LOGINAfter her divorce, Annalise Gracelyn Keaton decides to start a new life in Chicago. One day, Ann visits a hospital to address her ongoing menstrual issues following a miscarriage caused by her abusive ex-husband. There, she meets Dr. Daxton, an obstetrician who accidentally knows a little story of her painful past. Their initial encounter marks the beginning of a series of fateful meetings. Their romance blossoms in what seems like a serendipitous alignment of the universe: they live in the same apartment building, and Ann works at a café owned by Daxton’s sister. But, just as Ann begins to open her heart to Daxton, her ex-husband comes and threatens to shatter everything she’s rebuilt. How will Ann and Daxton keep their love amidst the mess? And how will they cope with the presence of another significant figure from Ann’s past—her first love? What if, after all this time, Ann finds out that her first love has been waiting for her, just like she did years ago? What if that man tells her that he has been searching for her and did everything he could to find her, even naming his hotel after her? And what if that man tells her that he still loves her? Will she go back to him? Or will she choose to stay with Daxton, her new love? *** “You’re free, Ann. You can choose to stay with me or go back to him—the reason you came here. Don’t you remember you chose Chicago because you still remember where he went 15 years ago?”~Daxton Alexander “If only I had searched for you harder, might we have still loved each other, Ann?”~Conrad Blake
View MoreEven before I am fully awake, I know that this is going to be a day from hell and I have had enough of those in my life.
If just one more thing in my life goes wrong, I am out of here and I will never set foot in this territory again.
“Did the bond form?” I ask Charna, my Lycan, if it did it will make my day better or at least I hope so.
“It did form.” She replies, but her tone of voice tells me that something is wrong.
I turned eighteen a week ago and found a connection with the future Alpha, Nico, one of the people on my list for hurting me, over and over again.
No, he never hit me and neither did anyone else.
Okay, maybe I need to explain something for you to understand what I am talking about.
On my sixth birthday I had been at the lake with my Father, who is our Pack’s Beta, and the Alpha and Gamma family. I had gotten bored with the games they were playing and I had wandered off in to the forest, most of our territory is forest.
I knew to keep an eye out for the markings that tell us where our borders are and I had been picking wild flowers as I was walking around. A soft whimper had gotten my attention and being the curious little Beta, I had gone looking for the source.
If only I had known that one day I would come to hate my sixth birthday, I might have walked in the opposite direction.
I had found a girl in the forest, later it turned out that she was just a little older than me and I had taken her to our Alpha.
Her name was Lucy, but she hadn’t been able to tell us how she had gotten here or where she had come from. She did know that her birthday had just been a few days ago or would be in a few days and that had been the first time that she had gotten something that was mine.
“You have so many dolls, why don’t you give one to Lucy?” my Father had asked and as I had thought about which doll to gift her, I had nodded my head.
My Father had grabbed my favorite doll from the picnic blanket and as I had objected to it, my Father had already given it to Lucy.
I had tried to explain to my Father that I didn’t want to part with that specific doll, but he had just said that I was being selfish and he had placed Lucy next to him on the blanket.
Lucy had lived on the first floor with the Omegas for about a week, when my Father had moved Lucy to our floor. He had said that Lucy didn’t like living with the Omegas and she had asked my Father if she could come live with us.
I doubt now a days that she used the word “us” back then, but I wasn’t there when she had asked and there for I can’t be sure.
Every birthday I had was overshadowed by Lucy, my Father always telling me that she didn’t have parents to throw her a party and I could just share my party with Lucy.
This happened again and again and again, not only due to my Father but also due to the Alpha and Gamma family. Nico was the worst and he would always remind me that Lucy was much prettier than me, at least in his eyes.
So, know you might understand why Nico is on my shitlist.
I train every single day, I have to because I am the future Beta. Well, I was the future Beta and now I am going to be the future Luna.
Nico had been as surprised as me, but he wanted to form a bond with me. After all the Goddess had put the connection there and we needed to respect her decision.
Lucy hadn’t been to happy with it, she had been trying to get Nico’s attention for almost a year now and had failed miserably. She even went out of her way to make sure I knew that she would never accept me as a Luna and I had just laughed in her face.
Being Nico’s Mate will make me the Luna and there is nothing Lucy can do about it, even though she might try.
I have gone through my morning routine and I am rinsing the dishes that I used for breakfast. I hardly ever eat breakfast in the main dining room, because I am usually training during that time.
I see that the door to the master bedroom is wide open and that means that my Father is already downstairs, probably an early morning meeting with the rest of our leadership.
“Why are you so quiet?” I ask Charna, this should be a joyous day for both of us.
