CHAPTER 4: AVERY POV
I blinked several times to ensure it was really Emily who had stepped into the room. She flashed me a broad smile that didn't quite reach her eyes, and she closed the door behind her. How did she get here? I couldn't help but wonder. "What are you doing here?" I asked her. "I wonder whose baby that is," Emily replied instead, ignoring my question. Had Julian shown her the message and asked her to come instead of him? I clutched my phone tightly, staring as she sauntered towards me. "You see, Julian and I are getting married soon," Emily paused. She was closer to me, so close that I could smell her flowery perfume. She flipped her brown hair from her shoulder and sighed dramatically while waving her hand in the air. I caught a glimpse of the princess cut ring on her middle finger. "Yes, we are going to have the grandest wedding and mate ceremony of the century." She gushed as if reading my thoughts. "I have the blessings of his parents already, and you know, the pack house won't reject someone as intelligent and beautiful as I am. I am from a great family, too. So, with everyone's blessing, I am going to be the Luna of the family." I said nothing and only watched as she continued to speak. Emily continued, "You might be wondering why I am telling you all this and how you come into the picture. The Saint Claire Family is the most respected in the whole of London, and you're well aware of that. So, Julian and I can't afford to have any stain on the name, especially from a dirty omega with an illegitimate child on the way." "What are you implying?" I questioned. "Good question, Avery. I am glad you are not as dumb as you look." she moved forward and clasped a lock of my hair, twirling it. "Get rid of that bastard in you." I swallowed hard as I watched Emily with wide eyes. I didn't want to believe she had said that, despite how nasty she was at the moment. She couldn't have possibly said I should get rid of it! "Until Julian says that to me himself..." Emily snapped her fingers in front of me and cut me off, "Don't be stupid, Avery. Why would you think I came here? Do you think I am interested in seeing your face? Of course, it's what Julian wants." A lump formed in my throat, and I blinked back, the tears pooling in my eyes. Not only had he made Emily come here when I requested him to do so, he wanted me to get rid of my baby. I had thought he'd have a change of mind, but once again, my naiveness got the best of me. "I'm sure you're smart enough, and you'll do what's right, Avery. I am counting on you," Emily said before walking out of the room. Staying in the room for a while, I pondered on what she had said. I couldn't wrap my head around it. But I knew Julian could say that to me himself. If he had told me I was only warming his bed when he needed me to, then he could definitely ask me to have an abortion. I walked out of the room and towards the entrance. Halting at a distance before the exit, I frowned as I noticed Julian. He was pacing around, and when he saw Emily pushing herself towards him, he rushed towards her. But she had come into the room to speak to me without it. In fact, she was barely in any pain. Shaking my head, I continued towards them. I could speak to Julian now that I had seen him. Even as Emily had said all that, I wanted to hear him say the same thing despite knowing his words would hurt me. "Avery!" Emily called. As I turned to look at her, I saw her eyes widen in mock surprise. She smiled so brightly that it could light up the room and said in the sweetest voice ever, "It's a surprise to see you here. Are you ill?" I could almost taste the saccharine dripping from her words, and I grimaced inwardly. Such a snake! Ignoring her, I turned to Julian. "I want to speak with you," I said, and Julian raised his brows at me. He opened his mouth to speak, but a shrill cry from Emily stopped him. "It hurts," she cried, pointing to her leg, hand, and head. Was it all part of her body that was hurting her? "What's wrong?" Julian questioned genuine surprise in his eyes. I couldn't resist the urge to snort. "I don't feel too good, Julian. Please, can you take me home?" she asked. "Of course," Julian nodded. He straightened and turned to me, "You can take care of yourself, Avery. I'll see you, maybe later." Julian pushed Emily away and into his car while I stood rooted to the spot, watching him. I wanted to run after his car, jump in front of it, and demand he respond to me before leaving, yell his name until he reply me, but I couldn't move. I could only whimper while watching as he drove out of the lot. I watched his car until it went out of sight, and I stepped towards my car, driving home rather than the office due to the exhaustion washing over me. As soon as I got home, I was totally exhausted, emotionally and physically. I locked the door behind me; my hand fell as I noticed the blood outside the door, stopping at my feet. My eyes widened as they caught the trail of blood running down my thighs. "Oh no," I gasped as I felt a searing pain in my stomach. I stumbled towards the only sofa in the room clutched my head as it suddenly felt light. But I didn't get to the sofa. My knees buckled, my legs giving way behind me, and I fell to the ground with a thud on my stomach. "Please, not my baby," I cried, clutching my stomach tightly as the pain got even more intense. "Save me, moon goddess," I whispered as my eyes fluttered close, but before I gave in to the darkness that surrounded me, I heard the faint whimper of a baby, calling and reaching out to me. My baby. It was gone.CHAPTER 5: AVERY POV"How are you feeling?" Grace asked as I came awake.Grace had been my best friend since high school. I had known her the longest, and she was the person I said most of the things to, even when I had been afraid to confide in Leslie sometimes.I blinked several times, looking around me. I was in my room and now lying on the bed.I wasn't in my office clothes anymore; instead, I was in my undies. Grace must have changed me out of it."Grace," I whispered. She was the last person I was expecting to see. I had locked the door; how did she get in?"I have a key, remember?" she said, frowning at me. "Are you certain you're fine? Perhaps we should see a doctor...""No, I am fine, and I remember," I said, wincing as I tried to sit up. The pain in my lower back was still evident, but it wasn't as intense as before.I gazed at my thigh and then at the floor, where I had seen blood pooling around my feet. It looked squeaky clean, as if nothing had happened."I cleaned the fl
