CASSIEThe third meeting with Noah is about to happen. Today he took me somewhere, his house. He told me not to worry. He'll take me to a safe place, that's how he assured me. Even so, I kept my guard up. I brought one knife from the kitchen that I kept in my bag. “Luna, where else are you going?” the butler asked worriedly. “Karren, I have no intention to make you worry, but I promise this is the last time I go out secretly like this.”“I'm not sure Alpha Jayden would believe the same reasons.”I closed my bag and patted her shoulder. “Then I'll make up another excuse. I'm not running away after all, Karren. I'm just visiting his parents. But you have to keep this a secret, okay?”She looked down limply, “alright, I'll do that. But not next time, Luna.”“I love you, Karren.” I waved goodbye when Noah's car arrived. I quickly got in and buckled up. “You look happy today, what's happening?”“Does it look like it?” I looked in the rearview mirror. “It's normal, I look like this ev
CASSIE"If you think about it, you'll find a reason why he didn't marry his fiancée when she existed long before you came along," Kylie said again, making the air heated. I've been thinking about it and I only got the answer a few seconds ago. I thought I was safe from danger, but it turns out I've just entered into a new danger. I was too naive to trust Jayden, whose past I clearly didn't know. I believed his story too much to think he was good. "Everyone already knows that Jayden is cursed?" I asked in a trembling voice. "Sure, it's even a common story. He's searched for many women with abilities like yours, but found none. Until you came by yourself.""Enough! Don't say anything more!" I covered my ears. Everyone here agreed to keep quiet and not tell me, meaning that either they were afraid of Jayden or they really wanted the heir to continue the throne without thinking about my feelings. "I told you to postpone it." I felt someone wrap an arm around me. "Let's go, the ban
CASSIE"I want you to divorce me. Like you said, I can't break the contract, but you can. So I want you to do it. Please divorce me, Jayden Benedict Alexander." He lied and he exploited me, there is no reason to keep the contract even if the period is still long. If one party violates the rights of the other, then the contract will not be valid. "Are you listening to me? End the contract, forget the baby, and let me go. That way you'll know what it means to value someone. I want you to realize the price you pay for lying to me." He rubbed his temples. "Cassie-""Don't call me like that, call me Cassandra! You have no right to give me a nickname. After all, I'm not that special for you to name me with a nickname.""Okay, Cassandra, I want to know what Noah and Kylie said. Before I clarify the things you heard, I need to know the points."What exactly did he want to clarify? Did he want to deny everything? If that's what he's going to do, then it's useless, I no longer believe every
CASSIEI felt so free when I decided to jump off the bridge. Unlike the first try when Jayden pulled me back. Now I was totally free from him. I didn't care what would happen to me later, all that mattered was that I could get away from him. It didn't take long for my body to hit the water and sink into the cold river. I didn't fight back, I let my body float away with the flow. I wanted to give up on my life, I had no reason to survive. Mom, if you hear the news about me, I hope you will come to see me. I've lost count of how much water has entered my nose and ears. I can feel my body sinking lower and lower. If this is the end, then I'm sorry my baby that we have to go together like this. Darkness has come, slowly the sounds around also disappeared. It seemed like it was time to leave the world that only gave us wounds. "I won't let you go, Cassandra." I feel my body being lifted from the water but I still don't know what's happening because right now everything is gray
CASSIEEven though I'm a doctor, I hate being in a hospital bed. I was fine but the doctors and nurses wouldn't let me go out. Who else could command them but Jayden. Not only that, but I'm also forced to undergo various tests because he's afraid the baby might hurt. The baby was healthy, but I might have almost gone crazy because of his attitude. I rubbed the bite mark that persisted on my neck. The more I looked at it, the more I hated him. If being his partner was my wish, then I wouldn't blame him for marking me without my permission, but I never expected to be his lover, not at all. I just thought of Jayden as someone who helped me to find my mother, that's all. However it hurt more and more as I kept rubbing it. My hands were aching and the marks were getting redder. Suddenly the door behind me opened. “It can't be erased, Cassandra.”“I told you I don't want to see your face!” I throw the nightlight on the table next to the gurney. Unfortunately it misses, not hitting him
NOAH"You're messing things up, Kylie!""Noah! I'm your mom! You little brat!"My plan to get close to Cassandra when she'd been so open with me had failed, and it was all because of Kylie! She revealed Jayden's secret at the wrong time. "What made you do it? Did your feelings get hurt because you met Jayden?""I did it for you! I revealed Jayden's secret to that woman because I wanted them to get divorced and you to take the throne!""Your timing is wrong, you were supposed to follow my pace!" I ruffled my hair roughly. Now I didn't have the key to rule Cassandra. I had planned to expose Jayden's secret when she was very close to me so when she was disappointed in Jayden, I could influence her mind to divorce Jayden. "I don't care how, whatever, the important thing is that she knows. I'm sure she won't stand by and watch herself being used."Kylie, my mom really always does whatever she wants. Maybe she doesn't control her husband enough so she wants to control me too. "I'm not y
