*~~Chapter Four~~*

{~~Logan Gray~~}

“I don’t trust that girl. First, you bring me a gold digger, with the dumbest look on your face. Saying, oh this is who I want to marry, and now you bring me her sister? At least that one was a thief this one has no backbone. I must have done something wrong to you for you to treat me like this.” My mother was wailing, holding onto my father’s arm while my brothers stared at me.

They had stopped by this afternoon to complain. As if that would change my mind. I was in love no less than six months ago, and not running my own pack had the woman I wanted to share a life with running into the arms of another man. Of course, that shit hurt.

My family was ready to hunt and kill her. I wouldn’t let them. To them, she was a gold digger and selfish. But I know who the real Ava is. I know she would never have done this to me had that guy not brainwashed her.

So I’m going to wait. She didn’t like Avery- what an ugly name- but she seemed to envy whenever her sister got any form of attention. I recall a rant when she was discussing how Avery had the teachers in her school’s attention because she was brilliant. And some teachers even said Ava must have swapped the colors somehow because Avery was too smart and talented to have landed in the four hundred category.

Well, the colors appear on the palm of each sixteen birthday, then it disappears. Someone has to take a photo and send it to the head of your pack so it can be processed into the system built for wolves.

Avery is basic but the girl is brilliant. When I called her university, the teacher in charge there told me about the list of alphas who wanted her as their nurse. If this works, and Ava returns, I was reassured that Avery can get a job anywhere else. Which is just perfect for me.

I won’t have to worry that I ruined her life. And I don’t think I did. I don’t truly care if I’m being real. She agreed to this, it’s not like I forced her or anything like that. But my parents don’t like the Sterlings.

“I have work. Do you people know that? I start in one hour and I haven’t even had the chance to step foot into the hospital. Look, I’m an adult. It was my money that Ava took not yours. And about Avery, the girl doesn’t have a single bad bone in her. She’s pathetic as you said. She can’t argue back. She was always meant to be in her sister’s shadow not in the spotlight. Do your research on her. She’s the top most wanted blue nurse.”

My older brother shook his head. “What is wrong with you? You’re letting your feelings for Ava blindside your way of thinking. Anyone with an eye could tell she wanted to steal from you. She didn’t even accept your advances until you bought her a five hundred dollar ticket to see her favorite band. Like a psycho. Her sister might be here to steal money for herself too. But I can see you won’t learn your lesson with just our words. Don’t come crawling back when this backfires and you have no money.”

I rolled my eyes at him. “I make more money than any of you. I don’t have to worry about anything. Avery doesn’t have access to any of my accounts. She’s doing this so her parents don’t end up homeless. I won’t come crawling back, but if I’m wrong I’ll drive over to your place in my Mercedes Benz GLC three hundred just to tell you that you were right.” I snapped right back at him.

“What if you fall for her?”

I dropped my frown and laughed. It was too funny to see the way my parents and siblings worried. But the likely chance of me falling for Avery is slim. She looks like Ava to some extent. But not enough to win over my heart.

“You have nothing to worry about. She’s basically just a life-sized ticket to me getting what I want. No feelings here. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to work. Get out of my house.”

They tried to argue with me but I chased them all out. I drove quickly, clocking it in only a minute before I’d have been counted in as late, it was interesting to return to work knowing I had a wife.

I didn’t even wear a ring. Simply because we’re not really married. And any day I get bored of her, I’ll just take another woman to my bed.

My heart was still aching for Ava. My god did she fill my days with joy. She was so beautiful, and we spent so much time on dates, having sex, and falling in love like a couple in a rom-com. I never thought she would leave me. And I have to get her back.

I went through the first three hours of my day having no clue that Avery was around until I was called to handle an emergency. A man’s hips shattered after he slipped off the top of his staircase and tumbled down.

The chief medical officer was waiting the hallway of the third floor. I waved to catch his attention, his eyes seemed so focused on what was happening in the room. I didn’t know what it was until I got closer, and then I noted that Avery was in the room with the patient.

A medic alpha does the healing, and the treating, they diagnose and do so much. But they need nurses for a reason. A blue nurse can do everything a medic alpha can, but the nurse’s healing energy isn’t as strong as a medic alpha. And while I can smell some symptoms, something that might have been overlooked by a machine.

But in that room, Avery was rambling about something. Something that had my CMO in shock. And not in a bad way. What the hell is she talking about?