“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
They haven’t done mating yet?Wait!“Did you ever see a mark on her neck?” Icy recalled and asked me in bewilderment.“Shush!” I hushed her down because there was more to come.“I don’t understand, Why is that? We love each other, we have been together for so long but not even once have you slept with me,” she whimpered more.That was like a bullet to my chest. I have been in a marriage where we did have sex, but only a few times, and after that; he rejected me. Although their relationship was nothing like ours because they were emotionally attached but it still didn’t sound less concerning because, unlike us, they were mates.As the two have claimed in the past.“I don’t know. If only I could get my wolf to tell me why he doesn’t want to mate with you, I will answer you,” Silas responded to her in a defeated tone.“But why can’t I see Hope
I cried coming home because of the things said about me to my face, but the pain was gone in the next few hours when Icy told me how good the outcome would be for me.They will finally leave me and my daughter alone and, by the looks of it, I am now certain that Tessa would never accept my daughter's truth to be found out by Silas.Now that they weren't coming into Hope's sight, she hadn't asked about them as well. I was making sure Desmond stays connected with her so that she has someone she is getting attached to."Are we going to the park today?" Hope asked, following me to the kitchen, and my body shuddered out of fright.What if she throws another tantrum?"Umm, well, I have another surprise, but you get to decide what you want to do," I tricked her and started doing my dishes."Surprise? What is it?" she giggled and clapped her hands as she expressed her joy hearing the word surprise."I have planned a game for you," I sai
After my father had left as I demanded, I was more scared of Silas' words than ever.Thankfully, the little activity I have planned with Hope kept her occupied until she fell asleep and now I was stuck between in the sea of my own thoughts."It's getting frustrating how everyone just easily uses our motherly love between us," Icy complained, and I agreed with her.It wasn't long that I received a text from Silas himself. I was surprised because he has never texted me from his private number before.Silas: Let the man meet his granddaughter once.I stared at his text with a frown on my forehead and then decided to put my phone down.After only a few more minutes, I received another text from him.Silas: I know you read my message and you are even awake. I can see the lights of your room.I lifted my face in the direction of the window when I acknowledged that he might be outside the main mansion or else how else could he see the