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,
Adrian's POVI froze when she said that. There were no other things that hit me, like the way she said I was not in her heart anymore.I clenched my jaw in anger.How could she say that?If she claimed that she used to love me, then how did she forget the love? Why did her heart change?Her eyes were filled with animosity. It made me feel a pang in my heart.Why was I feeling like that?"Take your sorry back to you and let me live my life. I am tired of you. How many times do you want me to tell you that?" she asked, grabbing her forehead.I did not say anything, and I let her say whatever was on her mind."I am trying to stay calm with you. Can't you see that? After fighting with me in the war, do you still believe that I am like this? I am controlling my anger toward you. Because you suddenly turned the head Alpha, and I can't even cross my line. I don't want to kill you, nor do I want you to kill me. I want to live for my family, for my brother, and for my children."My gaze did no
The driver walked back to the car after handing the bag to Natalia. She took her phone out of her bag and looked at the screen.I had no idea who the hell had been bugging us during our conversations.I peeked at the phone screen and saw a nameless contact number. She also did not know who had called her."Hello?"Her face lit up with a smile, as though someone was speaking to her on the other end of the phone."Max!"Max? Who the hell was Max?I frowned while looking at her smiling face, which was gloomy a few seconds ago. Who had the charm to change her mood in just a few seconds?"After that night, I thought you would never contact me again."I clenched my fists upon hearing her words.That night? Which night? Did she dare to spend a night with another man?So many questions roamed around my mind as I stared at her."I am sorry for what I did. After sending you to the hotel, I realized that I should not have put my phone number in your pocket. It was kind of offensive, wasn't it?
I looked at her with a frown. "What did you just say?" I asked her.She looked at me briefly before continuing to speak with Max."It's okay. You can take your time. I will be here until you arrive."The way she ignored me raised my wrath. I glared at her. She kept eye contact with me while speaking to Max."Bye, Max.After hanging up her phone and putting it back in her bag, she gave me a questioning look."What?" she asked, as if nothing had happened."What were you telling him?""To pick me up from here."I grabbed her arm and asked,"Did I take a leave for you from your job so that you could spend your time with another man?"She appeared to be taken aback. But then she composed herself and replied,“Why did you take a leave? Was I the one who told you to take it?”"I don't care. You can't give your time to someone else.""What? Have you lost your mind?"She yanked her arm away from my grip and stepped away from me.She seemed to be distancing herself from me. I did not like it."
I shook hands with Doctor Max and said, "I see, you are having a good time in my pack."He appeared to be a little stunned by my question. I released my grip on his hand and turned my attention to Natalia."How did you come to know her?"Max cast a quick glance in the direction of Natalia, who was looking at him. First, he smiled at her, and then he turned his attention back to me."We are friends.""Friends?" I asked, frowning at his words.How did they come to be friends with each other? Max's pack and the Blue Moon pack were not the same.Was it because he went there that they were able to cross paths and become friends?The fact that Natalia helped my father with Max's cure came to mind immediately. Max's pack had an alliance with Natalia's pack, but due to the end of the contract, they did not come to save her pack during the war.“I am honored to have the opportunity to meet you, Alpha Adrian. I sincerely apologize. That night, I was not in my right mind, and I could not greet y