Chapter: 137On lui a lancé un paquet de chips qu'il a attrapé. En levant les yeux, il a vu son ami Frank.« Mec ! Tu sais toujours quoi apporter », dit Noah en ouvrant le paquet de chips et en commençant à les grignoter.« Bien sûr. Je savais que tu en aurais besoin. »« Ça fait une éternité ! Ça fait plaisir de te revoir », dit Noah en se levant et en serrant la main de son ami.« Ce que j'apprécie le plus, c'est que tu as meilleure mine maintenant. Tu n'es plus ce jeune homme terne et triste d'il y a quelques mois. Je suis content que tu aies guéri », déclara Frank d'un ton solennel.« Je ne veux plus
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Chapter: 136« Ça va. Je vais bien », a-t-il finalement dit.« Merci monsieur. Liam, partez… » commença-t-elle, mais Noah l’interrompit.« J'ai dit que ça allait. Laissez-le tranquille. »« Oui monsieur », répondit l’enseignante, incertaine d’avoir bien entendu. La voyant toujours là, Noah lui fit signe de partir, ce qu’elle fit aussitôt.« Mon petit garçon. On va régler nos comptes avec la concurrence et on se revoit après, d'accord ? »« D'accord papa ! »Noah finit par se lever et ramena Liam à l'endroit où il deva
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Chapter: 135Puis le garçon s'inclina et retourna à sa place.Noah se redressa, soudain intrigué. Un détail ne lui échappa pas: le nom de famille supplémentaire. Il supposa qu’Emily attendait que le garçon se réhabitue à Muxin avant de supprimer discrètement son nom de famille d’origine, qui était aussi le sien.Il ignorait que Liam participait à ce concours. Il comprit alors mieux pourquoi le garçon lui posait autant de questions de mathématiques ces derniers temps. Il l'avait inscrit au concours comme promis et l'entraînait sans relâche, quel que soit son humeur. Liam avait une tablette, spécialement dédiée à ses études, et c'est là que se déroulaient tous ses cours, en ligne. Noah n'avait gu&egrav
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Chapter: 134Quelques mois s'étaient écoulés et Emily avait surmonté son divorce. Elle vivait heureuse avec son fils. Elle pensait que la vie lui avait enfin offert un conte de fées, mais non. La vie en avait décidé autrement et ce n'était pas encore le moment de faire une pause.Noah était assis dans son bureau aux États-Unis. Rentré la veille, il était déjà à son bureau ce matin-là, en train de boire son café. Après son divorce, Noah avait décidé de quitter le pays et de retourner au Royaume-Uni, où il avait vécu après son mariage avec Emily dix ans auparavant. Jones l'avait soutenu. Selon lui, il avait besoin d'une pause et il comptait bien profiter de cette occasion pour superviser une filiale de son entreprise là-bas. Il jeta un coup d
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Chapter: 133Ils burent en silence et, comme Jones l'avait prédit, Noah commença à se sentir mieux et à avoir la tête qui tourne. Jones le laissa boire même lorsqu'il était ivre. Il voulait qu'il s'enivre pour pouvoir dormir cette nuit-là. Il connaissait très bien son ami et se souvenait de sa réaction lorsqu'il cherchait Emily plus de dix ans auparavant. Maintenant qu'il l'avait perdue, il craignait le pire pour Noah. Son ami aimait profondément sa femme et les trois années passées avec elle avaient été inoubliables.« Ça suffit. C'est bon, ça suffit, ça va t'aider », dit Jones en tendant la main pour lui prendre son verre de vin. Noah ne dit mot, comme à son habitude. Il remplit son verre une dernière fois et le vida d'un trait. Puis il prit ses clés de voiture e
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Chapter: 132Emily fixa son amie Gu Yanxi, la bouche entrouverte. Gu Yanxi lui raconta alors en détail sa disparition.« Je suis sans voix. Je ne sais même pas quoi dire », murmura-t-elle, complètement abasourdie par la nouvelle.« Parlons d'autre chose, je ne veux pas y repenser. C'est démoralisant. Je n'arrive même pas à… » commença Gu Yanxi, mais les larmes brouillèrent sa voix. Emily la prit dans ses bras.« Ne pleure pas, tu ne devrais pas pleurer pour des gens comme elle, on ne peut pas leur faire confiance. Réjouissons-nous tous que tu sois saine et sauve. Désormais, méfie-toi d'elle. Essuie tes larmes, ma chérie. » Gu Yanxi essuya ses larmes et se redressa.
