AUTUMN’S POVBreakfast has always been chaotic; it has never been peaceful. Whenever we all come to the dining hall to eat, something is bound to happen.That was what happened this morning, earlier at the dining hall. Sunny was acting like a small slut; well, practically she is one.After breakfast, Matthias requested to see him in his room now. I was a bit anxious about what he was going to say.Going to the math room was never a good thing for me. Something also had to be the problem, and I wondered what it was this time.“Autumn, I need to see you in my room right now,” Mathias said, standing up from the dining table.Mathias, Kavan, and Sunny all just finished arguing earlier. I just nodded and stood up to follow him too.I muttered a small “I will see you later” to Kavan, and he nodded in response. His expression was some how, but I just brushed it off.Closing the door behind me, Mathias just suddenly asked a question that made my heart drop.“Autumn, do you really love my son?
MATHIAS’S POVI woke up earlier than usual this morning. The birds were chirping outside as I stood up to check my room’s view.Of course, my mate Autumn was not with me. She is always not with me, and I made up my mind to curb that behavior today.Mrs. Potts came in shortly after. “Good morning, your bath is ready,” she said. “Is it hot?” I asked. “Yes, it is,” she responded.I needed a hot bath this morning; the cold air was getting to my skin. My skin was becoming pale and white.After bathing, I dressed up in a nice brown silk shirt and wore matching brown pants. My outfits definitely were always on point.“Breakfast is ready, sir,” one of the maids said. “I will be there in a bit,” I said.After getting dressed, I left my room, heading to the dining hall.I also saw Sunny heading to the dining hall as she waited to greet me. “Good morning, sir,” she said.“Oh, sunny! How are you?” I responded. “I am fine, sir, thanks to you,” she replied. “And how are you too?” She added.“I am f
MATHIAS’S POVI do not think we all have had breakfast, lunch, or dinner peacefully since autumn came into the manor and became my mate.We always had to argue about something, whether it was relevant or not.After much awkward silence at the dining hall, I could not take it any longer and requested Autumn to see me in my room.What Sunny said previously was still in my head. Kavan was not in his room the previous night, and the only place he could have been was Aurum's room.He lied that he went out, but we all know that it was a lie.“Autumn, I want to see you in my room right now,” I said, standing up from the dining table.She looked at me a bit startled. I could see the panic in her eyes because whenever I called her, it was either she and Kavan were into something or an issue.She nodded in response, standing up to follow me to the room. She looked at Kavan a little, murmuring a small “I will see you later” to him before we both left the dining hall.Getting to the room, I decid
KAVAN'S POVAfter what Mrs. Potts told me earlier at the kitchen, I had to brazen up and find out about what was truly going on.“How could Marcus do this to me? He is my friend, for goodness sake. How could he betray me, and what was his initial motive behind all this?” I asked myself.Mrs. Potts called me earlier when I left Autumn’s room this morning.She warned me about Marcus and told me how she overheard Marcus and my dad.Marcus was the one who told my dad about Autumn and me. He was also the one who brought Sunny to the manor.He was the one who told my dad about autumn and I actually having a thing and having sex, also bringing someone to my dad for me.“Kavan, please be careful around Marcus. He is very dangerous and deceitful. He was the one that told your dad about everything going on,” Mrs. Potts said.“I overheard their conversation. He's not a good friend, so please be careful around him or even stay away from him,” she continued.“Thank you so much, Mrs. Potts, for you
KAVAN'S POVAfter autumn and my dad left the dining hall, the thought of following them came through my mind, but I shrugged it off.Sunny suddenly started talking to me. She wanted to make up a conversation with me so bad.“Hey there, Kavan,” she said. “And what is it, sunny?” I asked. “Nothing much,” she said.“I wanted to ask you something, Kavan. Do you hate me, Kavan?" She asked. Where could this be coming from? She better not be serious with the question she was asking.“Sunny, do not even start with your weird questions,” I responded. “Just let me be,” I added.She started crying suddenly; I was sure it was fake and definitely not real.“Why are you crying? Stop shedding those crocodile tears,” I said. “But I love you, Kavan. I truly do,” she said. “I am willing to do whatever it is to get you to love me back,” she added. She must be insane; Sunny was a psychotic person who needed medical attention, probably from the healers.“You must be kidding. You do not even know at all,
AUTUMN'S POVAfter fake-promising Mathias that I was going to see him, he finally let me go.“I will come see you later,“ I said. “You have to fall, do not fail me,” he responded.“I will; do not worry,” I said, reassuring him. He finally let me leave, and I thought of Kavan almost immediately.What could he be thinking right now? He must have thought something was going on. I had to explain to him about what happened so he would not misunderstand.“Autumn, how are you?” Mrs. Potts said. “I am fine; how are you, Mrs. Potts?” I responded. “Oh my dear, I am fine,” she replied."Well, that is good,” I responded. “I should get going now; we will see later,” she said and left for the kitchen.I passed the dining hall, and I did not see both Kavan and Sunny. Kavan must be in his room, I thought to myself.I left the dining hall heading to his room; getting there, I saw Sunny hugging Kavan tightly.“Oh, I am sorry for interrupting your guys moments,” I said. I was so pained and also jealous
