Mag-log inTHEODOREThere was something really fishy about Layla. Leo had been away from us for a while now, and not for once did she lose sleep over that. A real mother would have fought with everything in her to find her son and bring him back to her. But Layla didn’t do any of that. Instead, she cared more about making sure her nails were well manicured. The only other thing she cared about was the new addition to our family. Our little girl, Skyler.“Do you think I am okay?” Layla asked when I questioned her. A tear suddenly rolled down her cheek and she sobbed.“I—” she took in a drag of air, “I have been really trying to be strong for our little girl. But I am devastated within. I—” she sobbed, “I miss my little boy so much, but I know Rhonda is a bitch and wouldn’t release him even if I asked. That’s why I decided to patiently wait for the court’s ruling.”“What if it is against us? What if the child is Rhonda’s?” I asked with a raised brow.She vehemently shook her head. “That is impossi
LAYLAToday was the court hearing for the custody of Leo. If it became confirmed that Leo was Rhonda’s child, then the possibility of Theodore making me Luna would be low. So, I took a desperate measure to stop that from happening. With the right amount of money, everyone could be corrupt. I figured out the hospital the court had contracted for the DNA test and contacted one of the doctors there who was more likely to be compromised.When I reached out to him, I didn’t reveal my intentions right away. I needed to draw him in first, give him a taste of what he stood to gain. All I told him was that I had a business proposition for him. Something worth his time.I had driven to a park in one of Theodore’s heavily tinted cars and waited for him to come. His name was Doctor Andrew. He knocked on the car window and I quickly opened the door for him.He slid inside.“Good evening,” Andrew muttered, going straight to the point. “What business do you have for me?”“I reached out to you becaus
RHONDAI felt really sick to my stomach, my temperature rising at once. What was happening? I struggled to walk back into the bedroom and collapsed on the bed, drawing the duvet over me to protect myself from the sudden chills. I could hear my phone ringing insistently, but I was too tired to pick it up from where it was on the nightstand, which was only an arm’s stretch away.I eventually fell asleep in that position. I didn’t know how long it took before I finally opened my eyes again. A yawn escaped me and I stretched.“Feeling better?” I suddenly heard his voice say.I almost jumped.“What?” My eyes widened when I shot my gaze in his direction. He was seated on one of the sofas in one corner of the room. Malcolm.“They told me you weren’t feeling too well. I called and you weren’t picking up. I had to run down here,” he leapt to his feet and approached me. “I was so worried about you.”By “they,” he meant Victor and Kane.“Do they seriously report everything back to you?” I asked
RHONDAI scrambled for my clothes and quickly put them on.Malcolm dragged his pants back up and buckled his belt. He wasn’t completely naked, so he finished before me.A knock came on the door again. “It’s time,” Julian called out.“I’ll be with you shortly,” I breathed.Damn. My first meeting with the finance team, and I hated that I would be late.I brushed my fingers through my hair and picked up my bag.Malcolm wrapped his arm around me. “Sure you don’t want another round before leaving?”A hard frown formed on my face, and I quickly pushed him away. I laughed a second later.“Malcolm,” I shook my head. He was becoming naughtier as the day passed, and I was loving every bit of it.“Alright. Alright. I also have to get back to the company. I have a meeting in twenty minutes. I will be late,” he leaned in and kissed me. “See you later tonight. Yes?”“Yes,” I nodded with a blush.“Alright,” he pulled away and spanked my ass as I walked away.“Malcolm!” I exclaimed and chuckled, look
RHONDAI frowned slightly, tightening my hold on the office phone. “Who is it?”There was a brief pause before Elene answered, “Alpha Malcolm, ma’am.”Heat rushed to my cheeks at the mention of his name, but I quickly regained my composure, realizing Julian was still there.I cleared my throat and tried to sound normal. “Send someone to escort him up.”“Yes, ma’am.”The line went dead, and I slowly placed the receiver back in its cradle.That man would never cease to amaze me.Julian, who was still standing across from me, raised a brow ever so slightly.I cleared my throat again. “I have a visitor coming up. But let’s quickly review this.”I pulled out a file from my bag and handed it to him.He was seated on one of the beige chairs opposite the large desk, while I stood beside him, my back against the desk.“What’s this?” he asked as he flipped the file open.“There are discrepancies here. The projected operational costs and the recorded releases don’t align properly. At first, I th
RHONDAHeat rushed to my cheeks the instant I read Malcolm’s text.My traitorous body reacted before my brain could even catch up, and I quickly locked my phone, clearing my throat as I set it face down on the table.Focus, Rhonda.I was in the middle of my first meeting as CEO. I could not afford to start blushing and smiling like some lovestruck teenager because Malcolm wanted to bend me over his desk.Though, God help me, the image was already planted firmly in my head.I straightened in my seat and forced my expression into something neutral and unreadable.“Now,” I said, folding my hands on the table as though my man had not just texted me the filthiest thing imaginable, “where were we?”No one answered immediately.Of course they didn’t.The atmosphere in the room was still thick from Blake’s dramatic exit. Most of them looked tense, careful, almost frightened. A few avoided my gaze entirely, while others sat straighter than before, as though trying their best to appear invisibl
RHONDAMy phone would not stop buzzing.The relentless vibration against my palm grated on my nerves, Theodore’s name flashing across the screen again and again, disturbing the fragile peace I was trying to cling to.After a while, I finally decided to pick up out of frustration.“Yes?” I groaned i
RHONDAI hadn’t even given Theodore my consent when he burst into my room, reeking of Layla as usual.Quickly, I snapped my laptop shut.His eyes narrowed with suspicion as he ventured further into the room.I had been seated on the black sofa tucked into one corner of the room, focused on building
RHONDA“Mother!” I screamed as I rushed forward, my knees hitting the floor as my hands trembled violently. I gathered the scattered ashes with shaking fingers, my chest tightening painfully as grief and rage crashed into me all at once.“Oops,” Layla said lightly behind me, her voice laced with fa
RHONDAIt had been two days since I received the devastating news that Leo was not my biological son.At first, I had refused to believe it. I had clung desperately to denial, convincing myself that the tests were wrong, that the hospitals had made some sort of mistake. But after all the evidence p







