Vida's POV.
The world seems to become unstable the moment he blocks my path with his hands.
At first, I tremble from his intimidating aura. Desperate to escape, I do my best to defend myself and clear my name but this stubborn man won't budge.
"Mate?!" He whispers, staring at me with eyes that yearn.
Whatever he means is not my problem, I'm done with werewolves.
"Look here mister, you can't threaten me for your careless mistake," I warn him as I slouch backwards, careful not to be too close.
Everything about this man screams danger, let's not mention his muscular hands look like they'll break me with one grip.
My eyes wander to the man behind him and I can't help but feel sorry as I watch the man crawl upwards with his elbow.
This man is no joke.
'Does he want to kill me? Would he force me to have his child?' I'm beyond confused as I wonder deeply about what could be going on in his mind.
"Joe," he calls out to his bodyguard who barely manages to get up on his feet.
With a cough, he rises, unwilling to look weak before me despite being tossed to the floor barely five minutes ago. "Yes, Alpha!"
"Get out," the Alpha orders, and with his head bowed, he limps his way out of the room, holding onto his shoulder as if it was broken.
The Alpha and I remain alone in this room and I tremble from knowing that anything could go wrong.
Just then, as if he senses my fear, he reaches towards the door, taking hold of the key and locking us both in.
"What are you doing?" I ask frightened as I put some distance between us.
Turning a deaf ear to my question he walks towards a chair sitting at a corner and drags it towards the door as he sits.
Now I can't leave the room unless he wants me to.
His legs crossed, chest up as he locked his fingers together and stared at me.
Gulp!
"Please, you've got it all wrong, it wasn't me, I would never steal from anyone," I say to him.
His face is stone cold as he stares at me almost as if I speak gibberish, and it begins to tick me off, but most importantly, I need to leave this place before I can act.
"If you want, I can take you to the person you're looking for," I tell him but again he just stares at me.
Just why isn't he saying anything?
Slightly tilting his head he snickers and questions, "So you gave your ex all of your details while you two were still dating?"
For some reason, I feel stupid about answering that question, maybe because I'm just realizing I've been acting stupid while I was crazy in love.
"Yes, I was a fool to think that we were heading somewhere with our relationship," I told him.
Tears hang in my eyes as I lower my head feeling nothing but despair over my foolishness, however, I cannot bring myself to hate him.
Just thinking of the years I've spent loving him, I can't hate him just like that with my memories still functioning.
"Here, dry your tears."
A white handkerchief appears under my face and I raise my head.
I didn't even notice when he came towards me.
Still, I reach out for the handkerchief and dab my already fallen stream of tears dry.
"Look it was my ex, and we just broke up cause I found out that he was cheating on me, I know I may have made some mistakes in the past which may have contributed to you being frauded but please believe me, sir, I'm not in this with him."
The man sighs deeply, caressing his temple as he mutters some words to himself.
"It's Dexter…" he says.
Confused, I ask, "Excuse me?"
"My name, it's Dexter, stop calling me sir," Dexter says as he makes his way back to his seat.
For a small period, the room falls into a dead silence; one could hear a pin drop.
"Whatever it is, I've already paid the price for a Miss Vida so you have to do what you should, even if you take this to the police I won't be held accountable, you would," the stubborn man insists.
"But…"
"I can't find who signed, I don't know what he looks like, so I can't hold him responsible, the only thing I'm sure of, is everything that concerns you," he tells me.
d*mnit!
I can't stand his arrogance and inhumane nature.
How can he still not understand me? What on earth does he want from me?
Enraged, I hurry towards him, my hands together as I frankly tell him, "Then I'm afraid I can't help you, like I keep saying it's not my fault, what else do you want from me?"
Dexter goes silent, his eyes trail my body from head to toe sending shivers down my spine as he scoffs, almost as if he were staring in amusement at something hilarious.
Eek I itch to wipe that smugness off his face and send him far away, unfortunately, his intimidating looks scare me more than anything.
"Alright then," adjusting himself properly into his seat, he reaches out towards me, his hand open, "Pay up."
"What?" It feels like I'm about to be robbed as I frown in anger.
"Pay back the money I gave for the surrogacy."
This man doesn't look like he's joking with that look on his face, and I have to agree that it's the best way to settle this dilemma at the moment.
