Resumption

~Hannah~

He grips my dress and the fragile linen material rips apart. I wince as he grasp my wrist. “You are my wife and you belong to me. Does that jerk fuvk better than me? Does he have more influence than me? Answer me!”

My body shakes as I wrap my hands around me in defiance. Liam is shocked. I have never defiled him. I have never denied him access to my body.

He stops, darkness clouding his eyes. “A woman cheats on her husband and has been deceiving him with another man's daughter…what do you think you and Olivia will be reduced to, once another ear hears of this…”

My body recoil. The thing I fear the most…My dignity tarnishing…Olivia facing backlash in the future…

Suddenly my claws shoot out and my eyes glow golden. In one swift action, my claws dig into his chest. 

“Nina! Stay calm!” I beg Nina unable to control myself.

Cathylene Durk makes everyone in the house take scent blockers and strength restrictor pills. She says it's too ‘unclassy’, to have your scent intruding people's privacy and letting your wolf take over you as it pleases. Nina is very hyperactive. If I miss the pills one day, it will definitely show–she gets violent real quick at the slightest provocation. 

“Never! Not anymore!” Nina growls. 

Liam shows instant panic. “Have you been missing your pills?”

“I–” My body launches forward again before I can complete my sentence. 

“Nina!” I bark. She sneers before she goes quiet. I gasp, reeling back as my claws shape back into my fingers 

“You have been missing your pills?” Liam questions again. 

“Says who?” I retort. 

“Your almost attacked me now…”

I shift back, grasping to my lie bank. 

And then a knock sounds. 

“Who's there! And who the fuck are you?” Liam snaps. As he is marching towards the door, the door fling open. “Nathan…” 

Nathan comes into view. He has changed into black long sleeved shirt and black pants and his hair is combed to the side giving mafia lord’s corporate vibes. Our eyes jam and I quickly look away. 

“It's time to go to the company,” he says to Liam. 

Liam is very furious. “Today's weekend dummy. I don't work—” 

“I think you will have to change that if you wanna become the Alpha so bad.”

“What?”

“You need my help to become the Alpha, then you will have to listen to me starting right now.”

“Are you ordering me?”

“It's your choice.”

Liam's jaw clench. After a while he cuss. “Wait out there. I will be out in a minute–”

“Olivia is asking for her mom. Hannah you may wanna come out now,” Nathan says raising his voice slightly higher and tilting his neck past Liam to look my way. 

I don't let his last sentence finish before I grab my coat and wear over my ripped dress and I'm already heading out making sure to not meet Liam's eyes because I know it'll be red with fury. 

“Thanks.” I tell Nathan. We are out of the main building and towards the gazebo where he says Olivia is waiting for me. 

“For?” He asks back without glancing at me. 

Why's he pretending like he doesn't know why I'm thanking him…or is he still mad about how I yelled at him at the hospital… 

I feel Nina soft hiss and I smile.

“Why are you smiling?” He asks, squinting. 

I stutter. “Uh…” I didn't realize he was staring at me. 

“Well, nothing much,” I mumble. It'd be silly to tell him my wolf was mad at me and must have hated me few minutes ago but not anymore. 

We arrive at the yard and Olivia is invested in her painting. I stare at him. “She wasn't asking for me, was she?” 

He continues to stare at Olivia. Gosh he is looking so hot in this all black attire. With his hands buried in his pants pocket and the black shades hanging loosely in front of his shirt in-between the buttons. I feel my heart skip reminding me I still don't know who donated blood to Olivia. 

“Uhm, Nathan…mind if I ask you a question?’

He glances at me and shrugs. “Shoot.”

“Uh, a friend of mine…I mean an old friend is doing this blood type project and needs to run some tests. But she needs a certain group of people…uhm…like the rare blood ones…so, what's your blood type?”

“The normal one.”

“Not the rare?” I blurt. 

“No. Does it have to be the rare?” He suddenly asks, throwing me off guard. 

“No…of course not that… I mean she can find others with…it…” 

“Are you…mad at me? At the hospital, I yelled at you and–”

“Why would I be? Of course I shouldn't get involved in things not my business.” 

He frees his hands from his pocket. “Liam should be out by now. Take care.” He barely glances at me as he strides away. 

“Liar. You are mad at me, obviously.”

I exhale loud before I go to meet Olivia. Clara informs me that everyone is having dinner together later in the evening. Cathylene Durk's orders. 

“I have an announcement,” Cathylene begins after wiping her mouth with the white napkin. “An important deal is about to happen to the company. Nathan, now that you have returned to the company, I hope you prove your worth and don't make me regret letting you back into my home.”

“I have something to say,” I say. “I want to resume my cooking school.”

“What?” Liam growls. 

“Why?” Cathylene asks. 

“I feel like I should do more than be home all day.”

“Mom, you can't ask her why. She's not resuming anything!”

“Why can't I?” I throw at him. 

He sneers. “You know why! Because you are going to throw yourself at the men like a slut!”

My body vibrates. I'd taken my pills before coming to this dinner. As if I'd known there will come a reason for Nina to burst out. 

“Take back your words,” Liam grits. “Or…” he says through his mind so no one else hears. 

“I dare you to speak, Liam.” I challenge back through mindlink. 

His fists curls as he glares hard at me. 

Liam has a big pride and always want to be perfect in front of his mother. Revealing our little secret will dent it. He knows it. 

“Enough you two. Do it,” Cathylene says nonchalantly. “But the moment you cause a problem or even think of it, that will be the end.”

“Thank you, lady Cath.” I say but my eyes is mostly on Liam. Filled with mockery. 

“Mom!” he barks. 

“Let's eat. And Hannah, don't forget your pills. Also to the rest of you.”