The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 176

hapter 176: Waking up after a decade.

Stella took some time to calm down. She walked around outside without care, bathing in the moonlight, enjoying the wind, while trying to get James out of her mind. She had to admit he was still quite handsome. She remembered meeting him for the first time. She had never seen anyone as beautiful as him before. She had noticed the way he looked at her and wondered if what happened tonight was because of this feeling between them. Did he in some way remember her?

She stayed outside longer to clear her head before she returned to the cave, hoping he would have long composed himself. But when she walked into the cave, she suddenly felt dizzy, and her body weakened. Before she could react, a group of humans jumped out and tied her up. By the time Stella woke up, she had been tied to a pyre waiting to be burned. The villagers kept chanting to burn someone. Stella was confused. Burn who?

"Witch! Burn her!" they chanted as they threw things at her. Stella still felt weak and could barely move her body. She looked around her feet to find that she was surrounded by villagers. They anted to burn her.

Stella looked left and right for a bit, wondering where James was. Maybe she had lived with him long enough because she found him in the crowd easily. She opened her mouth to call to him, but chocked as no words came out. Her eyes pleaded, but he did not move. He stood amongst the crowd, watching as the fire was lit and she went up in flames.

The fire hurt as she thought a fire would. What kind of dream was this? The pain tore through her head, causing her to scream out, till her vision went dark.

James woke up suddenly and found himself in his room.

"Stella? Stella!" he called out, but found that he was not in the cave. He had a weird dream of him being a werewolf and getting Stella killed.

Looking around, he found himself strapped to a machine. He slowly removed all the pins and

parts.

He got up and looked around. It was nighttime now.

Remembering his dream, he had recognized her even though she had aged. He knew that face. The woman he had spent time with in that cave was his wife, Stella. He recalled their experience. From what he saw, she hated him. She did not want to admit she knew him. She hated him and avoided him. Why?

He got up

from the bed and walked out of his room into the moonlight. He was not sure how he returned home or if what he had gone through was real or not, but right now, he needed to meet his mother.

He walked out of his cottage and matched towards the main house. He was fuming when he recalled the stun his mother pulled that got him unconscious.

The moment he burst through, he found that a full moon meeting was going on. It seemed he had forgotten. It was at that moment that he realized that he was standing there, clear-headed under a moonlight.

this; it was also everyone there. They looked at him

awe.

He

"You... you

ghost.

is mother?" James asked, refusing to let go

"You have been sleeping for over a decade." Gregor tried to calm him down,

decade?" he asked, then his mind

176 Waking up after a

Stella?" He asked,

Liam walked closer.

a way to wake you. Mother

going unconscious. The family decided to..." Gregor

what?" James

on this." James heard a voice say and looked to see his father. He had aged, and from what he could tell, he was no longer

they left his wife and

to this?" James

Gregor started to

choice. During that time..." a young

not your turn to speak!" Gregor's wife, Heather scolded the girl.

Waking up after

be the same age as his daughters. But while

so angry that his had become severely calm. His face had turned cold as he looked

them.

moment, Janet hurried in, followed by a

James! You are awake!" Janet hurried over to him. But before she could reach him, James slapped her

Samuel, shouted. He was shocked to see his aged

doll.