AVERY POV At age twenty-four, I never thought I'd be jobless, depressed, and roaming the most notorious town in London—Blackthorn, which earned the moniker the Devil's Playground due to its dark history. Perhaps, most of all, what happened in my life was my fault. However, I was sure of one thing: I never asked to be an orphan. I never knew who my parents were, where they lived, or how I was born. That was the sad reality of my life, but I had never dwelled on that ever since I learned how to navigate my way in Aurora Orphanage for good boys and girls to avoid getting bullied. My eyes lit up as I saw the light from the distance and the outline of a building that could only be a pub. Straining my ears, I picked up several sounds, and the most prominent was that of the music playing in the background and clicking of glasses. My legs were killing me. I didn't know how long I had been walking. I didn't take the car along with me because why should I? It belonged to Julian and his comp
JULIAN POVI was just leaving for home when I received her call.My heart had skipped a beat, and all sorts of thoughts had run through it.One, she was in danger.Two, she was being held hostage, and three, she was lost.I didn't dwell on the thoughts too long as I did the only thing my head could think of. Track her number to know her location, and I arrived in front of the most notorious bar that was known on this side of the country. The Bleeding Rose Bar.The town was known for illegal activities, such as drug dealing, trading of all sorts of weapons, and other illicit transactions. Not only that, the bar itself was a frequent sighting of werewolves and other supernatural creatures.Blackthorn had become a haven for outcasts and renegades from various supernatural factions. Here, they find refuge from persecution, forming alliances based on mutual need and a shared distrust of authority.The rogues especially. They roamed freely in this part of the town as though they owned it, c
JULIAN POVI woke up with a fucking Hard on. And that was all Avery's doing.She turned and twisted, her arms flung towards me carelessly while her legs were wrapped around me, trapping me and making my dick hardened even more."Hmm, Mr Burritos," she whispered, then burst out into a peal of laughter."Mr Burittos," I couldn't resist the urge to grunt. My eyes narrowed at her.She had mentioned the name again. Was the person offering her a burrito even in her dream for her to keep calling him?As far as I could tell, one of the things she didn't enjoy eating was a burrito, yet she had mentioned it more than she had eaten it.Or maybe the burrito was in the form of something else.A dick, perhaps?No. I shook my head.Avery sighed, "You smell so good," she whispered.Then her lips puckered, brushing them against my jawline."Shit," I murmured.My hand snaked around her waist, pulling her into me. I had resisted the urge and temptation not to fuck her last night. Due to her condition, i
AVERY POV: The sound of laughter filtered through the air, and I chanced a sideways glance. Julian was chuckling at something the brunette who had strut into the office earlier as though she owned it said. His eyes never left her face gorgeous face. The corner of his lips creased, and I sucked in a deep breath as a stinging sensation pricked at my eyes.Why couldn't he feel the same way about me in the office? Was I any different from her?Maybe I was at of his league.The brunette was drop-dead gorgeous and looked like someone out of a swimsuit Magazine; her long hair had loose curls at the end, and her features were so soft, so womanly, and could attract any man who glanced at her.Unlike me, in my drab brown suit and the tight bun, I always put my waist-length blonde hair in.She moved in close, whispering in his ear. He didn't even flinch, his gaze still locked on hers as if she was the only woman that existed to him.The office was designed in a way that you could see all the t
Chapter 2: AVERY POVI am Julian's true mate. Emily's words resonated in my head, and I stared at her extended hand longer than I should have wanted to before looking at her face.I had never been slapped so hard until now. Even when Sophia was yelling at me, it seemed like nothing compared to what I was hearing right now."I've heard a lot about you, Avery, and how resourceful you can be as Julian's secretary; I hope we get along," A bright smile adorned her face.I said nothing because I had nothing to say to her. I didn't know where she had heard about me from, and I doubted it was anything good if it was Sophia who was feeding the information to her."I hope we'll get the opportunity to be able to have a discussion next time," Emily stated."I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you," I muttered, walking away from her.Emily didn't look like she had heard what I said as she smiled broadly. Then she began walking away from me.Her declaration still lingered in my head, but for all I
AVERY POVJulian didn't want me. How stupid could I be to have thought so and even went ahead to ask him what we were?I never expected him to utter such a word, but he had.I was back inside the bathroom for the second time, staring at myself in the mirror. After the declaration from Julian, he ushered me out of the office, saying he needed to be somewhere.He hadn't even glanced at me, and he had left!Pulling out a tissue towel from a box near the sink, I blew my nose on it, staring at my coworker beside me as she gagged."Disgusting," she wrinkled her nose.I had never been the most ladylike. Perhaps it was one of the reasons Julian only saw me as a tool for his pleasure.He had never seen me as a Luna material.As the tears subsided and my composure returned, I walked out of the bathroom and into the office, hoping I wouldn't encounter any unpleasantness for the second time.But I had never been the goddess favourite, so my request definitely fell on deaf ears."Do you all know t