Elisha’s POV
“Arman, we have been waiting for you for an hour now. Come on inside, we need to have to talk—” A woman who had a pair of eyeglasses glanced at me. She paused a little, then continued, “Well, tell her that we have an important meeting tonight. This can’t be tomorrow.”
Arman escorted me inside the house while his hand was over my waist, “My butler will take care of you.”
A woman in a suit smiled at me but looked like she could easily punch me in the face if I did something wrong. I sighed, sat down on the couch while scrolling something on my phone screen, and said, "Fine."
Arman left the living room when he heard the woman outside, but I didn't know that they went to another building. There's a group of people outside, and it looks like they're having a conference room meeting.
The Butler said, “Ma’am, may I?”
She was staring at my bag, and I shook my head, “No, it’s okay…”
She folded her hand together gracefully, then smiled, “Okay, let me show you your room…”
“My room?” I asked in a surprised manner.
"Yes, the master and you will each have your own room." She walked up the stairs, and I went after her. I looked around and didn't see any weird decorations. Everything was lovely, elegant, and simple, but everything in this house was expensive.
Then she opened the room decorated in a light blue palette, and there was a mix with a white palette. Then a painting was decorated above the headboard, an image of a beautiful butterfly. It feels like home as I think this room belongs to me, the personality and the smell; wow, it feels so good.
I sat on the edge of the bed, and smiled at the Butler. “Thank you, maybe you don’t need to explain to me about this room, I liked it so much.”
The Butler bowed her head, and closed the room. She left me with a sweet smile on my face, and I lay on the bed with my arms widening, then I closed my eyes, I didn’t know that I fell asleep at that moment.
Someone was stroking my face. I slowly opened my eyes, and when we looked at each other, my heart started to beat very fast. I could feel Arman's hot, minty breath, which felt so good in my system because he was leaning so close and looking at me. I held my breath and looked at him very carefully. When I started to feel uncomfortable, I pushed him away.
“What are you doing?”
He stood up, and put his hand in his pocket, “How long have you been sleeping?”
I checked my wrist watch, “It’s already 10 am in the morning? I remembered I have to see my father’s lawyer today.”
“No need, he already did his job. but we have a problem.”
I squeezed my eyes, and asked, “What is it?”
“My parents are here, and my sister—”
Before he could finish, I saw Madeline standing at the door. She asked with a bitter expression, "So this woman is sleeping in my bed now?"
I got up and rubbed my face with my hand. I don't understand what his ex-wife is doing here.
Arman glanced at Madeline, “Yes, from the day you left me, this bed, and this house is no longer yours. This belongs to her.”
“Are you really that desperate Arman to hire this woman to make me jealous?”
Wait, how did she know that Arman hired me as a wife just to make her jealous?
Arman scoffed, “I didn’t hire her to make you jealous, and what makes you think of that?”
I cleared my throat just to get Arman's attention, and when he gazed at me, I smiled at him shyly, “I want to use the bathroom, can you please guys talk outside? I don’t care about the issues between the two of you.”
Madeline sharpened her eyes, and she remained silent at the doorway, and went downstairs with a thump on her feet. Arman closed the door and said, “Good morning…”
“Yeah, morning. Talk to your ex-wife right now, she’s already fuming in anger.”
Arman laughed, showing his perfectly set of teeth, “Nah, I think I’ll wait for you outside.”
I bit my lower lip, “Don’t make them wait for me, I’ve got a lot of things to do.”
He nodded his head, and left the room with a smile on his face.
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I took a quick shower and took a deep breath, wondering how I could even face all the people outside. I didn't know how I would respond or what they would think of me. People might think I married Arman quickly because of his money, but I can't say that's not true. That must have been one reason why I needed Arman's help to save my family from a bad situation.
I opened the bathroom door and looked around, and I was startled when I saw Arman’s staring at me. Due to my shock, I slipped on the floor with the towel on my body being pulled off of my wet body.
“HHHGGGH!” I groaned softly, and closed my eyes tightly.
I don't know how he managed it, but he caught my body just in time. His eyes flashed red, but as soon as I blinked, they went back to their usual colour. How did he catch up to me when he was only a few centimeters away?
I held my breath, his warm palm gripped my waist, and his other hand was at the back of my head. I screamed in jaw-dropper when I saw that I was totally naked when he carried me and put me on my bed. I covered my body with a pillow and glared at him, “What are you looking at?!”
He shook his head, and shrugged his shoulders, “It’s not my first time to see a naked woman’s body, you don’t have to hide it from me.”
