The Northern Pack had one unbreakable rule: the Alpha heir could never bond with a human girl. Despite that, Alpha Kieran Wolfe still formed a mate bond with me. To be with me, he openly defied the Elders' Council. He endured 99 lashes and was forced to kneel at the altar for three days and nights. Even as blood soaked through his shirt, he smiled at me and said, "Elise, don't be afraid. I only want you." Eventually, the Elders' Council finally relented and agreed to let Kieran leave with me. However, there was one condition: he had to leave a pure-blood heir behind for the Pack. From that moment on, the phrase I heard most from Kieran was "wait". The first time, Kieran asked me to wait while he got another she-wolf to carry his pup. He slept with Cecelia Donati 33 times until she was carrying his pup. The second time, he told me to wait again because the first pup was a female, and the Elders wanted a male. So, Kieran slept with Cecelia 99 more times until she was carrying his pup again. Just when I thought our ordeal was finally over, their daughter, Tyra Wolfe, accidentally ate wolfsbane at her Meet the Pup Party. Everyone was convinced I had poisoned her. When they threw me into the freezing cold storage room, Kieran stood at the doorway with bloodshot eyes. "I told you to wait..." His gaze was ice-cold and cutting. "You know what wolfsbane means to our kind. Why would you hurt my pup?" The words "my pup" hit me like a knife to the heart. My fingernails dug deep into my palms as the pain tore through me. When the storage room door opened again, I loosened my bloodied hands. This time, I was not going to wait anymore.
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“Congratulations.”
“Mrs. Miles, you're pregnant with quadruplets, two boys and two girls. You ought to take an ante-natal check up more seriously.”
The doctor announced it to Estella. Despite being told to be carrying four babies, she jumped up so high in the air, squealing.
Then the tears came. She sniffled, trying to hold back tears of joy as she stared at the test result on the medical result sheet. A tear dropped on the paper which she gently dipped in her finger.
“Doctor, is this true?” She asked with a sniffle. “The doctors said I'll never be able to have a baby because of a rare genetic disorder. Oh my God! Cameron and I are having four babies!” She raised her voice as she spoke to the doctor, almost crying.
The doctor came closer and pulled her into a light hug. “I understand your plight but sometimes it's good to hang on,” she whispered into her ears.
It was quite uneasy for Estella to believe that such a beautiful thing could happen to her after all the sufferings and emotional turmoil she's been through.
It’s been five years since she became the wife of a famous billionaire capitalist. Being from a royal descent, she's expected to marry someone of noble status but Cameron isn't in any way noble in character.
Estella has had to endure a lot of insults and abuses from Cameron, still he never stopped to make sure she suffered. He called her a man as often as possible and regretted getting married to her because she couldn't give him a baby.
Even when Estella was tested and acclaimed barren for life, she didn't give up hope and her fertility treatment. In the end, it paid off much more than she expected.
She brushed the tear away with her free hand, smiling.
Today was her husband's birthday and she had for a long time thought of what to give him as a birthday present without arriving at any idea. This would be the most perfect of all birthday gifts. She clutched the file to her chest, then carefully placed it in a folder inside her bag.
She left the hospital, smiling so wide and walked to her car where her driver was already waiting for her.
“Ma'am, you're off work so early? Why did you call me so early to pick you up?” Her driver was quite puzzled. Working as an urologist and clinical massager in the same hospital, her work shift ends in the afternoon but this was just 10 AM.
“I have some important news to deliver to my husband,” she uttered, flinching her head over to the window to hide the smile on her lips.
While waiting for the traffic light to turn green on the road, an idea came to mind. She decided to G****e through her phone for the best surprise approaches to announce a pregnancy. She wished to surprise her husband.
“Who's at the door?” Cameron’s hoarse voice came through the moment he heard the visitor's alarm tone ring on the door. It was an automated one that could identify and speak out the name or description of the person on the door.
This wasn't at home but the hotel where he was lodging. It's been a long time since he slept at home. He goes from the hotel, one of his very own to his office, still at the hotel vicinity or outside, depending on which office he wanted to work from on a particular day.
“Estella is here to see you, Mr Miles,” the AI answered immediately with a steady voice.
“I don’t expect to see her.” He was indirectly telling the digitized door not to open for her.
After a few seconds, the voice spoke up again. “She says she has very critical news, you should let her in.”
Cameron sighed, but his eyes suddenly glanced at the documents just sent by the lawyer, and his tone changed “Let her in.”
The door opened and Estella walked in, sniffing in the nice scent of the room, as well as admiring the interiors of his apartment here.
“No wonder you don't like coming home. Home is where the heart is,” she shrugged her shoulders in a bit to emphasize her point.
“I don't know what home is with you,” she replied with a cold voice.
He frowned the more when he noticed her still smiling, he always loved to see her in pain. This angered him the more. He rose up with fury in his eyes but acting cool.
“Why are you here?” His voice came out really harsh, just like always.
Estella swallowed painfully. Her smile faded but she managed to gather some strength to say what was in her mind. “I just wish his mood will change after announcing this,” she muttered inside of her.
“Today’s your birthday and I thought I could give you a priceless gift that will make you happy. Don’t you think it’s time you smile right at me? I've been missing this for so long.”
“Huh?” She asked further when there was no response from him.
“Smile at you?”
Estella nodded, then took closer steps to the couch he sat on. She pulled out a fancy parcel from her bag, handing it over to him.
