Chapter 17 Maria’s POV I was in hell, the deepest and darkest part of hell to be exact, since my mother arrived she had taken over the entire house, demanding that this belonged here and that belonged there and Ethan had happily followed her around doing whatever she wanted, I was so glad when we settled down to have dinner, she was finally going to settle down and let things be as they were. Dinner was served and we settled down to eat, she kept on telling Ethan about her latest trip to France and all the wonderful shops she had visited and the new foods she had tried, I wondered how Ethan did it, he listened to her with such patience and was even nice enough to input comments when they were needed. And then all of a sudden, she turned on me and said “Why are you not pregnant yet?” The question was so shocking that choked on the glass of water I was drinking, where the hell did that question come from? “What??” I asked her even though I had heard her question loud and clear. “I
Chapter 18Alexander’s POVI woke up to the sound of the doorbell being rung continuously, I groaned as I got up from the bed, Zara was still sleeping on the bed, I glanced at the alarm clock on the bed side and it was not even 8 yet, I let out a cuss under my breath, whoever was knocking better have a good reason for dragging me out of bed so early in the morning.I grabbed my pants and pulled them on, I did not bother with the shirt, I simply headed in the direction of the door and swung it open the moment I got there.“Just what the hell is it so early in the morning?” I said angrily.I was not expecting the person I found on my doorstep ringing my doorbell like a maniac at 7:36 in the morning.“Is that how you welcome guests to your house?” Maria Sandoval said to me.To say that I was surprised to see her as definitely an understatement.“What are you doing here? How did you even find where I stay?” I asked her.She pulled off her glasses and rolled her eyes “It is not a very big
Chapter 19Ethan’s POVI was in my office when the sound of my phone ringing distracted me from the document I had been reading, I picked up the phone and it was Jacob calling, Jacob was my head of security and he was also in charge of the team I had created to watch over Alex and report his movement to me, this time I had selected a group of my best men and they were men I trusted.I answered the phone wondering what happened so soon that he deemed it worthy enough to be reported back to me.“Hello Jacob, what is the problem?” I asked him without preamble.“Ummm Sir, I was calling to inquire if you knew that the Luna had paid your brother a visit, she was here a few minutes ago, their conversation was brief and we could not really hear what was being said because we have to stay far away from him because he might hear us” Jacob said.“Did you say Maria was at Alexander’s house just now?” I asked quickly.“Yes sir, she was here for a few minutes, she did not really stay for a long ti
Chapter 20Zara’s POVAlexander walked in and let out a sigh of exasperation, he looked tired, I have known Xander for years and this was the first time I had ever seen him look so tired, he looked positively drained out.“Hey you” he said to me when he saw me staring at him from where I sat on the sofa.I gave him a smile as he joined me on the sofa “You look tired, you should get some rest” I said to him.“Do I really?” he said to me.“Yep” I said to him.“Then I should lie down” he said with a smile as he placed his head on my thighs, he looked up at me with a smile.I smiled and said “I like this view” I said to him.“Me too” he replied and closed his eyes.Though our bond was not very strong yet, I still felt some of the things he felt, I could tell that his heart was troubled right now, he was bothered by something, I had heard his conversation with his brother, perhaps that was why he was bothered.“Something is bothering you” I said.His eyes fluttered open, I had always loved
Chapter 21Ethan’s POVSince Alexander had thrown his challenge to me a few days ago, I had found myself very busy, I had my men making inquiries about the people who could be working with him, I was trying to find his pack and once I did, I could monitor their movements and hopefully catch them in the act of attacking my people.But so far, I was only sure of the woman living with Alexander, my people had reported her name to me as Zara, she had no last name since was abandoned in front of an orphanage when she was a baby, she had been named there as well, she was very similar to Alexander in many ways, she was just a troublemaker like him and both of them were a bunch of low lives, they seemed a perfect match for one other in my opinion.Alexander acted like he was all tough and strong but he was not, he cared about the people around him and they could be used to bring him down to his knees, the more I thought about it, Alexander was a ticking time bomb and this woman called Zara c
pter 22Maria’s POVIt had taken a lot of attempts and extensive use of my connections to get myself here, I stood outside a small building, it looked quaint and somewhat shabby, the grasses in front of the house were long and overgrown, the trash looked it had not been taken out in weeks, all in all, the house was in rather poor condition.I did not expect to find the person I was seeking living in such a shabby house, if I remembered her correctly, she had been an elegant woman who valued cleanliness and she had been tidied to a fault.I walked up to the dirty front steps and rang the rusted door bell, I prayed I was in the right address and that my people sent me off to a place where I was likely to get murdered.I rang the door bell again when the door had not been answered after 5 minutes, I was beginning to think I was in the wrong house when I heard heavy footsteps approaching and a few seconds later, the door swung open with a loud creak.It had been years and even through the
Chapter 23Sharon Sandoval’s POVI had known that the past might come back to haunt us but I had not cared to think that it might be so soon, I had thought I would have become a wrinkly old woman before it happened but it seemed that having a child who was way too smart for her own good was not a very good thing.I wondered why she could not just accept her life as it was, she should have enjoyed everything I worked hard for her to become but no, she just had to go digging into things that could only bring problems for everyone else around her.I massaged my temples feeling the beginnings of a headache coming on, this was supposed to be a relaxing vacation for me but I ended up finding myself in a myriad of family drama.My troubled thoughts were disturbed by foot steps, I raised my head to look at the owner of the footsteps and it was Ethan, my son in law, he had a troubled look on his face, looking at him now, who would have ever believed that he could turn out like this, he looked
Chapter 25Maria's POVI had seen Ethan arrive home looking agitated and possibly mad and I did not want to have to explain where I was coming from, it was only so long before he began to get suspicious of my constant outings.I had rushed into the house through the back door and hurriedly changed my clothes, I had shown up into the living room just in time to hear him ask of me.I waited for him to take a shower and come back into our room, before saying "What's the problem honey? You seem like you have a lot on your mind"He fell on the bed beside me, his hair was still wet from the shower and was falling over his face in wet strands, I reached out and brushed one away from his face.He let out a sigh "Do you ever feel like your entire existence is simply useless? Like you are stuck under the shadow of someone else and no matter how much you try, no matter what you do, you can never break free from that shadow" he said." Where is this coming from Ethan?" I asked him, I was surprise