“You told me that you would pay me yesterday. Where the fuck’s my money?” The man all but spat at Sophie, pointing a finger at her accusingly.Anna was at the corner listening to it all and as she did, she felt shock coursing through her system.Sophie’s voice was clear, full of exasperation and frustration. “Told you that but something came up. Come on, you have to believe me. I just need a little more money right now.” The man visibly pushed her away even as she tried to wrap a hand around his neck and kiss him.Anna was even more shocked. Didn’t her sister have a fiancé?Surreptitiously, Anna whipped out her phone and turned on her camera to record a video. She pressed the red button and began recording. It was better to have evidence on hand if Sophie denied those accusations, after all.Sophie whined as the man pushed her away one too many times. “Please baby. Don’t do this to me.”The man scoffed.“You call every man who gives you what you want baby, right?” There was a threat
“You say you recorded this tonight?” This was the third time her father had asked this question and this time, he looked even more weary. “It was noisy. It couldn’t have been…”Anna sighed inwardly, feeling frustration rise up. She had shown her father the video and still he was making excuses for Sophie. Typical.“Come on, dad. I didn’t even know she was going to be there in the first place. How could I have set this up for her? She said all of this and she said a lot more before then but this alone is pretty damning.” She paused, taking in her father’s reaction. She spied Andrew and Andrea busy watching the cartoons on TV.She had only been gone for about two hours and she was glad she eventually didn’t stay with Dylan as she had expected - through the night. Being with her children sounded like a better night than mingling in between musty smelling girls and guys grinding on each other.Tonight had been revealing for a lot of things, not just for Sophie and her horrible behavior an
Drake Finnigan, Alpha of the Eclipse Pack, was none too happy about this arrangement. And neither was his subordinate.“I thought it was Alpha William himself that my dear Lily is to marry? Not his younger brother? He has no claims to the Alpha title, does he?” The subordinate asked, looking very disappointed.Alpha Drake could understand. His own anger stemmed from the fact that William was so strong minded that even he could not succeed to change the young Alpha’s mind. His dreams of getting one of his own most loyal in the strongest pack in the region was slowly becoming a pipe dream.“Father?” It was Lily, and Drake turned to survey his goddaughter. She looked ever beautiful, with her dark eyes, pale skin and black hair that made her glow and look so ethereal. She would have made a good Luna to William. She looked confused as she noticed her father’s and godfather’s expressions.“What’s going on? Is it done?” She asked about the marriage arrangement. Her sights had been set on Wil
“Thank you once again for your generosity and for hosting us, Alpha William.” The female delegate from the Golden Moon Pack said last, and William nodded, shaking her hand as well.Now that the full moon was over, the Alpha was glad to see the delegates off at the gate. And he was very much satisfied that his pack’s relationship with the neighboring packs was continuing on a positive note.However, that still left one pack - the Eclipse Pack, of which Alpha Drake was waiting in William’s home.The talks for the arranged marriage between Drake’s choice and Ethan was supposed to start today, and William was expecting the girl to be engaged to Ethan to show up soon.He went to his study, after returning from the gates, letting Drake and his mother talk at the breakfast table. Ethan was nowhere to be seen but that was just to be expected of his disdainful little brother.He busied himself with paperwork that he had put off for too long and organizing the rest of his monthly schedule while
Anna jolted awake to the feeling of her phone ringing by her ear. Reaching for it, she picked up the call without checking who it was that was calling.“Hello?” Her voice cracked and she cleared her throat. “Hello?”“Anna.” It was her father and he sounded strangely joyful for some reason. “Sorry, dear. Were you asleep?”“Huh? Um… yeah. But it’s okay, dad. What’s up?” She asked, sitting up in her bed. Her eyes spied the signs of dawn, the sun making its way over the horizon.“Well, it’s good news. Don’t worry.” Her father chuckled. “Jacob is back on duty, finally.”Jacob?Her brows furrowed before she remembered that Jacob in fact meant Jacob Touren, Sophie’s fiancé and wealthy businessman. Her mood soured immediately upon that thought. Why did her father have to go and remind her of all the reasons she didn’t like Sophie right now?“What does that have to do with me?” Her tone turned harsh and her father seemed to get that she was upset too.“Honestly, Anna. Please can you be happy f
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
Well, if this wasn’t the worst fucking disaster she had been in for the last week or so. And this was counting her horrible first day wearing that skimpy dress and trying to cover it up with a blazer only for her to experience the worst sort of surprises that day - like finding out who the father to her two children really was.“Fudgesticks.” She cursed under her breath, hearing the whispering in the entire top floor break out even when William had long left and entered his office. “Damn,” Anna added with enough emphasis.It was like today wasn’t even close to being her day. After everything, she had hoped that all would be well between her and William today after the long weekend. And yet she managed to screw things up over and over again.Jokes aside, was she really cursed or something?She finished printing out the documents and went back to her desk moping.Practically slamming the offending stack of paper on her desk, she busied herself with trying to think of how the rest of her
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