CHAPTER TWO

I gently open my eyes as the gloomy day dawns upon me. Last night was the most terrifying day of my life and I badly wanted to think it was a dream but here I am on the bed with Nicholas’s side cold and unlaid.

Tears well up in my eyes but I try to push it to the back of my head, the divorce papers are lying on the table beside me while the pregnancy report is just by the side. One contained my happiness and the other contained my pain. My four years of marriage have come crashing to the ground with a loud bang, I feel like a weakling.

I grab the divorce papers again and stare down at it, the words are dancing before my eyes. The fact that Nick’s signature is staring back at me makes everything so unbearable. Did he even hesitate before signing this? Did he even have a second thought before penning down his signature? A lot is going on in my head as I continue to look at the papers in my hand. I can no longer contain the tears and it hurts so much, I can feel my legs go weak.

Dropping the papers back on the bed, I pull my body off the bed and make my way into the bathroom.

I turn on the shower and allow the water to run down my body. Maybe the stench of my shame will be reduced by the time the water rushes down my body but the more it pours, the more the tears come running leaving me trembling with pain and agony. We were supposed to be talking and discussing about our baby but Nick didn’t even know I am pregnant for him, he didn’t even realize I am carrying the heir to the pack, he didn’t.

After half an hour, I finally come out of the shower and force myself to get dressed. I put on a pair of denim and a T-shirt while leaving my hair in a messy bun. Finally, I make my way out of the confines of my room to the wickedness of the outside world.

“Good morning Luna” the housekeeper, Grace greets as she comes across me.

“Where is Nickolas?” I ask her.

“He is having breakfast with Natalia” she answers and a new kind of pain envelopes me. For the past four years, Nick had not had breakfast without me. We always ate together and now he is eating with her?

“Okay”

With a silent bow, I watch her walk away and with that, I make my way down the stairs and the silent chuckle of Natalia reaches my ears.

Bracing myself, I walk down to the dinning room and they were having breakfast and laughing out loud.

The moment I enter, their attention turns to me and I can see an evil smirk dangling at the base of her lips.

“Hey” Natalia’s voice filter into my ear, “come, join us for breakfast”

“Can we talk?” I turn to Nick, “I have something to discuss with you” maybe if I tell him about my pregnancy, he will reconsider his decision. I love him, I can’t lie and I am willing to forget about what happened last night. You can call me a fool or something but I love this man with everything inside of me, I can not imagine my life without him no matter how much I think about it. It’s just sex right? I can work with that, I am willing to forget about it all.

“I have a meeting at the office” he tells me, “I don’t have time to talk to you”

“Since when?” I raise an eyebrow at him, “do you even know what I want to talk to you about?”

“He said he has a meeting at the office, Mish” Natalia butts in, “why don’t you listen?”

“I was definitely not talking to you” I still want to slap her so hard and I am going to do that, I am going to make her pay for even daring to do what she did to me. I know we are not on good terms but I will never do that to her. Nicholas manifested as my mate, what would I have done? Reject him? I know she isn’t doing this for revenge, i know her well enough.

“Have you signed the papers?” His words reach my ear and I am a bit confused, isn’t he supposed to be taking my side?

“Nick, you…”

He glances at me for a moment and returns his focus on Natalia.

“I will be on my way now, baby. I will have the store send over some clothes and other essentials for you since you didn’t come with any. We can go back to your hotel room later to get your things”

Pushing his chair back, he picks up his jacket and makes his way out of the room without sparing me another glance.

My chest tightens as I watch him walk out of the house leaving the two of us to ourselves, when did everything go wrong?

“You seem not to understand the writing on the wall, Mish” Natalia tries to talk but i roll my eyes at him and follow Nicholas out of the house.

He is just about to open the car door when I walk up to him and place myself before him.

“Nick..”

“For fucksake, let me be, Michelle” he half yells while balling his hand into a fist, “i fucking have a meeting and I have to be on my way”

“Do you think you are doing the right thing? We have been married for four years and you think it is cool for you to just throw everything away?”

