CALISTA’S POV.“Calista? You need to hurry up. Father says he is starving.” Bella screamed my name. I wiped my eyes and changed into clothes suitable for doing chores. I walked out of the bedroom into the kitchen, and hurriedly made Breakfast, consisting of Eggs and Bacon, while asking Freddie, another maidservant to help me share it. After serving breakfast, I went back to doing the dishes and then went into my room. “Where are you going, Calista?” Father called out and I turned back to answer him, with my head bowed. “To my bedroom, Father,” I answered slowly. “Calista, there is so much salt inside the eggs.” Mother complained. “I’m sorry Mother. That was a mistake on my part. Should I have the eggs redone to your taste?” I asked hurriedly, hoping that she would not punish me, as I still felt sore between my legs. “Hurry up and get another one done.” Mother said and I started to go back to the kitchen when I heard Father’s voice.“Stop, Calista.” He said authoritatively. I tur
GREYSON’S POV. “Mother. What a surprise to see you.” I said as I reached to kiss the back of her palm. “I have no time to waste, son. So, is Calista still a virgin?” Mother asked hurriedly and I smiled. “Yes Mother, it is as you had suspected. The Walters had their adopted daughter sent to replace their delinquent first daughter, and Calista is clean.” I said and Mother smiled. “She tried to drug me, tried to make me think that it was Isabella I slept with, but those kinds of things don’t work on me, and for it to work, it has to be excessive doses. I made her believe that I thought it was Bella I had slept with, that was the only way that the whole thing could go smoothly for her, with the Walters. If they found out that I discovered their trickery, it would spell doom for her.” I said and Mother nodded. “Did you give her a date when we would be coming for the marriage arrangement?” Mother asked. “I said two days,” I said simply. “We would increase it by two more days, making i
CALISTA’S POV.“How dare you hit me in the face? Do not hit me again, FOR FUCK’S SAKE!” I yelled in anger and Mrs. Walters and Bella’s mouth went wide with shock. I was too angry to control myself and I had to make it clear that I wasn’t going to take their bullying any longer. My life was tough enough, having to sacrifice myself for someone who doesn’t deserve it, having to think about if my birth parents were alive somewhere, I didn’t want to have to put up with their maltreatment. “Calista!” Mrs. Walters called my name in surprise and I glared at her. My glare must have been piercing that she staggered back in fear. “What is going on here?” Father said as he entered the room…“Did you not hear what I asked? What did you put in my husband's food?” Mrs. Walters said angrily, snapping me out of my wishful thinking. I definitely could never yell at her, I was not raised to be disrespectful. And despite the fact that I wanted to at this point, I couldn’t do anything, but hope that Fat
CALISTA’S POV“Now answer me honestly, Calista. Did Alpha Greyson find your identity out?” Father asked and I looked at him. “No.” I lied. “Please tell me the truth, Calista. I will not hurt you in any way.” He said and I shook my head. “No. He didn’t find my identity out in any way.” I said and he nodded. “Okay. You have a suitor. He’s a Doctor from the UK, and he has an interest in marrying you. What do you say? He is handsome, he’s nice and he is rich. I already explained your virginity situation to him, and he said he had no problem with it. He is someone you know also.” Father said and I stared at Father blankly. “Someone I know?” I asked. I didn’t know many men, or boys, except… I stared at Father with a face that recognized who he was talking about and Father confirmed my thoughts. “Yes, your thinking is right. The son of the Elamor Family, Leon Elamor.” He said and I stood transfixed. Leon was the only male friend I have ever had ever since I was little. He left Florida
CALISTA POVFather took a spoon of the food, and the look on his face said it all. He picked a tissue paper on the table and spat the spoonful of food he had taken into the tissue paper. “What in the world of food is this, Isabella Walters?” Father asked sternly. I took a spoon of the food placed in front of me and put it in my mouth and “Yuck.” I said immediately, dumping it inside a tissue paper on the table beside me. Bella and Mrs. Flora looked like they could kill me, but I had decided that I wasn’t going to look at their faces any longer. “Calista, what did you taste in this dish?” Father asked and I stared. “This is a yam dish, and so there shouldn’t be too much salt. The salt and spices were put in excessively, which is why the yam tasted weird. The tomatoes and Pepper are not properly chopped, so the eggs cannot blend well with them. My rating of the dish? A massive failure. A minus five.” I said and Bella banged her hands on the table.”You are not meant to bang your h
GREYSON’S POV.I opened my eyes and looked around my surroundings. This was my room, but I didn’t remember coming home myself, so how did I get here? I wondered. Drips were connected to me, and my head was banging hard as fuck as I tried to remember what the incident had been, that I was laying down in bed, receiving medical attention. I turned my head to look at the time and I saw that the time was 8 am. I sat up on my bed and attempted to move around, but I was still connected to the drip, so I couldn’t move around much. I saw my phone on the table so I reached out for it and picked It up. I opened it and dialed mom’s number. She picked on the first ring.”Greyson, are you awake?” She asked, her voice laced with Worry. “Yes, Mother. I’m awake. And I’m starving right now.” I said, chuckling a bit.”Okay hold on then. I’ll be in your room with the doctor and chicken soup in an hour, okay?” She said and ended the call without letting me confirm that I had indeed heard her voice. I dr
CALISTA’S POV.Morning came beautifully and there was this joy in my heart as I woke up. I couldn’t explain the peace that filled my heart, but I also knew that there was peace in the house too, no sweat. Mrs. Flora, Mr. Loup, and Their daughter, Bella, had gone to the hospital last night to get Bella stitches, so it meant I was back to doing the house chores. Not bad though, I’m used to doing them anyway. I entered into the bathroom and brushed my teeth, splashed cold water on my face, and got ready to do my today’s duties. I changed into baggy shorts and a baggy shirt, packed my hair in a messy bun, and went about doing the chores. I cleaned up the living room first and then headed for the dining room. I cleared out the dining table and entered into the Kitchen and began to wash the dishes. Thirty minutes later I was done with the dishes, so I decided I was going to prepare breakfast and wait for them to be back from the hospital. If Bella came home and she didn’t see food to eat
CALLISTA My heart medicine jumped up to my throat but then I swallowed it back down maintaining a blank expression when I turned the back to face him, my eyeballs shooting at him like icicles. "I don't think I've had the flattering, pleasure Alpha Grayson." There was no way he could have remembered me, that would spell doom for my family and I was sure that he had called me Bella that morning after taking the drug I had put in his drink so this must be some kind of mistake. He didn't say anything until his strides brought him to our table and he settled down comfortably like a bird perched on its nest. "Oh is that so? And yet you were able to recognize me with ease," This had to be some kind of twisted joke, on one side of my table was the man that was supposed to be my husband and then the other was the one who had taken away my innocence. I fiddled with the flower that had been placed on our table and the others in the diner as decoration. "What can I say I have a g