Sighing heavily, "How much is it?" I ask, but then he smirks, giving me goosebumps from an obnoxious feeling.
Dipping his hand into his pocket he takes out his phone and scrolls through it, allowing me to see his debit alert.
My eyes widen and I step back with my jaw wide open.
"What?! I can't pay back such an amount," I yell loudly.
Besides that, I couldn't help but notice how much he has in his account which brings me to wonder…
How rich is this Alpha, and why can't he just let that amount go with the money he has left, it barely looks like his account has been scratched.
"Well then you're going to have my child," he chuckles, retrieving his phone.
"No!"
"No?" Dexter questions back.
The air around me feels like ice and it becomes difficult to breathe from Dexter's pressure. My legs tremble and I'm forced to lower my head, avoiding direct eye contact.
"Please…"
"I need time, I already have someone I need my savings for, my grandmother is in the hospital and she needs immediate surgery, please, just give me some time."
"Oh….! And do you have the money for treatment?"
"..."
Without knowing how to respond I remain quiet. He's hit the nail right on the head with that question.
"Poor and pathetic, to think you would be asking for time when you're jobless and in need of money."
Overwhelmed with embarr*ssment I freeze as all his words are true and I have no way to refute them.
Holding back my irritation I answer calmly, "I'll try, I'll think of something, or get a job or something."
Excuses, I know my words sound nothing lesser than excuses but I still say them despite knowing I can't afford such.
Deep within me, I try my best to mentally prepare for the challenges I'm about to face when Dexter rises and walks towards me.
His steps like an elephant have the room quake and me stepping backwards avoiding his eyes out of fear.
"I can help you if you want."
At once I raise my head, staring in disbelief at those words of hope uttered from his lips.
Can he help me? Really?
"How?!" I yell loudly holding onto his collar without realizing it.
Just then, he holds on to my arms on his collar, and although I try to let go, he has his left hand tightly gripped upon mine and he uses the other to reach out to my chin, raising my head and forcing me to look him in the eyes.
"One night, let's have s*x for one night, and I'll settle your grandmother's hospital bill."
Vida’s POV“One night, let’s have s*x for one night, and I’ll settle your grandmother’s hospital bill,” the proud arrogant man says without second thoughts.To think someone would have the balls to say something so embarr*ssing directly without as little as a flinch.I’m uncertain how to react as I stand there moping at him with my brows furrowed in anger from this man offending my dignity, does he see me as a prostitute or something?“Excuse me?” I question as if I had gone deaf, the anger on me all too visible as I dare not hide my emotion from this pervert, “Do I look like a whore to you?”With a scoff, he brushes off my question with a look on his face as if he were asking if I wasn’t, when he notices that I may have caught on to the meaning behind the irritating look on his face, he continues “You need money to treat your sick mother, and I need a woman who will be the mother of my pups,” he answers.“No!” I firmly tell him without a second thought.He flinches, his eyes staring
Vida's Pov"Here, the money you wanted," was the first thing I said the moment I reached the hospital.No good morning, no he11o, no questions, absolutely nothing.I'm drenched in sweat, my chest going in and out as I try my best to catch my breath after running to the hospital as soon as Julio paid me for last night.Nothing bothers me more than the call I received this morning which had me running straight to the hospital and I believe I may have outran the cars that drove by this morning.The nurses at the front desk weren't smiling, with looks of frustration on their faces while they shook their heads as if another burden had arrived. My heart can't help but feel as if I'm being stabbed by needles.Out of the three at the front desk, one of them heaves a heavy sigh and finally makes eye contact with me.Her eyes seem to hold no feelings whatsoever towards me, just like a professional who's done this many times.I can sense that I won't like to hear what she has to say, and yet…"M
Dexter's povHaiz~My head is heavy from clouded thoughts, I find it difficult to concentrate on watching yesterday's news.Now I've become the wealthiest and strongest Alpha there is on the planet, and yet I feel incomplete because I'm still without a mate."Why am I still thinking about that ungrateful woman," I groan, clenching hard on the wine gl*ss in my hand so that it shatters to dust, dropping from the 20th floor from where I resided.I look ahead, overlooking the city view with the world at my fingertips thanks to the wealth and power I've achieved in the last four years after that woman disappeared."How dare she!" I mutter with boiling rage, clenching hard against my teeth as I ball my hand into a fist.Everyone wants me now, every human woman, and every she-wolf and yet, a common woman with nothing to her name dares to run away from me.My wolf has been yearning non-stop, to the point where it's weakening me from the inside."After all I gave her, she suddenly disappears,
