Chapter 118: A Choice to Make

Moana

The morning after I finally revealed the truth about my lineage to Edrick, I thought that everything would finally be okay. I thought that maybe, we could finally be together without any issues now that he knew that I was a werewolf; or, at the very least, I thought that his family would hate me a little less.

But as it turned out, things rarely ever happened so easily.

I had spent the past two nights sleeping in Edrick’s room again. It seemed that our sleeping arrangement went back to the way it was before — only now, there were fewer barriers between us. When I woke up, the curtains were open to allow sunshine to come in. Edrick was already gone for work, so I laid in bed for a few minutes and looked at my phone while I woke up.

However, my eyes shot wide open when I saw the headline of an article with a picture of Edrick and I going into the hospital from the day that I was attacked by the rogues. Neither of us were wearing masks. As I read the headline, I felt my heart sink.

“WERECORP CEO SEEN WITH MYSTERY WOMAN ONCE MORE,” the headline read. Below it was an entire article of speculation on who I was and why I was going to the hospital with Edrick. Finally, at the end, the article seemed to hit the nail on the head: that I was the mother of an illegitimate child, and that Edrick was the father.

Kelly together. It wasn’t a paparazzi photo like the first one, but rather a family photo that appeared as though it had

My heart sank.

only that, but that Kelly was possibly the mother

Ella.

Was he finally going to choose Kelly as his fiancee, real or not, because he couldn’t bear the effect that

I thought back to the night of the banquet, when we kissed in the fountain after playfully splashing each other. I thought about the childlike smile on his face as we splashed each other, and the way that his hands traveled along my body when I kissed him. I thought

of that, was he still so afraid to be

I decided that I couldn’t stop thinking about this. If Edrick really was going to choose a relationship with Kelly, then I needed to have some dignity. I decided, when he came home, that

night. I was already in my own bed with the conviction that I would sleep in my room that night when he arrived, but I was still awake

I called, sitting up

open and quietly slipped in, already in his pajamas. “You want to sleep in here tonight?” he asked. “That’s

came over to the side of the bed, and although I did make room for him, I still felt

come out, and I only shook my head and laid back down, having lost the confidence to say anything

laid there like that for several minutes, neither of us speaking but also neither of

to

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