Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Mia's POV 

I woke up with a start. 

My head was throbbing when I opened my eyes. 

I blinked through the haze as I tried to recognize where I was. 

This wasn't my dorm room, was the first thing I realized. 

The bed I was laying on was way softer and bigger than the one I usually slept on. 

A groan escaped my throat as I looked around in confusion. 

The room was way bigger too. It was like two of my room combined. 

My eyes found a floor-length mirror in the far right corner of the room, and I caught my reflection. 

My hair was a mess. 

My eyes were puffy. 

My face was blotchy. 

And I had streaks of dried tears on my cheeks. 

That was when everything that happened last night came crashing down on me. 

Liam. 

The mission to steal the fingerprints for him. 

It was supposed to be a quick in and out thing. 

But I had gotten caught. 

By Kai Voss himself. 

And he claimed I was his mate. Even though I wasn't supposed to have a mate because of the absence of my wolf spirit. 

My life had been spared by Kai if only I agreed to live in his villa. And I had slept in his guest suite last night. 

Liam. 

My mind drifted off to him, and I started crying a fresh round of tears. 

I wondered how he was doing. 

He must have been terrified when I didn't show up and meet him at the car last night. 

What if he believed I had gotten caught and killed? He would never forgive himself. 

I was still sobbing when a knock sounded on the door. My heart skipped a beat as I looked towards it, wondering who could be knocking. 

It couldn't be Kai, right? He wouldn't have to knock since this was his house. 

I was basically a prisoner. All he had to do was barge in. 

When the knock sounded again, I let out a shaky breath before speaking up. 

“Who's there?” I asked tentatively. 

“My name is Valerie, I'm one of the helps at the villa. Mr. Voss asked me to come get you. Can I come in?” a feminine voice asked from the other side of the door. 

My heart rate steadied when I heard that. At least it wasn't Kai. 

“Come in. The door is open,” I spoke up. 

A few seconds later, the door was pushed open, and a young woman walked in. 

She looked to be around my age, with brunette hair and brown eyes. 

She smiled when she saw me. 

“Good morning, Miss Mia. Did you have a good night's rest?” she asked kindly. 

I had no idea how to respond. I didn't even know if I slept well or not. 

I had basically passed out from crying too much. 

Nevertheless, I nodded, and her smile grew wider. 

“I was told to help you get ready. Mr. Voss said you should come down for breakfast in a few minutes,” she uttered, and my eyes widened. 

Why the hell would he want me to have breakfast with him? 

Was that even supposed to be happening?

Could it be he was still hung up on the whole mate thing?

“Alright... I'll go and take my bath now...” I murmured before getting off the bed. 

There was no point in trying to be stubborn. I would have to accept my fate sooner or later and come to terms with the fact that I was living here now if I didn't want to die. 

I finished washing up after some minutes. I walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my body, and another one around my hair. 

Valerie was waiting patiently for me, and her eyes lit up as she grinned. 

“You're so beautiful, Miss Mia. I can see why Mr. Voss chose you as his fiancée.”

I stopped in my tracks upon hearing that. 

Did she just say what I thought she said?

Fiancée?

“What do you mean by that?” I asked her, and she blinked in surprise. 

“Mr. Voss addressed the whole staff this morning and told us his fiancée was around and would be living in the villa from now on. He even released a public statement about your engagement, and the whole pack is in a frenzy over the news.”

What in the world?

Was this man psychotic or what? 

How could he tell the whole pack I was his fiancée without my consent?

I immediately thought of Liam. If an announcement was made like Valerie said, then he must have seen it. 

Oh no. 

I had to do something about this. 

“Can you take me to Mr. Voss?” I asked Valerie, and she looked at me in confusion, but she nodded anyway. 

“Of course. But you need to get dressed first,” she replied. 

I immediately moved to pick up the clothes I had just taken off since I had no clothes here, but Valerie stopped me. 

“You don't need to wear that, new clothes have already been arranged for you,” she said, and I raised a brow. “They're in the closet.”

I didn't ask any questions as I quickly put on a simple dress before following Valerie out of the bedroom. 

I didn't even have a chance to properly admire the beauty of the villa as she led me to the dining room where she said Kai would be. 

And just like she said, I found Kai sitting at the head of the table. He was on his phone, and it seemed to have all his attention. 

“Mr. Voss, she's here,” Valerie said politely before excusing herself. 

Kai raised his head then, his eyes roaming over me as he looked me over. 

“Sit,” he said simply, but I didn't move an inch from where I stood. 

Instead, I decided to air out my grievances. 

“I heard you made an announcement that I was your fiancée,” I started and he met my eyes. “I never agreed to that. I only agreed to stay in your villa so you wouldn't kill me. Can you please take down the announcement and tell everyone it's fake? I don't want people to get the wrong idea.”

Kai's gaze darkened as he stared at me. “The announcement was a strategic move to draw out whoever is behind your scheme. And since you refused to reveal their identity, the pack will keep believing we're engaged till I find out who it is.”

My mouth fell open and I quickly shook my head. 

“Please... You don't understand. You have to tell everyone it's fake. I'm begging you—”

“No. I won't be doing that,” he said coldly. “You know, I still find it hard to believe that a wolfless student like you would have the guts to think you could steal from me and get away with it.”

My face burned with embarrassment as I resisted the urge to glare at him. 

“You will live with the consequences of your actions, and I won't stop till I find who sent you,” he sneered. 

I flinched at his words, and I tried to speak, but he continued before I could. 

“In fact, I will enter Lycan Academy to surveil you in person.”