Chapter 122 Jacinta POV As I travel down memory lane, I can't help the tears that stream down my cheeks as everything came flooding my mind. The thought of it has been eating me up for ears now, but do you know what hurts the most? Living as another person and having another person taking the credit for what I produced. It's driving me nuts. "Are you ok?" I turn to find Tate, my supposed mate, walking into the garden, and I feel my skin crawl in disgust. This is one of the things I have to endure all because of that bastard. He was the reason my life turned into a big mess, and here I am today. I cringe when I feel his hands wrap around my waist, and I bite my bottom lip and slowly close my eyes, trying to be calm. "You don't look fine. Is everything ok?" Again, he asks me as he nuzzles his face in my neck, fanning me with his smelly breath, and I roll my eyes. "Hmm... I'm fine," I reply to him as I manage to wriggle out of his grasp, and he sighs briefly as he

Chapter 124 Alpha Kai POV After I had breakfast with Ariel and her father, I finally left for the office earlier than usual, since I have an appointment with a prestigious client of mine. I am still working on getting the culprit behind the death of Ariel's foster mom, trying to find out who that woman she met at the hospital was, and the one Ruby mentioned to have seen, and also working on the preparation of our mating ceremony coming up next week. Everything is exhausting, but I'm glad Max is here by my side, giving me all the support I need. The sound of my ringing phone pulls my attention as I get stuck in the traffic jam after about fifteen minutes of driving, and when I check the caller, I realize that the person is my secretary. "Sir, the person is here now," Her voice sounds through the phone as soon as I answer the call, and I sigh briefly. "Can you buy me some more time? I'm on my way already," I say to her. "Alright, Sir," The call ends afterward

Chapter 126 Ariel POV I check my phone for the twentieth time, or maybe it's more than that, in a bid to see if Kai called me earlier, but he hasn't called me, which has been disturbing me. I told him that I was sick since yesterday and he hasn't come to see me. Is he not bothered at all? What is happening? I ask myself and sigh deeply as I drop my phone on the bed. It's 6pm already, and he should be back from the office soon. I can't just conclude yet, not until I find out what exactly happened. As I sit on the edge of the bed, waiting for me, the knock on the door suddenly pulls my attention, and I quickly stand up to get it, thinking he is the one, even though I know he is not the type that knocks before he comes inside when I'm inside the room. 'You are my woman, so are you scared that I would walk in on you naked?' he always asks me whenever I complain about him not knocking before coming into the room. Well, my face drops disappointedly when I pull the door open and

Chapter 128 Ariel POV "How dare you touch my phone? What has come over you? What is wrong with you?" He snaps at me angrily, and I feel my heart stop beating for some seconds as I stare back at him confusingly and also shocked. Kai has never raised his voice at me before, and this threw me completely off cliff. "I...I...I didn't do anything wrong, Kai... I thought it was an important call from one of your clients, and..." "And you decided to answer it on my behalf when I never asked for it. What the fuck was that?" He yells at me at the top of his voice, and I flinch because this is becoming really scary. Is this the Kai I used to know, or did someone come here last night pretending to be him? I ask myself, but quickly dismiss the thought, because that is one thing that is likely not to ever be possible. I mean, if someone was impersonating him, then he would've been here to claim it since yesterday, right? "You are scaring me, Kai... I didn't do anything..."

Chapter 130 Max POV "I met Rhea," Kai says to me with no remorse in his voice as he rubs his fingers on his forehead. Rhea? Does she still exist? "Rhea? You met her? How? Is she still alive?" I ask him confusingly, because the last time I checked, she left the Pack on her own after what happened years ago, and nobody has talked about her since then, so how come he is suddenly saying he met her? "Max... I don't know what I'm thinking about right now. I don't know, but I think...I think I still love her," He releases the bombshell to me, and I raise my eyebrows confusingly, wondering what the hell he is talking about. "What are you saying? Are you kidding me?" I scoff as I recline on the chair, and he sighs briefly. "No, I'm not..." "Then you must be out of your mind. Do you know the hell you are saying? Where are those words coming from? Are they really from you?" I slam my hand on the table, and he shut his eyes as he throws his head back. "Can you cal