Alex restlessly walked back and forth in his office, his hands crossed behind his back.He brushed back his hair with his fingers, his mind occupied with the thoughts of Melissa.Somehow he wanted to protect her and her daughter - he wanted to be greatly involved in their lives.Ever since Melissa moved in with him, it became more like her life was merged with his. And now that she was sad, he was greatly worried.It was more like he was designed to make her happy and smile.He placed his palm on his face. Thinking about Melissa had completely disoriented him.What made him worried the most was that Melissa had not come out of her room since the day before and no matter how hard he tried to make her she refused.Kristen could remember that he dismissed Karl the other time because a business came up. He thought she would overcome her mood in no time but she had been indoors since yesterday and it was giving him the chills - for one, he didn't want anything happening to her and at the sa
Kristen got out of his car, handed his suitcase to his assistant who willfully collected it, and started walking into the company.As he walked, he looked just like the perfect example of a business tycoon who had walked out of the cover of the page of a business magazine.As he walked toward the elevator that led to his office, he returned the greetings of his employees with a wave of the hand and without as much as a smile.Everyone in the office knew that that was his way of greeting.Walking into the elevator, he adjusted his suit and stood with his legs a bit apart.He pressed the number of the floor the elevator stopped.Immediately the elevator dinged, he came out with an elegant step and went into his office, and sat down."What are my appointments for today?" He asked his personal assistant."You have to meet with the Blue Moon Company in an hour now.And you have three other meetings before…"Kristen stopped listening at this point as his mind went through a train of thoughts
The next day, Kristen was ready for work. He pinned his wristwatch, took his briefcase, and left his room.He walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen."I smell something nice, preparing breakfast?""You'll grab a bite before you go," Melissa said and turned to smile at him."I'm sorry to disappoint but I'll have to have breakfast at the office or I will be late if I do that here. I'll be back for dinner, I promise."Kristen had to hurry back up to his room and search for his car key. After he was done searching for the key there, he moved over to his study to look for his car key.He was looking for the key to his Lamborghini as it was the car he decided to use today."Oh, the key, I…I gave it to Melissa." He muttered, placing his palm on his face.He immediately went to the dining table and there was Melissa. She was already done with cooking and perhaps preparing Mia to go to school."Here, please make sure she eats at lunch."Melissa handed Mia's lunchbox to Ellen, her nanny
Chapter 11Melissa feverishly bit her lips.Right now she was in between the devil and the deep blue sea, there was no going back."Yeah." She managed to put up a nervous smile.If wishes were horses, she wished that the earth should open so she could hide in there because her secret that she had been hiding was about to be exposed sooner or later.Right now, she didn't know what to do with the awkward situation staring at her in the face.As she started walking toward them, her legs felt heavy against the floor but she managed, nervously swallowing the lump in her throat."You two know each other?" Kristen asked and Melissa held tight to the hem of her gown.She imagined him saying something like "She's my ex mate…girlfriend and she cheated on me."But he said, "I organized the Sea View cooking competition, remember. I know her 'cause she's the winner.""Oh." Kristen nodded in understanding as he turned to look at Melissa in admiration."Nice to meet you again, Ms Melissa." Alex sha
In a shopping mall, Victoria pushed the trolley as she walked but with each step she took, she tightened her grip around the handheld area of the trolley.She was so angry, even her veins popped out.Seeing this, her friend couldn't help but talk about it."Can you stop it with this mood of yours already. Seriously, whenever you're in this mood, you should be feared.""Have you ever had something so dear to you snatched from you? Do you know how terrifying it is to know that something is not going to be yours the next minute?" Victoria asked. Her voice was so full of emotion, she felt so pissed, she wanted to cry.How was she supposed to feel after seeing what happened yesterday?Yesterday she had gone to Alexander's office to check on him. To see if he was going to listen to her.She had wanted to talk to him about their wedding. The earlier it happened, the better.If at all she succeeded in getting him to marry her, then she didn't need to struggle for Alex with Melissa.On gettin
Chapter 13Melissa came home, her strength sapped from her. Somehow she hadn't mentally prepared herself to meet Victoria and it felt bad.This was the reason she had not many friends. To her they were nothing but those that snatched the good things from you.She palm faced herself and squatted down and in minutes she was in tears.Somehow she wished that she was the writer of her own story - she wished that the story that broke her didn't happen at all. For one she hated looking pathetic.Whenever she remembered that she was rejected unjustly and how hard she had cried for Alex to believe her, she usually broke down in tears.Seeing the perpetrator today didn't make her feel any better.Kristen was just at her door and about to knock when he heard Melissa whimpering.He felt the need to console her but he held back.Something he did so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable.When he heard her whimper die down, he knocked on the door."Come in." Her voice was a bit shaky."Melissa, are
