Semua Bab The Alpha's Regret; Too Late To Claim Me: Bab 61 - Bab 70

Author’s POVMaurice had sat on the balcony all through the night, barely slept a wink. His thoughts spiralled, because he kept wondering when Veldena had a child. It was dawn now, so he walked back to the room and sat at the edge of the bed. He kept staring at the floor thinking, his thoughts went back to his birthday when he forced her to take the alcohol.Everything was finally making sense, she knew the alcohol could kill her but she took it like that because she wanted to save her daughter. He felt really bad now.Hailey stirred awake beside him, her hair was messy now and her voice sounded very groggy. “You’ve been up all night,” she mumbled, rubbing her eyes, “since you received the call last night, you’ve been all weird, what is wrong with you.”He did not answer her.She yawned lazily, stretching before she finally sat up behind him. “Are you not going to answer me?” She leaned in closer looking at his face, “what is wrong? You’ve been sitting here like a statue all night?”

Veldena’s POVMorning light came into the blinds of Veldena’s room. She had gone by Freya's to pick up Leila the other day but she barely stayed longer at the studio because Freya had been busy so she could not have the conversation with her. This early morning she sat on the couch in the room spoon feeding Leila.Leila was starting pre-school today which is why they were awake so early on a Monday morning. Veldena was glad because things were finally going the right way for the both of them.“Eat a little more.” She told the child, Leila was not used to having her breakfast this early in the morning. “It tastes weird, mummy.” She said, making a face.“Well that’s because you’re not used to this, once you do it’d stop tasting weird.”Then they shared a cute smile together. She got her child ready for school, packed her lunch and dropped her off at school and then hoped that she would enjoy her first day.****Later that afternoon, the seed of deceit that Hailey had planted began to

Veldena’s POVThree days had passed since the whole gossip issue had begun, and still the noise hadn’t gone down.Every time I opened my phone, it was still one thing or the other, things I did not even know I did, it was just twisted, mocked, misunderstood. The comments were cruel, and the rumors were worse.But somewhere between those sleepless nights and endless tears, something inside me began to shift.That morning, while Leila lay asleep in her room I stood in front of the mirror in mine, studying the reflection of my face. My eyes looked dull and dark from exhaustion, my skin was very pale because I no longer went out much, and my lips were dry and chapped. I barely recognized the woman staring back at me.For a long time, I just stood there naked and silent.Then finally I spoke softly, it was in a whisper.“Enough.”And my voice didn’t tremble this time.The woman looking at me in the mirror might have been injured by the things the world did and said, but I was still standin

Veldena’s POVI walked slowly toward the apartment complex, I was still half lost in the music I had just performed. Most especially the way the crowd applauded me when I sat. My heels clicked softly against the pavement. I felt lighter than I had in weeks, and it was not because everything was perfect, it was more because I was able to face a crowd again.My chest still carried a tiny ache, I could feel myself healing from everything I've been through lately and nice would be an understatement of how it made me feel.I reached the apartment complex, it is a small but clean building at the edge of the city. The porch light glowed dimly. I pulled her scarf tighter around my neck and was about to climb the steps when I froze.Someone was standing by the entrance.It was Hailey.She leaned casually against the wall, her arms were crossed, and her lips twisted into that familiar, poisonous smile. The designer heels and glittering purse caught the light, her eyes looked like they were fil

Veldena’s POVBefore I knew what was happening, it was morning. I sat on the reading table by the window with my laptop open, and my fingers hovering over the keyboard. The screen page was on a social media platform, one I had an account on. I stared at the images there for a long while, they held different important moments I had once proudly shared with the world. A picture of Leila’s first drawing, our picnic at the seaside. The birthday cake we baked together was a chocolate cake and although it did not turn out well, I had posted it.One by one, I deleted them.And honestly it hurt more than I expected. And each one I deleted made my heart ache. But I knew deep down it had to be done. Some weeks ago Freya had warned me about all of these, but it wasn’t until I heard the lies Hailey cooked up I knew this was very crazy and it made me truly understand how far this babe would really go to tarnish my image. And it dawned on me that if Hailey continued this, she’d dig deep and find