Chapter: His FeelingsAfter I left Kiera’s office, I went straight to my office.The door closed softly behind me, but the silence inside felt heavy. The lights were dim, the curtains half drawn. Everything looked exactly the same as always, neat, controlled, untouched. Yet something felt different. Something was missing.The envelope was placed neatly on my table.I stopped walking.For a moment, I just stood there, staring at it. I knew what was inside. I had known since yesterday. When she called that night, asking for a leave, my fingers had tightened around my phone.I almost asked her not to go.The words were right there, on the edge of my tongue. Stay. Do not go. Tell me why you need to leave so urgently. Tell me you want me to care.But I stopped myself.I had already crossed enough lines. I had already let myself feel too much. If I asked her to stay, then what? What right did I have?She saw me as nothing.That was what she said.So I let her go.I sat down on the chair slowly and opened my lapt
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Chapter: Peace For OnesInstead of leaving that night, I decided to leave the next morning.I did not know why, but something in me wanted to stay a little longer. Maybe it was the warmth of the pack, the familiar laughter, or the way I finally felt like I belonged somewhere. When I told my aunties in the morning that I was leaving, they reacted as if I had just announced something terrible.“No,” my auntie said immediately, holding my hand tightly. “You are not leaving today.”“Yes,” another auntie added, shaking her head. “You just arrived. You cannot leave already.”I laughed softly. “I have work. I only took one day.”My grandfather, who had been sitting quietly on his chair, suddenly stood up. His eyes were already red.“You are leaving?” he asked.I walked toward him and knelt in front of him. “Grandfather, I have to.”His lips trembled. “You remind me so much of your mother.”My chest tightened.“You look exactly like her,” he continued. “Your eyes. Those blue eyes. Your long black hair. Even the way
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Chapter: I Could Breathe AgainWhen I entered my apartment, I locked the door behind me and leaned against it for a moment.The silence welcomed me, but it also reminded me how tired I truly was. I slipped off my shoes slowly and dropped my bag on the chair. My body wanted nothing more than to fall onto the bed and sleep for hours, but I could not afford that luxury.Not yet.I walked into the kitchen, washed my hands, and began preparing something light to eat. I did not have much appetite, but I forced myself to eat anyway. I knew better than to let hunger add to my weakness.When I was done, I cleaned up quickly and went straight to the small table by the window. I placed my laptop there, spread out the documents neatly, and took a deep breath.Focus, Kiera.You have to finish this.The screen glowed softly as I opened the files. Numbers, projections, reports. My fingers moved over the keyboard, correcting, arranging, double checking everything. Time passed without me noticing. The only sounds were the clicking
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Chapter: EncounterBy the time the clock struck evening, my head felt like it was about to split open.Stacks of files covered my desk, some neatly arranged, others scattered like they had been thrown there in frustration. My eyes burned from staring at the screen for too long, and my shoulders ached from sitting stiffly for hours without rest. I rubbed my temples, trying to ease the pressure building there.This was too much.I exhaled slowly and pushed my chair back. I needed a break. No, I needed permission to breathe. Just one day off. One day to clear my head and reset before I completely lost myself. And also to visit my late mother's pack.I gathered the courage I had left and stood up.The Alpha’s office was down the hall. My steps felt heavy as I walked, each one filled with hesitation. I rehearsed my words in my head.Just be honest, Kiera.You are exhausted. You need rest.I knocked on the door.No response.I knocked again, slightly louder.Still nothing.I frowned and tried the handle. Lock
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Chapter: Mockery, HumiliatedThis morning, I forced myself to wake up as early as possible.My body felt heavy, like it had not rested at all, but I dragged myself out of bed anyway. I could not afford to be late again. Not today. Not with everything already going wrong.I washed up quickly, dressed, and took the Alpha’s car keys from the table. Driving his car back felt strange. I appreciated the gesture more than I could put into words, yet I never had the chance to thank him properly. The moment I stepped into the company premises, everything dissolved into chaos again.I returned the car keys quietly and went about my duties like nothing was wrong.By late morning, my head was pounding.Phones rang nonstop. People rushed past me with files clutched tightly in their hands. There was panic hidden beneath forced professionalism. Meetings followed meetings, and then another meeting in his office. Everyone was on edge.I excused myself to the restroom, needing a moment to breathe and answer a call.As I washed my
