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TWENTY ONE| Rhythm of our heartbeats

SOPHIAI couldn't understand what I was thinking, getting close to Asher like that. I should have known! I should have known that eight years would not change anything, it couldn't. I should have seen the blaring warning signs, I should have listened to my head when it asked me to stay as far away from him as possible. Alpha Asher...Asher Morris was my weakness, my archilles heel, my kryptonite. In his presence, my brain seemed to seize the ability to function. Just like it always did all those years ago. Eight years ago was in the past darling Sophia. I had to remind myself as I ran. And I had to tell myself I was also not supposed to reconnect to the past, especially when the past was an awfully good looking man that threatened the life of your kids. That cheated on, and abandoned you, and made sure you were reduced to nothing in his very presence. No. I could not afford to relapse. If not for me, I had to at least think about what would happen to my kids if anything was to ha
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TWENTY TWO| Married again

ASHER Goddess no...please no...I continued to mutter underneath my breath while I stood beside my mother and Gaston. Mother held onto me, as though I would be her support if Sophia was to say anything bad. And she was right, I ought to be strong enough to hold her in times like this. I was. However, I couldn't help but ask myself a question I had not deemed important before today. Who was going to hold me? Shaking my head, I pushed the thought to the back jg my mind, when I felt my mother's grip on my right arm tighten. It was only a few minutes later that Sophia stood up straight, ready to face the trio that anticipated good...or bad news, in front of her. Her doe brown eyes were smeared with pity, and I couldn't say it didn't annoy me, but her pity was the least of things on my mind in that very moment. "He is stable now," She started to speak. "And he would he stable for a long time. The scientists and I are working on a formidable cure for the bacteria. We would be done j
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TWENTY THREE| A night in the fields

SOPHIA I made sure to make my way out of the hospital room holding my heart in my chest. I did not understand what was wrong with me, not in the least, but I knew something was up, something had…changed. It was certainly not the kind of change I wanted. As I quickened my footsteps down the hallway, I couldn't help but think about how fast both our hearts had been racing when I hugged him. I shouldn't have, I knew that I shouldn't have, but he was so sad and vulnerable, I could barely help myself. Once I returned to my room, breathless, I found my boys asleep on the bed. My gaze darted to the digital clock at the top of the dressing drawer, and I found that it was past 9pm. I must have spent a lot of time in the hospital, and I didn't get to feed them dinner. Quickly, I changed out of my work clothes since I hadn't gotten the chance before, took a bath, and made my way to the edge of the bed, but I spent the whole time tossing and turning. There was not a single sign of sleep anywh
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TWENTY FOUR| Tripple date

ASHER To say that I understood anything that had happened in the past ten minutes would be lying to myself. One moment, I saw myself strolling to fields, and wanting to turn around the second I saw Sophia. The next minute, she was in my arms, and I had to summon every ounce of strength in my muscle to stop myself from kissing her. As I turned on my heels and fled for my dear sanity, one thing was certain. I wasn't going to be able to hold myself back for long if I kept on putting myself in her space. It was only a matter of time until my strange surging desire for her transformed into something else, something I would no longer be able to control. Retiring to my room and fighting hard to get sleep were the best things to do at that point, and that was exactly what I brought myself to do. Just as I had promised myself, I made sure to avoid Sophia and her sons the next day, and for days after that. That didn't mean that they didn't consume my thoughts most of the days and nights.
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TWENTY FIVE| Reunion

SOPHIA "Asher?" Gérard called out, and I turned to Asher. "Gérard?" Why did the both of them seem like they hadn't seen each other in ages? They were inseparable, like bees to honey when we were younger, at least before I had left. Even though I didn't see much of Gérard after Asher's coronation because I was made a maid, I knew that both men adored and loved themselves. It was why I had found it strange that Asher made Reed his beta, and not Gérard. Gérard soon broke into a smile and spread his arms wide as he moved to Asher. "My man!" Asher seemed more than delighted to meet him too. They locked each other in a tight embrace and tapped each other's backs. I tore my gaze away from them and fixed it on my boys. I had to watch them carefully, especially Darwin. "Man! I can't believe I'm seeing you. It's been what? Seven years?" I turned sharply towards them. Seven years? "Man, it's really good to see you. I ran into Sophia, and I had a feeling it was going to be a great day.
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TWENTY SIX| Savanna

