The dinner finally came to an end and this entire time, Hope hadn’t sat next to me. Roxanne fed her while Hope sat in her lap.
I felt like an outsider, to be honest. I might look like a strong person, but every person gets upset. The way Desmond ignored me tonight made me think about where I am in my life. I did so much for Hope, but I feel like she isn’t happy with me.
I have never seen her this happy before and where it was a calming thing; it was also concerning.
“I am ready,” Hope broke me out of my state of immense thinking and rushed out of her room wearing a beautiful white dress. She looked like she had walked down the stairs of heaven looking like an angel.
“You look pretty, but you cannot go,” I stole eyes from her, “Mommy has some work and you will be facetiming your father,” I announced excitedly, hoping that would make her happy but she looked mad as hell.
“I don’t want to tal
“NOOO!” My blood-curdling scream echoed through the park while I rushed to hold my dead daughter in my arms.“Hope!” I cried, clinging her dead body against my body, “My daughter!” I screamed crazily, feeling her blood soaking my dress.“Please wake up!” I begged her,“Wake up!”Suddenly, the voice started to sound like I wasn’t talking. It appeared to be within me and much more calmed than I thought it should be.“Octavia! Wake up,” it was Icy waking me up from a terrible nightmare, I call.“Icy! Sh---e ki----lled Hop---,” I sat down on the couch and looked around to the realization that it was not reality.“It was merely a dream!” Icy tried to comfort me, but as a mother who had spent her pregnancy wondering somebody would poison her any time, I was not taking it lightly.“Merely a dream? It was the nightmare that had s
"Good night," I heard Silas greet me as he walked out of the door, saying nothing else.I stayed still in my spot and then took steady steps to reach the door and lock it. I then checked up on Hope to ask her how was her day and she didn’t look very excited to share anything with me.“Are you still angry with your mommy?” I stood in the door, watching her pout and forcing her eyes shut to pretend like she had fallen asleep.“Good night, and just know that mommy loves you more than anything,” I kissed her forehead and left her to sleep. Walking out of her room hit differently. I felt defeated and alone.I sat down on the couch and held the phone in my hands, thinking about how to correct my mistakes.Me: I am so sorry that I hurt you. I was actually pulling a prank on you as April fool’s day is arriving. I should have known it will hurt you immensely.It wasn’t long before he called my number and I at
“Excuse me?” I asked sternly, making sure my body language says it all.“There is something I need to talk to you about,” once he explained, my muscles relaxed a bit. How should I say that I was kind of disappointed in myself for getting the wrong idea from his words?“Get in,” I said and waited for him to enter first. The moment he walked past me, his scent filled my nostrils with a feeling of comfort, and I hated myself for it.He does not deserve me feeling any kind of way about him, especially comfort.“Have a sea---,” before I could even offer him, he sat down and got comfortable.“Recorded the video?” he asked as he noticed my camera gear.“Yeah! It was a bit messy. The camera keeps messing up,” I added and sat down, leaving the couch for him.“I will have someone come over and look at the settings.” He added, fixing his coat and then looking aro
After that whole thing happened and Icy confessed to noticing Silas feeling the mate bond, I threw up out of fright and anxiousness.I could feel the fever in my body. The condition turned so bad that I couldn’t even walk to my room and lie down in peace.I fainted right on my spot and on the cold floor of the living room.“Mommy! What happened to you? Please wake up,” I woke up to the dying cries of my daughter and her gentle hands over my arms.She was trying to shake me into waking up from the floor. I must be gone for hours because she had returned home, but then who brought her home because recently, I have been picking her up from the school myself.“My mommy is not getting up, something has happened to her,” she rushed towards the door to shout and get the attention of the person who had dropped her at the door and had turned around to leave in haste.“Octavia!” it was Silas’ voice.
“Your father called to tell me that he won’t be available for some time because he will be busy at work,” I lied, hoping to calm Hope down before she starts throwing tantrums like always but it did look like none of my words affected her because she pouted at then slammed the teddy on the floor.“I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FATHER!” her scream terrorized me, “I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FATHER!” she screamed again while I tried to reach her and get on my knees to hold her by her arms.“My daughter! He will talk to you but he is busy right no---,” I was beginning to panic and tell her to calm down but she wasn’t really ready to hear anything I have to say.“I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FATHER!” she shouted in the same breath as before. Tears were springing down her cheeks. She seemed to be choking on her own breath.Her sight was terrifying. I hugged her but it did not change anything.“Fine
The next two days went by peacefully, and it was going to be like that. Now that I have enrolled Hope in the morning time, I expected Silas and Roxanne to give their demands a rest. Hope also didn’t bring them up as she was too busy in the school’s activity, but I feared what will happen once the activity was over? She will be back at her usual stubbornness over visiting the park and spending time with them.Desmond would call and speak to home for at least two hours and, for some reason, I wasn’t comfortable with it anymore the way I used to be before.It was almost like I didn’t trust his intentions for her anymore.“Finish this and the---,” I have placed lunch in front of Hope when I heard a knock on the door, “Finish this,” I eyed her before attending the door.“Oh! Alpha King Silas!” I said in a very sarcastic tone. I did not like seeing his face after he had spat utter bullshi* towards me.
Well, I denied meeting my father. I know Silas gave me a weird look but I didn’t need to prove myself before him or anybody else.If they think I am a heartless person, then be it. I cannot forget the treatment from them when I was just a teenager and going through a lot.“Silas! Would you give us some time to talk in private?” She turned to him as he was just silently observing everything.“Sure!” He excused and exited the house to leave us alone for this discussion.“Fine don’t meet him, but your daughter will spend time with my daughter and if you denied that,” she paused, waiting for me to show a reaction to her threat, “I will demand for a DNA test.” The smirk across her lips was a piece of evidence that she was 101% sure Hope was Silas’ baby.“What are you try---ing to imply?” I asked in a stutter, trying to look confident but failing at it.“You know w
“What? how was it my fault? I lost my brother as well and even got accused of his death.” I forgot I was at their mansion and they were staring at us from afar. Obviously, they couldn’t hear us, but they could see that we were indulged in a heated argument.“No! you killed my son,” she pointed her finger at my face and accused me of it again.Every time I have tried to pick up the broken pieces of me and mend myself, she had reminded me of Oliver and had blamed me for his death as if she hadn’t hated me before that.“I ---,” I got up on my feet in tears and looked around to acknowledge my daughter watching my face in concern.“Mommy!” she broke free from Roxanne’s arm when she tried to prevent her from leaving her and rushed towards me.“I did--- n---,” I tried talking but it didn’t work. The world around me was swirling and all I could see is blood, Oliver’s