"What the fuck is wrong with you, Alex? What are you going to do to yourself?" Melissa asked while shaking her head in disbelief.Blinking her eyes rapidly, Melissa fidgeted and ran around confused. Alex had just sent a message saying that he was at the cliff overseeing the famous Mississippi River and if she didn't come in thirty minutes, he was going to fall off the cliff and die.With trembling hands, Melissa brought out her phone, unblocked Alex, and placed a call across to him.His phone was switched off and she knew she had no option.She could choose to block her heart from him and forget him forever at this time but she knew within herself that she wasn't going to be able to do that.He was going to die. The love of her life was going to die and she was going to live with the consciousness that she was the reason for his death for the rest of her life.She rushed into her living room like someone who had lost her mind and frantically searched for where she usually kept her car
"Why haven't you been picking up my calls? Come on, Melissa, that's not fair!" Amanda matched into Melissa's house like she owned the place.Now in the living room, she stood in a place and observed the environment. Then, she went ahead to strained her ears to listen carefully.Everywhere was as silent as a grave and even a pin drop could be heard. As Amanda slowly climbed up the stairs, she could hear the sound of a lady whimpering and hiccuping as she cried.Amanda strained her ears further and that was when she picked up the sound from the side where it was coming from. She moved to her left and right there was the room. As she got closer, to sobbing sound became more audible, and then, without waiting for anyone, she pushed open the door and let herself in.Melissa was all alone, curled against a corner all by herself and crying her eyes out.By the swollen eyes and the eyebags under her eyes, it was evident that Melissa had been crying and she hadn't slept for weeks."Whatever i
Kristen washed for the umpteenth time and each time he raised his face, he saw his face staring back at him through the window and he realized how badly Melissa leaving had affected him.His house lacked so much of the shine and excitement it had when Melissa and Mia were still in the house.Kristen would usually wake up to no one else but the maids and no one to talk to. What made matters worse for how he felt was that Melissa had left some of her pictures in the house as was requested by him.Now he regretted telling her to keep her portraits. Sometimes the feelings that came with looking at them every morning and night were a bit frustrating.Kristen longed for Melissa's return, yearning to have Mia in his arms once again but that was only a hunger and thirst that came with no satisfaction. He crazily ran his hands through his tousled hair before licking his dry lower lip.He loved Melissa so much that he didn't care that she was a single mother, yet, all he wanted to do was be wit
The moment Melissa arrived at the airport, she hurried through all the processes of boarding the plane and when she was finally on air, she couldn't wait to get to land so she could see Mia again.In a bid to protect Mia, Melissa had sent Mia away to a vacation center but now it seemed as though Mia was in trouble.Immediately they landed and she got off the plane, Melissa hurried through the procedures of checking out her luggage, before she ordered an Uber.The moment she got to the vacation center she decided to look out for Mia before she would go to the authorities of the vacation center.The moment she looked up, she saw the signature name of the vacation center, "FUN... A play home for your kids..."Flipping her hair backward, Melissa majestically walked into the building.She began to search from the pool area. When she got there she saw so many heads of young children, bubbling above the water and their swimming guards but none of the heads of the kids there belonged to her d
In an eerily silent and abandoned place with four men present, the sound of gunshots shot through a silencer could be heard.Three men stood around the fourth guy who was chained to a seat. The three men that stood above the seated man, stood as though they were waiting for someone while they watched the seated man with hawk eyes, as though he were a prey they could devour.Almost immediately, a man considered a superior could be seen stepping into the place and the three men slightly bowed their heads in fear and straightened their backs while they trembled.The man who seemed to possess superior authority raised his hand and they began. The three men began kicking, slapping pounding, and hitting the man chained to the chair as he cried out in pain and agony."Who is this photographer?" The deadly man asked as he motioned for them to stop beating him."Who the fuck are you? You must stop now. Shelvis Mafia pities no one.""Scratch." The man who had just asked about the photographer r
Kristen came down from his car in his usual majestic manner. He was almost late to his office and the fact that he had an important meeting he was hosting in his company didn't make matters any better.When he entered the place where they were doing the meeting, they were already halfway done. He wasn't the least annoyed that they had started before him and this was because he told them to go ahead with what they were doing since he was engaged in heavy traffic."Sir, the result of the meeting being held is as follows...." Kristen listened with less attention as he sometimes glanced back at his auditor who was standing a few steps away from him.Somehow, his mind wasn't in the meeting. He only nodded and made eye contact with anyone when they made a point.Fiddling with his own, he gently stabbed the pen on the desk before him. After what seemed like forever, the meeting ended and it was his turn to address the people there.He was a bit speechless at first but after a few words, he
"Isn't it high time you get out of my car?" Kristen asked and then scoffed. He couldn't believe that the strange girl had entered his car and hadn't gotten off yet even up till this moment, instead, she had fallen asleep in his car.The lady didn't budge and right then, Kristen had no other choice but to shake her awake from her sleepy state."Yeah?" "Where are you gonna get off?" He asked and instead of answering the lady looked down at her fingers and pouted slightly."When I ran into you, I was being chased by some really bad men for stealing the first lady's jewelry. It's a limited edition brand from Paris and the first lady seems to love it so much."Stealing of the first lady's jewelry. That talk sounded interesting. Kristen thought to himself that maybe he could use some company. "Did you steal it and if not why are they pursuing you?""Yeah, I did steal it but the real situation is that I'm going to be punished if return it.""So what are you going to do now, thwyre gonna co
"Thank you so much for doing this for me. This means a lot to me and I couldn't have done this without you." Sophia said and disengaged from the hug."There's nothing there in helping someone when you have the means, it's all our way of helping humanity," Kristen said and smiled. She was so happy and grateful that her friend's mother's bills had been paid.All of a sudden, Sophia's stomach grumbled and she unconsciously rubbed it. She bit her lip and turned around in embarrassment but Kristen pulled her to face him."Why don't we go eat somewhere since we feel hungry."Sophia shyly cleared her throat."You've done a lot for me already and I won't like to be a burden anymore.""Alright, why don't you think that I might like some company? And let's say I want to eat too, so I insist." Kristen said and Sophia smiled shyly while tucking back the fallen strands of her hair behind her ear."Let's...let's go then," Sophia said lightly. For him not to see her reddened cheeks, she tried to qui
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