“It was a marriage of convenience” he blurts in my face making me, “you will get everything you need so just sign the fucking papers”

“So you never loved me?”

He scoffs at my statement, “no alpha genuinely loves his mate, Mish. It is all to fulfill righteousness and not to forget, Natalia and I had a thing before you came into the picture and don’t tell me about love. You were excited to become Luna, you have your fair share of respect now and let’s just say I am tired of you. It’s been four years, I really can’t do this anymore.

“What are you telling me? You cheated on me and you…

“Cheat?” He scoffs, letting out a sigh,

“You are free to think whatever you want. I have some work so I will leave first”

With that, he opens the car door and in no time, his car zooms off leaving me standing looking like a fool.

The tears I was struggling to contain comes bursting out of me, I can not hold it. His words cut through my soul and I can feel my chest tighten again. Four years all gone to the wind.

“I didn’t know you to be a desperate one, Mish” her voice filters into my ear again and I turn my head to her direction.

“You sure have some nerve to show up at my house, Natalia. You know what I am capable of doing and yet you dare to come into my home. Aren’t you scared?”

Natalia scoffs while crossing her hands over the other,

“I totally agree with you, Michelle” she retorts, “I might not have the powers you possess but I have the man you want, my dear sis. Four years ago you made me leave him for you and now, I am here to take him back. Why do you have a problem with that?”

“This won’t be the last of it, Nat”

“Let us wait and see” an evil smirk appears on her face, “I think you should pack up and leave before he comes back. I have a good news to share with him and I don’t want you near him”

Natalia places her hands on her tummy,”You know, I have a little life growing inside of me”

I freeze for a few seconds, I am trying to figure out what she means

“What did you say?” I finally find my voice.

“I am pregnant, Mish” she finally drops the bombshell.

“What?

This can only mean one thing, she has been meeting Nicholas long before now and that means he has been cheating on me with her. My chest tightens again, Nicholas has been cheating on me.

“So now you know that I didn’t just come of my own accord right? I have been fucking your husband, Mish. Sign the papers and avoid any unnecessary drama. You know me dear sis, I am the queen of drama and I will follow you to the ends of the world if need be. Do not test my patience”

After she is done, Natalia turns around and walks away leaving me to myself.

“No!!!!” I yell at the top of my voice and slump to the ground, my tears continue to fall in torrent. Nicholas has made a mockery of our relationship and our bond. I can feel the threads of our relationship breaking into the tiniest bits, this shouldn’t be happening.

“Luna” one of the househelps run up to me as I am still sprawled on the ground, “are you fine?”

Without saying anything, I pull myself up and sniff back a tear, Nick had a lot of explaining to do.

*******

“Welcome ma’am” the receptionist greets me as I saunter into the building, people are trooping in and out of the building.

“Where is Nicholas?” I ask her, not bothering to return her greeting. I can’t help but wonder how many times they have seen Natalia walk into this company, how many times one of them might have taken her to his office. I feel disgusted and betrayed by every single one of them.

“He is in a meeting ma’am”

Without saying anything, I make my way towards his private elevator and in no time, I am on my way to the conference room.

The moment I throw the door open, all eyes turn on me but I only have my gaze only on one person, the man in the middle.

“I am here to talk to you, Nick”

He rolls his eyes and leans back on his chair.

“Michelle, can’t you see I am in the middle of a meeting?”

“This can not wait”

Letting out a sigh, he gestures for them to leave and in no time, the two of us are alone in the office.

“Since when did you start interrupting my meetings, Mish?” His deep and husky voice reaches my ear. For a brief moment I don’t say anything, I just continue to look at him. Nicholas was seven years older than me but he is the most handsome man I have ever seen in my whole life. Everything about him intrigues me but the fact that he bedded my sister makes me nauseous. The stench of their love making is almost so choking for me, I find it hard to even breathe in front of him.

“Did you cheat on me, Nick” I go straight to the point, “you had a wife at home, a mate which you are bound to for the rest of your life and you went ahead to sleep with my sister?”