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Chapter: 137A pack of chips was thrown at him and he caught it. On looking up, he saw his friend, Frank. “Man! You always know the right thing to bring,” Noah said and opened the chips and began snacking on them. “Sure. I knew you would need that.”“It's been like forever. It's good to see you,” Noah stood up and shook hands with his friend. “What I like more is that you look so bright now. No longer the dull and sad young man of some months ago. I'm glad you have recovered,” Frank intoned. “I don't want to keep regretting. I only hope to find the answers soon. Once again, thanks for the chips. I so much needed it cos this work is a whole lot.”“Let's hang out later today, will you be free?”“Err…” Noah started but his friend interrupted. “Yes, you will. Clear your schedule. It's been a long time since we saw each other. Almost eight months, I deserve a better treatment. You are coming, right?”Noah laughed and threw up his hands in a mock surrender. As he promised, Noah arranged his schedu
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Chapter: 136“It's fine. I'm good,” he finally said. “Thank you sir. Liam, leave…” she began but Noah cut in,“I said it's fine. Let him be.”“Yes sir,” the teacher said, unsure if she heard correctly. Seeing her still standing there, Noah gestured her to leave and she did so immediately. “My baby boy. Let's round up the competition and I'll see you after that, okay?”“Okay daddy!”Noah finally stood up and led Liam back to where he was to receive his prize. To everyone seated in that room, Noah was a perfect gentleman who took care of a child that ran to his arms. What they didn't know was that he was the boy's father. Only a few teachers who were from Liam's school knew that After the handing of prizes and the end of the competition, Noah and the other important guests filed out of the hall. Jones didn't make it anymore due to unforeseen circumstances. “Congratulations! Liam. You made our school proud!” Mrs Lane, the organising teacher for the competition in their school said to him.“Thank
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Chapter: 135Then the boy bowed and walked back to his seat. Noah sat up, suddenly interested. One thing that didn't escape Noah's notice was the additional last name. He guessed Emily was waiting for the boy to get used to Muxin again before tactfully striking out his original surname, which was his too. He didn't know Liam was participating in that competition. It became clearer to him why the boy had been asking him so many questions in mathematics lately. He enrolled him into the competition as he promised and he had been coaching him relentlessly, irrespective of his mood. Liam had a tablet, specifically for study and that was where every lesson went on, online. Noah hadn't had much time to check his messages to attend to messages outside academic issues from his son. Liam asked the questions using his study tablet and his father responded. There was more or less no personal interaction between them in the study tablet. He took out his phone at this point and checked his messages. Truly, he
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Chapter: 134A few months had passed and Emily had gotten over the divorce and was living happily with her son. She thought life had finally given her a happily ever after but no. Life has other plans and it wasn't time for a break yet. Noah sat in his office in the USA. He returned the previous day and was in his office that morning, drinking coffee. Following the divorce, Noah decided to leave the country and go back to the United Kingdom where he stayed after he got married to Emily ten years ago. Jones supported him too. According to him, he needed a break and he could use that opportunity to look after a branch of his company down there. He stole a glance at the clock and sighed. It was 8:30 am. He took up his phone and dialed a number. “Hey! You better start coming if you don't want me to kill you,” he said as soon as the call was answered. “It hasn't gotten to killing me, you brat! I know you love me too much to do so. Don't worry, I'll be there in no time, okay?” his friend, Jones, ans
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Chapter: 133They drank in silence and as Jones predicted, Noah started feeling better and light headed with time. Jones allowed him to drink even when he was drunk. He wanted him to get drunk so he would sleep that night. He knew his friend very well and knew his reaction when he was looking for Emily over ten years ago. Now that he had lost her, he feared the worst for Noah. His friend loved his wife dearly and the three years he spent with her had been a memorable one. “Enough. It's okay, that's enough, this will help you,” Jones said and reached out to take his wine glass from him. Noahbdidn't say a word as was typical of him. Rather, he filled his glass one more time and gulped the contents. Then he took his car keys and stood up. This action caused Jones to raise a brow and look at him in surprise. “Noah? Where do you think you are going?”“Home. You asked me to stop drinking right now.”“Home? Like this?”“Do you think I'm drunk, Jones? No, I'm not and that's because I learnt how to drink
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Chapter: 132Emily stared at her friend, Gu Yanxi with her mouth half open. To her alone, Gu Yanxi told the full details of her disappearance. “I'm speechless. I don't even know what to say,” she whispered, utterly dumbfounded at the recent news. “Let's talk about something else, I don't want to recall that. It's disheartening. I can't even…” Gu Yanxi started but the tears beclouded her words. Emily pulled her into her embrace.“Don't cry, you should not cry over people like her, they are not to be trusted. Let's all happy that you came out alive. Now, you will be very wary of her. Wipe your tears, dearest.” Gu Yanxi wiped her tears and sat up. “Tell me about yourself. How have you been all these while?” “Nothing really, it's been a busy…” Emily started but Gu Yanxi interrupted.“Your ring. Where's it?”“What?”“Emily? Did you lose your wedding ring?”Emily looked at her hands, bare of the expensive diamond ring. She didn't know how to explain to her friend that she has divorced Noah.“Say som
