I face-palmed myself and groaned, "Claire." But she started laughing.Hayden stepped in. "Hi, Miss Claire, Sorry about your accident. I heard how much of a help you were to my wife during her stay here. Give Alex your bank details, and I will pay you back for everything."She started laughing again. "Dude, chill out. I don't want your money. Ask Alex how rich my parents are. They are insanely rich, and I am an only child. Anyways, why are you calling her Alex instead of my heart, my soul, or even my stars and noon? I expect you to do better."Hayden looked at me as if to say, What is she on? but I only smiled.He smiled, then dropped his card on the table. "Duly noted, and in case you change your mind, give me a call.""I need to seal a deal real quick, but all the guards are outside the door and around the building, so we have eyes everywhere. So discuss it with your friend and text me when you are done. I will be back immediately to fly you home."I nodded, and he gave me a kiss, wh
I understood what they meant by the roof when Hayden led me up there.After Hayden told the woman that we could go up by ourselves, the woman bowed, then walked away, and Hayden put his hand on my back and led me onto the elevator, pressing for the top floor.When the door opened, I could not believe my eyes. This place looked amazing; the lights were dimmed so you could look over the New York nightlife, and it turned different colors at intervals.I could see a table with plates on it, but it was not so clear what was on the plates from where I was standing. The smell of food filled my nostrils, so there was no use in using my enhanced sight."Come," Hayden said, leading me into the room and pulling out a chair for me. I sat down but continued looking around, not saying a word, because I was still mesmerized by what I was seeing."This looks amazing. How did you plan all this?" I said and pointed at the room."I threw my magic band and a couple of dollars up in the air, and everythin
Ana Pov I kept tapping my foot, waiting for them to call me to report the outcome of their mission, but they were delaying. I decided to get some snacks while waiting, and my phone started ringing.I rushed and picked it up. "Is it done? Did she die from the silver bullets? Did you kill the others too?""No, she is alive, and all of the men are dead except me because I did not join the fight or I would have been killed too."I scoffed, "You should have died too. What are you to anyone? You should have told me that your men are all imbeciles and I wouldn't have hired you. I want my money back."The imbecile scoffed, "You did not tell us that your girl is protected by many people and her mate will be close by. You made me send my men to their deaths, and you have the guts to ask me for money? I want an extra 30 million dollars, and I want it before next week for my men who are dead."My eyes widened. "Are you threatening me? Give you what? Have you ever
When I woke up the next morning, Hayden was not in bed, and when I looked at the clock, it was already eight.I yawned and stretched my body, and I felt sore in many places. Deliciously sore.Hayden had taken me against the wall at the restaurant, then bent over at the banister, and when we reached home, it was the same treatment over again, but this time in bed. I tried to match his energy when I rode him yesterday, but it turned out to be too much for me at the time, but Hayden still managed to manipulate my body to continue.I was about to lie back when I remembered that Claire asked me to come early to the hospital today. I stood up, and then my eyes spotted a note on the bed stand.I had an early meeting today, so I had to leave. The servants will serve you breakfast whenever you are ready. Josh and Jax will go with you to the hospital on the plane. There is a flower on the plane for your friend and a checkbook with my information already in it. If she ever changes her mind, tel
Ana PovIt was just afternoon, but I was already wishing to retire for the day. Joe was driving me crazy and asking me questions for the answers that were obvious.He had come into my room unannounced while I was still abed, remembering my orgasm that night and eating fruits. The sex was so good that after he left at dawn, I had only gotten out of bed to shower. I had my breakfast in bed and lay there reminiscing about how good it was, and the servants knew not to disturb me when I was in such a mood but trust the old sadist to destroy my mood."What do you mean that they are not home? They are supposed to be home this morning. Doesn't Hayden know that she is attending the Luna lessons?""I don't know my lord," I said with my voice low, but the only thing I wanted to do was tell him to get lost with his son and leave me in hell alone."Why didn't you call him and remind him?"My eyes widened. I think Joe is baiting me because he already asked me not to que
After the drama of threatening him with stabbing me, Hayden and Joe had stopped fighting.Hayden ordered Lucien and Jax to take me in by any means, then asked the rest to come with him."Mom, open this juice for me," my daughter said, bringing me back to reality."Of course, baby," I said, opening the juice for her."Take small sips, Elijah, so you won't choke.""Okay, Mommy," he answered.The twins were munching on the snacks, that Hayden got and was so happy about them."Mom, can I have another one?" "No, Elijah, you already took two cans; your stomach will hurt if you take more than two."He nodded and threw his cookie into his mouth.I looked at the clock again, and it was almost seven, yet he was not back.I had bathed the children, showered them too, then gave them dinner and these snacks, but he was not yet back.I have tried to go look for him, but Lucien would not let me leave. He said that Hayden had given him clear instructions not to let me out."Fuck it," I cursed uninte
You can sit your ass down. I'm only going to clean myself," I told him and headed to the bathroom."Don't follow me," I said, closing the bathroom.I was so angry that I wanted to scream at someone. I knew he might not want to share both stories, but at least he should tell me one. He would not tell me why his eyes kept turning red or what happened between Joe and his mother. Being in the dark was frustrating.I cleaned myself off and headed back to the room. Hayden was sitting on the bed.I slid back in without a word, then turned my back to him. I felt him on my back, and he placed his hand on me, and I pushed it off."As long as there will be secrets in this house, I don't want you to hold me anymore," I said without looking at him.I laid back down, and his hand did not touch me again. I kept waiting for his hand to touch me again, so I could swap it again.***When I woke up the next morning, Hayden was not in bed with me. I yawned and stretched out. I pushed to the foot of the b
He moved forward and grabbed her. She kept beating me and cursing me while he took her out."Good, let's start again. Sorry for the noises." I cleared my throat."My name is Alexander; I am here for the Luna lessons," I said and sat down.Emilia stood up, grabbed two books, moved in front of everyone, and opened them."As we all know, today we will test her knowledge of pack matters and everything that she is expected to know, as well as her listening abilities. A good Luna must be able to understand things without you telling her.""She would not be a good one anyway," Ann said, but she was ignored."So let us start with all of us taking ten minutes to get ready, then she will be questioned by the one who has prepared, and for the phase of the reading, we will ask her questions, she will write them down, and we will see how many she caught and those she knows the answer to," she said and sat down.Ann grabbed the papers and moved in front. She had a smirk on her face and winked at me