“So?” His face is expressionless, “is that why you had to stop my meeting?”

“What?”

“Sign the papers Michelle” he continues to speak, “we are done. I am getting married to Natalia and she will become the Luna of the pack, the same pack you so much love. We have nothing in common anymore, I reject you as my mate”

My heart shatters into a thousand pieces the moment his words reach my ear, I can feel the bond breaking and my wolf howling in my head. Everything inside of me is in a great turmoil. I begin to feel dizzy and my legs almost give way but I hold myself, I can not give up now. I have a child growing inside of me, I must be careful.

“Breaking a bond we used four years to build, is that very easy for you?”

“You are forcing me to say things to you, Mish”

“What?”

“Why did you tell Natalia that I am unable to father a child?”

“What? When did I say that?”

I haven’t even spoken to her in four years, how did he even come up with something like this? Natalia and I are not that close for me to say such things to her and why the heck will I go about telling people that?

“That’s a lie, Nicholas” I try to talk but his sudden reaction makes me flinch.

Nicholas shoots out of his chair in anger and begins to take slow steps towards me, his eyes darkening at the sight of me.

“You have got guts, Michelle. I took you as my Luna and you betrayed me?”

“But I am your wife”

“A wife i have divorced” he yells, “you disgust me, Mish. I hate you, I hate you so bad that I feel like sniffing the life out of you. I have a child growing in her womb, that is enough evidence that you have been toying with me for the past four years”

“I have a child in my womb too” I want to tell him but I hold myself. Right now, he is not even worth it.

“So you better do the needful and get the hell out of my face, you disgust me”

Pain and anger envelopes me, I pull out the paper from my bag and slam it on the table.

“I will not sign these papers, Nick” I yell at the top of my lungs, “I can not let Natalia reap where she did not sow,

I….” My words trail off when he grabs my throat and pushes me against the wall, his eyes spitting venom of hate and anger towards me.

“The only reason why you are still alive in front of me is because we are acquainted, Michelle. But if you dare say a word against the woman I love, I will make you pay”

“You think your family will accept her? Do you think the pack will accept a Luna who is self centered and doesn’t care about anyone else but herself?”

“The pack doesn’t need to accept her” he replies, “I accept her, she is my Luna and will be the mother to my son. So you better leave before I get angry”

He shoves me off and I grab onto my tummy to protect my feotus from getting hurt.

“Now get out of my office”

I don’t bother to say anything anymore, he has shown me exactly who he was. I lived with a monster for three years and this is the repercussions of my actions.

Glancing back at him for the last time, I walk out of the office and the tears fall again.

I still find it hard to believe that Nick is the same man I married. Right from time, I have always admired him for the way he ruled and made decisions. Everyone in the pack respected him and no one dared to go against him, I loved that about him. Nicholas ruled with an iron fist but he made sure to shower me with all the love he could give. How could I have known that he was only toying with my emotions? How could I have known that I was just a pawn on the chessboard?

As soon as the elevator closes, I slump on the floor In tears while clutching to my stomach. The pain in my heart can not be compared to anything that has ever happened to me. He made me feel like I was the most foolish person on earth.

“Stop crying” my wolf advises me, “you are not in the position to cry. You have the heir to the pack growing inside of you”

I bury my head on my thighs as hard bitter tears continue to pour out of my eyes that I didn’t hear my phone ring.

It continues to ring until I hear it and when I see the caller ID, my heart skips a beat. It was the doctor.

Sniffing back tears, I pick up the phone and press it against my ear.

“Hello” I try as much as possible to avoid alerting him that I was crying.

“Mrs Michelle” his voice reaches my ear, “I have just detected something weird in your reports”

My heart skips a beat, was my baby okay?”

“Tell me, what happened?”

“Your baby is in a bad situation” he answers, “you have a tumor growing directly opposite your womb”

My forehead creases into a frown,

“What do you mean doctor?”

“Your child is at risk of getting infected with the tumor growing inside of you, I will suggest an abortion immediately”