FAYE Rolling around the bed, I relaxed into the bed, my face pressed into the soft sheets. I felt ridiculously full from lunch I'd had with Axel. We had gone there without a reservation, but Axel seemed to have pulled it off. I had really had my doubts about Axel helping me with my revenge plan, which was why I'd worried and then succumbed to the need to ask him again. He'd cleared me on that fast. The way he watched out for me and was always all in for me made me feel loved and cared for. Unlike any other relationship with anyone I'd ever been in, sadly. I knew for sure that Yvonne wouldn't want any part in it. I didn't even need to ask her to know that. The only thing that was eating at me was how we would cripple Nathan. It wasn't as if Axel or I could do it ourselves. We needed to find someone that'd do it. Someone to do it for the right price, of course, and I was ready to pay it. Anything that would spell out Nathan''s doom. Now that I was Luna, I had access to t
NATHAN I spent more time in the pack house. It seemed everyone had had enough of me being absent, and after Lannon and I had that talk in my office a week ago, I'd had to reconsider the decision to stay far away from the pack house. Even though each night I spent here, I still saw her in my sleep. He had convinced me to spend time at the pack house, even if I didn't want to move back in. He was right afterall, I was now deflecting from my duties as the Alpha of the pack and he wasn't the only one who had noticed. I had left the pack in his care, but I was still the Alpha. He'd done his best to make sure that things were running smoothly in the pack with assistance from Carolyn, Zelda and Ernouf. I hadn't even seen Ernouf and Carolyn in months, so when Lannon suggested I drop by more frequently than usual, I agreed. I hadn't even realized I'd been this absent and detached from everything. It was hell. I was having a meeting with my board members and as it was, I was alread
FAYE It took three long months for us to get Nathan right where we wanted him. Struggling at the edge of a precipice. All we needed to do now was push him off the brink. Right into the darkness that waited below. Let him feel how being at the bottom, desolate and scorned felt. I reclined back in my chair and stared out the glass window, not really looking at anything. It had taken Axel's contact some time to buy most of Nathan's stocks without arousing any suspicion. He had created many fake accounts, but he was still the one person behind all of it. We had sent some information to media houses anonymously, and they did the rest. Everything was going according to plan. With the media hounding him l, he was hella unfocused. It was the perfect time to throw the last blow that would make everything come crumbling down. I stood up and straightened out my dress before walking downstairs to the living room. I grabbed the remote from the coffee table and pit on the TV. As ex
FAYE Axel made us pasta. With meatballs that looked far too big. I helped him dish them out, and we carried them to the living room in. We ended both ended up on the floor, eating with me in sweats and him in simple worn jeans and t-shirt. We cleared out our plates and took the dishes to the kitchen. I'd never thought I'd have this much fun washing dishes. I couldn't help it when I suddenly thought of how it would be when we got married. Would it be like this? Him cooking most of our meals because I sucked at cooking. I shook my head at that, trying to dispel such thoughts. Before thinking of married life with Axel, I had to get divorced first. I'd promised Yvonne I'd send the papers in tomorrow but how? I didn't know how to go about it yet, and I didn't want to mention it to Axel now. We grabbed a bottle of red wine and two glasses before going back to the living room. We sat on the sofa facing each other, drinking red wine and watching the television with him occasiona
NATHAN "Should I set up a meeting with the guy?" Daniel asked from across the desk. I exhaled heavily. This darn thing had taken its toll on us. On me and Carver Tech. With the sudden drop in the market, there weren't a lot of options. But Daniel was somehow approached by an intermediary for a wealthy billionaire that wanted to buy invest in Carver Tech and become our primary partners. They already had quite a lot of the shares, it seemed. "Nathan? Nathan, man, are you listening?" Daniel asked me. His forehead creased, and he looked ready to give up. His wrinkled shirt sure clued everyone in on our dire straits and his hair looked as if he had been running his hands through it repeatedly. It wasn't as if I had many options, so I gave him the go ahead. "Sure. You can set up a meeting with them. If they agree to buy shares, we'll be able to cover up some damages." I said to him, running my hand over my face. He nodded in understanding. "I'll let Avril know the details when I
FAYE My entire body hummed with the tension at having been so close to him. That asshole had the nerve to say all those things to me! Who was he to say I wasn't fit to be Luna?! He'd probably thought I would be too broken by my miserable life with him to pull myself together and become something. I swirled the wine in the wine glass and then took a small slow sip. I felt hot underneath my dress. Despite the air conditioning, I felt hot and bothered. I didn't want to feel anything but hate and distaste for him, but my damn body seemed to love betraying me. I dropped the wineglass to the table and stood up to pace the veranda, the sunset I'd been watching now forgotten. I was sinking his ship. I'd seen the way he'd been with his investors. I'd gotten reports back on how far gone his company was. If he hadn't gone ahead and launched a new product without the capital and backing of the investors, I'd already stolen from him, then he wouldn't have sunk even further. I should
NATHAN "We're sinking, Nathan. More and more into debt. We can't continue like this or we'd lose everything." She'd dyed her hair. No, not even that. She'd fucking cut her hair. Who the hell had told her she looked better with short hair? Her hair had been everything. And she'd gone and cut it. And fuck! The tight dress she'd been wearing. Did four years really do that to a person? She'd been wearing a tight black dress that came down to her ankles, and those fucking stilettoes, man. I let out a tight breath as I felt myself going ha — "Are you even listening to me, Carver? I said we're fucking losing investors!" Fuck Daniel and his ranting. I rubbed my hand down my face, almost getting frustrated with him. "You need to calm down, Daniel. We've amassed resources over the years and there are plenty of other solutions to this little 'crisis'." Now why the fuck did he have to go and cut off my… what was it called again? "Listen to me, Nathan. We have to sell out a couple
NATHAN "Hey Nate." Lannon said, standing full on in the middle of my office when I let myself in. I flung my jacket over the couch and moved to the chair behind the desk, settling into it before replying. "There was a time you used to love being hidden, you know. Now you're just always in my fucking face." Zelda sat reclined on the couch, facing Lannon. "What's got you in this shitty mood then?" he finally sat his ass down on the couch beside Zelda, leaning forward. "Does it have anything to do with Faye?" "Why'd you two love birds decide to visit? Can't handle being cooped up in the cabin anymore?" I asked them, tongue in cheek. "We enjoy being in the cabin. Thanks for asking, but that wasn't what I asked." "You make it sound like everything's about Faye with me now." "Just answer the damn question." "Okay, yes, alright? It's about her. She showed up with fucking Axel Foxglove at my board meeting the other day, wanting to buy me out." "Faye?!! Is this the same Faye we know