LOGINCHAPTER 73~KIM~Lunch did not start before it was over.The mess at the table was enormous. The silence was heavy.I wanted to confront and out Elena, but I never imagined how equally disastrous it was going to be for me to.Catherine lost consciousness simply from finding out that there was no baby. Logan and Richard took her to the medical room and for the few seconds I was left with Elena, she almost drove a knife into my stomach.Thankfully, Galina and a few of the maids swooped in in-time and pulled Elena away from me, while Galina quickly took me to my room.“Have some water,” she offered, but I couldn’t bring myself to eat or drink anything. Not when I didn’t even know how Catherine was doing.“You know at some point you’re going to have to stop pacing right?”Galina’s voice and the flowers Richard had in my room were probably the only things keeping me sane. Even so, I had never found flowers insufficient until that very moment.“I need to know how she’s doing, Galina. Cather
CHAPTER 72~KIM~“I never pegged Catherine for someone to be this emotional.” Richard and I walked side by side from the car to the mansion entrance, laughing and chatting like we’ve always had this life and it felt right.“You have no idea.” He responded. His hand slipped, or I wanted to think so, but his finger was crossed with mine for a few seconds.The touch was subtle, but it felt like an electric shock. The world stopped spinning for a second and his eyes locked in with mine. Nothing was said, but somehow a lot was heard.“She always exudes so much grace. You’d never guess.” I managed to avert the silence and we continued in small steps to the dinning room.“Well, you’re learning every day…” he said,“I sure am.”“Well, I said one hour…” Catherine’s voice hit us even before our feet crossed the entrance.“We’re sorry. We got a little carried away and lost track of time.” Richard sounded less and less confident as we walked in and found Logan and Elena at the table with Catheri
CHAPTER 71~KIM~“I’ve never known Catherine to be this strong willed.” I said to Richard.The mansion had a large premises that was basically a marble floor. It was cleaned thoroughly daily and was now a reflective surface.“My mother can get insufferable,” Richard responded. “Especially when she’s excited about something.”“Aren’t you disturbed?”“About?” he responded to my question with one of his own.“The fact that we’re lying to her?” I ended that as a question, because I assumed it was obvious enough.Richard was quiet for a while and that was my answer.“Well, I am, but like…you will get pregnant eventually.” I saw his attempt to wave off the topic. I did not try to push any further.Catherine made it clear that we had to be on this walk for at least an hour and a half. We only just started and the last thing I would want was to make this walk awkward with at least one more hour to spend.“I’m sorry you have to go through this stress.” He broke the five minutes of silence afte
CHAPTER 70~KIM~‘Why am I even surprised?’It left me in awe that Richard just dropped a bomb like that on me and walked away, expecting me to get with the program like nothing happened.‘Classic Richard.’I rolled my eyes, rushed through my glass of juice and went out to join Galina in the car.“Are you okay?” Galina probed after minutes of silence in the vehicle.“I’m fresh out of prison, Galina. All I want right now is to go to bed and sleep for the next twelve hours.” I got down immediately and she pulled over in front of the mansion.“With any luck, I will wake up tomorrow morning and find that all of this is a dream.” My speech was not exactly directed at Galina. Just a random expression of myself as I headed to my room. “I could use waking up five years ago, fresh out of nursing school.”“Kim.” His voice was slightly higher in pitch than normal.Logan.I rolled my eyes out of pure exhaustion.My hand was on the door knob of my room. I waited for him to come close and reluctan
CHAPTER 69: OUR LITTLE SECRET~KIM~Three days!I spent three days in the holding cell for a crime I knew absolutely nothing of.Rage felt like an understatement for what I was feeling.“Kim…” I turned around when I heard Galina’s voice.There was a guard with her, unlocking the cell.“You’re free to go.” The guard said.“Really? Just like that? After humiliating me, they figure out I’m innocent and they just want to release me like a thief in the night. No apologies, not even setting the records straight? Really? Just ‘you’re free to go?’”The guard didn’t stay long enough to completely hear me rant.“Galina…”“Kim, we have to go. I’ll explain everything.” She had a bit of urgency and worry in her tone and I was sure it wasn’t because she was eager to see my suffering end.“What is going on?” It didn’t matter how many times I asked Galina that, she simply wouldn’t respond.We walked from the dungeon back to my room, where she had prepared a bath for me.There was a meal waiting on th
CHAPTER 68: She’s PREGNANT~RICHARD~For the first time since this chaos, I saw how this was my fault as much as it was the person who placed a pillow over Talia’s face.It was my fault our union was not consummated. It was my fault Talia could even insult Kimberly in the first place. It was because she had to protect me that she launched at her, because she couldn’t tell the world that she couldn’t be pregnant without any form of intimacy.If all of that hadn’t happened, Talia would not be in the position to be murdered. She was a feisty woman and could easily defend herself and if she didn’t die, no one would look in Kimberly’s direction.Experiencing that shame first hand. The shame of not being able to say that Kimberly was not pregnant because I hadn’t even touched her, I blamed myself for everything.“Alpha Richard, if we’re going to look this over, or be mild on her punishment for the sake of the heir, we have to know. Is she pregnant?” the chief councilman asked me again.“Ye
CHAPTER 3: The Wolf's Den ~ Kim ~ My feet moved before my brain could talk me out of it. I walked toward the cabin, drawn by curiosity and something else I couldn't name. Why had Richard chosen this exact spot? Was it coincidence? The cabin was beautiful up close. It looked like a sanctuary. A
CHAPTER 6: The Necklace Lie~ Kim ~The world stopped.I stared at Elena, waiting for her to laugh. Waiting for her to correct herself. Waiting for something that would make this make sense.But she just stood there, perfectly composed, her blue eyes wide and innocent as a doe's."Excuse me?" My voi
CHAPTER 5: ELENA’S NECKLACE~ Kim ~The world tilted pleasantly as Richard's face drew closer to mine. Scotch had a way of making everything feel inevitable, like gravity itself was pulling us together. His hands were warm against my face, his thumbs brushing the curve of my cheekbones with a gentl
CHAPTER 4: The Consummation Clause~ Kim ~Dinner that night was torture.The entire family had gathered — my parents, Elena, Richard, and Richard's mother, Catherine Fell. She was an elegant woman in her sixties with silver hair styled in a classic updo and sharp green eyes that seemed to see ever