KAVAN'S POV Sunny came into my room suddenly. “What are you doing here?” I asked. “Nothing much, just came to see my mate,” she replied, smirking.“Well, you are not welcomed here, so leave me alone,” I responded."No, I can't. Don't you love me?” She asked. This girl was fond of asking such stupid and obvious questions; I don't know if she really means it or if she is just making it up.“Well, I don't if that is what you want to hear,“ I replied sacristically. She started crying, shedding tears. “Why are you crying? Just stop that fake and crocodile tears,“ I said.She suddenly came up to me and hugged me. Autumn came in at that very moment, and she was visibly pissed seeing Sunny and me in such a compromising act.I pulled sunny off my body as autumn just kept staring at me. “Oh, I am so sorry for interrupting you and your mate,” she said, wanting to leave the room."No, autumn, it is not what you think, please,” I said, moving close to her. “What do you mean, Kavan?" I clearly sa
AUTUMN’S POVI left Kavan's room shortly after heading to my room.I wanted to freshen up a bit before I go to Kavan's dad's room.Mrs. Potts came shortly after to my room. "Autumn,” she called softly. I turned to look at her. “Mrs. Potts,” I replied softly.“Your bath is ready, autumn,” she said. “But I did not even request for a bath to be made yet, Mrs. Potts,” I responded."Yes, I know autumn. Mr. Mathias asked us to get you ready for the night,“ she said. “He said you were spending the night with him, so we have to get you ready early,“ she added.“Oh, I am not even sure if I want to actually spend the night with him or not,” I retorted."Autumn, you have to do what he says,” Mrs. Potts said. “You have to spend the night with him to avoid any suspicions,” she added.“You know if you keep refusing him or being with him, he is going to get suspicious and probably mad,“ she continued.Mrs. Potts was right; Mathias was hell out of a person. He was truly unpredictable, and you cannot e
All did not sit well with me seeing Autumn become so flirty with my dad. I knew she had to be up to something, but I could not quite wrap my fingers around it yet.After my dad and she left, I was worried, and I decided to follow my instincts to go check up on her. I knew something bad was happening, and I could not just stay by and think about it.“Sunny, I have to go now. I will be right back,” I said. “Where are you going, Kavan?" She asked. “No, you don't have to worry; I will be right back in no time,” I responded. “Okay, I will be waiting for you here. Do not take too long,” she added. I faked a smile and left, heading to my dad's room.I could hear someone screaming and shouting from his room, and I knew all hell has finally broken loose; he must be trying to force himself on her again.I banged at the door, and I slammed the door open. My hunch was right. The sight in front of me was so gruesome, as I could see my dad on top of Autumn, trying to force himself on her.“What do
MATHIAS’S POV Autumn was being flirty with me, and she made it so obvious to everyone. I was sure she did not know if Kavan was being serious about Sunny or not, but I believed him either way."Mathias, can we go to your room, please? I feel like spending the night with you,” she said. Kavan looked stunned when he heard her say that and was looking at her for some sort of explanation; she ignored him and was persistent in going with me to my room.I took the opportunity and grabbed her waist, gesturing her to my room and leading the way. Oh yes, finally!” I said. I was filled with excitement as I beamed with smiles all plastered on my face. Autumn was trying to make Kavan regret his decisions by getting him jealous of me. Either way, I was enjoying it, so I did not bother to think much of it.“Kavan, I think we should go too. We have told dad what we came here to say,” Sunny said, almost dragging Kavan away. Kavan did not want to leave as he continued staring at Autumn, waiting for h
AUTUMN'S POV Marcus dragged me by my hair and forcefully started kissing all over my body. I felt so disgusted as I struggled to pull him off me. His grip on me was too tight, and I was unable to get him off. At this point, I was screaming and shouting, hoping someone would hear and come to my rescue. This was not the first time Mathias had tried forcing himself on me.The last time was when Kavan luckily came to my aid. Mathias had dragged me from Mrs. Potts room to his room and tried molesting me. I was trying to fight my way out, but his grip on me made it so difficult and hard to leave. I could hear banging at the door, and Kavan suddenly slammed the door open. He came to my aid again, and I knew he had a hunch about this earlier because he knew I would not willingly go to Mathias’s room unless I had a plan. “What do you think you are doing, dad?” Kavan said, pushing his dad off me. “Why are you here?” Mathias responded. “Shouldn't you be with your pregnant wife?” he added. “W
