A man walked into Alexander's office and with the way he moved swiftly and precise, he looked like someone familiar with the environment.Alex looked up from his table with a creased brow. He was about to ask what the man who had just walked and his mission was when his eyebrows relaxed in realization."Zane, what are you doing here?" Alex asked, cocking his head to the s.Zane was the guy who had worked in his office for the short while when he gave Killian leave and the guy who had worked while making so many mistakes and mysteriously resigned.Alexander fixed his gaze on Zane in utter curiosity.Hermes who was now disguised as Zane chuckled and lifted his hands in the air."Looking for this?" He stared at Alex and then at the DNA test result in his hand."What's, what's that you're holding in your hand?" His eyebrows furrowed and his expression spelled confusion. Alex kept his eyes focused on the document as a feeling he wasn't sure if it were apprehension spread in his heart."Wh
"What's going on here?" Victoria asked, sharply turning to glare at Hermes. She had returned to complain about the way Alexander's security had just treated her. Seizing her immediately she got down from the elevator, emptying her handbag in front of her, and taking her file from her was not in any way funny.No one answered her. Silence was the only weapon Alex was trying to use to contain his anger.Alex balled his fist and threw his face to the other side, trying hard not to spare a glance at the poisonous snake who had turned his life upside down."Someone answer me!" Victoria yelled and within a few seconds, she was in front of Alex and snatching the paper he held in his hand.Alex would have snatched it back but he let her read through before he said a word.Alex kept staring at her keenly. He didn't want to miss a single expression on her face."Shocked that your secret would come out in the open, huh?"Instead of replying to him, Victoria turned to Hermes. "You dirty betrayed,
The next day, Alex woke up, ready to go and apologize to Melissa. He had made her go through the pain of rejection and how hard it must have been for her while she faced the struggles of single motherhood.Fatigued because he didn't sleep a wink throughout the night, he stretched out his hand to shut out the sound of the alarm.He stood to his feet and went to do his morning business. The moment his eyes caught sight of himself in the mirror, he sighed and rubbed his forehead. He looked just like the shadow of himself.After taking a quick shower, he got out of the bathroom and put on a pair of jeans and a polo shirt.Looking up, he said a silent prayer to the moon goddess, asking specifically that Melissa would find a place in her heart to forgive him.He took up his car key from where he had kept it and started out.Tapping on the remote control, he kicked start the car and drove off, determined to pay Melissa a visit in her restaurant and talk to her about his plight the moment sh
That night, Melissa got to her house and crumpled down on her bed. Taking in a deep breath and heaving out a sigh, Melissa kept her eyes on the entrance door to her room.Earlier today, Kristen had invited her over for lunch but she had refused because she didn't want to betray her emotions and she didn't know if she was going to hold back the fact that she didn't feel the same for him. How awkward it was going to be if she, a chatterbox chose to keep silent and play with her food while staring idly at Kristen when they dined.Melissa entered the bathroom to take a quick bath. As the water touched her skin, she shut her eyes tight and started thinking about how it all started and her relationship with Kristen and she couldn't help but dive into a rollercoaster of emotions.When she was done bathing, she put on her pajamas and sat down to wear on her night ointments and that was when she heard a knock on the door."I know it is you, come in," Melissa said although she half yelled it."
Kristen was beyond shocked that Melissa clung to his arm. This was especially because he and Melissa hadn't said a word to each other after she told him that they couldn't work out.It was when he looked to the side that he recognized Alex and realized what she had just done.He stared at her and she begged with her eyes that he should cooperate with her.If it wasn't Melissa, then he was sure he wasn't going to let himself be in a funny spot such as the one he was in right then."Is he bothering you?" Kristen asked, feigning annoyance."Yes, I just want him to leave.""I'm not going anywhere, not until I speak with you, Melissa," Alex said."I'll call the security now," Kristen said and brought out his phone.Melissa touched Kristen's arm, signaling him to stop."I'll call mine instead." The security department that worked for her restaurant was ready to do the job.Alexander was surrounded by uniformed men but he didn't even attempt to leave or escape. He just remained there, starin
"My order of fine flour was delivered yesterday," Melissa said. She was speaking with Amanda who was asking for the delivery of the stuff she ordered for."Hope it was counted and it's the exact amount paid for?""Yeah, I checked the records," Melissa replied while chuckling. Only Melissa knew that Amanda was asking because she wanted to come around and eat in Melissa's restaurant.Melissa waited for a few seconds for Amanda to say something first."I just wanna tell you that I'm calling at your restaurant, prepare the tastiest meals for me, and don't try giving me sweet and sour pork.""I knew it, foodie. You wanted to eat.""Melissa, you don't have to embarrass me. I'm with hubby, bye." Amanda said and hastily ended the call and Melissa laughed.Melissa turned to the man who was responsible for offloading food things into the warehouse."Are your men going to be done with the offloading in like three hours?""No, Ma'am." The man said and Melissa touched her forehead. She had made it
When Alex got in there, all he could see and smell was smoke. He tried holding his breath but by the time he released it, smoke filled his lungs again and he began coughing violently.The last straw that broke the Camel's back was when an object filled with fire fell in front of him, blocking his way and stopping him from moving any further.Alex halted in his step. If he went any further, the risk was much and there was only a one percent chance that he might survive and not be consumed in the fire.He sighed and summoned up the courage to delve in deeper. To his surprise, he couldn't perceive her scent anymore, he could feel her wolf crying out in despair but he had no direction.Just as Alex was about to move further, a firefighter caught him by the arm."Move, we've got the place under control and this is no job of yours.""Melissa, Melissa is there, she can't die." He panted, feeling her hopeless state with her. They were mates after all.He made an attempt to push past the man t
"Where am I?" Alexander asked, squinting his eyes and trying to adjust it to the new environment.The smell of disinfectant and medicine kissed his nose and that was when it dawned on him that he was in the hospital."Melissa!" Frightened for Melissa's safety, Alex gasped. He could remember the last place he was at was the warehouse. He could remember that he had searched for Melissa but hadn't seen her. He could remember running in his wolf form to escape the blazing fire that threatened to burn him to death."Does it torment you, huh?" A sharp Victoria's voice greeted his ears. She snarled."What are you doing here? Where's Melissa? Did anything happen to her?" Alex asked all at once while jerking up at the same time."I don't do and tell and even I don't give a fuck what's happened to her. How about I send you to the grave to meet her since she's all you care about." Victoria said and smiled cynically. Her gaze swept across the glass floor-to-ceiling window and back to Alex as a da
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