ASHER "Can you believe it, man? Sophia? Three boys? Man! I wouldn't have ever thought she had it in her." I heard Gérard say, once Sophia disappeared from our sight. His words dragged me back to the present and I managed a chuckle. "I know right?" He smiled, shook his head, and looked away from me, before turning to Savanna, who still stood beside me with her arm locked in mine. I could see the discomfort written all over Gerard's face, so I wasn't surprised when he stretched his hand towards me for a handshake. "I've gotta go man. Left my daughter at home with her grandma. I'll come to the Palace sometime, to pay my respects." He said. I reached for his hand and took it in mine. Gérard nodded towards Savanna, who smiled at him in return. The both of us watched him walk away, and once again, I was left alone with Savanna. Immediately Gérard disappeared out of sight, she let go of my hand and let out a long sigh. "I don't suppose we are going to play games again." She said, I t
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TWENTY SEVEN| The colour of heartbreak

SOPHIA "Are you certain you want to remain here, Dr Bailey?" The lab attendant, Becca, said to me while she stood in front of the door. "Yeah. I am certain," I started to reply, looking over the electron microscope in front of me again. I needed to look through the results as many times as possible. After I returned from the arcade with my boys, I made sure to return to the laboratory almost immediately to work on the antibacteria formulae. The earlier I finished with work and made my way out of Dark Moon, the better for me. "I won't be long. I just need to take down some more reports, and I'll lock up after." I continued. "Oh." She looked down at the scattered papers in front of me. "Perhaps I should stay a bit longer and help you..." "No." I snapped. She narrowed her eyes on me, visibly confused. I couldn't say I blamed her. My outburst was completely unexpected. I guess I had not completely recovered from my meeting with Asher. Shit. I wasn't supposed to even think of the
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TWENTY EIGHT| Sleepwalking visions

ASHER I turned around in that instant, not wanting to look at her for one minute longer. I wasn't sure I would be able to contain everything I felt standing so close to her, especially now that the future of my kingdom depended on it. Sophia was a distraction, one I couldn't afford. It was funny, you know, how I found myself sprinting towards my room, because I was terrified I would turn around, pull her close to me and kiss her silly, damning all the consequences, even though the consequences would be too heavy for me to bear. I pushed the door of my room open and flung myself into it. I made sure to bang the doors shut once I was inside, and I pressed my back against the door, breathing heavily. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" I asked, running my fingers down the length of my hair. I was now sweating profusely. I undressed myself and kicked my clothes into a heap by the end of the wall. I made sure to soak myself in a tub filled with cold water. Pushing my head backwards, I
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TWENTY NINE| Rescued

SOPHIA I could swear I had the weirdest dream. One moment, someone was screaming my son's name really loud, and the next thing, my door was almost ripped off its hinges. It was the banging that caused me to jerk up from the bed. I knew my boys got up immediately after I did, but the urgency of the banging didn't allow me to look at them. I pushed the door open and looked outside. Asher was practically sprinting down the stairs, causing me to narrow my eyes on him. Something was wrong, I could feel in the pit of my stomach. I closed the door gently and followed him behind. The more I ran behind him, the louder I tried to call out to him. I wanted to know what was going on. Why did he knock on my door? Why was he running as though the fate of the world depended on how fast he got to his destination? Immediately I pushed past the Palace doors, I tilted my head to the left and then the right, before I found him running towards the Morris pool. I stopped, I needed to know what was g
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THIRTY| Our Father

ASHER I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me. I knew that I was supposed to return to the Palace, get myself to bed and get some sleep, ready to face the ordeals of the next day, but I couldn't do that, not when I knew Sophia was in so much distress. I pushed the window blinds aside and watched her. She moved closer to David and put her right arm around him. She buried her face into his shoulder, so I couldn't see her face. However, I knew she was crying when I saw her shoulder shake. Fuck. My jaw hardened. I could barely stop my fists from clenching. I wanted to go back in there, pull her from the bed and hold her in my arms until her tears seized, but I remembered she was better off without me. I turned on my heels and walked out of the corridor, but not without leaving the nurses on duty with an instruction to provide the both of them with anything they needed, and a hundred percent of their attention if and when the need arose.After that, I headed to the car
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