“E-Excuse me?”
Then we heard a few knocks on the door, and a voice of an old woman asked, “Arman—is everything alright? We heard a scream—”
Arman replied quickly, “Yes! Nothing happened—” he then opened my closet as fast as he could and handed me a yellow summer dress. I frowned at him, and gave him a dirty look.
The woman replied, “Is she okay?”
He replied, “Yes, mom. She’s okay.” Then he glanced at me, and said, “Wear this.” Then he opened the little drawer that was full of lace underwear. Then he handed me the red one.
My mouth suddenly dropped in embarrassment, it was my first time that a man handed me an underwear.
I yanked his hand away, “I can…I can do it!”
But he did not listen to me, he was the one who put the underwear on me, and I don’t know if I will laugh or cry in this kind of embarrassment. I covered my face with my hand and sighed, “Arman! Stop!”
He stopped what he was doing, and looked up to see my reaction. “You’re blushing…”
“No, I’m not blushing!” I rolled my eyes and walked outside without looking at him. Damn!
This man was incredible!
He followed me outside, and said, “Hey, you forgot your bra.”
Elisha’s POVGut-wrenching sobs that tore through my chest as I started to recognize the old woman walking towards me with a pitty smile on her face. Her body was covered in bruises and scars inflicted by my nasty biological father. Kaiser gave me a sweet smile, and I smiled back at him, then Arman took him from me. Arman kissed our baby’s forehead and whispered to my ear, “Go, greet your mom….”I can’t believe that I’ll be able to meet her in this surprising situation, and I couldn’t help but slowly wipe my tears away. Cole smiled at me warmly, and Steffina and Farkas were staring at me, walking towards my mom, and they were overwhelmed. “Are….Are you Elisha? Are you my daughter?” she asked while her hands were trembling, touching the side of my face. I nodded my head while crying in front of her, and whispered, “I—I’m your daughter….I am.” I took a deep breath and hugged her fragile body because she was so thin, looked malnourished, and her body was shaking. I grabbed Arman’s coa
Elisha’s POVLooking up at the sky with hot tears running down my face, I asked myself, "Why is this happening to me? That my little baby wasn't even here with me." There isn't even a scent in here that would help me find them. "Cole?! Nancy! Where are you guys? We're already here..." I took a step back as fear and a lot of questions filled my mind. At that moment, all I could think about was my son. To hug him, feel his little feet on my face, and smell his sweet scent. I miss him so much that I couldn't hold back the tears that kept falling from my melancholy eyes.Arman looked around and tried to step inside the ruined Villa, and he found nothing but all the dead bodies of his men and other hybrids. We both stared at each other with worry, and he shook his head, “Elisha, I can’t find them. Maybe we should look more….maybe they left.” I nodded my head, and Arman came towards me, and cupped my face, slowly wiping my tears, and said, “We are going to find them, okay? Just don’t lo
Elisha’s POV“Arman….” I called his name, and Steffina stood up as she finally healed from her broken ribs. She carries me to the top floor when all of the doors automatically open. She said, “What we need to do right now is to escape this place, you know what will happen if we don't! This place will explode in five minutes. We gotta go, Elisha.” I gulped hard, and cried softly, “What will happen to them? How about Arman and Farkas?” She held my hand, “They are going to be fine, my worry is you….you look like you’re dying! We gotta jump now!” I took a deep breath in and looked down in fear. She looked at me and said, "Don't tell me you're afraid of falling. Don't worry, I got you." We jumped together, she grabbed my hand, and I muttered, "Damn! I don't wanna die!" She said, "No, but hold my hand when we get to the ground." I closed my eyes, and the harsh effect of gravity made us both roll around on the ground so painfully. I thought I had died, but I'm still alive. Marcus got o
Arman’s POVThe scream of Elisha echoed through the building as I was in the midst of a fight with Lazaro, who had gone to the top floor looking for an exit. So I stopped chasing Lazaro, and he laughed, "Would you want to lose your mate just to kill me? Hey, kid. You need to save her! and let me fucking go!" Are you sure you can get away from me? Lazaro, no. There is no way out. That's right, I have the key to this building!" Lazaro's expression turned pale.I stopped and jumped up and down every floor to find Elisha. On the last floor, I saw her gasping for air as Jake tried to choke her to death. Jake was on top of her while she was on the floor and could no longer move. In a fit of rage, I leaped behind Jake and gave him a swift spin of the neck. When he opened his eyes in shock, I opened my palm and used all my effort to sever his head from his body, then kicked his lifeless body away from Elisha.I heard Elisha coughing in pain, and when I looked at her, I realized that she had