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Chapter: Tried To Make Conversations, IgnoredThe next morning at the company was nothing short of chaos.From the moment I stepped out of the elevator, I could feel it in the air. Tension. Panic. Fear dressed up as professionalism. Employees moved back and forth with tablets clutched to their chests, voices hushed but urgent, heels clicking too fast against the marble floor. Phones rang endlessly. Screens flashed red numbers that no one wanted to look at for too long.Our stocks were still dropping.And I knew this was not ordinary market behavior.“This is interference,” I muttered under my breath as I walked down the hallway. “Someone is deliberately stirring trouble.”Another pack. Another Alpha. Someone bold enough to test me.I entered the boardroom without slowing my steps. Conversations died immediately. Every eye turned to me.“Sit,” I said curtly.They obeyed.The meeting resumed with sharp words, overlapping explanations, and endless charts projected onto the screen. I listened. I analyzed. I dissected every detail. Ye
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Chapter: EPILOGUEThe city was noisy as always, horns blaring, voices overlapping, life moving fast around me. I was standing by the window, my phone pressed to my ear, answering a call from my assistant while watching the traffic below. the street light illuminating the dark road.“Yes, I already approved the schedule for next week,” I said calmly.Then suddenly, I felt it.A strange warmth.Something ran down my leg.For a second, my brain refused to process it. I froze, my hand tightening around the phone.“Madam, are you still there?” Mary Jane asked.My breath caught.“I think…” I swallowed hard. “I think my water just broke.”“What?” Mary Jane’s voice rose in alarm.“I’m sure of it,” I said, my heart pounding. “But it’s too early. I’m due next week.”Before I could say anything else, the door opened and Vincent walked in.“What’s wrong?” he asked, immediately noticing my expression.I turned to him. “Vincent, I’m sure I’m going into labor.”For a split second, he just stared at me. Then everythin
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Chapter: BOOK THREE: Feelings ConfessedI sat in my study, staring at the shelves I had arranged a hundred times already, yet nothing seemed to settle my mind. My thoughts kept circling back to that night in Country D. That strange, vivid dream. At first, I had been convinced it was real. The warmth, the closeness, the emotions, everything had felt far too intense to be a dream. But when I woke up the next morning, the bed was empty. No one beside me. No trace of anything having happened.Just like a dream.And yet, the feelings lingered.They clung to me in a way dreams never did.When I saw Lily that morning, she greeted me cheerfully, smiling the way she always did. There was no awkwardness, no guilt, no hint that anything had happened between us. That was when I told myself, firmly, that nothing had happened. That it was all in my head. Just a dream.So nothing really happened between us.Two weeks passed after Lily left for the hostel. Two long, unsettling weeks. She barely picked up our calls. Most times, she only rep
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Chapter: BOOK THREE: That NightThe idea of bringing albums of K-pop music was actually good.When I walked into the living room and saw them piled up, stacked one after the other, I froze for a second. Then I laughed. I laughed out loud, the sound surprising even me. I had not laughed like that in a long time. I bent forward, holding my stomach, tears gathering at the corners of my eyes.“You bought all these?” I asked.He stood there, pretending it was nothing. “I was not sure which one you liked.”That made it worse. I laughed even harder.At least he got to see me smile again.Two days later, everyone was on break. We decided to travel to Country D for a picnic. I had heard about it before, how the place was filled with palaces and old structures, a perfect tourist spot.When we arrived, Amara immediately put on her shades. They were far too big for her face. She flipped her hands dramatically, walking like she owned the world.“I am the boss lady,” she declared.I bowed slightly. “Yes, madam.”She burst into la
