CASSIEAs soon as I woke up, the first thing I did was jump out of bed. But because my head was dizzy, I fell to the floor.It was probably because of the noise I made that Alexei finally came to me.This meant that I was already in Pack Acanum, he had kidnapped me with Noah's help! I was disappointed in Noah because he didn't want to do it according to my plan where right now I just wanted to break the bond between me and Jayden, not want to come back here.I also had no idea that the person Noah said would help with the ceremony was Alexei. Now I realized why he took me to the harbor, which was to make it easier to go to the border."You didn't listen to my request. I don't want to come back here under duress!"“Father only want to do what's best for you, sweetheart.”I grinned sadly. "Father? It sounds unfamiliar to me. Even if you're my father, you still have to respect my choice."“I'm sorry, because I had to do it to save you.”I furrowed my brows. “Save me from who?”"From Jayd
CASSIEI can't stop wandering around since Noah agreed to come to Pack Arcanum. After my efforts to persuade him, he finally wants to fulfill my request, coming here to convince Alexei. If I can go to Serenith and persuade Isabela, that would be even better, right? If Jayden's curse is gone, then I don't have to worry about even breaking the bond with him because he definitely won't take our child, right? That's what I thought. I'd better talk to the curse maker directly since the ceremony will still take place on the next full moon. There's still a chance to prevent Jayden from starting a war since I was brought here. If he knew he still had a chance to have offspring with any woman, he would no longer pursue us. I stopped when I saw a car coming. It must be Noah!So without waiting any longer, I ran straight to the main floor. "Cassandra, don't run!"I ignored Alexei's warning. The sooner I met and chatted with Noah, the better. "Cassandra, how are you?""You're still asking
CASSIENoah and I were heavily escorted by Alexei and his troops. They escorted us to the border and even prepared a ship.So for now I had to pretend to go to Pack Nexus, until I got the chance to escape.“Are you sure you only need one backpack, Cassandra?” asked Alexei.“Yeah, it's only for one day anyway, so I guess that's enough.”I looked at Noah to give him the code through my eyes. We had agreed to part ways halfway through the trip. He took the ultrasound results and I went to see Isabela.Then I looked at my watch. Soon, though, it would at least work when the ship reached the halfway point, so I could turn the other direction immediately.“I have to go now,” I said.Alexei came over to me and gave me a farewell hug. "Be careful, don't get caught by Jayden. I'll be waiting for you."I smiled slightly and then boarded the ship.I honestly couldn't wait to meet Isabela, I wanted to end this mess. A mess that I think was created because of a misunderstanding. And I have to know
CASSIEMy patience paid off. After waiting until midnight, activity in Serenith finally stopped. The citizens were no longer seen in the harbor. This meant it was time for me to anchor the ship.I carefully maneuvered the ship and made sure to tie off the docking ropes because I still needed this ship to return.After everything was done, I continued my journey.Although it's very quiet, somehow I feel safe here. I feel like I've been here before even though it's my first time. Maybe it's because I know Isabela is here or maybe it's something else.The only tallest building in this place is the castle. And it seemed to be visible from all corners of Serenith because from the time I was on the ship to where I was right now, it was not out of sight.I stopped for a moment to observe the castle. Around the building was something twinkling, like stars, but I didn't know what it was. But it made the castle look brighter than the other buildings. It was very splendid and delicate.I wondere
CASSIEI can attack the man at this point and actually grant his request if he wants to see my animal side. But since my purpose here was not to fight him, I tried to restrain myself."I'll ignore your words this time. But if you're still blocking me, I have no other way but to tell Queen Isabela's secret to everyone and let them judge."“Your voice won't be heard because you're not of our kind.”"Oh yeah? Really? What if I try it?"I opened my mouth wide and was about to scream, but then the man grabbed the bridge's stone parapet and made one of my feet, which had been stuck down, go up again. The stone block I stepped on also returned to its original position.“That's how it works,” I muttered."I saved you from the trap because you said you had something important you were carrying. But if Queen Isabela didn't think it was important, I wouldn't have thought twice about throwing you off the bridge to be eaten by the fish down there."“Thank you for telling me to be more careful.”It
CASSIEI blinked my eyes a few times.Now I understood why Isabela was fought over by Alexei to the point that he wouldn't marry any woman after her, even if it was just a one-night stand.She was like a real goddess, she was so gorgeous.Our eyes met and I could tell they were similar to mine.As if realizing that it wasn't just the two of us, Isabela gave the code through her eyes to her personal assistant who then left.“Come in, Cassie.” She invited me into her room.Actually, this is what a Queen's bedroom looks like. I've only seen it once in my entire life.Isabela held both my hands and her eyes were already glazed over. She saw the pendant I was wearing. "You are indeed my daughter, Cassie. I hardly expected to see you again." Then she hugged me tightly.Even though it was the first time this had happened, my heart could feel the emotion that Isabela felt. Maybe it was because of our blood ties. But I couldn't respond to her hug, I wanted to but not for now.There are so many
CASSIE“You're right about me cursing Jayden, but I had a strong reason for doing so because my life and death were also at stake.”“What kind of reason would justify cursing an innocent person?”"He's not completely clean, Cassie. Jayden that you are talking about, he is also guilty."I sighed. "What's his guilt? Because he was born to a couple that you don't think should be together? Is that why you're cursed Jayden? Because he's the child of the man you loved whom he later ended up marrying with the other woman? Because of their parents? Because of mistakes Jayden didn't even make?"I sniffled my nose. "A child can't choose their parents, it's a fate they have to accept for life. Not only Jayden, I can't choose my parents either. So do you think he's still at fault in your problems with his father?""You don't know what it's like to be betrayed by the man you love so much Cassandra. When you put all your hopes in him, when he promised you things you've never gotten before, when you
CASSIEI didn't mean to attack her emotionally, I just wanted to know why I was the only child she had. Because if she had other ones, she probably wouldn't fight over me with the others, right? I mean, there are only two parties, Alexei and Jayden, which I can still handle, but this is three parties, I'm overloaded.“I can't do it, Cassie.”"Why can't you? You have a husband, you have an empire to continue. So explain why you're not making more children!"I knew my voice was getting higher and higher. I said I was losing control of myself because everything Isabela said was a new fact to me."I can't sleep with a man I don't love. I keep mine only for the men I want. And Arlo is not that man. So even though we were married, we never did."I covered my mouth with both hands."So, in other words, I'm the outcome of the mistake you made with Alexei? Because the man you love is not him but Jayden's father, right?"“No, it's not like that Cassie-”"Enough, your answer already proves that
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