Arabella’s POV “Is it Jack?” I asked her. She looked at me with tears in her eyes “Yes” I was stunned when she admitted this. Immediately, I started to wonder what Jack could have said or done to make her sad to the point that she cried profusely. Jack is a good man. Two of them are as close as two peas in a pod so what could have gone wrong? “What happened between you two?” I asked her. “He-” she opened her mouth to continue but closed it and shook her head “It doesn’t matter” “Come on, you can tell me” She looked at the floor “It’s stupid” “Don’t say that. There has to be a valid reason for why you were upset” “Fine” she sighed “He said he doesn’t love me” The words hung heavy in the air as soon as she said them. For a second, all I could hear was the sound of my own heartbeat. I knew Jenny loved Jack. Even a blind man would see it. I assumed he liked her too. I’m surprised to hear her say this. “He said what?” I shrieked “Wait…hold on. Jenny, you’re gonna have to sta
Alpha Rhys’ POV“What advice would you give to newlyweds out there?” the interviewer asked us “We’d like to hear your advice because everyone is surprised that you guys are so young and busy yet you manage to make it work. What’s the secret?”“Well…” I started “I advise that you should be determined to make it work no matter what”Mia nodded “Yes. Marriage is a lifetime commitment”“Yes” I kissed her hand “My wife is the best”“Awww” Mia cooed “I love you”“I love you more, honey”The truth is I don’t love her. Anyone who is close to us can tell this. We both know that our marriage is just for show. We just want to prove to people that we’re making it work when in reality, our marriage from the onset has been a wrong decision, though we try to stay together because of our mate bond. I know for a fact that Mia would be mad at me for kissing her hand. To the interviewer, she’s smiling and happy but I know her better than that. I know her well enough to know that the smile she’s putting
Alpha Rhys’ POVI looked at her “What if she isn’t dead?”“What?!” Mia shrieked.Damn it! I actually thought I said that statement in my head. I can’t believe I said it out loud. Mia is definitely going to throw a fit now. Ever since Arabella died, it was as if her name was a forbidden word not to be said. Mia never wants to hear the name of her sister, not even as a joke or as a memory.I on the other hand cannot deny that I think of Arabella sometimes. I’m certain that the rough patch I’m going through with my mate is because of the bad way I treated her.I usually ask myself if she could still be alive, even though I literally saw her dead body years ago. I wish she was alive so I can make amends. Maybe then the moon goddess will finally have mercy on me and make me happy.“What the hell did you just say?” Mia shrieked.I ran my hands over my face. I’ve been avoiding a fight with her but at this point, it’s inevitable. There’s no doubt that she’s going to bark at me.“What do you
Mia point of view I stormed into the bedroom in fury. Craig followed closely behind me. He shut the door quietly as we came in. I paced down the room as my annoyance increased. I can’t remember the last time I got this angry. Alpha Rhys sure knows how to step on my toes. “How dare he!” I screamed “How dare he treat me like a girl who’s begging for his attention? I’m his wife. Has he forgotten that?” “You need to calm down,” Craig said softly. When a woman is angry, ‘calm down’ are two words she wouldn’t like to hear. “Calm down?!” I shrieked “You want me to calm down? Did you see what he did to me? It’s easy for you to say. You and everyone else have no idea what I’m going through in this marriage” Craig came closer to me and placed his hands on my shoulders. “I know that I’m not aware of anything but I can if you let me,” he said “You know you can always talk to me” Craig’s calm demeanor was helping a little. He’s doing such a good job at calming me down but my blood is sti
Alpha Rhys’ POVAfter putting Bruno to sleep, I decided to stay in the living room to calm myself down. I was still a bit riled up due to the fight Mia and I had.I feel bad. Things between Mia and I are so terrible to the point where our son is starting to notice it. I just hope Bruno’s development won’t be affected as he grows up. I don’t want him to grow up thinking that arguing with your partner is normal.When he’s older, I have a lot of things to explain to him. I’ll teach him how to be a better man than I am. I don’t want his marriage to be unhappy like mine.One of the maids walked over to me. She bowed “I noticed you sitting here, Alpha. Is there anything I can do for you?”I thought about it. “Yes” I answered “Kindly call Craig for me. He should be with my wife”“Alright Alpha. I’ll be right back”“Thank you”She bowed then walked away. I’m not calling Craig because I’m jealous or anything. I’m calling him to save him from Mia. I have no doubts that Mia must have talked h
Arabella’s POVThe next morning, I woke up with a slight headache. It felt as if drums were being played inside my head. The worse part is that the headache was on the left side which means it’s a migraine. From the way I feel, I can tell that it’s pretty severe.These kind of migraines are caused by stress. It’s probably because I couldn’t sleep last night.How could I sleep? When I kept thinking about all the bad things the people I loved did to me.I remember how I was arrested like a common criminal without concrete evidence.I remembered how my own sister tried to kill me.I remembered how the man of my dreams, the man I loved with every fiber of my being, turned against me without even giving me the benefit of the doubt for a moment.I remembered it all. It haunted me for a while till I was able to move on.I thought I moved on but seeing them together brought back all the painful memories.I can’t believe they can just get away with everything they did to me. They looked so hap
Alpha Rhys’ POVAfter my walk with Craig that night, we said good night to each other before parting ways.With a heavy heart, I went straight to my bedroom. After a long shower, I laid on my bed.I stared at the ceiling, lost in thought. The events of today still weighed heavily on my mind. Another event that stuck to my memory is the occurrence that happened tonight with the couple.My mind wandered back to the fight the couple had. The man was certain his wife had been unfaithful due to the pain he usually feels in his chest.I’m aware that when one mate is cheating, the other mate can feel an excruciating pain in the chest. I’ve never heard of a mate cheating without the other one knowing about it. That’s the power and proof of a true mate bond.I wonder if Mia ever felt that pain in her chest when I used to cheat on her. If she did, wouldn’t she have confronted me about it?I thought about it. If she didn’t feel anything then something is definitely wrong with our mate bond. Sho
Arabella’s POVI was enjoying my beauty sleep until loud voices woke me up.It sounded like people chanting or singing rather.“Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you”I opened my eyes and sat up slowly on my bed. Damon, Declan and Delinda stood in front of my bed with smiles on their beautiful faces.Delinda was holding a pretty medium sized cake.I gasped when I saw it.“Happy birthday, mommy” they chorused happily.“Aww” I cooed “You guys remembered”“Of course, we did” Declan said.“How could we forget?” Damon added.“This is for you, mummy” Delina said, stretching out her hand to give me the cake. I took the cake and put it aside.“How did you guys manage to get a cake?” I asked them.“With our money” Damon said proudly.I laughed “What money are you talking about?”“We’ve been saving some money” Damon explained “We gave it to Uncle Jack to help us get a cake. He didn’t even want to use our money but we told him to because we wanted to do something special for you”Their k