AUTUMN'S POV I was being flirty with Marcus, and I made it so obvious to everyone. I did not know if Kavan was being real with the pregnancy with Sunny, but I suspected it to be only an act to get his dad deceived."Mathias, can we go to your room, please? I feel like spending the night with you,” I said. Kavan looked stunned when he heard me say that and was looking at me for some sort of explanation. I ignored him and was persistent in going with his dad.Mathias took the opportunity and grabbed my waist, gesturing me to his room and leading the way. Oh yes, finally!” Mathias said. He was filled with excitement as he beamed with a smile all plastered on his face. This was part of my plan and also to make Kavan feel a bit jealous about it. I could see the jealousy all over his face, and he was very terrible at hiding it.“Kavan, I think we should go too. We have told dad what we came here to say,” Sunny said, almost dragging Kavan away. Kavan did not want to leave as he continued st
MATHIAS’S POV “You have always been selfish, Mathias; you have never truly cared about me or my feelings,” she said, trying to gaslight me. “Me selfish? How dare you say that to me?” I responded. “That is the truth; why don't you want to accept that fact?” she added, trying to instigate me to respond. I knew all she was doing and just played along with her tricks.“You are lucky, Autumn, that I am in a good mood, or else you know what I would have done to you,” I responded. “What haven't you done, Mathias? I still remember vividly how you raised your hands on me,” she said. “I cannot believe you would do such to me,” she added. “I did not mean that, Autumn, and you know that, you keep pushing me to the wall,” I responded.She was about to respond back at me, but then Sunny and Kavan suddenly showed up and told me that they had something to tell me..Kavan saw me and Autumn already there; it was as if she wanted to leave, but I was stopping her from leaving. Kavan and Autumn looked at
AUTUMN’S POV “You have always been selfish, Mathias; you have never truly cared about me or my feelings,” I said, trying to gaslight him. “Me selfish? How dare you say that to me?” Marcus said. “That is the truth; why don't you want to accept that fact?” I added, trying to instigate him to respond. “You are lucky, Autumn, that I am in a good mood, or else you know what I would have done to you,” he responded. “What haven't you done, Mathias? I still remember vividly how you raised your hands on me,” I said. “I cannot believe you would do such to me,” I added. “I did not mean that, Autumn, and you know that, you keep pushing me to the wall,” he responded.I was about to respond back at him, then Sunny and Kavan suddenly showed up and told Mathias that they had something to tell him.Kavan saw his dad and I already there; it was as if I wanted to leave, but he was stopping me from leaving. Kavan and I looked at each other briefly before we avoided each other's eye contact. We had to ma
KAVAN'S POV Sunny and I went to look for my dad. We had gone to his room after revising for the plan I told her already. “You know what to do, right?” I asked her. “Yes, I do,” she responded. "Okay, give me an example; express yourself,” I added.“No, it is not needed. I will do that when I see your dad,” she said. I did not argue with her and just nodded in response to her. We first went to my dad's room to see if he was there, but he was nowhere to be found."Dad,” I said, knocking softly on the door. “Are you in there?” I added. “Maybe he is not in the room,” Sunny said. “I guess too; let's go to the balcony or the dining hall,” I added. “Let us go to the balcony first,” she responded, and we both left and headed to the manor's balcony.There we saw my dad and Autumn already there; it was as if she wanted to leave, but he was stopping her from leaving. Autumn and I looked at each other briefly before we avoided each other's eye contact. We had to make it look like we got betrayed
MATHIAS'S POV “Did he catch you hiding?” Kavan asked her. She responded and told him that I did not, but I noticed her presence. “He did not see me; I made sure to hide very well,” she responded to him. “So when they both left, I came out of my hiding spot and quickly went to Mrs. Potts room, and then, I think, after a few minutes, he also came by to check up on her,” she added.“Did you try leaving when you saw him?” Kavan asked her. "Yes, I did try to leave, but he held me back,” she replied. I was spying on Kavan and Autumn and also listening to their conversations. After some while, I got bored of it and went to the library to cool my head off. After some minutes there, I asked a guard to request for Marcus to come to the manor. “Hey you, come here,” I said, sighting one of the guards I saw. "Yes, sir,” he responded. “I want you to call Marcus for me, get in touch with him, and tell him that I want to see him at the manor right now,” I said. “Okay, sir,” he responded and left.
AUTUMN'S POV I do not owe you any reply, Marcus.“ I responded to him. “Why can you not get that you are just a tool for Mathias? He is never going to trust or actually love you like his son; you are just doing this for nothing. Are you blind to see that?” I added.“Shut up,” he said. “You are working so hard for him, but when he is done using you, he is going to leave and dumb you without even looking back at all,” I responded. “Who asked for your opinion, Autumn? Why can you not just keep your mouth shut?” He fired back at me.“You don't own me, so I can speak and give my opinions whenever I want to,” I said. “You are not the boss of me, and you cannot control me, scumbag,” I added. I have had it enough with both him and Mathias; people have been calling me names, but I have just decided to keep calm all this while, but now I am so tired of it, I cannot take it anymore.“Since you are done barking Marcus, how about you leave?” I said. “I already told you to mind your business,” he r