Scarlett?”The voice repeated again and Scarlett could feel him standing behind her. Oh, so close, she could feel his body heat, but she couldn't turn around to face him. Her legs felt heavy, like heavy irons had been placed on them, and she felt a chill traveling down her spine. Bile rose up in her throat as fear filled her heart.What was Liam doing here? Was he not supposed to be back in his pack with his lovely Olivia? She knew he comes to the human world when necessary, but why did he have to come to this hotel of all places? Or did he already know that she was here? Did he look for her and find out that she was here? Was he here for her?So many questions yet no answer. All she could do was turn around and ask these questions, but she couldn't. He would see her stomach, and he would know that she was with his child. Once Liam found out that she was pregnant with his child, she was done for because he would take the baby from her. Fear and panic fill her heart. She wouldn't allow
ShockThat was the one word for what Liam felt as he slowly turned his face to look at Scarlett, who was now screaming in his face. Her eyes were cold and red with anger; they looked like they could burn him down. “Did you just hit me?” His voice came out quiet, but one could depict the surprise in them. Liam has never been hit before, except during battle. He grew up with people respecting him as their alpha. No one has ever raised a hand on him until today. “Yes,” Scarlett glared up her him, the sight of his face turning red from jer slap and the sight of her palm imprint on his face brought joy to her, “And I will do it to you again if you insult me one last time”Here she was, thinking that she would be getting in trouble with him for hiding his baby from him, but Scarlett was mistaken because he thought she had hooked up with another man and allowed herself to get knocked up. The fear in Scarlett's heart was gone and now, all she felt was fury. She wished she could claw at his
“Scarlett'' Alex called immediately as the door of Scarlett's office closed behind the both of them. “I want to be left alone,” Scarlett said, shutting him up as she walked to her table and began to gather her things. Alex ignored her words, “Scarlett, who was that man? Do you know him? Why did he come to look for you here?”“I know him” Scarlett was not going to deny knowing Liam, but she definitely did not know why he came here to look for her. Liam was the only one that could answer that question. Scarlett packed the last of her things into her bag and slung it on her shoulder, “I want to go home”. Scarlett began to make her way to the door, but Alex stepped in front of her to block her path, “We need to talk, Scarlett”Scarlett refused to meet his gaze, her eyes were on the door, “No we don't, Alex. I want to go home. I don't want to talk to anyone.” All she wanted to do now was crawl into a hole and lick her wound. A hole where there was no one except her. The tip of her nose
Scarlett used the back of her hand to rub her eyes as she finally gathered enough strength to sit up on her bed and against the headboard. She had been awake for the past fifteen minutes but felt immobile, so she remained on her bed in a daze.Scarlett stared out of the window to see that it was dark outside. It only meant that she woke up early; the sun was not out yet. She did not know if she wanted to leave the house today for work, but one thing she was certain of was that she wouldn't be living in this house for a long time. She needed to leave. Scarlett wasn't sure if she still had a job to even return to, as she had told Alex that he was free to fire her. She did not mean what she said, but who's to say he wouldn't do it?'You are his friend Scarlett, he wouldn't do that to you'And there was that voice again in her head. A voice whose presence she was beginning to notice and get accustomed to. 'If I was his friend, he wouldn't hide anything from me'The voice snickered, 'Doe
“How was your night? I hope you are well rested?”Scarlett looked to her left side, where the voice came from, to see Alex standing there. He was dressed in a dark suit that hugged his lean and tall frame, his pepper red hair was gelled back leaving his face bare and his green eyes were twinkling like they did not have a misunderstanding yesterday. Maybe he did not view it as one.“Good morning to you too and yes, I slept well” Scarlett answered“Well, mademoiselle, I will be taking you to work today” Alex brought his hands out of his suit pockets to wave his car key in the air. Scarlett hesitated, she knew that agreeing for him to take her to work means that they would talk in the car. He would want to ask her about Liam again this morning. “You don't have anywhere to be at? No place to travel to? No business to…”“No, I don't. Now, stop dilly-dally, or you will be late for work”.Scarlett sighed before she began to walk up to him. There was absolutely no way she could run away. He
“Stop stalling”“I'm not” Scarlett blushed in embarrassment at being caught red-handed. That was exactly what she was doing; stalling for time, but she covered it up with a huff. Alex smiled, he found her expression funny and then that little sound she made, “Oh yes you are. Now, let's talk about my engagement”“You want to talk about it now?”His brows furrowed, “Yes, of course. It's among the many things we need to talk about, but let's start from here”Scarlett found it funny how he wanted to talk now, how he was at this moment willing to talk about his engagement. Was it because she already knew about it? Was he going to tell her about it before? Well, good thing she only saw him as a friend and not a potential boyfriend or husband. If she had developed any romantic feelings for him, she would have been very mad right now and hurt, too.Alex was kind and handsome, it was easy to fall for someone like him. Thank God she was hurt. If not, she would have thought about opening her he
“Why don't you try to talk to your family and her? Explain to them and maybe they will understand”. Alex as shaking his head before Scarlett finished talking, “They won't agree”Scarlett frowned in surprise, “They won't?”Alex shook his head, “They won't”“Any reason why? I thought it's your life and future we were talking about here? You are the one to make these decisions yourself” Why was he acting like he was a kid? Everyone should pick their partners themselves, was that not how it was? Was it different for humans? “You know that neither of you are going to be happy together, right? Alana is so in love with you, and she came here to warn me to stay away from you. But I'm sure you already know that by now”“I know she loves me”“Does she know that the feeling is not mutual?”“She is supposed to know that it's not mutual because I have never given her the green light and…”“And you haven't told her that you don't love her either. You did not give her the green light because you
“You want to tell me about him? How you both met. You said you don't want him to know about his child. He must have hurt you a lot.”“Yes, he did hurt me a lot. We were together for over four years and then one day, he woke up and told me that he was dumping me for his other women because she was pregnant for him. She was carrying the child he had always wanted”.“Oh wow, that's just so great. Date a woman for four-year and then dump her because the mistress is pregnant" “Is that not what you are about to do too? You have been keeping Alana for years now. If you don't love her, why not let her go? You don't have to ruin one person before you can be happy”.Alex flinched, and he looked as if he had been gutted, but then, he nodded in agreement, “I guess I'm just like your man, but you are right, I need to take this up with Alana and my family. I can't keep holding her back. She is still young, so she can still get another man for herself. It would be so wrong of me to allow her to wai