YVONNE — His response brought me back to reality, and I quickly withdrew my hand from his shoulder as support. "I should be going now with my kids," I remarked, turning to walk and get my kids so we could go home. "Okay, I'm sorry for everything; I didn't know it would irritate you." He tried to apologize, but I'd already left. Walking to my kids, they quickly stood up, even before I could reach the spot where they were sitting. "Mommy, you look worried. What happened?" Amelia remarked. I forced a smile to cover my emotion. "Nothing is wrong, darling. I was just stressed out at work," I lied. "But Mommy, we could see how you were staring at Uncle Conan; we were seeing both of you from here and could see the argument," Kiara remarked. "Yes, Mom, you looked troubled standing before him. Did he ask you to be his girlfriend?" Liam chipped in. My brows furrowed, and I gazed at him in a confused state. He is only five, for god's sake; how could he be saying such a thing? "Liam, why

CONAN—"I have already found someone for you. I've arranged a marriage for you, and I'll tell her to show up today just so you can see her. Don't worry, she's awesome, just like Yvonne," she assured.I felt more weak as I heard that. Mom went so far as to arrange a marriage for me just to retain this throne, and she is not even certain if we would produce a baby as an heir."Alright, then. I'll be waiting for her," I responded nonchalantly.In honesty, I wasn't interested in anything like that, but I had to succumb just to please her."No worries, I'll give her terms and conditions after the marriage. I will make sure our marriage is based on a contract," I muttered inwardly, standing up to leave."I should be leaving now, Mum; thanks for your concern and everything," I appreciated."Alright, until she comes. Everything will be fine very soon, okay?" she encouraged.I nodded in affirmation and left. On my way to my chamber, I was reminiscing about our discussion, and a smirk formed acr

CONAN —"Man, I never thought someone like this lady would reach the position she is in now. You know she came from a very poor background, or does it mean someone sponsored her, all this sugar daddies stuff ladies are into?" Enis remarked, his face written with shock."I know, right? Me neither. I never thought she could turn to a famous doctor who would be the one to save my life and that of the members of the pack," I replied."She really tried by pursuing her ambition of becoming a doctor, but I doubt she went to college without the help of one old rich man sponsoring her in the name of sugar daddy," Enis insisted.I let out a slight grin in amusement at what he said. Only if he knew the type of person Yvonne is—she didn't do dirty things when she was in the pack without parents, and it will be in the city where there are many remote jobs to sustain oneself with—would she venture into it."I don't think she can do that, Enis. Probably she was under scholarship. You know, she's a ve

YVONNE—"Oh, you? Brian?" Conan remarked. He had been approaching us just like a detective who had just caught the culprit behind a murder case, but upon realizing who the young man who was with me was, he was weak.Brian turned in that direction upon hearing his name. "Conan!" he exclaimed, and a smile formed across his lips. He left me, heading to embrace Conan, who was approaching him as well."Wait, they even knew each other?" I wondered.Upon approaching themselves, they hugged each other."Conan!" Brian called him, and after a few seconds of silence between them, they hugged each other for the second time."I really missed you, man. I'm so happy we finally came across each other again," Conan stated."So I did as well. I'm so happy to come across you again after almost ten years—ten fucking good years, man, since we attended the all-boys Alpha Academy," Brian stated.Upon hearing that, I felt a cold shiver run down my spine. I never thought Brian would even be a werewolf; talk mo

YVONNE —Upon arriving home that evening, I found out my children had already dozed off."Gosh, how do I wake them up to eat?" I mumbled to myself. I don't want to wake them up because once they slept off during the night and were disturbed, they'd hardly smell sleep throughout the rest of the night, especially Liam, who would end up disturbing me the whole night, which would result in me to be weak the next day and even unable to go to work or even go late.However, I wake them up because there's no way I'll let my kids sleep hungry.After eating, to my greatest surprise, they dozed off immediately without disturbing me."Wow, is this a sign of growth or what? First thing this has happened," I mumbled to myself.I went to my study space to do some research and study about medical cases, both the ones that happened many years ago and the recent ones, but my main motive for studying them was to gain more knowledge on how to handle different cases.A few minutes later, after binge-studyi