7 YEARS LATER
*Astrid's POV*
It's been 7 years since Lucas took me under his wings and also the birth of my sons, Jayden, Kayden, and Braden and I must admit that my kids were the best thing that has ever happened to me, and I was so proud to be the mother of three lovely angels.
After the triplets' birth, things took a huge turn for the better and thanks to Lucas, I was able to achieve so much in life and eventually became a successful businesswoman. My life couldn't be any better and I couldn't be more happy than I am.
The kids were so fond of Lucas, and they all called him dad. At first, I had thought Lucas would have a problem with that, and I tried making them stop calling him dad, but when Lucas found out about it, he cautioned me and made me stop trying to make them stop calling him dad. Lucas insisted that he had no issue with that, and I eventually gave up on trying to stop them from doing that.
Lucas has been a great father figure to my kids and for all he's done, I am deeply indebted to him. He gave me my own office to work in, and I couldn't be more grateful.
“Aren't you going to rest? You've worked a lot lately, and I think you deserve a rest.” Lucas said, when he saw me working in the study one night.
“The files were so important that I just couldn't drop them without doing something. I'm to present it to the shareholders of the board at tomorrow's meeting, so I need to make it the best because your company deserves something spectacular.” I smiled.
“You don't have to work your butt off for my company, Astrid.” He sighed.
“Of course I will. You made me who I am today. I wouldn't have achieved all these without you, and you expect me to neglect you like that? No, that's not going to happen.” I chuckled.
He sighed in surrender. “Well, if you say so. But make sure you go to bed soon. It's almost 12am, and I wouldn't like you to be stressed out in the morning. You do not want to fall asleep while making your presentation to the shareholders, you know.” He joked and I laughed.
“Noted.” I smiled.
He placed a peck on my forehead before leaving. After he left, I couldn't help but bless the moon goddess for her help. It wasn't easy, and here I am. Lucas was like the best thing that has ever happened to me and my babies, and I couldn't ask for more.
After I was done working, I switched off my laptop and carried it in, dropped it on my table before sliding into my night wear. As I sat on the bed and glanced at the three gifts given to me by the moon goddess, I couldn't help the lone tear that dropped from my eyes.
It's been 7 years, and I was still haunted by the memories of all I had to go through to get here. Everything Kai and Kathryn did to me was fresh in my head like morning bread, and no matter how much I tried to forget about it, it just didn't work out.
I remember it whenever I sit alone or in the midst of people, and it always succeeded in putting me in a foul mood. Occasionally I try to forget about it and move on, but life wasn't like that. I thought of how we could have been if he had given me the chance to share that news that day. I thought of how our life would have been if I hadn't caught him in bed with my best friend.
We would have been happy and raised our triplets together, but no, he was fucking faster than his shadow and showed me how much of a monster he was. He betrayed me, my best friend betrayed me as well. And each day, I wonder what fate has done to them. And I always prayed for them to get ten times the pain they've cost me.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I stared at Kayden. Among all of them, he reminded me of Kai the most. He was the exact carbon copy of Kai and acted like him too.
“I'm sorry, my babies. I'm sorry you won't be able to see who your real father is. Turns out, he's a jerk and an evil man, and I wouldn't want any of you to exhibit his attributes at all.” I whispered in tears.
“Astrid?”
I turned to see Lucas standing at the door. He must have heard me crying since his room was close to ours. I quickly wiped my tears as he walked in.
“Not again, Astrid,” He sighed and bent to look at me. “You need to stop this thing you're doing. It's been 7 years; 7 fucking years, Astrid. That asshole doesn't deserve your tears. Karma is probably at work on them right now, so stop crying. You don't need to think of him while I'm here, okay?” He encouraged me, and that only made my tears roll down more.
I just wanted to cry it all out. I wanted to cry out all the emotions I've had pent-up for 7 years. I don't want to feel the pain anymore, but I can't help it.
He pulled me into a hug and patted my back. “Thank the moon goddess that you're now a successful businesswoman. You're climbing to the top, and make sure you deal with anyone that tries such nonsense when you're there. I love the woman you've become, Astrid, and it hurts me that you don't realize that,” He sighed and pulled away from the hug to wipe my tears. “Astrid, you're a strong woman. Forget about him. He doesn't deserve your tears, and he doesn't deserve your kids either. Cry no more.” He said, and I nodded my head in agreement.
He was right. Kai doesn't deserve me or my kids. I'm going to forget about him and leave like he never existed.
Yes, I'll throw away every feeling that has to do with him, and he would never find out about these kids because they're mine and not his.
He rejected me while I was pregnant, and that means he rejected the kids as well.
Farewell, Kia. I hope we never see each other again.