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Chapter: BOOK THREE: Her Favorite Back in the VIP room, the client sat across from me, talking endlessly about numbers, investments, projections, and timelines. I nodded at the right moments, responded when necessary, but my mind was somewhere else. It was with Lily. I had seen her. The way she pretended not to know me surprised me a little. She did not even hesitate. Not a glance. Not a flicker of recognition on her face. At first, I thought maybe she was embarrassed. Maybe she did not want her friends to know we were family. And I understood that. I respected her choice. Deeply. She was young. In college. Trying to build her own world. I had no right to interfere with that. If she wanted distance in public, I would give it to her. But something else bothered me. She looked pale. That image stayed with me. The way she sat there quietly. The way her smile was forced, almost nonexistent. It reminded me of this morning. She had been acting oddly. Not like herself at all. Usually, whenever she came down in
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Chapter: BOOK THREE: Adrian SpencerThe minute I left the study room, I ran.I did not stop. I did not look back. I did not want him to call my name or see my face. I rushed straight to my room, closed the door behind me, and collapsed onto the bed.The moment my body hit the mattress, the tears came.They spilled out of my eyes uncontrollably, soaking into the pillow beneath my face. I hugged myself tightly, curling inward as if I could hold my own heart together.I had been living with them for almost three months now.Three months of safety. Of warmth. Of care I had never known before.And somewhere along the way, without realizing it, my heart had betrayed me.I was sure of it now.I had feelings for him.I knew he was far older than me. I knew it was wrong. I knew it was foolish. But the way he spoke to me that night, calm, firm, distant, it crushed something inside me.“You are still a child.”Those words echoed painfully in my mind.I buried my face deeper into the pillow, sobbing quietly so no one would hear me.
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Chapter: BOOK THREE: Sir I Like YouThe next morning came too quickly.I barely felt like I had slept when I walked downstairs, rubbing my face and rolling my shoulders to shake off the stiffness in my body. The house felt different that morning. Lighter. Quieter, yet warm in a way it had not been for a long time.I stopped at the bottom of the stairs and raised my voice.“Who wants to go shopping today?”It was something I had always done back then, whenever the boys, Darling and Dillon, were around. A habit that never really left me, even after everything changed.Almost immediately, Amara’s door flew open.“Me, me, me, Daddy, me,” she screamed, running toward me with her arms raised.I laughed softly as I bent down and scooped her up.Lily stepped out moments later, confusion written all over her face. “What was that about?”Amara twisted in my arms to look at her sister. “It is a ritual,” she said proudly. “Every day that comes after the weekend.”“A ritual?” Lily repeated, amused.I set Amara down. “We always go ou
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Chapter: Stubborn creature.I watched her reaction closely, the way she paused for half a second as if weighing her options, then deliberately chose the one that annoyed me the most.She refused to stay on the bed and instead walked to the couch, sitting down stiffly as if the cushions had personally offended her. Her back was straight, arms folded tightly across her chest, chin lifted in quiet defiance. It was not dramatic resistance. It was calm, calculated, and stubborn. The kind that did not ask for permission and did not care for approval.I leaned against the edge of the bed, arms crossed, studying her like she was a puzzle deliberately missing a piece. She pretended I was not there, staring straight ahead as though the wall held something fascinating.“That couch is hard,” I told her.She did not even look at me.I waited for a response. None came. Not even a blink in my direction.“Hard,” I repeated, slower this time, as if she had not heard me the first time.Still nothing.I clicked my tongue and shook
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Chapter: One Night You Automatically Become My WomanI had given the orders earlier in the day.Quietly. Precisely. The way I always did everything.I told the head maid to move her belongings. Every single thing. Her clothes, her toiletries, the small items she kept arranged with military neatness. I told her where to place them. Inside my room. Inside my space.I watched the maid’s eyes widen when she understood what I meant. I watched her hesitate. I watched the silent shock ripple across the faces of the staff nearby. They were not used to this. They were used to rules. Distance. Control. They were used to me keeping women far away from my private life.I smiled.It was not a warm smile. It was not kind. It was deliberate.The maid bowed stiffly and obeyed.Caleb came by not long after, his curiosity written plainly on his face. He asked questions. Too many questions. I ignored him. Let him talk. Let him speculate. For once, I did not care what he thought. Whatever this was between Anna and me, it was not something I intended to exp
