly.Writer's POV;"You just messed up everything Dora, this wasn't the plan. You weren't supposed to let them see what you've got! Why do I have the feeling that you want to betray me?" Emily grabbed her neck, choking her."I'm. sorry, I didn't..mean to, they forced me to!" She shuttered."Lies! You only did it to ruin my plans, you did it intentionally, stop lying!" She tightened her fist."Mom! What's going on here? Let her go!" Henry intervened, separating her
Chapter 80"It's you? It's been a long, good afternoon," Drake smiled at Alisha."Yes, I requested to see you. How have you been and how's she?" Drake smiled happily."She's been fine. Trust me, having her is the best thing that happened to me," Alisha nodded."What happened? I was told you brought her to the hospital by a nurse. Is she okay?" Alisha asked, and the smile on his face disappeared."She fainted all of a sudden," Alisha's eyes widened."Don't tell me you are stressing her," Drake bent his head, thinking of how to tell her his fears."No, not that. She just fell all of a sudden, and it has something to do with her memory loss. I'm scared; what if she regains her memory and suddenly wants to leave me?" he asked, his voice sad and broken."That would depend on how you treated her during this past month. Just pray she doesn't remember suddenly," Alisha told him."She's been fine, but I'm still scared." Alisha touched his shoulders."It's okay.""Who's the man to you? I mean t
Chapter 79My stepdad was lying in his own pool of blood.I had second thoughts about going in to check if he was still breathing, but after some time I summoned the courage and went in.Seeing that he was still breathing, I pulled out my phone and dialed Darien's number. Even if he's a bad person, there's no way I would leave him to die this way.I looked around and saw the knife lying on the floor, then I realized that he had been stabbed—by whom?It was then I heard faint footsteps from behind. Then I knew I wasn't alone in the room.I stood up, only to see a lady, whom I guessed was his wife, standing behind me holding a knife with a deadly smirk playing on her lips."I wanted to kill him alone, but now that you are here, I think it's better to end you too," she chuckled."Who are you and why did you do this to him?""Do this to him?" She chuckled."Don't skip my questions! Why did you stab him?" I half-yelled, and she scoffed."I stabbed him because he deserved it! After everythi
Chapter 78Writer's POV***Drake's mom (Mrs. Mandes) dragged her bag into her house, looking really angry. The husband who was seated in the sitting room stood up to meet her at the door."You finally came back after spending the whole week there; I thought you'd stay back there and get married to your son," Mr. Mandes teased his wife."What's the meaning of that silly joke? What do you mean by staying back there to marry my son?" she hissed in anger."I've heard all you did to Drake's fiancée. I'm happy you finally got tired of trying to ruin a relationship you didn't build. Welcome," the old man went back to his seat."He told you? That ungrateful son of mine!" she hissed again."He didn't. In fact, I haven't heard from him since you left, and I believe it's due to how you were tormenting him and his fiancée," Mr. Mandes chuckled."If he didn't tell you, then who did?" She rolled her eyes, glaring daggers at her husband."Lisa; she came here yesterday and told me everything that ha
Chapter 77Outside the Pack"What? Did he get his wolf back? How did that happen? You see what I've been telling you, Henry? You shouldn't have let them get back together. Getting her wolf back is only because they reconciled. I tried stopping this, but you just won't listen! See what you've caused; now it will be very hard getting him down!""How is it my fault? You were the one who chose to get Dora into our game despite me telling you she'd ruin things for us. She's ruined everything, so why are you blaming me? You always blame me for every single thing that happens!""It wasn't my fault either, Henry. I thought she was going to do better. I didn't know she'd ruin everything for us. Let's just sit and plan something else. You can't give up now.""Don't you think killing him will get harder?""Not with me here, not when I have the wolf bone," she smirks."What? Do you want to use it on him? Don't you think that's a bit harsh?""It's not; it won't kill him at once. He will suffer in
