AUTUMN:Turn off the camera and we will have all the time to do what we can?That was too tempting, but...I would rather spend all my time with him as we both stared at the beach.“Stop tempting me, Hugh,” I said and smiled. He sighed with a loving look on his face. “You look lovely, love. Did I tell you that already?”I nodded. “You did. A couple of times. And I appreciate it.”“No. I appreciate you even more for accepting a bastard like me. Despite hurting you in the past, you still have the heart to forgive me.”I shook my head. “Let's not talk about that. It was meant to happen, anyway. To give lessons for both of us.”Back then, my heart was full of bitterness and hatred towards the alpha and the beta. But now…there was none of that anymore. I was not even aware that I was already healing. All because I stayed in the alpha's house. Maybe that was one of the reasons that helped me a lot. I was given the chance on how amazing this man was. “I love you,” he said. “I love you, to
AUTUMN:I chuckled softly to lessen the heavy feeling in the surroundings. "Who said Daddy and I are getting married?" Images of Hugh and I walking down the aisle resurfaced in my mind, bringing a smile to my face. Why not?Wasn’t marriage to be the last goal with this man? Maddox folded his arms in front of his chest while eyeing me. It looked like he was mad at me or something like that. Hugh, on the other hand, popped his eyes open and looked around.Good because I definitely wanted someone to help me right now."Uncle Cedric said so, Miss Autumn.” The child shrugged off his shoulders. "I don't know, Miss Autumn. I will ask him next time. Is it true, Miss Autumn?"Cedric? That man again. What was running on his mind when he said the alpha and I would get married? If my groom would be Hugh, the idea of getting married was no longer scary. “Why would he say that? You must not believe everything that he was going to say. Do you understand?”“Why, Miss Autumn?”“People lie somet
AUTUMN:"Autumn?" Hugh asked as if he was going to die from happiness. It looked like he was going to jump out of sheer happiness. Real happiness. I chuckled nervously. "Y-yes? What is it, Hugh?"Trisha giggled, loving how the event turned properly. She approved how I finally became true to myself and accepted this man. Perhaps this was the right time. Perhaps…I should now accept his love and see if we were meant to be each other or not. I will never know if I will not try. Hugh…this man was worth it, right? Was he worth the pain? Still…Why did I say that I loved him, too? I must have been sleepy at that time. Was it too soon to say it?‘What the…you're out of your mind. The alpha had been waiting for you for almost six months.”Was it six months? No. It was not six months. It was shorter than that. But…love could not be measured by time. If that was the case, I wondered what would be measured by love? How will we know if we already loved that person? How will we know if he was
AUTUMN:When I shifted my gaze to the woman, I found her leaning toward Eric and was already sleeping at his side.She looked like an innocent doll beside him. She looked so fragile that their protective instinct resurfaced. Maybe that was also the reason why Eric chose this woman over me. The need to protect this woman was the strongest. They deserved each other and it was only time that their paths would cross. I felt sorry for her.Until now, there were bruises all over her body.Whoever did this to her deserved to die over and over again. Men who hurt women were the worst. I wanted them to suffer until the last breath. "That settled it then. We need to inform Cedric about this new arrangement," Maddox stated. “This will not be permanent. Until we know the person behind this. However, Eric. If you believe you can handle the risk, you can have her as long as she will come with you.”"Cedric already knows as of the moment," Hugh informed. “I told him over the mind link.”That fas
AUTUMN:"Yes. May I know who she is?" I asked, seconding Maddox. No one wanted to answer. Hugh was glaring at me. Probably because he was mad that I only arrived now and Eric. He could not really meet my gaze. Maybe because he was guilty that once in his life, he was sure that he was going to take me as his mate, but now? He suddenly changed his tone. Was I hurting for his change of heart?No.It was more like the feeling of betrayal. Like how could he claim he was sure of me and then changed the next time?"Eric? Why? Are you guilty that you suddenly lose your tongue?”“Autumn …” he started but there were no words in his mouth to add. He looked so guilty. He should be. “I do not believe that the woman is not important; I don't think you will come here at this hour, wait for us until we get home and let us think that this is an ordinary scene."What I was curious about was why they did not let the woman retire for the night? Or let her go? Or whatever was needed to make her have
AUTUMN:My eyes widened. What the heck?This was the reason why he was mad? Sabrina was calling off the wedding? And Maddox allowed her? Why? I grabbed the coffee and forgot that it was hot. My tongue burned. But it was not enough to recover me from shock. "Oh, shit," I muttered out loud. "That's totally unexpected. Why would your beloved Sabrina let you go? You're a big fish under the sea, Maddox." “I may be a big fish, but there are other bigger fishes than me,” he responded, trying to act cool. Was he in pain right now? Or was it his ego that was in pain? “You mean… Does she like someone else? There are far better looking men than you on her standard? I thought you're the only one in her heart?”But nevertheless, a certain part of me was happy that they will not pursue the marriage. Not because I want to be the bride-to-be but because Maddox did not deserve that woman.Maddox laughed, and it was weird. I flinched. He rarely laughed. He was always serious unlike Hugh who was
AUTUMN:It took me a couple of minutes before I got over Maddox's statement. He was already near the entrance of the restaurant as if he was the owner himself. He strode with so much confidence. Until now, his words kept ringing in my head.Me flirting with him? How could I talk to him? Opening a conversation? Forgetting the past and moving on could be flirting?Since when did I do that? That was such a serious statement that I could not let it pass.I stepped out of the car, and ran after him as fast as I could—chasing him. The need to correct him persisted and I will not stand still without talking to him. The security guard opened the door right away when the beta entered. The atmosphere inside the restaurant suddenly shifted when he entered.A beta had entered. Maybe that was what was running in their mind right now. All werewolves would identify him right away. The hostess bowed and smiled at him. From the scent they gave off, most of them werewolves from the neighboring
AUTUMN:I was occasionally glancing at Beta Maddox from the rearview mirror. The tense atmosphere inside the car told me that he was not in the mood for any kind of conversation.The beta was not in the mood. The car was filled with nothing but silence.After he reached out using our mind link, he told me that he was going back to the mansion even if we will get there late at night. I was about to say that I will eat first, but sensing that he was not in the mood to hear anything, I kept my mouth shut.So here I was, in the rear passenger seat, occasionally watching him from the mirror.His hands held the steering wheel as if he was choking someone else. I badly wanted to know the unlucky person who got on his bad side. It was not me, right? I never accepted Alpha Dimitri’s invitation saying we could do it next time. When we have a lot of time.The alpha wanted to ask for my number, but told him I was not using any phone. I did not have one.To my surprise, he gave me his spare phone
BETA MADDOX:My gaze darted at Sabrina’s bare neck, not marred by any marks.Lifting my gaze, Sabrina and I had a staring contest. “Did you hear what I said, Maddox? I will not call off the wedding if you will give me the mark that I deserve. We both promised each other. We promised that we will choose each other regardless of what will happen. Give me my mark.”A mark that would ward off any males. A mark that was a silent sign that this woman was mine and no one would take her away from me. When we both chose each other, she demanded right away that I should make her. However, I kept on delaying it everytime.So it reached this point.A mark in exchange for marrying me.Extend your fangs and mark her, the other part of my mind said. Except that it was not that easy. My wolf refused to do it. It was set on choosing Autumn as its mate. No one else. Not even this beautiful woman in front of me. No matter how much I begged my wolf to mark Sabrina, it will never cooperate. According