Elisha’s POVI let out a scream of agony as I strained to bear the pain. Steffina extracted all the golden bullets from my flesh with her fangs and her bare hands. I shook in pain, and all I could see was hazy pixels."Don't sleep, just bear the pain!" she whispered. "You'll lose yourself if you sleep..." She smiled at me and took the last bullet inside. "You'll be fine in a few hours, but we still need to get out of here, and take you to the hospital." I stood up, "I'm not leaving this place without Arman." As she helped me walk down the hall, I opened my mouth to breathe properly and quietly cried. The second time we took the elevator, I put my hand on hers and said, "Thank you." She smiled at me, and hugged me. “Everything is going to be fine, Elisha….Baby Kaiser is waiting for you. You need to stay strong.” The elevator opened to the top floor, but we didn't see anyone there. I said, "Just find Farkas, and I'm going to find Arman." Steffina was hesitant, but I held her hand,
Elisha’s POVAs I screamed in fear, everyone stumbled and involuntarily threw themselves against every wall in the room. Everything broke, even mirrors and glasses. Steffina looked at me blankly while she put her hands over her ears. She grabbed my arm and said, "Let's go find them." We both run upstairs as we take our way going to the lift, but someone behind us chases us. “Run as fast as you can Elisha….” I wasn't aware that I had an open wound on the side of my stomach, which is why I felt a little weak. It would take too long to heal, because the freak who tried to kill me was a hybrid, not a human. I put a pressure on my stomach, and breathed heavily, and Steffina still grabbed my hand as we arrived at the elevator. We pressed the button going to the last floor, and the hybrid who chased us almost stepped in, but I broke his arm, and he yelled in pain as he lost his left arm. I closed my eyes and sat on the floor, "Fuck...Where have you been, Steffina? How did you get into th
Elisha’s POVArman grabbed Jake by the collar and lifted him above the roof. Madeline tried to help Jake, but I grabbed her legs, spun her twice, and threw her outside the restaurant. Every door and window in the hotel was locked, and she knew there was no way to outrun death."You're stuck in here, Madeline." She stepped back and punched the wall to create a massive hall to another room, and she ran to another room while I was chasing her. She stopped for a moment and showed me her fangs. “Elisha! I have no idea that you can outsmart me, so come here, and let’s end this!” "Oh," I said, shaking my head. You have taught me that you cannot fool me twice, so thank you." When she fired the trigger, I dove for cover, dodging the few shots that were headed my way. When she ran out of bullets, she threw the gun and attacked me, trying to scratch my face.“You don’t deserve a life, Elisha! You better die! Die! Die! Die!” I screamed at her, “And you deserved another scratch, Madeline.” I ga
Elisha’s POVSophia laughed hysterically, grabbed my hand, and whispered, "She's alive, like me...There is life after death." To me, it sounds like she's not Sophia anymore. I stomped on her foot and yanked on her arm to throw her. She snarled at me, and her eyes widened when I approached her and kicked her in the face.After she let out a piercing cry of pain, I took a few steps back, at which point she regained her composure, stood up tall, and gazed at me with a grin. She summoned the air with her strength to control the situation, drew her sword, and pointed it at me. Do you think I'm scary, Elisha? We're sisters, right?" she asked as she came over to me without shielding her eyes. While running as fast as she could, she aimed her sharp sword straight at me, but I dodged out of the way and threw a chair at her. And when I looked around, I saw that the blood had spread out and mixed together on the floor. The hotel's employees—the waiters, the cooks—gave their lives for this figh
Elisha’s POVAs the night fell, we waited for Lazaro and his team to show up. I was getting so scared about what would happen. Everyone is already in their position, and we are anticipating what will take place later tonight. I inhaled deeply and then exhaled as I continued to monitor the forest and all of the guards standing outside.We looked at each other, and I could feel Arman's excitement as he looked forward to seeing all the traitors tonight. I fix his tie and look deeply into his eyes. I fear losing this man, but I trust that he knows what he's doing. We locked our hands together, and I smiled at him, and said, “We can do it.” “Yes,” Farkas was already sharpening his claws as he waited for the front door to open. I let out a deep breath and sighed. I could really feel them coming, and they were already standing in front of the entrance door.My pupils dilated, and the staff member at the front desk opened the door. Lazaro stood there like a real devil, smiling in a mean wa