A Familiar Stranger

Louisa

I took advantage of the situation and walked out, it was already seeming like he didn't want me to eavesdrop on his phone call. Besides, my heart was beating so fast, he was already growing impatient and I wasn't certain of what action to take next.

I needed my phone to at least know if I had close friends.

On getting to the entrance into the Alpha's building, I bumped into someone who was about to walk in. A guard was carrying his luggage behind him.

“Hello dear,” he said, holding my hands while staring into my eyes.

I wasn't certain how to react; I didn't know who he was or his relationship with me. My heartbeat started beating faster than ever. He seemed important, and with any wrong word from me, I could get into trouble.

“You should look where you are going next time, I'm only forgiving this because of how gorgeous you look,” he said, smiling.

I chuckled, extracting my hand from his grip. His gaze remained on me for a while, tensing me up. I tried to move away but he blocked my path.

“I didn't know the gorgeous was mute,” he said.

“I'm not mute,” I replied, slightly shaking my head sideways.

“Wow, what a sweet voice you have there. Well, I'm Jace, Alpha Scott’s younger and only brother…”

That explained it all, we've never met before. Perhaps he hasn't been in town in years.

I was about to respond when I felt the presence of Alpha Scott. I felt drawn to something closer, and that felt strange. I quickly turned as my eyes widened in shock.

He walked towards us and threw his arms over his brother.

“When I saw your call, I got scared that something was wrong.” Alpha Scott said while extracting himself from the hug.

“Alpha George is dead and

I'm here to …..” he threw his gaze at me, “..celebrate.”

“I see you've met Louisa, My P.A.” Alpha Scott stated.

I furrowed my eyebrows but I knew I had to play along.

“P.A?” he repeated, then scoffed. “Alright,” he looked at me, “It was nice meeting you, Louisa.”

He then moved in with Alpha Scott.

I stepped outside, feeling the cool breeze all over me. It should feel relaxing but my heart was pounding. I had no means of finding his mother who might be dead anyway.

I knew I had to get out of here and I had to be fast about it. My gaze drifted to the entrance gate, there were at least ten men stationed there. Hell no! I needed a good escape plan.

I was still in thought when someone tapped me from behind, I quickly turned and my breath

hitched, seeing Alpha Scott. He was already back here.

“You must have heard enough fresh air,” he said.

“Did you come with my phone?” I asked.

He pulled his hands into his leather jacket and brought out a phone, handing it to me.

“I will be going out for an important meeting, the moment I return, I expect answers from you.” he paused and grabbed my hands, glaring at me. “For your sake, I hope you are not just stalling,”

“I'm not, ok,” I said, extracting myself from his grip.

Without another word, he walked into his jeep and drove out. I took a deep breath and exhaled like it was over even when I knew it wasn't.

I quickly put my phone into my trouser pocket and walked back inside. But on my way to my room, I saw Jace coming out of his. The moment he saw me, he began staring at me.

It felt strange, he didn't look away and I wasn't comfortable. I focused my gaze ahead and continued moving. The moment I tried walking past him, he held my hands and dragged me back.

“Louisa, I want to show you something,” Jace called.

My heart skipped a beat, there was something shady about him I couldn't pinpoint.

“Come on,” he added, dragging me into his room like I didn't have a say.

My eyebrows furrowed but there was nothing I could do about it. The moment the door shut behind us, my body began shaking.

“You said you wanted to show me something,” I reminded him.

“Yeah, I did.” He said, moving towards a bag near the nightstand.

He unzipped it and began searching for something. After a while, he turned back, holding a photograph in his hand.

“I wanted to show you this,” he said, extending the picture to me.

My fingers were trembling as I took it. I opened my mouth in shock the moment my gaze drifted to the photograph. It was a photo of me and Jace, looking intimate.

“When I was introducing myself to you, I was only flirting with you seeing how shocked you looked. I mean, it's not every day you come back home to see the girl who ran away from you, living in your own house,” he scoffed and chuckled.

“But then again,” he continued, “You can't break my heart and find out that I'm the Alpha’s brother and still react the way you did.” He paused and stared at me, “Unless something is wrong.”

I took a step back, not knowing what to say. At least now I could understand the reason why he stared at me the way he did. Regardless, I couldn't still let anyone know I was without my memory.

“I thought you've moved on and did not want to talk about it,” I said, breathing so fast.

“Why won't I want to talk about it? When all you did was break up with me after saying your mission in Leatherhead Pack was soon to be over,” he said, folding his hands across his chest.

In as much as I couldn't remember, I saw clearly in his eyes that he was hurt. But none of it was making sense to me; I was Alpha Scott’s rejected fated mate, and yet I was dating his younger brother without knowing who he was.

“What were you even doing in the Leatherhead Pack since you are Alpha's Scott's brother?” I was trying to deviate a bit.

“I had my own plans, in case my brother's plan failed but that's not the point.” He said, walking towards me.

“So what's your point?” I asked, moving backwards.

“You don't seem to remember.”