Alex wasn't a fan of alcohol and ever since he broke the mate bond, he had vowed not to take solace in alcohol.But today, he found himself at the bar."Give me something strong." He said to the barman.He watched as the barman mixed some cocktail of some sort, shook it with another drink and finally put it in his cup.It was all Melissa's fault. How could she betray him like this? There was nothing he didn't do for her. How could she carry a Beta's child?He reasoned that if Mia was born during the time his Alpha slept with the shameless Melissa, then it meant that Mia was definitely not his daughter but that of the despicable Beta he had in the past."Melissa, Mia. I just hope you didn't give birth to a daughter just like you.""I'll just have to teach you a lesson you'll never forget."That night he drank till his stomach couldn't take anymore only to vomit the contents of his stomach.He wondered why people usually took to alcohol when it had such bad effects on them.While he sta
Chapter 15Melissa sighed in her mind. No matter how Alex tried to mask his emotion, she knew him too well.Kristen smiled confidently and even before Melissa could say a word, he said, "We are expecting a baby soon, so she has to avoid alcohol for sometime." Alex froze on his seat. He clenched his fist and grinded on his teeth.Kristen was a bloody bastard.Alex shot Melissa a surprise look. How could she be expecting a baby and a happy relationship when she ruined his life.Kristen's explanation got everyone on the table smiling, except Alex of course.Kristen glanced at Melissa and gave her hand a squeeze under the table, making her smile a bit.No one on that table suspected that anything was wrong.Melissa wasn't the least comfortable and that was because Alex was on the same table. His eyes kept monitoring hers and she discovered that each time she looked at him, his eyes stayed on hers.The air couldn't be more akward for Melissa even though Kristen couldn't understand.Abigai
Through some intervention Alex wasn't too sure about, Melissa had escaped hurting herself or her babies after she was attacked by Victoria.Fortunately for them both, Melissa didn't also lose her life in the hospital after they went there when she went into labor.Six years later ..."Mia, go upstairs this minute and get your two brothers down or they'll be late for school." Mia mimicked her mother. Mia and Melissa laughed at the same time."Mom, I mean I'm on a break but you have no idea that Roland and Jasper pretend to be asleep even when I scream. I didn't even do that when I was their age." Mia whined. She was now in Sophomore year and on a winter break but now, it sucked playing senior sister.Melissa smiled, "come on, they are your sweet little brothers. Now, why don't you go call them to join us for breakfast? I might convince your father to take us to the park today." "Okay Mother, I'll just get the apple pies from the oven on my way back," Mia said and smiled. Over the years
As Kristen walked into the room, he could hear no sound but the sounds of heavy breathing ... And he could perceive the smell of death hanging in the air.Yes, he had trusted his instincts and walked according to his intuition and this room was where it brought him.Kristen traced his hands on the wall and when he found the light switch, he turned on the lightThe sight that greeted his sight was dumbfounding yet, it had a lovely feeling attached to it. Kristen was glad about what he was seeing but he tried his best to pull off a grim expression."Hello there. Who would have thought that Alexander would be here, slitting Victoria's throat?" Kristen walked closer to Alex who stood still, observing him."You know, you don't look like you're on her side," Alex said and then went to some sink to wash his hands off the staining blood of Victoria."And neither am I on your side," Kristen said with a sour face before he chuckled and continued."You know, I must have been joking just now. Ther
Alex worriedly walked around the hospital lobby like he had lost his mind. Melissa had lost so much blood before they came to the hospital. Coupled with this fact, the doctor had told him that there was very little chance she could come out of the operation room alive.When the doctor told him that his baby's life and the life of Melissa were at risk, he had pleaded with the doctor to save the life of his wife. Not that he didn't care about the baby or anything. If he lost his mate, he wasn't sure if he was going to still keep sane.Melissa was just someone he couldn't bear to lose.Alex wiped his sweaty forehead with a handkerchief and by the time he dipped back into his pants pocket, a look of determination masked his face.He stared at the door of the room they had kept Melissa in and a deep sigh escaped his dry lips.Alexander's heart shook the more. He didn't want to be here when the doctor would give his report about Melissa's health status. It would be so disheartening and he ju
