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
"Adrian, are you listening to me?"Patric kept talking to me, but my mind was somewhere else.We were in the car and heading to the pack house. I called Patric on the way here because I needed to talk to him about something."Adrian." Patric called out my name again.As I removed a cigarette from the packet, I muttered, "I am all ears."Then I put the cigarette in my mouth to light it.Reaching for the cigarette and lighting it with his lighter for me, Patric said, "No, you don't."The way his silver-colored lighter ignited the flame made me feel as though I was experiencing the same thing on a deeper level in my chest.Before I found out the truth, I was fine, but now I could not seem to accept anything.It seemed as though everything had changed all of a sudden.My thoughts kept going back to the way Natalia was responding to another man.Why did she not try to distance herself from Max in the same way that she did with me?And that healer! He dared to flirt with her in front of me.
Patric did not say anything for a while, as if he were in a daze. When I raised an eyebrow at him, he gave me a puzzled expression."Are you sure, Adrian?"I averted my gaze from him and returned my attention to the dark sky. The smoke that I inhaled deeply blew out of my nose because of my closed mouth."Hmm."I kept my gaze fixed on the moon. It appeared to be moving alongside the car."Hello?" I heard Patric's relaxed voice.He had arranged for someone to handle the announcement. It would be announced on social media so that all pack members were aware of it."Spread the news that Alpha is no longer in any relationship. He is single right now."I turned my head towards Patric. He winked at me, indicating that he was pleased with my decision.I rolled my eyes. What was his problem with Lynda?That woman was completely innocent. Who could have a problem with her?After speaking with another man on the phone, Patric turned to me and said,"Done. Our men will deal with it. Tomorrow mor
I was taken aback by Lynda's confession. She was unaware of the truth because she told me she had no memories of it.So it surprised me to hear about the past directly from her.“Adrian, what is she saying? Is she the girl who rescued you many years ago?” My mother questioned me. Tears were forming inside her eyes.I could see that, as a mother, she was grateful to the person who had saved her child's life.Lynda pulled away from the hug and looked at me. "Adrian, I recall everything that happened that night.""What did you remember?" I asked her, thinking about the night.Lynda took a step back as if the night was slowly reflecting in her mind. She averted her gaze from me and lowered her head before saying,"I was quite young at the time. I saved you and later..."She paused, leaving me wondering if there was anything else I needed to know."Later what?" Patric, who was standing next to me, asked her.Lynda took a deep breath and raised her head. Her teary eyes met mine."Those men
Natalia's POVI kept my eyes fixed on Max while he drove. But my thoughts were elsewhere at the time."Where are you lost?" he asked.Almost instantly, I turned my gaze away from him. "Nowhere."I closed my eyes as I leaned back against the seat. My thoughts kept going back to the apology that Adrian had made.Regarding the two years that I had spent with him, I could not help but laugh at myself.I did not do anything he disliked. Like a doll, whenever he returned home, I used to serve him. He never came back home early so that he did not have to eat dinner with me.How could apologizing make me feel better?I would never be able to forgive him.It was beyond my ability."Natalia."I opened my eyes and turned to Max."Thank you, Max. I am blessed to have a friend like you. You are ready to help my brother. I can't be more grateful to anyone than you."When he picked me up from the bridge an hour ago, he took me to a restaurant so that we could have a conversation.I convinced him to
"Yeah, but why did you suddenly stop the car?"He remained silent, choosing not to reply. His eyes were fixed on mine. I averted my gaze when I realized he had been staring at me for quite some time."M-Max, wha-"He grabbed my hand out of nowhere, causing me to pause."Yes, you are right. I was looking for you. But you were not in your pack."I slowly looked at him. "What made you search for me?"He looked at his hand, which was holding his mine. I felt a tickling sensation on the back of my hand. When I looked down at my hand, I saw him rubbing his thumb against it.I tried to take my hand away from him, but he tightened his grip and stopped me.I cast a glance at him. "Max.""Natalia, I was hoping to see you again after the club that night. However, I had to go back to the pack because my Alpha told me he needed me there."I stared at him with a nervous face. I could see his handsome face. While he was talking to me, his brows kept wrinkling, but then after another sentence, they e
I was stunned after hearing Max. What did he mean by being aware of everything? Who told him about my past?"How do you know?"He looked away from me and muttered,"I heard what had happened in the war. The way you fought back, the way Alpha Adrian wanted his children back, I learned everything from your pack fighters who are still alive."Even though I tried to find something to say, I was unable to do so.I opened the door and got out of the car, thinking that it would be better if I avoided any type of discussion about my past."Let's go inside. I will take you to my brother's room," I said, leaning down to the window to look at him.He stared at me for a while, as though he did not like the unfinished conversation.However, he let out a sigh and got out of his car. He followed me inside.The maids turned their heads to look at me as soon as I walked into the house. They cast a quick glance in Max's direction. I wondered if they knew about him.However, based on the expressions on