CASSIE"If you want a drink, you can get one from the kitchen. And I want you to know that all the food and drinks in my house are safe, free from poison."I can't decide who to believe, Noah, Jayden or the butler. Their stories were different and that confused me. The butler was convinced that Noah was the culprit, as was Jayden who assured me that Noah had intentionally poisoned me because he didn't want Jayden to have offspring, while Noah claimed that he was just the victim of a misunderstanding. "I rarely stay in this house, but don't worry, there are always maids who clean it and it's well maintained. So you can stay here for a while.""Jayden knows this house?""No, I built this house in secret." Then he whispered. "Think of it as my personal quarters."This man was odd too. What did he need a personal quarters for? Was he going to desert or something?"I'm just joking, don't take it seriously. I built this house because after marriage I don't want to live with my parents, I
CASSIEDid he leave this house or is he still here? I couldn't hear the noise outside when I was in this room. Noah told me to sleep in this room because he said the other rooms didn't have mattresses. But this room is soundproof, so it feels like I'm sleeping in a bloody studio. Actually, I'm pretty hungry too and want to go to the kitchen, but if he's still in the house, I'm too embarrassed to be called a greedy eater. But if I hold back my hunger until morning, I don't think I can. So I counted from 10 in reverse. And finally the decision I made is to leave this room. It turned out that the big lights had been turned off and only left the small lights around the stairs. Unlike Jayden's house, it was always bright. I didn't see Noah or maybe he was sleeping in another room. But he said my room was the only one with a bed? Never mind, I don't care anymore if he's still here or not. I also don't care if he catches me eating because I can create a strong excuse. As I was headi
CASSIE"Are you still mad at me, honey?"I just sighed. Since we argued about Paula, I haven't asked him anything. I purposely gave him silence treatment so he could introspect.It's true that he did introspect, but he also bothered me. He kept asking me questions that made my ears burn. "Do you want to eat something? Do you want something sweet? I'll buy you whatever you want. Just say it.""I'm just asking you to stop talking because I want to kick you out of here."Jayden mimicked the gesture of closing the zipper on his mouth but he didn't want to move away from me. "To pay for my mistake, how about I take you to a secret place that only you will know about?""What kind of secret place? I don't want you to make surprises and waste your money in the end.""You'll find out where I've been getting my money from. This is the first time I'm taking someone else there because I don't intend to tell anyone except my wife and my daughter. And you are my wife so you have the right to know
PAULADamn, Jayden really loves that lowly woman! How could he downgrade his tastes from a model like me to a slut he picked up at a nightclub? I'm not letting Jayden love her, he should love me. If that woman hadn't come to Pack Nexus, I would've been married to Jayden by now and I would've had a child with him. I'd be lying if I didn't love Jayden at first, I loved him, I just didn't want him to control me when he knew how I felt, so I pretended to be cold and ignorant. But I just realized that I can't continue like that if I want to get Jayden, I have to change, I have to fight for him. Even if he has a wife or kids, I can get rid of them to be with Jayden. I can definitely give Jayden a child too, not just that woman. To hell with the curse, it should be gone by now.When the news of Jayden getting married to that bitch spread, I didn't even get an invitation. Their wedding seemed rushed and like it wasn't a real marriage, aka made up. At least Jayden had to pick a woman as b
CASSIELuckily Noah was already gone when Jayden approached his car. Right now I'm not thinking about whether Jayden will smell Noah or not because I don't have much time to clean up the smell so let him ask if he wants to know. "Honey, how about we eat--" Jayden looks down at my shirt which I didn't realize had blood stains on it. "Are you hurt? Who hurt you? Did you get it treated?"God this is a disaster. Whose blood this is I don't know either. I didn't realize there was blood on my shirt at all. Between Noah and Oscar, it must belong to one of them. "I'm fine, I'm not hurt.""Then why is there blood? I also smell Noah's scent. Did he come here? Did he hurt you?"Jayden can't take this the wrong way, he has to know that Noah saved me. "Something bad happened earlier. Oscar came up to me and cornered me. Noah came and he helped me, but Oscar had a knife. But I don't know who got hurt between them.""Oh shit!" Jayden immediately took a wet tissue and wiped the blood stain on my