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Chapter: One hundred and thirty eightHAYESThe last layer of fabric fell to the floorboards, leaving Ciara standing bare in the golden warmth of the hearth light.My breath locked tight in my chest. For two long, agonizing years, I had starved for her touch. I had craved the sight of her skin, the sweet scent of her wild lavender hair, and the gentle curve of her waist. But more than anything, my wolf starved for the quiet, beautiful truth that she was finally standing in front of me of her own free will. Her tits were full and heavy, her nipples hard peaks in the cool air, her skin glowing in the firelight. I could see the faint silvery lines on her stomach from carrying our pups, and my cock twitched at the sight of her.She did not step back. She did not hide her body behind her hands. Her dark eyes remained fixed on mine, clear, steady, and blazing with a fierce, unmistakable heat. I could smell her arousal already, sweet and musky, pooling between her thighs."Hayes," she whispered, her voice low and heavy in the si
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Chapter: One hundred and thirty sevenHAYES I stood by the driver's side of my black car loading the last of Ciara’s heavy leather travel bags into the broad storage area in the back. The morning air was crisp and cool, carrying the sharp scent of damp earth and fresh pine needles.There were no armed pack enforcers standing guard around the vehicle. There were no heavy armored escort trucks idling in the dirt, no flashing red security lights, and no royal Alpha banners fluttering from the wooden side posts.It was just us. Just a male, his marked mate, and their two young children sitting inside a normal family truck, getting ready to head back down the long open road toward the north.Julian walked out from the shadowed edge of the tall pine woods, his broad hands shoved deep into the side pockets of his dark trousers. He stopped a few feet back on the green lawn, watching me close the heavy rear tailgate with a soft, solid thud.I stepped around the back of the SUV to face my brother in the morning light. The dark pur
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Chapter: One hundred and thirty sixHAYES“That crown destroyed me, Julian!" I snapped back, standing up from the table so fast my chair scraped hard against the wooden floorboards.I paced across the small cabin, my heavy boots thumping against the wood as I gestured wildly with my hands."I spent eight years carrying that bloody crown!" I shouted, keeping my voice just low enough not to carry down the path to the villa. "I thought being Alpha meant holding total power. I thought it meant controlling every border, every guard, every breath that people took around me! And what did it get me? It made me paranoid. It made me look at my own brother like an enemy. It made me look at my innocent mate like a traitor! It turned me into a tyrant who couldn't even keep his own children safe in their cribs!"I stopped pacing, leaning my flat hands against the edge of the rough wooden table, looking straight into Julian's shocked face."Ciara told me the truth this morning," I whispered, my voice thick with bitter clarity. "She to
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Chapter: One hundred and thirty fiveHAYESI stood motionless on the damp grass outside the iron fence long after the wide glass doors of the villa had closed. The soft click of the lock had echoed across the lawn like the slam of an iron vault, but for the first time in weeks, the air in my lungs did not feel like ice.My children had looked at me. They had recognized my face. They had heard my voice, and Ciara had let them stand on the open patio to see me.Slowly, I stood up from the cold dirt. My broad shoulders were stiff from chopping wood, my ribs still throbbed from the brutal brawl with Julian in the dark forest last night, and the cut on my lower lip stung in the evening wind. But as I turned my boots back toward the dirt path leading to the small guard cabin, my mind was sharper than it had been in two long, dark years.I walked back through the tall oaks, my hands shoved deep into the pockets of my black trousers.The forest was completely quiet, save for the dry crunch of leaves beneath my boots and the dis
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Chapter: One hundred and thirty fourHAYESThe narrow dirt path through the southern pack trees was quiet.I walked slow, my heavy leather boots dragging slightly in the damp pine needles. My broken nose throbbed with a dull ache every time I took a breath, and my right ribs felt tender from Julian’s heavy knee last night. But the physical pain was nothing compared to the quiet emptiness in my chest.Half a mile away from Ciara's villa, hidden behind a thick stand of tall oak trees, sat the small guard cabin.It was a simple wooden building with a dark tin roof, a small stone chimney, and a wooden front porch with three steps. Julian was sitting on the top porch step, holding a ceramic mug of hot dark coffee. His face looked just as beaten up as mine—his jaw was bruised purple, his upper lip was swollen, and his left eye was half-closed.He heard my boots crunching on the dry twigs, but he did not pick up his black hunting knife. He just took a slow sip of his hot coffee as I stepped out of the shadows."She sent you dow