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Chapter: You're Now Staying HereI stayed in the parking lot for almost half of that afternoon. I did not even realize how long it had been until my phone vibrated in my hand and startled me. The hospital parking lot was quiet, the sun already shifting from harsh brightness to something softer, more tired. I had been staring at the garden the flowers without really seeing anything, my mind too full, my heart too heavy. When the doctor’s name appeared on my screen, my fingers shook. I answered immediately. “Miss Anna,” his calm voice came through. “Could you please come upstairs? I would like to speak with you in my office.” My heart dropped first, then climbed back up into my throat. “Yes,” I said quickly. “I’m coming right now.” I stepped out of the car, my legs feeling weak as if they no longer belonged to me. Every step toward the building felt heavier than the last. I had learned to fear those words. Come to my office. We need to talk. They usually never came with good news. The doctor met me outside his
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Chapter: She's StrongThe first thing I noticed was the sound.It was faint, almost fragile, but it was there.A soft breath.I had learned to recognize it over the years. The rhythm of it told me everything before my eyes even opened fully. Too shallow meant fear. Too uneven meant pain. But this time, it was steady. Calm. Soft like a sleeping kitten.My heart skipped.I leaned closer to the hospital bed, my fingers tightening around the edge of the blanket as if I was afraid she might disappear if I blinked too hard.Jasmine’s lashes fluttered.Just once.Then again.“Mama?”Her voice was small. Weak. But awake.I felt my knees give way as relief crashed through me so violently that I had to sit down on the chair beside her bed before I collapsed. My hands trembled as I reached for her fingers, warm and tiny inside mine.“Yes,” I whispered. “Mama is here.”Her eyes opened slowly, dark and glossy like polished stones. For a moment, confusion crossed her face. Then recognition bloomed. Her lips curved into
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Chapter: My WomanI have always been calm.That is what people say about me. Cold. Controlled. Untouched by emotions. A man who never lets anything slip past the surface. They say it with a mixture of fear and admiration, as if calmness is something I was born with.They never knew it was not calmness at all.It was packaging.Something I learned to do early. Wrap everything ugly, everything painful, everything human, and hide it so deeply that even I forgot what was inside. I learned how to compartmentalize. How to shut doors in my mind and lock them. How to look unaffected while calculating ten steps ahead.Last night tore that packaging open.I lay on the bed staring at the ceiling long after she slipped from my arms. I did not sleep immediately. I rarely did after nights like that. But this time, it was different. It was not about release. Not about desire. Not about the usual hollow quiet that followed intimacy.It was the familiarity.The way her body had reacted even when her mind resisted. The
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Chapter: Spent The Night TogetherI barely registered the moment my feet left the pool floor.One second, cold water clung to my skin, the night air heavy with tension and unsaid words. The next, I felt his arms wrap around me, firm and sure, lifting me as though I weighed nothing at all.“Zane,” I gasped, instinctively clutching his shoulders. “What are you doing?”He did not answer immediately.Water dripped from both of us, trailing down his arms, soaking into his shirt as he stepped out of the pool with long, steady strides. The lights reflected off the wet stone, everything shimmering, unreal. My heart was pounding so loudly I was sure he could hear it.“Put me down,” I whispered, though my voice lacked the strength my words demanded.Instead of responding, he tightened his hold slightly, his grip secure but not rough. I could feel the solid strength of him beneath my palms, the heat of his body contrasting sharply with the chill of the night and the water clinging to my clothes.“You are shaking,” he said quietl
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