Bonds of the Alpha Billionaire (Maya and Alex)

Chapter One

-Four years ago-

-Maya's POV-

It rained on the day I died.

People die in different ways, mine was one of the most painful kinds. My heart was ripped out and shredded into a million pieces right in front of me.

"Alex, please don't do this to me," I begged running after him, "Please I am begging you. I have nowhere to go."

He turned to me, his blue eyes now as cold as ice stared at me. Gone was the warmth that made me feel safe whenever he held me to his chest, whispering just how much he loved me. "Alex," I whispered his name again.

"You are starting to irritate me. Do not make me throw you out, Maya."

Maya.

The sound of my name on his lips was another painful stab to my heart. He hadn't called me by my real name in the three years we had been married.

My begging was getting me nowhere I realized. Standing to my feet, I wiped the tears from my cheeks.

"You are really going to do this to me after everything we have been through together? After everything I gave up just to be with you?"

He didn't say anything. He simply stared through me like I didn't exist. Like I was nothing.

I stared at him. He looked the same. The same man I had fallen in love with. The same man I had turned my back on my entire pack for just to be with yet he was so different.

There had been so much whispers after the announcement of our engagement but the center of it all was that I was a gold digging stripper that had dug her claws into one of the most eligible billionaires in the city but neither Alex nor I had cared.

He kissed me two months after that and claimed me as his.

"You and I against the world silver.. Always and forever," he had whispered just before he entered me for the first time.

We had both made sacrifices for love and I was not going to let him destroy it.

"You cannot just discard me like I am nothing to you," I said finally, hoping to get a reaction from him but there was nothing.

"Do you have nothing else to say?"

Silence hung between us, almost suffocating me then finally he walked towards the table, grabbing a brown envelope and in that cold and detached voice, "My signature is already on it. Sign it and don't let me see you ever again."

"We can fix whatever is wrong. Tell me what happened. You can't just leave then return only to tell me you are ending our marriage and then throw divorce papers in my face. Please let me fix it. Whatever it is." I tried to step forward but halted in my step when I saw the flash of black in his eyes.

His wolf lunging to the surface reminded me of the most important detail of our relationship, "We are mates."

His eyes darkened fully making me wish I hadn't said that because the next words that came out from his mouth ripped my heart out.

reject you Amaya Stone and from this moment, you are nothing

falling back on my knees gasping for air. I had heard stories of rejection but none of them prepared me for

recoiled howling in pain as I struggled to

her out of

two strong hands pick

gasped out,

echoed in my head and that was the last time I saw

That night... It rained.

same night..

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to come back home.

steady my breath when my father's hard tone sounded through the phone again, "Amaya did you hear

Daniel Stones' name on my phone. My father hardly ever called and when

the wedding take place? Who is he?" I managed to get out

concern. I will send a car to fetch you before the

Like

father. Am I allowed

before ending the call

wished I had it in me to fight. To say no. That I wouldn't be part of an arranged marriage to a man that I did not know but there was

I opened my eyes everyday were Ivy and Nathan. I knew my father wouldn't approve of me bringing them to his house. The bastard children to your bastard husband as he called

so, so much! Oh my goodness, are you at my doorstep right now? Please tell me you're here! Wait, no, wait a sec, I'm not even home. Let me quickly call

down my ever-excited best friend, "Could you maybe

right, right! I'm so sorry. You know how I am-I just can't help it. I get all

teasing

all ears now.

over with enthusiasm. It felt like she could fill an empty room with her energy, and I couldn't help but

sigh, picturing Natalia's face in my

flowed through the phone, laced with worry and

felt the weight of his demand settling over me, "he wants me... he wants me to come back

on the line felt heavy, the space between her breaths seemingly long. Her silence spoke volumes before

my heart like heavy stones. "Make the same mistake again," I whispered, feeling the sting of resentment,

name like

had honed

I sighed into the phone, almost feeling her understanding seep through the line.

to live in isolation isn't exactly an act of reconciliation," Natalia retorted, her voice a mix of frustration and empathy. "Your parents left

defend their actions, but Natalia cut in, her words gentle yet firm, "You did it for love. You loved him, Amaya.

have to say his name for a new wave of pain to

already said yes," I whispered, the weight of my decision heavy in my chest. "He said he would send a car to

out a laugh but it sounded

laughed if the situation had been

wouldn't bother you if I had any other

I've been dying to see you for ages. It's been over a year and I really want to hug you and you don't