Dexter's PovWords cannot express how confused I feel as I stare at my Beta.I'm not even sure how I should scold him for being deceived by children, especially one claiming to be mine.At first, it sounded like a dream but realising how frustrated I am, I can hardly call this a dream."How's that even possible? You let two kids tell you who they are?" I yell in his face as the anger welling up inside me finally explodes."No Alpha," George tells me with a completely lost smile.I'm not even sure why I have him around me when he's making me feel like I'm a laughing stock."Well, then what is it?""To be honest Alpha, I didn't want to believe them before but you see…"Ah, there it is again, George's unbeatable record for keeping someone waiting.It's beginning to irritate me seeing how cat's got his tongue, if he was unwilling to say anything then I'm more than willing to help."Out with it dammit!""They look like you Dex!" for a second I pause and take a step back.It is the first ti
"Where's the wretched woman who dares to touch my son," bearing the door of the principal's office, I hear the voice of a woman echo loudly that it has me frowning at her attempt to explode my ear drums.Moreover, the fact that she's here in the principal's office where I should be bothers me a whole lot."Ma'am please calm down," instantly I recognized the second voice as the homeroom teacher who called me earlier.The homeroom teacher says, desperately trying to appease the nagging woman.Upon nearing the office window, I look through and find the woman all dolled up in expensive brands, everything about her spelling out her wealth.Her arms are folded as she turns away to avoid listening to anyone's pleas, her face rubbed with lots of makeup.It's not just the homeroom teacher trying to beg her, but even the principal and her secretary and that baffles me a whole lot."Are you listening to yourself, if you don't make sure to expel that child then I'll have no other option than to w
"Dexter, what are you doing here?"I'm speechless and stunned as I stand, gaping in awe from the sight before me.My heart pounds a million times, my thoughts running haywire because I find it hard to process anything at this point.How?How did we end up meeting this way?If anything, I feel more pitiful than ever, watching him draw near with another man falling behind, and I can already sense that even he is someone beyond my reach.Dexter, looking as terrifying as ever walks over towards me but then we cross paths and he has me stand behind him, but not before our eyes cross and I find him staring at me like he was going to kill me."Ah… Mr Dexter… it's a surprise to have you here, but may I ask why you're here," the principal rubs her hand politely as she rushes towards him.I can see my enemy quiver in fear with cold sweat spilling down her face and her legs wobble like a warm."That's not a question you should be asking, I'm here because I got some information that someone's cau
Seeing a pouch of papers seated on my thighs, I quiver at the mere thought of knowing what is written inside.“Pick it up,” Dexter orders once again, causing me to flinch from fear.Unwillingly, I reach for the brown envelope and open it, a bunch of papers come falling out which I catch with my hand blocking the opening of the paper.At once, my brows furrow as I come in contact with something quite troubling and my heart starts to race.“This…” I look at Dexter with a long face, the words refusing to leave my mouth as my expression begs him to spare me from seeing what is in the envelope, but he gives me a cold shoulder and stretches out his hand.Slowly he takes the papers away from my hand, and takes off the envelope, delivering a bundle of white papers in my hands.“Now, read it,” he orders.Test…Test…Tests…All the papers are test results, and it’s much worse than I feared it to be.My birth certificate, my blood group, my health, and everything relating to me are on the papers
"Three months," he repeated himself, holding up his three fingers.I'm not sure how to react with this news but I can feel my heart leap for joy and a seed of hope begins to sprout.Still, on my knees, I grab hold of his ankle, clinging to it like a sloth on a tree, refusing to let go under any circumstances."Yes, please, three months is just what I need, I couldn't ask for anything more, just please, at least let me say my goodbye to them," I tell him.Dexter turns his face away, I can see his fist slowly clinch and he clicks his tongue instantly."And how can I trust you, Vida?" He says, even while he stares into the abyss I can see disappointment written over his face.If this were to be in the past, I would think of him as a heartless monster but now, all I can think of is how to get on his good side.Dexter looks at me with a frown on his face, and I can only avoid our eyes from meeting out of guilt."Why… should I trust a woman like you who's good at deceiving?""No… no! I won'