“What’s this?”
“Probably, you have to open it and go through it yourself,” she said, winding her eyes in amusement.
The parcel contained the medical result sheet from the hospital, she just decided to add a piece of suspense by putting it in a parcel.
Cameron didn’t open the parcel to see what was in there but rather tore it into two with all his strength. He threw the paper pieces at Estella.
Estella shrieked in horror, raising her brows in horror. This felt like a dream before her eyes.
“Did you just tear the priceless gift I gave you?”
“Aren't you too old to try to impress me with useless things? You know what I actually need and you can't give me. Why did I even marry you at all?”
Elise's POV.I listened quietly to Lucian without saying a word. Only after he finished speaking and looked at me with hopeful eyes did I finally respond."I'll never forgive you all for what has happened, but I won't hold onto the grudge either. I have my own life to live, and I don't want to waste any more time on this mess."Lucian stayed silent for a long while before he let out a heavy sigh. Then, he pulled a worn journal from his bag.I recognized it immediately. It was the very first gift I had bought Kieran with the money I earned from my part-time job when we had just started dating.Back then, Kieran had been so excited. He promised he would treasure the journal and fill it with every moment we shared. He said he wanted to show it to our future pups someday so they would know how much their parents loved each other."After you left, Kieran went a little crazy. He wrote in this journal every single day," Lucian explained, his voice heavy with exhaustion."I don't know e
Elise's POV.Soon after, Kieran and I were airlifted to the nearest hospital. The moment we landed, medical staff rushed him on a gurney straight to the operating room.I heard doors slamming, and I had forms to sign and fingerprints to press. My head was spinning as I stumbled through it all under the medical staff's guidance.Once everything was done, I could not hold on anymore and collapsed, everything going black as I hit the floor."Hey, someone get over here! We've got another person down!" a voice shouted.When I came to, it was already the next day, and the nurse filled me in on everything.Kieran's surgery had been a complete success, and he had been moved to a regular room. Unfortunately, the massive blood loss combined with exhaustion had triggered a relapse of an old condition, and no one could say when he might wake up.He could regain consciousness the next day, or he might never wake up at all.My heart sank when I heard that. Regardless of everything else, he h
Elise's POV.I looked down and saw Elliot clutching a pile of toys in his arms, with even more scattered at his feet. Then, I remembered that his mother had died, and these toys were the only things she had left him.I told Morgan to take Elliot and go, promising Elliot I would bring every single toy back to the orphanage.After Morgan left with Elliot, I quickly grabbed a sack and stuffed the toys inside. Just as I slung the bag over my shoulder, a landslide exploded through the window.Time froze, and terror gripped me. My vision was filled only with that murky, thick sludge mixed with broken wood and debris. It roared as it poured over the windowsill like the gates of hell opening wide, the putrid, earthy stench instantly flooding my nostrils and suffocating every breath.My mind went blank, and my body hollowed out as I slumped there, watching helplessly as the wave of death crashed toward me.Just then, a massive white wolf burst through the churning mud and chaos, lunging s
Kieran staggered several steps backward, his spine slamming against the cold car door. Pain shot down his back, but strangely, it could not awaken the numbness spreading through him.Why had he come looking for me? It was because he wanted answers.Kieran wanted to know why I had suddenly abandoned him, why I had left without saying goodbye, and why everyone was preventing him from finding me.Most importantly, he wanted to ask if I still loved him.Yet, when those words reached his lips, they refused to come out.After a long silence, Kieran finally said, "I want to take you home."He told me how he had discovered Cecelia's true nature and how he had dealt with her and Tyra. He spoke of his and the Elders' regret. He described his own madness and breakdown during these months of searching for me.My fingers clutched my phone so tightly that my whole body trembled. It was not relief or grief; it was the sudden, brutal tearing away of a scar. A truth too long delayed, now ripping
Elise's POV.The entire inspection and negotiations went smoothly. Kieran immediately decided to provide the orphanage with one million dollars annually, starting the month after that, ensuring all the orphans could afford college.The contract was signed without a hitch.Margaret, along with the teachers who had accompanied them, warmly invited the group to dine in the orphanage's newly built cafeteria. Throughout the tour, Kieran seemed to want to say something but held back.Margaret finally broached the topic herself. "Mr. Wolfe, you want to ask me about Elise, don't you?"Kieran's eyes immediately lit up, but before he could speak, Margaret said, "Elise has mentioned you to me, and I know where she is, but she won't see you."Kieran's fingers curled until his nails dug into his palms, sharp pain biting into his skin. Even so, it still could not drown out the deeper agony gnawing at his chest.It was the same answer Lucian had once given him: she did not want to see him.Wh
Elise's POV.After dinner, everyone helped clean up before gradually dispersing. Just as I was about to retreat to my room, Margaret called out from behind me."Elise, I need to talk to you."A few moments later, I sat with Margaret on a bench in the corner of the playground, our arms linked together."Elise, are you really not going that day?" Margaret asked, her voice carrying disappointment.She had watched me grow up and knew how much sweat and tears I had shed to escape these mountains. I had finally made it out before, only to return for the orphanage's sake, and she worried I truly intended to spend my entire life here.So, when she learned the Wolfe family was sending someone to inspect the orphanage, she was excited. When selecting teachers to accompany the inspection team around the facility, she immediately thought of me.Margaret said I was so outstanding that if I went and impressed the inspectors, I might get transferred somewhere better for career development. She
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