Her polite tone shone more rage in Adrian's eyes. He was only mad at himself all these times. However, he was not at all pleased with Natalia's casual behavior toward Evan.Natalia rolled her eyes when she saw him standing like a statue."Excuse me, young man."Natalia heard Liana's voice, and she stepped aside.Liana looked at them from the counter and said,"Please tell me if we can help you."Adrian shifted his gaze to the old woman, then turned it back to Natalia."Are you coming with me or not?"Natalia felt that he was giving her a warning. She was not someone who would take it."I told you that night. I'm just tired. What new blame are you going to throw in my face this time?""Did I say I came here for that?""Then why are you here? Adrian Miller, if you want me to lose my job, then just go to my boss directly and ask her to fire me. What else can I expect from you? But at least don't destroy her running business," Natalia said with an angry tone. But her voice came out like w
Adrian tucked his hands into his pockets and gave everyone a bored look."Raise."Everyone stood straight but did not dare to look into his eyes."If I hear any of you whisper again, I will cut your tongue off of your mouth."If it was someone else, the young people would have thought it was just a fake warning.But it was none other than their head Alpha, Adrian Miller.He had a history of ruthlessness. No one could just ignore his warning. They obeyed him and sat down in their chairs quietly, turning their focus back to themselves.Natalia was already dumbfounded by Adrian giving orders to Liana, but the action that the pack members took really stunned her.She could see both fear and respect in their eyes.No wonder they did not recognize Adrian at first. Just like she did, Adrian confined his scent."Thank you, Alpha." Liana said this to Adrian and bowed to him."Your thanks won't help me."Liana was startled by his remarks. But then Adrian spoke again."Give your employee a break
Natalia's POV"Hey! Stop the car.""Can't you hear me? I said stop the car."I kept telling the driver to stop the car, but that man was just like his boss. He did not listen to me as if he were deaf.I could not believe the man who was sitting beside me. He was a dangerous beast who could kill me at any time.Did he plan to kill me so that he could have my children all by himself?Was he afraid of his life because I said that night that I wanted to kill him daily?I was so lost in my thoughts when I heard his voice, which was soft as honey."Why do you think that I want to kill you?"I was shocked.'What the hell! Can Alpha Adrian even talk with that tone?' I thought.As I turned my head to look at him once again, I noticed that he was staring at me."What are you looking at? Can't you see I am worried about your plans? Why do you want to kill me? To have my children all alone? You can't kill me, Adrian Miller. I will kill you before that."I scoffed at his silence, but my eyes fell
I stared at him when I heard him.Mate? Yeah, he was right. He was still my mate. How could I forget my misfortune? My ill-fated life would never stop to amaze me.I lifted my hand and pushed him lightly to move back."And my soon-to-be ex-mate," I muttered to him.His brows lifted as if he were stunned by my words. It seemed like nowadays I stunned him a lot.I could see darkness spreading around his eyes, and soon, they captured them totally, giving him a fierce look.I turned away from him and looked ahead. I saw that the car was heading in an unknown direction.I had never gone to the Dalle River before when I was in this pack.My adoptive parents never let me go anywhere far. They were abusive, and at the same time, they liked to cage me in their house."Never dare to think that again."I heard a murmur coming from beside me. I turned my head, focusing my attention back on the powerful man sitting next to me.His eyes were cold. His gaze was fixed on the back of the driver's seat
I blinked my eyes when I felt something pierce in my eyes. I looked away from Adrian and thought about the meaning of his sentences.'Learned the truth? I was not the one?' I thought."Natali–"I interrupted him with a cold gaze. "What do you mean?"He did not mind my gaze, and I replied with a calm tone."I took out all of the footage from that night and discovered the truth."I stared at him for what seemed like an eternity. He appeared strange today. He was calmer than he had ever been around me. There was a strange attitude, too. Was that because he learned the truth just now?I chuckled and turned my gaze away from him. My chuckle turned into laughter.I held my stomach and could not stop laughing like a crazy woman.I was not laughing at him but at my own fate."What's wrong with you?" he asked.I looked at him and stopped laughing. I shook my head and said,"Adrian Miller, you can never trust me, right?"His brows were lifted by my question. To make things more clear to him, I
I froze when he asked me the question. He wanted to know why I agreed to marry him?'It's because I loved you a lot. But you kicked on my love every single day, Adrian Miller,' I said in my head but not let it out of my mouth.My eyes paused on the other side of the bridge, where I could see a clean sky; clouds were moving, just like the emotions in my heart.The memories of the past reflected in my mind, and I thought about the night once again.That night, my cousin, who always used to bully me, called me to the club and told me to sleep with a man. I begged her not to do that, but she said if I did not do that, she would not let me go out of the club in full clothes.I tried to contact my adoptive parents, but my adoptive mother said she did not want to know the things between cousins, as if selling my body was nothing to her.I could not believe that my cousin sold me to an old man. I was more afraid than ever. I was a young girl who was a virgin and, at the same time, a werewolf
"Natalia?"I heard Adrian calling me again. His voice brought me back to the present.I closed my eyes and shut my wolf inside. When I opened my eyes, my eyes were blank. I believed no one could find a glimmer of emotion inside them.I turned around and looked at Adrian. He took a few steps to stand up in front of me. He appeared to be towering over me because of his height. He blocked the sunlight from reaching my face."Why did you marry me? You had the option to reject the marriage. You could have told others the truth. You could have told your parents that I was drunk and forced yo–""You didn't force me." I cut him off.He was shocked. "I didn't?""No. What happened that night was something we should not have done. And I know I should have said no to this marriage."He remained silent. His eyes were moving over my face. I did not move mine and kept staring straight into his eyes."Why did you agree to sleep with me?"I did not want this man to know the reason. That was just my pa
I was shocked. My head slowly turned toward him as I looked at his face.He was a man who did not like to apologize to anyone, not even to his parents.So hearing sorry from him was actually a big deal.However, what was he sorry about?"For what?" I asked.He looked at me with a calm expression, as if it were the only thing he could do right now, controlling his emotion from showing on his face."For misunderstanding you."I averted my gaze away from him. "Adrian, how many things can you be sorry for? Can you give my eight years back to me?"He was silent. I wondered if he still regarded me as a criminal for marrying him.I heaved a sigh and looked directly into his eyes."Actually, I am sorry. I should not have agreed to marry you in the first place. I was childish who..."I paused when I realized I had begun to speak about my past."Who what?" he asked.I was able to sense the desperation in his voice.I shook my head. "Nothing. I was young and made some wrong decisions."Suddenly,