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Chapter: One hundred and thirty threeHAYESThe early morning sun rose slowly over the pack.I walked up the dirt path toward the villa alone. I wore a plain black shirt and trousers, leaving my heavy leather jacket, my tactical vest, and my heavy silver broadsword inside the SUV parked in the woods. My hands were empty. My knuckles were bruised and dark red from the fight in the woods, my broken nose swollen, and a cut on my lower lip still stung in the cool morning wind.I had stripped away every piece of military gear. I had left my pride buried in the dirt beside my brother's broken blade.I stepped onto the clean stone patio, my leather boots making soft sounds against the floorboards. The glass doors of the villa were closed, but the inner curtains were drawn back slightly.My wolf inside my chest was completely quiet, standing low and still, waiting for my marked mate to make her choice. The mate bond pulled hard against my heart, but I forced my heavy body to stay still. I did not knock loud on the wooden frame. I
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Chapter: 100Was it Karma or was the universe on her side? She received the news with mixed feelings. She was happy that he was finally paying for his evil deeds but on the other hand, she wasn't satisfied that this punishment wasn't dished out by her.Nelly received an email from her company the following day. They had a shoot and she was offered the lead role but she declined the offer. She wasn't leaving the country until she had set her father's company, which was now hers where it is supposed to be. Fortunately for her, her efforts were paying off, although bit by bit. The errors of the past generation were gradually giving way for the clean and decent methods of the new generation. Nelly was determined to set the company in transparent basis even if it would take time. Emma was a very sweet child who didn't give her mother any trouble. Her mother had ampl
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Chapter: 99Nelly was in her father's room with Emma the following morning. She was looking for any document related to work that could help her in what she wanted to do. Emma was there as a form of distraction and at the same time, company.“Mummy look at this,” Emma announced excitedly, raising a colorful book.“Yes, it's nice.”“Mummy, this is beautiful,” Emma called out again, pointing at the aquarium on the television screen.She called her mother's attention twice more until Nelly nearly lost it.“Mummy? Come and take a look at this.”“Emma, I'm busy and I don't l
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Chapter: 98Ash shook his head, indicating a negative answer. There was nothing else in the phones and they had also completed the task they laid down to help Nelly track down her enemies.They weren't much but they were powerful men involved too. Easton Landers, Ivan Landers, Ethan Stratford and Aria Dean.“Including Amon,” her inner voice said.All these people deserved no ounce of pity. Easton was very meticulous in his dealings that he always escaped being caught even when his men were caught red handed. Somehow, there was always an escape route where he sneaks out of, unscathed. Aria was dead, she would take care of Amon when she travelled back to Germany.“And that's if he'll still be my neighbour. With his job done, he'll flee.” The n
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Chapter: 97Somewhere in a part of the town was this popular family who didn't bother about the news. In fact, it was the least of their worries. That was the Landers family. The only thing that was set to bother Daisy and Ivan was what her mother had to say. Grandfather had informed them earlier that Lily wanted to speak to them that day.Seated in the living room, Daisy waited almost impatiently for her mother to speak but the latter didn't seem interested in saying anything in a hurry. Providence heard her when her mother cleared her throat and began.“Daisy, as you requested, I'll tell you nothing but the truth about all you need to know of your background.”“Anderson used to be nice and caring but he
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Chapter: 96Frankly speaking, Ivan had not even the faintest idea that he was going after the Stratford group all these while. He only followed his grandfather and did no background check. Moreover, there was nothing to show that the Jace group was formerly Stratford. The name was changed leaving no trace of the former or any legacy related to the former.“Yes. I don't know. You have to understand that I'm not aware that it's the same company.”“I don't believe you. But whatever be the case, why are you after Startford? Why are you among those after my father's downfall? It was because of this company and my father's health that I got into a contract marriage with you. You have the whole of vintage but you wanted the little Stratford, you bastard!”
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Chapter: 95Nelly stood in front of the imposing towers of Vintage Company again. She remembered the first time she was here. That was over five years ago when she came to plead with Ivan to give her some money. The only difference now was that the imposing towers were no longer imposing. They weren't intimidating. In fact, it fueled her determination to get in there and have it even with the CEO. She took a deep breath and walked in.“Good morning ma. How may I help you?” the receptionist greeted with a smile that didn't reach her face. It was only a professional smile. Nelly repeated the same words she used last year and somehow, that made her heart throb.“I'm here to see Ivan.”“You mean president Landers?” the receptionist asked. She too was shocked.
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