Alpha Drake Finnigan waited until after the talks on potential engagement were over. He noticed William giving Lily stares throughout the entire meeting, even though Lily didn’t reciprocate in any way. Another notable point, he thought, was that Ethan, the Alpha William’s younger brother and supposed groom in question, wasn’t even present.Regardless, it would be at least another meeting before the two Alphas came to an agreement regarding the future of this arranged marriage.After they got back to the Eclipse pack, Lily finally turned to Alpha Drake with a smile. She looked triumphant and happy.“I think that went well,” was what she said, sitting down at the couch in his study. Her father was present, looking broodingly at her.“You always have an optimistic outlook on everything, Lily dear.” Her father said, and Alpha Drake had to agree. Still the smile on Lily’s face only grew wider. “Today was not exactly the best start to your engagement. The younger brother, that is…” He frown

Silence ensued for a few moments after she said that. And she took the chance to continue.What’s the worst he could do? Fire her?“I’m sorry for spilling the coffee on you. It was an accident but I take full responsibility for my actions. I should have been paying attention and I didn’t. I’m sorry.” She finished, still feeling the anxiousness course through her belly and making her feel so nauseous and exhausted at the same time.William didn’t expect her to apologize so quickly. He expected her to put up more of a fight the same way she had done when she damaged his expensive white carpet.Anna expected a laugh to come from him and his words mocking her about her apology. What she didn’t expect was to finally look up toward the desk and find the same man all but gaping at her in shock.He recovered quickly still, and a smirk came into his face.“So you do know how to apologize properly.” He commented.She didn’t respond to his words - it had to be a rhetorical comment. All she could

“Have you washed your hands?” Anna asked both of the twins again to which they nodded this time around. She left the restroom holding both of her children’s hands and trying to ask herself if this was the time she should start making her excuses to leave. After all, she had stayed to mingle with the crowd and had stayed away from Sophie. But as she spied the MC speaking on the stage, she decided to wait just a little bit. After the speech was over, she could leave.She guided her children to sit at an unoccupied table and beckoned to one of the servers.“Please can you keep an eye on them for me?” She asked the young girl, slipping her a $20 bill. The young server nodded, and Anna thanked her before going in search of her parents.Just as she turned a corner however, she heard the voice of the person she was trying hard to avoid.“I mean, what kind of person gets pregnant and doesn’t know who the father is?” Sophie’s loud voice cackled. Anna spied her sister talking to a few guests wh

Anna didn’t say a word while Sophie seethed. She had nothing to say, and no desire to appeal to anyone. All she did was respond with a glare colder than the Antarctic.Jacob began speaking again.“You don’t have any right to blame her for this! This is your own doing!” And then he turned to their parents, who stood there in shock and despair. “And you two! You dare to perpetuate this fucking lie to my face! You want me to marry into your family that bad, is it?”Their father began to splutter, raising his hand in surrender as he tried to defend his choices and his daughter.“Jacob, it isn’t like that. You… it’s not as you say. Please understand–““—I understand it all.” He spat back and it was like a slap on his face. Anna watched as her father blinked furiously, looking lost, his gaze turning to Sophie and back to Jacob. But Jacob wasn’t finished. “I need to hear the full story. Now.” He said as he aimed a disgusted glance at Sophie who was sobbing, shaking her head.“It’s all a lie,

Anna huffed as she turned her phone to silent before placing it in her bag. The frustration from receiving numerous calls from her father, mother, and spoiled, furious sister, were too much.She wanted to distance herself from them for now, at least until this scandal died down.Already she had gotten several messages asking about why Sophie’s engagement suddenly ended, and Anna didn’t feel the need to respond to them. It would only compound issues for her.Jacob, at least, had been nice to keep most of the reasons for the engagement being broken off out of the public eye. It had been only a few hours since the engagement party and already damage control had been done. Problem was that news in the elite circles travelled a million light years faster than normal news. It was bound to happen.Anna brushed those thoughts from her mind and focused on her twins, who were sitting peacefully in the cab that she had gotten to take her to work.At least she still had them, she thought.But onl