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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

*****EMMA'S POV***** I stood inside my room alone, staring out the window into empty space. My arms were folded tightly under my breast as my mind drifted back to when I refused to take Darrell's case. I should be happy right now. I should feel relieved that he finally decided to leave me alone. But why does my chest feel so heavy? Like something's crushing me from the inside? His eyes still haunt me—the way they looked at me when I turned him away. Dark and hurt. I placed my hand on my chest, and I felt my heart beating faster, like I'm scared of something I can't name. Like maybe I was the one who messed up and not him. Did I make a mistake? Fuck! I should've looked at that file before I said anything. I should've listened instead of just... reacting. Whatever. He probably has tons of lawyers dying to take his case. It doesn't have to be me, right? Then my phone rang. It's Alex. I sighed heavily as I looked at his name showing on the screen, and I regretted that all this hap

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

As I entered the morgue, my leg shook so bad I could barely control it. Aiden's holding the door open for me, but I can't look at his face or see what expression he has.My gaze was only fixed on what was in the room as I kept telling myself that all those can't be real.It can not be possible. Is that how people just die?But there it is. A body on the metal table, covered in white cloth. I took hold of myself, taking a deep breath as I summoned that courage within me.Then I walk closer, each step feeling like I'm walking through quicksand as I am scared of the face under those white clothes. Scared of who I might really see, as that definitely can't be Darrell.My hands won't stop trembling as I reach for the edge of the sheet."Emma, you don't have to…." "I need to see him. You might be mistaken." My voice doesn't sound like mine.I pulled the cloth back slowly, but when I saw his face—all the air left my lungs at once.I moved back immediately, hit the ground hard, my knees slam

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

"It all started when my brother died," he said quietly, his voice barely audible above the ambient noise. "Suddenly, I had to shoulder this huge responsibility and took on all of my brother's roles, his duties, his position... but not his mate." "Amaya?"He nodded slowly, finally meeting my gaze. "Yes. She was the only thing I refused to take on, despite my parents basically begging me to. Back then, even Amaya's parents told me I could take her as a mistress if I wanted, but I stood my ground. I couldn't marry my brother's woman. It felt... wrong."The waitress refilled our water glasses, and I waited until she left before speaking. "But you did marry her. Maybe you later realized your greedy inner desire.""That's because I got no other options. I thought everyone had forgotten about the idea of me marrying her, and then..." His eyes softened. "Then I met you, and I swear to you everything with you was sincere. But when Lucas started challenging my father's authority," Darrell cont

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

"You guys aren't related by blood, remember? I always found him in your bedroom, and you kept telling me it meant nothing.""Because it really didn't mean anything! Justin is..." That's when it hit me. I'd seen him at that party the other day. So it was really him.Was he stalking me because he felt guilty for ruining my life?Because if they said I eloped with him, that meant he must have disappeared the same day I did.“Oh my God.” I placed my hand on my forehead as I got hit by headache.So much have happened when I left.But why? Why would Justin leave our parents? Why would he write such a letter? Why would he do this to me?No matter how much I think, I just can't think of any reasons why he would do this time.Tears stung my eyes as I thought about what my parents must have been thinking all these years. I thought they'd just be angry that I left without saying goodbye, but all this time... all this years, I'd caused them so much more pain.The shame they must have felt.The d

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

(ONE YEAR LATER)*****EMMA'S POV******Seven years. It's been seven whole years since I ran away in the middle of the night like a thief being chased by shadows. Seven years since I last looked into my mother's warm blue eyes, and I never thought that would be the last time I'd see her smile at me.Walking toward our house now, my legs felt like they weren't even mine anymore, and each step forward made me feel dizzy, like the ground was moving under my feet.Nothing felt real.Not after getting that news.That my mother… she's gone.How can that even be true?How is that possible?I keep shaking my head, refusing to let it sink in.It can't be real.When I pushed through our old gate, I saw my father again, with his hands clasped together as if holding all his pain in. His head was a little lowered. He looked much older, with almost all his black hair turning grey and his beard even untrimmed. He looked worn out and tired.Right in front of him was a man with shoulder-length hair. Hi

