Chapter 120 Ariel POV "What happened, father? Why did you suddenly disappear?" I ask him curiously, even though I know I shouldn't be too curious and allow him to rest at least. "Where have you been?" I further ask him, and he drops the cutleries he was using. He suddenly starts shaking, and soon, tears drop from his eyes. "Are you ok?" Kai asks worriedly, and I suddenly feel bad for asking him about that in the first place. He must be traumatized by what happened, but I can't conclude that yet. "I'm fine," He replies to Kai as he smiles at him. "I'm sorry for being like this. It's just..." He didn't complete his statement as he wipes his tears and dropped his gaze. "You don't need to answer the question if you don't feel like it. You can take your time," I say to him, and he slowly nods his head. "I'm sorry for not being here by your side the time you needed me the most... I'm sorry you had to go through pain while I was away. I feel like I'm not worth
Chapter 121 Ariel POV It has been one whole week since I've been living with my father, and those days have been filled with nothing, but excitement. We've been catching up on the good time we lost in the past, and I'm glad we are both healing and moving on from the past. Kai has announced our relationship, and the preparation for the mating ceremony has kicked off for days now. Guess who is going to be officially Kai's mate in a few days? That'll be me. Sitting on the edge of the bed after I woke up this morning, the bathroom door suddenly opens and Kai walks into the room with a towel hanging out his waist. He had just finished having his bathe, and his body is dripping wet. "Do you want to go with me to the office today?" He asks me as he grabs a towel and starts drying his hair with it, since he rarely uses the hand drier. Well, it has been a while since I last went to the office, so it won't harm to go today, yeah? "Yes, we should go together," I nod my head,
Chapter 122 Jacinta POV As I travel down memory lane, I can't help the tears that stream down my cheeks as everything came flooding my mind. The thought of it has been eating me up for ears now, but do you know what hurts the most? Living as another person and having another person taking the credit for what I produced. It's driving me nuts. "Are you ok?" I turn to find Tate, my supposed mate, walking into the garden, and I feel my skin crawl in disgust. This is one of the things I have to endure all because of that bastard. He was the reason my life turned into a big mess, and here I am today. I cringe when I feel his hands wrap around my waist, and I bite my bottom lip and slowly close my eyes, trying to be calm. "You don't look fine. Is everything ok?" Again, he asks me as he nuzzles his face in my neck, fanning me with his smelly breath, and I roll my eyes. "Hmm... I'm fine," I reply to him as I manage to wriggle out of his grasp, and he sighs briefly as he
Chapter 123 Ariel POV That dream felt so real that I haven't been able to get it off my mind even after the whole day. "Are you ok?" Kai asks me as he drives us home after we left the office, and I nod my head. "You don't look fine. Are you sure you are?" He asks for the second time, and I sigh briefly. I don't even know how to explain this to him. "That woman... I saw her in my dream," I wanted to tell him, but it just doesn't make any sense. Will he even believe me? Will he listen to me? "I'm fine, really," I reply to him, and he nods his head. "Do you want us to go somewhere?" He asks as he glances at me, but I shake my head. I just want to go home and rest my head right now. "Alright," He mumbles as he nods his head. The rest of the drive to the villa was peaceful, and we arrive at the villa in no time. "Do you want us to bathe together?" He asks as he strips out of his clothes, and I nod my head. "Anything can happen behind that door. Will
Chapter 124 Alpha Kai POV After I had breakfast with Ariel and her father, I finally left for the office earlier than usual, since I have an appointment with a prestigious client of mine. I am still working on getting the culprit behind the death of Ariel's foster mom, trying to find out who that woman she met at the hospital was, and the one Ruby mentioned to have seen, and also working on the preparation of our mating ceremony coming up next week. Everything is exhausting, but I'm glad Max is here by my side, giving me all the support I need. The sound of my ringing phone pulls my attention as I get stuck in the traffic jam after about fifteen minutes of driving, and when I check the caller, I realize that the person is my secretary. "Sir, the person is here now," Her voice sounds through the phone as soon as I answer the call, and I sigh briefly. "Can you buy me some more time? I'm on my way already," I say to her. "Alright, Sir," The call ends afterward
Chapter 125 Ariel POV I woke up this morning with my body hurting like hell. I tried to leave the bed, but couldn't. Kai left for the office earlier before I woke up because of an important appointment, so he had no idea that I am not feeling too well. "Ugh!" I groan tiredly as I toss on the bed before I finally sit up on the bed. I sink my fingers into my hair and grab a handful of it lazily. With all the strength left in me, I stand up from the bed and drag my feet into the bathroom where I have a long and relaxing bathing, thinking that it'll eventually calm me down, but when it only got worse, I decide to go to the hospital and find out what exactly is wrong with me. I try to call Kai on the phone so I can talk to him, but his number didn't go through, so I decided to go to my dad and inform him later about it. I head to my dad's room after I left mine, and when I walk inside, I find him sitting on the edge of the bed, doing nothing. He stands up as soon as I w
Chapter 126 Ariel POV I check my phone for the twentieth time, or maybe it's more than that, in a bid to see if Kai called me earlier, but he hasn't called me, which has been disturbing me. I told him that I was sick since yesterday and he hasn't come to see me. Is he not bothered at all? What is happening? I ask myself and sigh deeply as I drop my phone on the bed. It's 6pm already, and he should be back from the office soon. I can't just conclude yet, not until I find out what exactly happened. As I sit on the edge of the bed, waiting for me, the knock on the door suddenly pulls my attention, and I quickly stand up to get it, thinking he is the one, even though I know he is not the type that knocks before he comes inside when I'm inside the room. 'You are my woman, so are you scared that I would walk in on you naked?' he always asks me whenever I complain about him not knocking before coming into the room. Well, my face drops disappointedly when I pull the door open and
Chapter 127 Ariel POV "Where are you coming from?" He asks me as he stands up to his feet, his eyes blazing with anger. Like seriously? I was hospitalized yesterday, he didn't even care to check on me and know how I was feeling, he left home since morning and came home smelling of another woman and all he can tell me is this? I ask myself and bite my bottom lip angrily. "I went to take a walk with the kids. I see you just got home yourself. What took you so long today? Did something happen at the office?" I ask him, trying so hard to hold myself back. "Who were you with? Why are you smelling like this?" Those are the questions I wanted to ask him, but on second thought, I decide not to do it for some reason I can't even fathom. "I'll freshen up in the bathroom," He replies to me instead before he turns and starts walking toward the bathroom. "You heard that I was hospitalized yesterday... Why didn't you come to see me? This is unlike you," I ask him, and he sto