She doesn’t answer me, but the moment I leave the Beta floor she starts pacing in my head and she forces me to head up to the Alpha floor. I enter the floor by using the code I was given after I turned sixteen and I am met with complete silence.
Seems I was right about the early morning meeting and Nico is using it to sleep in, just like he does every time his parents are preoccupied or absent.
I hadn’t made any plans with Nico, even though we knew that today would probably be the day that our Mate-bond would be completed. Charna doesn’t understand why we didn’t make any plans and to tell you the truth neither do I.
My steps falter as I stand in front of Nico’s bedroom door and I am glad that our bond hadn’t formed earlier. If it had and we had accepted one another as a Mate, I would be in excruciating pain right now.
Because the Asshole is fucking another female, the sounds coming from his room don’t leave any room for errors and I am not sure what to do right now.
“Is this why he didn’t want to tell anyone just yet?” Charna asks me and I think we both know that that is exactly the reason.
“Ohh, Lucy. That feels so good.” I hear Nico groan, but it is the name he called that has made me furious and I can barely manage to keep myself from bursting in. I need to find away to expose those two and slowly I make my way out of the Alpha floor, back to my own room without shedding a tear.
I am going to make them pay for what they did and everyone will know about our connection, but it ends today.
║Two Weeks Later. Chicago, Illinois, US║It was a busy day, but somehow this elevator wasn’t moving as fast as usual. I’d been waiting for more than two minutes, but not a single elevator had any room left for me once the doors opened. My taxi driver was already waiting; hopefully, he wasn’t grumbling too much about the wait. Even if he was, I figured I’d just pay a higher fare to lessen his irritation.The elevator dinged, and I lowered my head to check my watch. I really hoped there would be space for me in this one because there was no way I was taking the emergency stairs down from the 65th floor wearing heels and a complicated long gown.“Well, well, I just found out that the café where you work uses party dresses as uniforms.”I looked up when I heard a familiar voice. I blinked, surprised by what I saw in front of me.Just before the elevator doors closed, the man inside reached out his hand to stop them.I realised I had been standing there too long—staring at the man now stan
║Chicago, Illinois, US║Today is my first day working with Maisie. We spent most of the time discussing the menu at the café. I also took her shopping for some things and made some cake samples for her to taste so she could quickly decide which items she wanted to serve in the café.“Not many people believe this café will work under my management—except for my fiancé. Everyone who knows me knows how much of a mess I can be when I'm responsible for something. I like to live freely, and this idea suddenly came up while I was preparing for my wedding. So, here I am now.” Maisie shrugged.“I like to live freely.” I repeated that sentence in my heart—again and again.It feels unfair knowing that someone can live their life freely—do whatever comes to their mind, and make their own decisions—while I always have to live according to the decisions of those who have power over me.“You’re getting married?” I looked up while flashing a brief smile.“Yes. I’m getting married in two weeks. It’s
║Chicago, Illinois, US║I still couldn’t believe what had just happened to me.My breath was uneven, and I could feel my heart pounding after I ran from the rooftop to my apartment unit.Oh God, how could someone have been there without me noticing? And how could I end up meeting the very person I was hoping never to see again?No.I didn’t like this.This morning had been chaotic enough for me, and I didn’t want to relive it.That man was clearly the same person—he didn’t have a twin as I had hoped.Maybe I should avoid the rooftop for a while, even though I loved that place.Maybe I could write in my notebook in my apartment with a cup of hot chocolate and—Wait a minute…Where’s my notebook?I smacked my forehead as I realized I had forgotten something—something quite important, obviously.How could I forget that notebook when I’d just bought it? And the worst part was, I had already written part of a story in it, which would be terribly embarrassing if anyone read it.That doctor a
║Chicago, Illinois, US║“Annalise Gracelyn Scott. 29 years old. Born in Ohio with blood type O. No records of serious illness, and the last medical treatment was three months ago. Is there anything important I missed from your medical history?”I blinked for a moment—looking at the man in front of me as he listed off my medical records and identity aloud as if nothing had happened between us.Well, technically, nothing ‘should’ have happened between us."That’s all," I said.“Alright then. Maybe we can start with hearing your complaints before we proceed with the examination, Mrs. Scott?”The man, wearing glasses perched on his nose, looked up to face me as I sat across from him.Okay, I had to admit—this man really did look like a doctor interrogating his patient.He looked… completely different from the man from last night.And maybe I should do the same—forget what happened last night, like two adults who had a one-night stand.“Miss Keaton would be better, I think.”“Oh?”He furrow






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