All Chapters of Embracing His Rejection : Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

Matthew My life hasn't improved since the last time I fetched Natasha from the hospital. Her attitude has worsened, and if Emerald's schedule isn't changed, she will continue to create chaos there.I, on the other hand, am almost at the edge of my patience. No matter how hard I try to convince Natasha that I'm not backing out from the promise I made, she won't believe me. She wants me to fully commit to her to ease her mind, but with Emerald affecting me, I can't do it."Maybe in weeks or days, Crescentius will start the attack," Nicholas exclaimed, in one of our meetings.The impending fight not only brings trouble to all of us but also adds to the frustration I have with my life. I want to put an end to everything once and for all, but with the existing complications, it all seems impossible."I've sent notices to our allies, just in case. Our top priority is our constituents and as much as possible let's minimize the bloodshed and take the high road in this upcoming war," Nichola

Emerald I don't believe that one mistake can be justified by committing another. It wasn’t, and never will be, okay. But sometimes, even when it’s not right, we are forced to choose such a path—not for ourselves, but for others and for the sake of peace. Being called names by others, especially being labeled a mistress, is unacceptable. At first, I thought I could bear the pain, tolerate the shame, the embarrassment, and even the insults. But why should I be a martyr? Who in their right mind would allow others to call them names that aren't true? My parents raised me well, and I won’t let someone call me a mistress just because she thinks she's right. Not this time. "I thought you'd never accept it. You were so opposed to the idea," Mathilda commented after Zane and I told her about our plan. I wasn’t supposed to go down this road. Mathilda had once told me not to use someone else to numb my pain, but now, she was the one pushing me to move forward with this scheme. I could hav

EmeraldI used to hide and let rumors take control. I thought the best way to deal with them was through silence. I don’t know if I was foolish to let Matthew publicly announce the truth—that he rejected me. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, a burst of emotion I couldn’t contain. I could have just told him to say we weren’t together, that I wasn’t his mistress. It wasn’t until after a call with my friends that I realized how poor that decision had been."Isn't it more embarrassing to have everyone know you were rejected?" That was Mathilda’s message after our call last night.It dawned on me a little too late. The fact that I had Zane as my fake mate hadn’t even registered. People might have viewed things differently if I had simply let the rumors die on their own.When my duty at the homestead ended and I was reassigned back to the city, I thought I’d left it all behind. But as soon as I returned, a new rumor had taken root—that I had only used Zane to heal a broken heart caused