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

****AMAYA’S POV****The crystal vase shattered against the marble floor as I used my hand to sweep it down. Its pieces spread across the pristine white tiles of the pack house's main living room.I'm burning with rage right now and I just keep breaking and throwing around anything I could grab.My chest heaved up and down as my eye roamed the room, searching for what else I could break. Then my eye landed on the tray that a maid was holding, and my anger filled me more.Is this the time for her to bring me wine?Does it look like I’m in the mood for that?I marched toward her, ready to grab her by her hair and make her…“What the heck do you think you are doing, Amaya Woods?!!!” But my mother's voice stopped me.I whirled around to face her, my perfectly styled blonde hair now disheveled, strands sticking to my tear-stained cheeks.“Mother…”"Can you please calm down and tell me what's wrong before you destroy the entire house?" Mom's sharp voice cut through my panic as her eyes swept

CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

“Of course I am.” "Then what's causing the delay?" Mom's voice grew sharper. "A baby would secure your position completely. Once you're carrying his heir, Darrell will be completely devoted to you. He'll move heaven and earth to protect you and his child. Even if he found out about everything we have done, he won't want to abandon the mother of his child. Don't you get that?" "We need to go to the hospital and run more tests. Find out why exactly you're not conceiving." "What? No!" The protest burst out of me before I could stop it. "What do you mean, no? This is too important to ignore, Amaya. It's obvious your mother-in-law isn't doing her job properly." "Well she is.” "No, she isn't! Because if she was, we should have seen the results by now.” Fear started to creep in as it seemed Mom wouldn't back down until she dragged me to the hospital. But why can't she just understand? How could I possibly get pregnant by a man who wouldn't even share a bed with me? How could

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

****DARRELL'S POV****The leather seat of the car felt cold against my back as I stared out the tinted window, watching the familiar trees blur past. But my mind wasn't on the scenery. It was stuck on Emma, on the way she looked when she fell to her knees right there in front of her father, her whole body shaking like a leaf in a storm.Despite the fact that we are no longer connected... I don't know why, but I could still feel her pain and her broken heart. I wished I could help and take away some of it, but I just stood there like an idiot, not knowing what to do.I pressed my palm against the window, leaving a foggy print on the glass. Emma was back, although she brought that blond hair baggage along with her but the way she returned wasn't the way I wanted her to. I never planned to see her hurt like this. I never want to see her in pain again. And that seems to make everything much worse, because part of me really feels as if she blames me for her mother's death, especially the w

CHAPTER TWENTY NINE

"Can you please just stop talking about it like that!""No, I won't! Because that's the only way to make you come back to your senses, since it seems like you're still trying to take her back after what she did to you!" She turned to Amaya. "Even if you don't want to consider yourself, can't you at least think about your poor wife? How do you think she'll feel now that Emma's back?""Why would she feel bad just because Emma's back? Mom, I think you're the only one having issues here, because Amaya doesn't have any problem with Emma.""Really? Is that what you think?"I looked at Amaya, wondering if there was something I wasn't aware of but she just had her gaze lowered as if there was something she wanted to say but had her mouth glued together.Turning to my mother,"What are you trying to say? Okay, yeah, I know Emma's got a sharp mouth sometimes, but trust me, she really…." I let out a frustrated sigh as I remembered all that happened years ago. She has really changed. But I am s

CHAPTER THIRTY

I knocked on Mrs. Brooks' front door, clutching the crumpled piece of paper my father had given me. We needed to plant some things at the farm, so he'd asked me to borrow some items from her.My hands were already sweaty as I'm a little nervous to see her again, so I kept wiping my sweaty hand on my once-oversized hoodie that now hugged my body snugly. These were my clothes from seven years ago. I was so surprised to see them all intact and my room is also the same way I had left them.When I entered my room yesterday, I was so surprised my parents had kept my room exactly the way I'd left it, as if they’re waiting for me to be back anytime.The wind picked up, and I quickly shoved the paper into my pocket to free my hand, then pulled my hair back into a messy ponytail.I gave another knock and waited, using the time to look around our old neighborhood.Everything looked the same. Exactly like it had when I left. But the silence felt strange and I guessed everyone must have gone to w

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