>>Ulrich
The penthouse was dark, I was too tired to even lift my finger and turn on the light when I arrived. This, or perhaps, I didn’t want any light at all. I felt so miserable I sludged to the far end single seater couch that stood by the window and collapsed on it.
All the excitement, all the hope, all the fire that had lit inside of me vanished so fast, it seemed to have shut down all my other functions too.
I was heartbroken. I thought dealing with Miers would be the end of my problems but even after he’s gone there’s so much to deal with. No, there’s more to deal with.
I took a deep breath and rubbed my fingers vertically across my face, starting from the midpoint of the eyebrow
>>Jena“I’m so sorry,” I held the hands of my father while he lay in the hospital bed.“...” He was blankly staring at the ceiling, lost in thoughts of his own, “I’m a bad father, aren’t I?” He whispered the words to me, making my heart sink.“Dad!” I squeezed his hands tighter, “I’m really sorry.” I barely managed to bring him to the hospital in time. I was so afraid when he wouldn’t move, I couldn’t even get myself to call an ambulance. I don’t know how I managed it in the end.My actions were catching up to me. What I had done to him brought me nightmares. I kept thinking I had become a murderer and of my o
>>UlrichThat was heavy. I’ve lived a good life so I didn’t even think that there could be a reason like this which explains why she was so distrusting. That was wrong of me. I feel so stupid now. I just relied on the mate bond, I should have gotten to know more about her. Well, not that she gave me a chance…But still, I saw firsthand what that woman Mary did to her. But Jena let it go. I didn’t think about it deeply at that time, but isn’t it because she’s used to this? She expected she might get betrayed.“Did you take care of that guy who was stalking her? Ron?”“Yea,” He nodded, “We got a restraining order against him.”
>>Jena“Yes,” She nodded.We looked directly at each other, and I saw no lies in her eyes.I shook my head, “That doesn’t make any sense,” I started to feel weird, “I need more explanation.” I tried to carry the information with me as we went ahead, “So what does being mates mean?”“It means you’re meant to be together.”“No, wait,” I shook my head, “Like you’re supposed to marry them and have kids and all the living life together shit?”
>>PortiaJuniur is a college student. He’s working part-time here at the cafe to earn extra cash.“Those are your friends?” He asked me as he passed me the ice cream tray.“Yea,” I answer.He glanced at them again, “All of them look a lot older than you.”I held the tray in my hands and then paused, “Yea…” I nodded, “They are,” I didn’t pay it much attention but now that I think about it, I’m a lot younger than all of them. Jena is the one closest to my age and she’s twenty-six.“Don’t get stressed over i
>>Jena“Ron…?” I can recognize voices right away, I guess I developed it because I end up in sticky situations every now and then, especially because alluring people like me always have people coming after us.And just as I guessed his name, he disconnected the call. With my heart pounding and my brain sending constant alert signals, I turned and started running toward the house. Shortly after I noticed the sound of someone running after me. This time, I didn’t stop, I kept running and glanced back.I saw him.A hooded figure with his face barely visible but I knew it was him. Why is he here? Didn’t he get a restraining order??! I thought Harou took care of it!? I ran full speed
>>Jena“Egon!!” Portia’s call was answered, “Egon! Help!” Her voice trembled after she heard the sound of her mate but unfortunately for her and for me, “Egon….?” The call didn’t connect properly, “E-gon…”The tooting sound of the call ending made us both look at each other in horror. The weather was bad, it had started raining more heavily and the signals were disrupted. I wonder if he even heard us at all. Did he hear Portia calling out his name and asking for help?The sound of glass crunching from the kitchen made us both stand up in fear. We had an intruder!“What do we do?” Portia whispered and I took her hand.
>>JenaI’ve forgotten this feeling, and I never thought it would come back to me.This feeling of warmth.I sat in the lounge of Ulrich’s penthouse, waiting for him to come back to me. A towel was put on the couch which I sat on since I was drenched and my clothes were dirty. Egon and Portia were on the second floor where Egon was examining Portia’s claws. Apparently, it was the first time they had come out.And they came out because she wanted to protect me. I smiled. How sweet of her.The clattering sound from the kitchen made me look back at the person who grabbed a first aid kit and then started coming over. He made his way to me
>>JenaWowI relaxed in the bathtub.“Penthouses sure are different,” I had my eyes closed as I enjoyed the warm bath, “This feels amazing,” I was lying down submerged from the neck down in the water but I kept my feet out so they wouldn’t get wet. Portia had put a plastic bag around them, so no water would get inside but I still decided to be careful with them.Portia giggled, “Right,” She was in the parallel bathtub, “It’s a good thing we get a fresh set of clothes too.”I smiled at her words. I knew what was going through their heads when the men offered that and I decided to play along.&