*Kai's POV*It's been seven years since Astrid's disappearance. A few months after her disappearance, I tried looking for her but due to my foolishness, I couldn't continue the search.Every single day that passed, I continued to hate and blame myself for listening to Kathryn in the first place. I shouldn't have listened to her when she told me Astrid was barren, and they had to remove her womb since she had done numerous abortions due to her promiscuous lifestyle.I believed her then and gave up on the search, but months continued to go by and still Kathryn was yet to conceive.I had to visit the pack's priestess due to how worried I was and that was when she revealed to me that Kathryn wasn't my mate, so she can't carry my child, only my destined mate can. Astrid.I became so devastated on hearing the news, and I soon started to regret ever rejecting Astrid in the first place.I couldn't help but to miss her so much, Astrid has always been the one who understood me and no matter how
*Kai's POV*Dan instantly gave me the magazine he was holding and what I saw made me stumble back in shock.Astrid's name was on the front page and it wasn't just that, she was among the top 10 successful business women and she was the first."I is this real?" I stuttered, still staring at the paper in utter disbelief and shock.It wasn't just about her being successful, it was about her being alive, a great feeling of relief coursed through me as I continued staring at her picture on the front page, she's changed so much that it was almost so hard to recognize her."She's alive Dan, she's alive!" I said with a bright smile on my face."Of course Alpha, I told you she's still alive, this is such a wonderful news for us.""Where is she? I need to meet her, can you track down her location?" I asked impatiently.The happiness on Dan's face instantly vanished and it made me wonder what went wrong."What's wrong? Why do you have that look on your face?" I asked and he sighed deeply."The t
*Astrid's POV*I and Lucas were having some business discussions in his study when a guard called our attention that someone wanted to see me."Me?" I questioned with a confused frown on my face."Yes ma'am.""Alright, I'll be there." I replied, the guard then bowed before leaving."Were you expecting a visitor?" Lucas asked."No, I'm not, in fact I'm equally surprised as to who that is." "Then we better go see them." Lucas stood up and I followed suit.As we went to the throne room, I had no idea I would be faced with the biggest shock of my life.When we finally arrived at the throne room, the guard guarding outside instantly opened the door and when we walked in, I stopped dead in my track.The person's back was turned to us, but no matter how long it's been, I could still identify that person when I see them."Kai!" I muttered in shock.My heart was literally pounding in my chest, perspiration broke out from everywhere in my body and when he finally turned around to face us, I st
*Astrid's POV*"What nonsense are you talking about! Astrid will never marry you." Kai seethed.Lucas scoffed. "Think again, after all you were the one who threw away a diamond while picking up stones, you have no say in this matter, you lost all rights to her the day you rejected her!" "So go back home to the woman you left her for, as you can see, my Astrid is doing well and she doesn't need a man like you in her life." Kai looked at me, he was literally pleading with me through his eyes, although I have no idea why Lucas will say a word like that, but to get Kai away, I was willing to play along."You don't know what kind of man he is Astrid, don't let him fool you, he's not a good person, please listen to me." He said."And you do?" I questioned sarcastically. "Don't make me raise my hand to you Kai because I won't hesitate to do that, I won't hear a single word against the man who saved my life when you threw me away, I am alive today because of Lucas, he made me what I am toda
Author's note : Hi readers, this book will now be written in third's pov due to some issues. Thanks and I hope you understand.***Kai angrily walked inside with Dan right on his tail."I told you this was going to happen didn't I, I told you not to rush things, it wouldn't get you anywhere, but you didn't listen to me." Dan said and Kai ruffled his hair in frustration."I just needed to see her Dan, don't you get, all I needed was to meet with her and I found her in that crazy man's arms!" He raged.Dan sighed deeply, he didn't get the chance to see Astrid since he didn't go in with Kai, but waited for him outside, so he has no idea what took place, but from Kai's reaction when he came back, he could tell things didn't go as planned."What happened exactly?" He asked and Kai turned to face him."Astrid wouldn't forgive me, but I won't give up on her and I'm not letting her get married to Lucas!" He seethed.Dan frowned. "Get married? What are you talking about?""Lucas said they were
It was late at night, Astrid already managed to put the kids to sleep, she was just leaving their room when she bumped into Crystal."Watch it!" Crystal spat.Knowing how much Crystal hates her, Astrid wasn't ready for her troubles."I'm sorry." She said, but before she could leave, Crystal said something that made her stop right in her track."I heard the father of your kids dropped by to see you and not just that, he also happens to be our rival, how ironic!" She chuckled. "You know you've over stayed your welcome here, since your ex mate wants you back, don't you think you should go because I think you should."Astrid heaved a deep breath as she tried calming her anger. "I don't have time for your nonsense Crystal, if you want a fight then look for it else where because I'm not interested in your rubbish." She made to leave, but Crystal stopped her with her words."The triplets." She said and she turned to face Astrid. "Does he know about them?" She smirked. "You know, as their fat
Kai was getting ready for the day in his room when a knock sounded on the door."Come in." He said and Dan came in."Alpha, goodnews." He said excitedly."Tell me." Kai replied, turning to face him."I was able to get one of the shareholders in Astrid's company to sell his shares to us." He announced and a bright smile spread across Kai's lips."That was fast." "Of course, I made sure to go for the easy target, he's a man filled with so much greed, so it wasn't difficult getting him to sell his shares to us, all I had to do was offer him times two of the money and he caved in." "That's good, what's next on the schedule.""There's a meeting at the company today, so it's best you attend and introduce yourself as the new shareholder in the company.""I'm all set, just get the car ready and I'll be there soon.""Yes Alpha." Dan replied before leaving."I'm one step closer to you Astrid.'' Kai smirked.***Astrid's car pulled up in front of the company and a guard hurriedly opened the do
Kai raised his hand to hit Lucas, but Astrid immediately interfered."Don't even think about it!" She warned dangerously. "I don't want you in my company Kai, do us all a favor and return those shares to Mr Sean."Kai brought down his hand, then he stared deeply into Astrid's eyes."The shares already belong to me and it's going to stay that way, I don't care how hard you try to push me away, I won't let you go Astrid and I won't sit still and let you be with him." He glared at Lucas."Don't you have a mate home to return to? Don't make the same mistake with her, return home to your Luna." She said.Lucas took her hand and they both left.Seeing them walk away, while holding each other's hand made Kai's heart ache with so much pain, but there was nothing he could do than to watch.When Astrid and Lucas got to her office, he let go of her hand.Astrid ruffled her hair in frustration. "Why won't he just let me be!?" She sighed. "Just calm down Astrid, we'll find a way to resolve this."