LOGINMercedes' POV I inhaled the flowers as a smile graced my lips. The garden was beautiful, I wondered why I hardly came down here.I stalked deeper as my fingers brushed against the flowers and I stopped in my tracks when someone cleared their throat.“Mr. Ford,” I greeted.“I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was here.” I muttered as I turned to leave.“It's okay, you can stay.” He called out behind me and I stopped.I bit my bottom lip as I contemplated actually staying. A part of me wanted to linger in Bradley's presence, to stay with him even if I had nothing to say and the knowledge that he was a wolf did nothing to ease the feeling within me.“I actually want to speak to you about something,” Bradley said and at that I slowly turned around. My heart dropped as I wondered if he had finally made a decision about what he wanted to do with me.“Did I do something wrong?” I asked and Bradley shook his head as he rose from the bench he had been seated on. As he approached me, I couldn't he
ANGEL'S POV I walked into the room after dashing out to go get some warm water, and there was Adele standing right in front of me, looking dazed. I didn't know how to react at the moment, they was a mix of relief, worry and confusion I'm my face. She stood staring at me like I was some weird looking creature which she had never seen before, I blinked briefly upon realizing she earlier had a drip fixed on her. She didn't actually pull that out, did she? I asked myself as I looked down to her wrist. They only was a little bandage which stuck right on her wrist and a little amount of blood plastered up on it. I frowned my face in worry as I made an attempt to walk closer to her.“You are up?” I managed to voice out as I walked closer to her. “Why did you take that out?” I asked further as I put down the bowl on the wooden stool beside me. I looked down at her hands and was gonna walk closer to her and take her hands into mine but she took hasty steps backwards as she kept her gaze bewi
Mercedes' POV I gulped as I looked away from Bradley and I wished I could just run out of the room…anything would be better than having him this close to me yet being unable to touch him as I wished to.What was wrong with me?“I got a letter from court today,” I announced as I took another step away from him in an attempt to clear my head.Bradley remained silent but quirked a brow in my direction and I searched his face for any hint at all that he was behind this.“They said all charges have been dropped,” I informed him. His face was blank, neither showing surprise nor awareness.He was going to make me ask, wasn't he?“Did you do this Mr. Ford?” I questioned.“Do what?” He asked and I offered him a deadpan look.“Did you somehow get the court to drop all the charges? That's the only explanation, that's the only plausible reason as to why I received that letter today.” I pointed out but Bradley's expression remained the same.“Why did you do it?” I inquired.“Would you have rather
Bradley's POV “You asked for a favour and I had to pull some strings to make that happen Mr. Ford.” Mrs. Jenkins stared at me across the table with a scowl on her face.“And now I'm asking for another favour,” I replied as I leaned back in my seat.We both knew this was mere formality; her, pretending like she wasn't going to give me what it was I wanted and me, pleading for a ‘favour’.At this point I wondered why we even bothered with the ruse.“Why do you care so much who leaked the information anyways? You got the charges dropped, isn't that what's really important?” She asked and I sighed.“What I want to do with that information is none of your business.” I told her and she seemed taken aback by my bluntness. Her scowl deepened but I knew she would still give me the information I needed.“Has she ever told you about Dylan Cooper?” Mrs. Jenkins asked and my wife growled within me.Dylan? Mercedes ex boyfriend who had her thrown in jail to save his ass?“He was behind this?” I as
Mercedes' POV My heart jumped as I heard a knock on the library door before Ethan poked his head into the room and I let out a sigh of relief but my relief was short-lived.“Is anyone here to see me?” I asked as I rose from my chair and Ethan quirked a brow at me.“Are you expecting anyone?” He questioned and I averted his eyes.“Well…not exactly.” I muttered.How could I possibly tell him that I was expecting a subpoena from court? I was almost a hundred percent sure he knew about the fake ID but thankfully he had never brought it up and I would like to keep it that way.“Uncle Ethan, come see my drawing.” Carter called out from the corner of the room where he had been bent in concentration for the last thirty minutes.“I'll be right there champ,” Ethan replied before he turned back to me.“Are you alright?” Ethan asked as his eyes searched mine and I gave him an unsure smile as I nodded.“I'm fine,” I replied but he didn't seem convinced. Could he just come out and ask whatever it
Bradley's POV “Daddy!” Penelope squealed when I stepped into the dining room.“Good morning princess,” I said as I strolled towards my daughter and gave her a kiss on her cheek before I turned to Carter and gave him one on his forehead.“How are you all doing?” I asked as I looked around the table, trying my best to feign ignorance at Mercedes' presence.The children went on a rant and began to tell me all they had done throughout their day and I could partly hear what they were saying as my eyes were zoned in on Mercedes who squirmed uncomfortably in her chair and looked like she would rather be anywhere but in the same room as me.“How was your day Mercedes?” I questioned and the entire table went silent as I had never bothered to ask in the past.I felt Benjamin and Ethan's gaze on me but I ignored them. Mercedes' eyes rose for a second and met mine before she dropped them to her plate once more and played around with her food.“I followed the kids around for most of the day,” she