Today was Melissa's day for a check-up and right now she was sad that Alex didn't go to the hospital with her. Normally, she wouldn't have been feeling this way but it seemed that her pregnancy hormones were really kicking in badly.Melissa could have simply used one of Alexander's cars or even gone ahead to enter a cab but then, she wanted to walk for a few. At least she'd get to think a whole lot about her life and then her legs weren't going to be pretty swollen.Alex had warned her never to walk alone. She was to walk in the company of other wolves but today she had bribed one of those men Aled had hired qs driver's and personal bodyguards so they wouldnt even as much as escort her today.All of a sudden, a cream-colored Jaguar pulled up in front of her, making her to squint her eyes in concentration.Melissa didn't know why but it was as though she was getting lightheaded and seeing some colors she knew they didn't exist in the sky on a normal pregnant-free day.A group of men ju
Kristen stopped at some certain place and alighted from the car. Sophia alighted from the car, seeing that Kristen seemed to be in a hurry."I need you to be strong with whatever you're gonna hear in there. I didn't want you to come with me but you're one stubborn girlfriend." Kristen said and held her hand as they briskly walked in.Now inside the building, the first sight that came into view was a magnanimous conference room that made Sophia wonder if there were such rooms as big as this in the world."Stop the meeting, he is no heir of my father." An old man coughed and slowly cast his gaze to the entrance where Kristen stood with Sophia beside him. "You've been dethroned, young man, you have no rights here." The old man said and leaned back in his seat as though he was already tired. He was the executive head and the oldest man in the Shelvis Cooperation. He even had this company and mafia association built with Kristen's Father."I have evidence. Evidence to show that you all a
You're home now, I'll leave you to sleep and then I'll text you first thing tomorrow morning." Kristen whispered, kissed Sophia's forehead, and got up.He was in Sophia's house right now and it was almost night. He had a lot to do and he wasn't supposed to be here but Sophia was running a fever and he had to stay with her for a while.As he was about to move, Sophia's frail hands caught his in a grip and he wondered how she knew he was leaving. When he kissed her forehead just now, she was fast asleep."Please stay with me, I can't sleep without you," Sophia uttered with her eyes still closed.Kristen sat back down on the bed and after a while, Sophia fell asleep. He tried to sneak out of the room again, but he heard Sophia say another, "Please, Kristen, don't leave me. I feel so cold and lonely."Kristen shrugged and got under the covers with her. A night of cuddling with her was going to not harm right?Despite that he had a lot of things he wanted to do that night, he decided to sh
Sophia walked along the lonely hallway of Kristen's house and at some point she almost stumbled and fell but then, she helped herself by holding her weight against the supporting wall.Her friend, Anabelle had left and immediately after, the feeling of depression started kicking in. And just like before, it was damn hard to finish a task without the thoughts of Kristen occupying her mind. Was this really how destructive the power of love could be?It all started with something playful and now, it ended with him being this special person she couldn't get out of her mind.Sophia had no idea whether he was around or not, she had come here with a spare key he had given her in the past.All her mission was to come here and pour out all her heart to him. Tell him that he was the reason she couldn't sleep, eat, or do anything at all. She wanted to tell Kristen that he was leaving her breathless. He was in fact, the air that she breaths, and now that he was away, she was...suffocating.Meanwh
"I'm sorry, Melissa, but we couldn't just be like this forever. I just came to say that I'm sorry for everything that happened over the years." Melissa's mother, Lauren said and Melissa scoffed."How on earth do you want me to do, Lauren? You fucking saw that Dad abandoned us and then you had to leave too, huh?" By now, Melissa was already emotional."Babe, we should have this conversation inside the house," Alex said and touched Melissa's arm, causing her to calm down a bit."Please come in, Lauren." Alex invited her in and then waited for her to fully enter before he shut the door.Melissa's heartbeat and breathing increased and she felt the need to use the restroom.She got up and rushed out and then when she got there, she stared at herself in the mirror before. She splashed some water on her face, still not believing that she was experiencing what really lay out in the sitting room, waiting for her.Melissa really had a bad childhood. Her parents literally abandoned her. While he
Melissa watched Alex and Mia training from afar and she smiled. After Alex found out that she was pregnant, he began to treat her like she was some delicate egg.No matter how hard she had begged to train with them, Alex had refused. Saying that from then on, she was only allowed to do the warming-up exercise and nothing else."Hey, you thirsty?" Alex was beside her before she even blinked. Before she could get her mind wrapped around what was happening, Kristen stretched a can of water to her."I can feel it when you're thirsty.""Alex, can I ask you something?" Melissa made a face until Alex asked, "What's it that you want to ask?" Alex asked as he drank a little water. He had excused himself from the training grounds just to come to be with her. That was the thing with mates. They just couldn't stay apart from each other."I want to go home. I mean, I'll keep falling sick while I'm here and I can't bear the heat and stress. of this place. I suggest that you take me home and then y