Daisy POV Having to work under Asher as his secretary is harder than I thought. I don't know if it's because he hates me or that's just who he is, but the real fact is that I don't have a second to rest being his secretary. He always sends me on errands as if I'm a maid. I don't even know which is harder between being his wife and his secretary. “Stop here,” I said to the taxi driver after we got to the front of the address sent to me for the photoshoot. I came down from the car wearing a short gown. I'm almost running late. I received news five days ago from the hospital that my father hadn't paid a dime for my mother's hospital bill and, according to our agreement, he was supposed to pay for it if I agreed to marry Asher. Since he had refused to pay for it, I was going to do it on my own. I won't ask Asher for money, so luckily for me, I got a job to come shoot a photoshoot in a big company just for today and the payment is huge. Asher went on a business trip two days ago, so it
Daisy POV “D… Daisy… please help…help us…please save us from him.” “Father, please calm down,” I said over the phone, getting irritated at how he acts and begged me for mercy, as if I owned the time to his life. He's always running to me for help whenever he's in danger, but when things are rosy for him, he always acts like a weapon fashioned against me and even threatens me with my mother's health, a woman who has been his wife for over 20 years. Gosh! Why are men so ungrateful? “Daisy… please help me to plead with the Alpha King… tell him I'm sorry, … I don't want to lose everything.” I was confused, but I knew things must have gotten out of hand for my father to sound this scared. He has invited me to his pack for the hundredth time since three days ago, but I refused because I'm still angry at him and don't want to see him. When he was becoming too persistent, I decided to speak with him on the phone and this is where we are. “Father, please calm down. You asked me to beg As
Daisy POV “Mommy, I don't want to go to school,” Juniper said before me as I got her dressed for school. This is the fifth time she has been telling me this, and I wondered what was wrong. Today is their presentation, a day they have been eagerly waiting for, but I was surprised when she didn't want to go. She was looking so moody and out of place. “Tell me baby what happened, why aren't you interested in going?” I asked as I helped her to pack her hair with ribbons while the rest of the children waited for us downstairs. “I don't want the students to laugh at us. I don't want them to call you names, Mommy, like they always do to me.” “What?” My brow arched in astonishment, and I made sure I sat down properly beside her. “Tell me, Juniper, what's going on?” “I don't want to go because everyone will come with their Daddy and Mommy but…but I don't have a Daddy.” Pain swelled through my heart for making my baby cry this way. Yes, they always asked about their father countless tim
Daisy POV “I Am THE ALPHA KING. Ruler of the seven packs in Arizona combined.” “I… I…” his eyes darted around the hall searching for confirmation, seeking reassurance that what he just heard was not a figment of his imagination. He clamped his hand over his mouth, eyes widened in disbelief when his doubt was confirmed by the horrific look on everyone's face with their heads bowed when Asher declared himself with his Alpha's voice. “My…husband just moved back to Arizona, please forgive him, he didn't know you're the Alpha King.” “You're only apologizing now because you don't want me to discipline your husband, but you never cared to apologize when your son bullied my daughter, thinking she was a nobody. But now you're quick to apologize when it comes to your husband, who said that the stronger should dominate the weaker. Well, that's exactly what I'm going to do now.” Asher suddenly turned to Zack, who had been standing behind him for this while. “Give me about him.” “His name
Daisy POV “She's my ex-wife.” A low, metallic voice came from behind me, and I quickly turned to see who it was. I almost lost my balance, but managed to steady myself by grabbing onto a nearby table. “Your ex-wife?” I asked, my mind reeling with questions. “And my mate.” He added. I guess there's more to Asher than I ever knew. I'm not the only one with secrets to keep. He entered the room slowly, his imposing presence filling the space around him. He pulled out a chair and gestured for me to sit. He leaned against the wall, folding his arms and looking at me intently, as if about to tell me a story from long ago. He looked at the picture of his ex-wife on the wall, then walked to the window and opened it, letting in a breeze of fresh air to circulate the stuffy room. “She's the only person who can break my curse.” “What do you mean?” I suddenly stood up from my seat, unable to make meaning of what he just said. Instead of walking over to him, Asher came to me and helped me sit
Daisy POV “You're the…” “Mommy.” “Mommy.” The cry of Juniper broke through the silent room and when I turned around, I saw her in tears. “I can't sleep, Mommy, I saw a monster eating my Daddy in my sleep.” “I will tell you tomorrow.” I turned back to Asher, but he's already gone. “Don't worry, Mommy will chase away all the monsters, let's go and sleep.” I carried Juniper to my room. ********* I made sure I put a double check on my outfit today to make sure I'm looking perfect for the day ahead. Today, we're having a meeting with an international delegation from another city. This was a project that Asher had been pursuing for a long time and the people have finally decided to sign the documents today which is worth billions of dollars. According to Asher, this is the most lucrative contract that the company would be securing in history, so it means a lot to him. “Is everything set for the meeting?” Asher asked, organizing some files and at the same time tapping away on his com
Daisy POV Asher stopping me from working in his company shouldn't be the end of the world for me, right? But it felt like the whole world was against me. I tried so much not to let it get to me, but it wasn't working after I had been rejected from all the companies I applied for a job with. Asher is like a god in Arizona, but I didn't expect getting a job would be this difficult for me after he sacked me. ‘Sorry ma, we have checked your qualifications, and we think it's good but due to some reasons, we can't employ you.’ “Why, why can't I just get a single job?” I banged my fist hard on the table as I saw another rejection staring at me on my computer screen. What exactly is wrong? That, I can't point a finger to because they all said my qualifications are good, yet they can't employ me. What exactly is the reason? Are they against me, just like how the Alpha is against me? I was about to shut down my computer and go on with my children when another message popped up on my scree
Daisy POV “Robert.” My breath heated, his name caught in my voice, a suspended moment of silence covered the entire place as if I had mentioned the name that should never be talked about as my mind flashed back to how he had hurt me in the past. How he shattered my life and left me broken beyond repair. How he had killed our unborn child just to be with my best friend. How he had snatched my joy away and made me train the child of his mistress, thinking he's mine. The thought of this made me want to cry because I don't deserve such wicked treatment, but the five years of being away from him had taught me countless things, and one of it was never to cry before him or become a weakling. I'm only a victim. I did nothing wrong. “Is this a coincidence?” I raised a brow at him, trying to bury my anger. “Sorry no, this is not a coincidence, I wanted to see you again.” His voice was barely above a whisper, as if he was afraid of being overheard. I scoffed, blinking my eyes severely, tryi