Semua Bab Wrong bride to the right husband : Bab 11 - Bab 20

I met Miriam later at the waterpark I was volunteering at. She explained how she overheard Aria speaking with some hench men to abduct me on my way to their house, when she went looking for me at my parents house. The call and the nonsense about the Williams family were all orchestrated by her, in a means to get to me. I couldn't believe the extent she could go to just to remove me from the picture. “That was when I discovered a bit of what was happening and called you to warn you” she concluded I was looking at her like a little child who was being reprimanded by her mother. “Alina, I'm utterly disappointed in you. You hid such thing from me?” Miriam shot at me. I didn't want her to find out about all this marriage and stuff on her own. I wanted to be the one to tell her. “I'm terribly sorry, M” I wasn't sure if adding terribly, showed how sorry I was. “I didn't mean to hide it from you, I wanted everything to settle before informing you” I spoke like a criminal awai

Alina…please,” Darren’s voice came through the door — low, gentle, almost… pleading. “I would stay here all night if that's what it will take for you to hear me out” I swallowed the lump in my throat. I hated how just hearing him made my heart twist. “I know I don’t deserve a second chance,” he said, “but I can’t keep living in a house where you look at me like a stranger.” I didn’t respond. “I didn’t plan for this to happen. You, me — this marriage,” he paused. “But when I realized it was you… I knew I couldn’t let go again.” I squeezed my eyes shut, willing my tears not to fall again. I knelt by the door. Hearing his voice and seeing as it was only the door that separated us made my heart ache. “Please,” he whispered, his voice barely audible. “Let me explain — everything.” I stood slowly. My hand hovered over the doorknob. Why was I hesitating? Because deep down, I wanted to hear what he had to say. I wanted it to make sense. I wanted to believe he hadn’t destroyed me on

“You mean Darren's wolf…no…I mean, wolf is Darren?” Miriam asked in disbelief, her mouth stuffed with the burger she was eating. She looked at me wide eyed. “I couldn't believe it myself,” I replied. “To think he left six years ago, now he is back…married to you” Miriam let out a low whistle and took a bite from her burger. “Girl, that's not anything out of the ordinary, it is fate speaking” she smiled and drank her juice. “Did you accept him back into your life?” She looked at me skeptically. “We're still at it. I haven't given him an answer yet” I ate some of her burger. “But I have accepted him in my heart” I smiled as I said that. “Aww, that's wonderful” she held my hand. “I'm happy for you” I could see the gleam in her eyes. “Do you have anybody in mind or suspect anyone that could have sent that message?” She asked. I wasn't sure who to suspect. His phone was lost in the subway, meaning that it must have been thrown away or kept in the police custody or…someone

“We'll blow your secret,” Aria said with a wicked grin.I just stared at her. Her grin grew and was reaching her eyes. What secret of mine was she aware of? I didn’t even have any secrets.She was just bluffing. I looked away from her and looked at my parents.“We need a thousand dollars,” my father repeated.“You're married to a billionaire, you should have gotten some money from him” my mom chipped in.She was a hypocrite. She was neither hot nor cold. She didn't support me but also didn't stand against me. She supported me in my father's absence and supported my dad whenever he was around.What did they think of me? As someone who would go about begging her husband for money or were they expecting me to…steal from him?“What for?” I asked even though I knew I wasn't going to give them any money.“The company is going bankrupt,” my father said harshly. “Besides, all these questions doesn't matter, just send the money right away” That explains why they needed a thousand dollars. It

“Please wolf, since our second meeting, it's like you became a whole different person…someone I don't know” I saw an emotion flash in his eyes when I said that. It was guilt. “Please, I don't want you getting hurt” my voice was low when I said that. He opened his mouth to say something but shut it again. I could still see the rage in his eyes and honestly, I had never seen him that way before. My hand was still on his arm. I let it fall to my side before coming closer to him and embracing him. He didn't reciprocate the hug and I totally understood it. One of my hands went around his neck while my other hand rocked the back of his head. I tapped on his head lightly in a bid to calm him. I could feel his breath on my neck. I understood why he was acting that way. He knew how bad my family had treated and all the privileges they had denied me…but I didn't want him to act rashly or get himself hurt. “If anything is to happen to you, I won't be able to forgive myself” I said while h