Chapter 6 SeleneI looked outside the window, and the leaves were starting to fall. Another season will enter; here I am waiting for Valen’s call. It’s time. We will be going to his company, and I’ll be cooperating with him. I’ll have my father’s last will and, hopefully, have my father’s company back in my hands.I sighed deeply as I watched the kids run around the wide garden of the main house. Aunt Elina will cook them some sweets today, that’s why they are here. I still can’t understand why they respect Valen and Aunt Elina so much. Like in a country, they are the president. The government, but then they also live here in the City of Bloom. My forehead creased, though evading my mind. I heard a knock on the door. “Selene,” I looked at Aunt Elina and gave her a small smile. She smiled back and entered my room. “How was your therapy?” she asked. “It’s great, and I love talking to my doctor,” I answered. She went towards me and looked at the window. She smiled again as she saw
Chapter 7Selene I look at Valen as he is standing in front of my bedroom door here in their main house, telling me that it’s time already. I can find my voice to speak so I breathe deeply. “Yo-you found it?” I said stuttering and almost losing my voice to even finish my question. He stared at me for a while and nodded. And that’s when I burst into tears. I sat down on the floor in front of him. The letter that my dad left me is finally here. It’s time to reclaim what is mine. “Hey, stop crying. Mom might think that I am making you cry,” he said and leveled down with me. He even gave me a handkerchief. I accepted it and laughed a little at what he said. I guess he’s a mama’s boy. He does not want Aunt Elina to be angry at him. I stood up and wiped my tears away. “Will I be able to get back to my father’s company already?” I asked. He nodded. “Yes, but you need to come with me to my company first. We will be talking to my lawyer and he will help you file a case against your st
Chapter 8 Selene I was busy packing my things already when I heard someone open the door, I looked at my back and saw Aunt Elina. I gave her a small smile and continued fixing my clothes into the luggage that Valen bought for me. "Let me help," she softly said and started fixing my clothes also. I do not have many clothes here so one big piece of luggage is enough. "You're not busy?" I asked. She was very busy these past few days because she said that Valen's father will be home in two weeks' time and that she needed to prepare something. Sadly, I won't be able to meet her husband, Valen's father because I am set to leave the next day already. "I'm already done with the things I needed to do. I want to enjoy the last few days with you," she answered. Sadness invades my heart, I can't help the emotion that I am feeling. She's already my mom, and she really treated me like her own daughter because she didn't have one, she only had Valen. "You know, you can visit me in my c
Chapter 9 Selene “Are you ready?” I took a deep breath and looked at Valen who was sitting beside me. There is a lot of press outside the Brown Company, my father’s company. His sweat and blood. “I guess so, it’s now or never,” I answer. “Yes, right. Come and make your big entrance,” he said and was about to open the door of the car but then we saw a woman going out of the building shouting. It’s no other than my step mother. “What is this?” she shouted. We can clearly hear her because all of the press became quiet. “What are you guys doing here in front of my company?” and now she’s angry. I can’t help but smile. Really? Her company. Pathetic woman.. “Your stepmother really has a thick face, huh? Didn’t she know how to fact check? If the company is really hers?” I was shocked at what Valen’s said but I just laughed so that he wouldn't notice it. “Someone called us here because a big news will be coming out so we will wait,” one of the reporters said. I chuckled. “I guess
Chapter 10 VALEN I went straight home, after fixing everything Selene’s need. I can’t understand myself right now, I can explain my emotions. I should be happy that Selene won’t be staying in our pack anymore. My pack freely moves and shifts anytime without worrying that Selene might see them.I looked at the trees on the way home, my car stopped and I saw my mom waiting for me. I sighed deeply, I know she will ask about Selene. She was so fond of Selene because she really wants a daughter. Luckily, she’s not pressuring me to marry someone. I got out of the car and mom immediately went to me. “How is she?” she asked. I chuckled. She didn’t even ask me how the trip was on the way home. Tsk.“She's fine, mother. She can handle herself,” I answered and entered the house already. “Are you sure, Valen?” she asked again and followed me inside my office. I sat down on my chair and started looking at the papers left to me. I have so much work to do. And my mom here is pestering me. It
Chapter 11SELENE Someone knocked on my office door. I looked at it for a while and went back to fixing the boxes of my father’s things left here in the office. “Yes, I come in,” I mumbled softly. I heard the door open and close. Different books are here in the box, I didn’t know my father loved books or these belonged to my mother since she really loves books. But then my father has a sign on it, which belongs to him. I heard the footsteps of the person entering the room stopped in front of me. “Is that how you treat your employees?” I looked at the man who was talking. Jasper. I smiled and stood up, he even helped me. “What are you doing here? Don’t you have work?” I asked and sat down first at the couch. He sat down also and crossed his legs. “Are you settling in nicely?” He answered me with a question as well. Nice. I pressed down the button on the side table so that my assistant would bring us some coffee. “Yes, I think I have. I've fixed the financial papers already,
Chapter 12 SELENE “Are you okay?” Valen asked. I looked at him. What is he doing here? I mean outside my office door, in my own company. I can’t answer him, I’m still shocked by what I’ve read and him being here. What the hell is happening?“Why?” I stuttered asking. He just looked at me and I realized our position. He’s still holding me by the waist. I immediately balanced myself to stand up. He also realized that he was still holding me and immediately let go of me when I balanced myself already. What is this feeling? Just by looking at his eyes, I thought I was lost in another world full of different emotions. Butterflies in my stomach. “You didn’t answer my question,” sternness was evident in his voice. As always. What should I expect from Valen Ashton Craig, right? I rolled my eyes as he was just looking at me. I saw his eyebrow rise but his face immediately went back to just looking at me without any emotions. “I am okay, I guess,” I softly whispered. “I know what it i
Chapter 13 Selene I woke up at the sound of birds chirping. I looked around and saw that this is not my room in my house but my room at the mansion of Valen. Am I really here? I am back at this comfortable place after three months. Valen said that I could find answers here to know who I really am. I am scared because why is this happening to me? I just want to enjoy my life, to create a future for me that I will thank myself one day. I stood up and looked at the window to see the trees dancing with the wind. The comfort that place is giving me is something that I can’t find in the City of Bloom. I took a deep breath and opened the windows. Wind splashed on my face. Home. Can I call this my home? I hugged myself as the wind started to get cold. I closed my eyes to feel it and think of the things happening right now. The other day, I enjoyed fixing the company, attending meetings, and listening to their suggestions. Now, I am here thinking of myself, who I really am? Where do I re