CASSIEI was relieved when Jayden believed me instead of asking if what I said was true or not. He had also met Paula last night right when he got home from work. Jayden said he'd gotten over Paula, so he asked me not to worry. And today he said he was going to see Oscar. I asked to accompany him but he refused. He said he wants to solve this problem alone with Oscar. The problem is I'm worried if it ends up in a fight. Moreover, Jayden is very easily provoked so I call him short fuse. I'll try to follow Jayden secretly, so I can step in if they start getting provoked by each other's words. Since Jayden said he will do it after office hour, that means there's still a few hours left since it's only lunchtime. I plan to eat on the rooftop because I want to get some fresh air. On this sunny day everything should be fine but because of Paula and Oscar, I can't even eat in peace. Honestly, I've been trying to avoid trouble but it's as if trouble is closing in on me. What kind of li
JAYDENUsually when I returned to the car, Cassie was reading or eating a snack. But this time she seemed worried, wringing her hands and not noticing when I got into the car.She's been acting a bit strange lately and I guess it's because she misses her father. Indeed, when she was there she seemed to relax, but when she came back it turned out that her temperament returned as well.“Hey baby, sorry for taking so long.” I kissed her forehead briefly and then put my things down.“I saw Oscar,” she said."Did you? He's an employee so he must be around a lot. So it's quite normal, baby."“He was with Paula.”This time I paused, trying to digest the information."They're talking about us, wanting to separate us. Oscar, he was sent by Paula. He was paid to spy on us, to be a barrier between us."I looked into her eyes to make sure that she wasn't under the influence of any drugs. Cassie's eyes were sparkling as usual and there was no way she was taking any drugs while she was pregnant. So
CASSIEThe miraculous thing I never thought of was that my fever was cured when I was in Pack Arcanum. As if to confirm that Jayden's opinion was correct that I had a fever because I missed my hometown.So today I can work again. I'm ready to solve the unfinished business in this company.It seems to be quite quiet this morning. Maybe it's because I came a bit early.When the elevator door was about to close, someone suddenly prevented it with her foot. I was a bit startled but after seeing that it was Sherly, I was somewhat relieved."Welcome back, doc. Are you feeling well?"I answered Sherly's question with a smile, “yes, I'm very healthy now.”“Sorry I prevented the elevator from closing.”“No problem, take it easy.”I could see from the reflection of the elevator wall that Sherly looked nervous. Actually, I wanted to ignore that too but her feet couldn't stay still, moving and tapping on the elevator floor.“Is there something you want to say, Sherly?”She immediately looked stra
CASSIE[So when are you coming here, Cassandra?]I bit my lip, unsure of how to answer Alexei.Alexei called me the next day because I hadn't given him an answer about when we would be visiting.[Are you still there, girl?]"Yes, I'm here. It's just.... I'm sorry, Jayden and I can't go there for now. We're still pretty busy and don't know when we'll have free time."[Is it because Jayden forbade you?]“No, how could he forbid me? He wouldn't be able to fight my stubbornness.”I could hear Alexei laughing from the other side. [Then is he the one who didn't want to come here to see me?]I can't be honest with him. There could be a second war. "He'll go if I go. But since the company is having some important events, his time is currently focused on it."[In meaning that he's ignoring you? You must feel lonely. You can come here by yourself and I'll teach her a lesson for letting you be lonely.]"That's not true.... father. He's not ignoring me and I'm not lonely either. The reason I said
CASSIE“Let's get to the car.” I pulled Jayden after closing the clinic door."Hey, what's up baby? Why are you in such a hurry? Is there something happening?"I couldn't tell him now, not while we were still out in the open space because the person I was going to talk to might hear. That's why I chose not to answer Jayden and just led him to the car."You don't want to talk in the open space? Okay, now say it, we're already in the car."I took a deep breath and locked the car.“It's something about Oscar.”"What's up with that guy again? He's bothering you? Tell me, if he was, then I'd take action against him."“It's more like he eavesdropped on our conversation yesterday, the first day I worked here.”“I don't understand what you're saying, baby.”"Okay, this might sound upsetting but please believe me. So, when you were looking for me when you came back from your office, you still remember that I said I was on the emergency stairs and was checking the stairs right?"“Yes, I still r
CASSIE“Sorry doc, Alpha Jayden is in a meeting so he's not in the room.” That was Sherly's response when I communicated that I wanted to meet with Jayden.“Thanks for the information, I'll be right back.”“Alpha Jayden was discussing your proposal yesterday and it was received enthusiastically by the team.”I stopped my steps. Honestly, I was so happy. So I turned around and approached Sherly again. “You also contributed to this, thank you Sherly, you have a good heart.”"It's my job doc. I really admire you for caring for others. You have a genuine heart," she replied.I didn't expect them to be this supportive. Hopefully, it was because they wanted to help others and not because the idea came from me, as Jayden's wife.“Can you tell him to meet me when he's done with the meeting?”“Sure doc, I'll make it happen.”“Thanks.”I wanted to tell Jayden about the message I got from Alexei. I was also a bit surprised to get a message from him after such a long time had passed. Luckily it w