William had thought his troubles for the day were over and he could go home, when he heard another knock only a few minutes after he had sat down.Damn it, he thought furiously.Did everyone here wish to make his life difficult?!With a growl, he got up and opened the door with such force that the girl standing on the other side had to blink several times.“What is it?“ He asked as he regarded the executive’s assistant which he was temporarily making use of for the day.“Sir… it’s the police.” The girl - what was her name again, Anita or something? - replied shakily.William cocked a brow at her before looking over her shoulder to see the man in uniform standing right behind her.The girl stepped aside as William left his office and shut the door behind him, approaching the police officer with confusion.“Good day,” William greeted. “What seems to be the problem here?”The equally confused looking policeman looked mildly intimidated by William, who was already a head taller than most
“Anna–“ The regretful voice of her father made her even angrier, and she stonily regarded them without saying a thing. She didn’t want to say anything to them. Not when she had done so numerous times before.“–Can I leave now?” She asked Officer Richard instead of saying a word to her parents. “Is there anything else that needs signing?”“Give me a moment.” The officer nodded calmly before walking off.Then, she was left alone again with the parents she wished she could avoid right then.“Anna… we’re very sorry. You have no idea, I–“ Her father tried and failed to find the right words to console her.“–There’s nothing to be sorry for,” Anna spoke bitingly, glaring at the two of them. “After all, Sophie is your precious daughter, right? And she couldn’t have done anything to hurt me… right?”The looks on her parents faces gave her little satisfaction.“We were wrong, sweetheart.” Her mother simpered, wringing her hands. “If we had known, we wouldn’t have made such a mistake… you have t
Anna left the police station feeling nothing but hollow. As she entered the cab, pulling her sleepy children into it, she couldn’t help but think that she was cursed.After all, it seemed only bad things tended to happen to her one after the other.She felt like crying, but she couldn’t just get.Within minutes, they reached home, and she tried not to look pitiful as the cab driver glanced behind her at the house he had dropped her and her twins at. She had barely taken a look at it that morning, but she knew very well how it looked. The very image of her beautiful house she purchased with money she saved up for years, having the windows and doors damaged, was simply soul-crushing.Nevertheless, she tried to console herself.She had contacted the insurance company and they would be sending someone to look at it by tomorrow morning. And the police statement would help her claim get approved quicker, so perhaps she wasn’t so cursed after all.After making sure Andrew and Andrea had thei
Anna was in a bind and she couldn’t figure out what to do.The interview was in…She took a quick look at the wall clock in the otherwise destroyed living room. It was a few minutes past 9am.She had less than 3 hours!And she had no one to take care of her children!Without thinking much, she immediately went on social media browsing for daycares around her area. With every post she clicked on, her mood became worse and worse as time went on. High rates, needing to book appointments… too much work!Face palming, she began to brainstorm again. Perhaps a nanny would work.Off she went on her search once more, only to be sorely disappointed once she reached out to the few she had seen and gotten a refusal due to being booked solid.“Fudgesticks.” She muttered, thinking of how inconvenient the daycare system was during emergencies such as these.She let out a soft groan, sitting on the couch which she had dusted a lot of debris off during her deep cleaning this morning. She tried to coun
The office of the temp agency was small, dreary looking with its grey walls and white flickering lights on the ceiling. In the air, there seemed to be a slight musk that Anna couldn’t identify the source of for the life of her.She absolutely hated it but was resigned to sit at a corner and wait as the receptionist had told her to.‘I need this job,’ she told herself, her feet tapping ceaselessly on the worn red carpet.And if on autopilot, she picked up her phone and dialed her father’s number.It rang twice before the call was picked up.“Dad?” Anna called, sounding agitated. “How are the twins? Are they alright? Did they eat?” She asked him.“Relax, Anna.” Her father sighed. In the background, Anna could hear the faint sound of a cartoon on the other end of the call. “You can trust us,” he assured his daughter. “They are safe.”She refrained from letting slip that her father had actually given her reason not to trust them. The police officer, Richard, had informed her that Sophie w
The drive the entire way was silent, and William refrained from turning his head to check if Anna was okay. There seemed to be a vice in his chest that wasn’t ceasing, and he hated the feeling of it.“Are you okay?” He asked out loud, expecting to hear an answer from her.Contrary to his thought process however, she didn’t respond and he was left in the silence, gripping his steering wheel firmly, trying not to break it with his immense werewolf strength.“Anna for fuck’s sake,” he growled out. “I expect an answer when I ask you a fucking question.”“What do you expect me to say, sir? Should I thank you for the ride, or for disrupting my life again?” She sounded weary, gazing out the window and wondering to herself how she got into this mess.Her bad luck had to have started a long time ago, she thought grimly - back to the time when she first met William at that club after she broke up with her ex. It had to have been that which caused her to get pregnant after only one night of mind
Anna couldn’t help the tears rushing out, her body giving in to the weariness she felt. But through that episode of weakness, the one thing a part of her couldn’t fathom was why William was still there comforting her. She had expected everything but that. If he had pushed her away, or said disparaging comments, maybe she wouldn’t have had the courage to let her tears fall.Maybe she would have wiped her tears furiously and rushed into the house in embarrassment. Instead, she felt exposed to a part of him she had never seen before, and she didn’t, for the life of her, know exactly how to react to that.William was silent, feeling so much hurt at the sight of his mate sobbing uncontrollably in his arms. It seemed, he mused silently, that despite his desire to stay away from her, all his instincts to protect her as his mate had overridden his decisions and will. It was like this woman was breaking down his walls one after the other, practically bulldozing through them without any regard
“Anna, where are you?” Her mother demanded to know, sounding exasperated and concerned. “Is the interview not finished yet?”Anna slowly processed those words while she turned to the wall clock whose numbers flowed in the dark. Her eyes widened once she saw the time: 5.03pm.Damn it.How had she not noticed the time?!“I’m on my way.” She promised her mother. “Are the twins okay? Have they eaten?“ She asked while picking up her purse and leaving her home to call a taxi.“They had a snack an hour ago.” Her mother said, sighing heavily. “Just get here, okay?”The call ended and Anna proceeded to do just as her mother had asked for the first time in a long time.…“Mommy,” Andrew sounded excited to see Anna as she entered the house, brushing past her father.“Baby.” She pressed a kiss on Andrew’s head and then on Andrea, hugging them tightly. “Did you have a good day?”They both nodded with smiles on their faces.“Anna,” her father caught her attention, and she turned around. “Why don’t