Chapter 76Alisha's POVI walked out of the house only to see Henry standing there waiting for me.I wondered if the guards didn't see him or if they just allowed him in on purpose. It was after I asked the guard that I realized he told them I called for him... But when did I do that? I hope he's not here to implicate me."What are you doing here, Henry? So you finally got tired of snubbing me?" He smiled, a smile I could tell was fake."Funny how you just acted like we've never met after you got back with my brother. I don't deserve this, Alisha."I was watching a movie with Darien when I was told by a guard that someone was looking for me. Darien insisted on following the guard, but I managed to convince him to let me handle it.Now I'm here to meet Henry, the same guy who's been playing my son and me."Can't I come to see you again? Or has he stopped you from seeing me? I know he's always this way," Henry chuckled."I'm not here for this, Henry. I called you several times, but you
Chapter 75"That's what you concluded in your mind this morning to come tell me?" Drake chuckled."Drake! Don't talk to her in that manner!" His mom snapped."How should I talk to her? Do you want me to plead? What the hell is wrong with the both of you? Wait, Mom, have you always been this way or are you only doing this to piss me off?" His mom scoffed as she dished the remaining food from the pot."Here, baby, he made you breakfast. Don't mind how he's been acting towards you. He's not usually like this... He's only being shy." Lisa wiped her tears, then moved closer with the intention of hugging him, but the glare he gave her made her halt in her spot."It's high time you wake up from this slumber. My mom was only playing with you when she told you I was going to marry you. Think of it, Lisa, if you are dating a guy and his mom brings in another lady, how would you feel? Bad, right? That's exactly how my girlfriend feels at the moment. Just go home, Lisa; you will find someone who
Chapter 74Writer's POV:Drake hummed a song as he broke the last egg onto the plate.He was about to pour it into the hot pan over the fire when his mom rushed into the kitchen."I told Lisa I was joking when she told me you were the one cooking! Why would you be the one cooking? Where's your so-called fiancée?" His mom half-yelled."Not again, Mom. What's wrong with me cooking? I didn't ask you to cook, did I?"She hissed."Is this how she plans on treating you when you finally get married to her? She's not fit for you, son. Can't you just see it?""She's the one who usually does the cooking. You know I'm supposed to be in the hospital now, but I can't just wake her up or stress her. You know we had a really wild night yesterday, so she's tired. I didn't want to disturb her, so I'm making this breakfast to serve her in bed, then help her take a bath before I leave," he smiled happily, adding to his mother's annoyance."Is this what she's turning you into? A babysitter? What have I g
Chapter 73"What are you doing here? Didn't we agree that you'd sleep in the room while I slept here? Please, Darien, don't come here to add to my anger. Just leave, please." Darien went on his knees before she could complete her statement. "I know I wronged you once again, but please, Alisha, find a place in your heart to forgive me. I didn't know that she was going to kiss me. Please, Alisha, forgive me.""Forgive you? I'm tired of forgiving you! You do whatever you think is fit, then come back to apologize like I'm some sort of machine that doesn't have emotions! I'm fucking human, Darien. I have feelings. You can't just do whatever you like and then come back to apologize simply because you knew I was going to forgive you! Just leave already," she tried walking out, but he grabbed her hands."Just this once, Alisha. Give me another chance to make things right. I would never do anything that would hurt you. Believe me!" Alisha scoffed."Yeah, the same way you just kissed your ex.
Chapter 72Writer's POV"Please, Alisha, calm down. I can explain..." Darien ran after Alisha."What is it that you want to explain? The fact that you were kissing your best friend or the fact that you acted like I didn't exist?""I'm so sorry, Alisha. I didn't mean to. She was the one who kissed me. Please believe me.""I'm not doubting you, Darien; I dare not doubt you. If I were the one kissing a guy, wouldn't you react the same way? Just go back to her and free me!" Alisha snapped."She's gone already. She only did that because she missed me a lot. I didn't even know when she kissed me," Darien defended."No way! You don't need to explain. I'm not telling you to explain. I'm leaving! And I'm taking Daniel with me. You can just follow her wherever she is! I don't care, Darien; I don't give a f*ck!" Alisha snapped and then stormed out.Darien ruffled his hair in frustration.***Alisha stormed out of the building, ignoring the calls from Wren."Please, Alisha, you have to calm down