Xevia's POV The car I was in entered the city at dawn, and I saw skyscrapers everywhere, standing with pride. There are big screens with pictures and text running. It looks amazing. For a moment, I forgot the bitterness I had just experienced. I was busy admiring the beauty of this great city. The last time my mom took me around town was when I was four or five years old. That was so long ago that I can't remember it at all. My mom and I spent most of the time in the forest and at the pack's house to serve Ivyari's family. Alarick once promised to take me to the city to pick out my dream wedding dress at a famous and expensive boutique. He also promised to buy me fancy jewelry and take me out for a romantic dinner. But it turned out that all those dreams were just wishful thinking. None of them came true.I felt my chest tighten at the remembrance. I inhaled and exhaled rapidly. Xevia, forget him, I told myself. I crumpled my clothes as the feeling came back to haunt me. I had to le
Xevia's POVThe sounds coming from downstairs woke me up. I heard man's voices screaming in panic and fear. I quickly got up from my bed and rushed out of the room to check what was happening downstairs.At first, I wanted to go straight downstairs, but my steps were stopped when my eyes caught the blood splattered down there. Yes, the floor was wet with blood, and I could faintly hear a man groaning in pain. His voice was not very clear, but it sounded so heart-wrenching."Have mercy on me, sir! My wife is pregnant, don't kill me!" As I walked a few steps down the stairs, the voice sounded clearer."Who told you to do it?" That cold, heartless voice, the voice of Xander, the blind man."It's not me, sir. I am not doing anything, sir." A quivering moan begging for forgiveness was audible in the man's tone."Tell me everything, Gill, before I lose my patience.""I don't know anything, sir." The man groaned again. I stealthily made my way to the source of the voice. I no longer cared ab
Xevia's POV I was starving, but I chose to endure this hunger rather than eat at the same table as that blind psychopath. Earlier, Xander asked me to come down immediately and eat in the dining room. He also said that Dorothy cooked delicious roast beef for me. But I pretended to be deaf and didn't respond. Maybe he was annoyed, so he went downstairs and left me in the room. My stomach growled with hunger, and it felt twisted."Honey," I stroked my stomach."I'm so sorry," I hissed. It didn't feel good to be hungry, but I was sickened to be eating at the same table as that heartless, cruel man."Young lady, may I come in?" Dorothy's voice came from behind the door, breaking my reverie."Yes, come in!" The older woman appeared and walked into my bed. Looking at me softly and smiling, "Young master is still expecting you for dinner."I grimaced. Why was he still waiting for me to have dinner with him?"Please can you tell him that I'm not hungry," I pleaded with Dorothy."But you look p
Xevia's POVI gasped in disbelief.I had no idea that this blind man had such magnificent eyes. Breathtaking and profound. They were like the stars in the sky or a crystal clear lake. His eyesight is deep, pure blue with little specks of purple. It was as if they contained all the secrets of the universe.I was choked up and couldn't control my soul; I rebelled wildly, craving his kissable lips.Xevia, get a hold of yourself, don't do this! I yelled inwardly, screeching at myself.Kick!I felt the baby inside me kick hard. Making me groan. Xander was surprised and immediately pulled his body back and sat beside me, "sorry." He said briefly."You almost killed my baby by crushing my body like that!" I said harshly."Sorry," he said once more."Please don't disturb me because I'm very sleepy!"No, I wasn't sleepy, but I was hungry, I said to myself. "Don't you want to eat it?" asked Xander standing next to my bed."Just eat it yourself!""Alright then, I'll leave it here. Eat it if you'
Xevia's POVXander asked me to sit in the kitchen and watch him make hot chocolate like a professional bartender. I had to admit that I was impressed. I never knew Xander could do this since he was blind. But it turns out that his hands are very skillful and look so natural as they go through the motions of pouring boiling water into a small ceramic cup.Honestly, I didn't like being here with him, but I had no choice. My ego told me to get out of the kitchen and pretend that I wasn't hungry. But my body was doing the exact opposite of my ego. My body sat sweetly waiting for Xander to finish making hot chocolate and sandwiches for me. How embarrassing!Kick!My baby kicked hard again as if he couldn't wait for me to feed him."Be patient, honey," I said as I stroked my belly, throbbing from his hard kicks."Do you want extra ketchup? Or extra mayonnaise?" Xander asked while opening the fridge, and his hand groped one by one the things in the refrigerator until he found the ketchup bo
Xevia's POVWe stopped in front of a white mansion with a nude statue in front of it. Interesting. The owner of this house must be an art lover or artist himself. But Archer doesn't look like an artist. He seems more like a model. He had a strong jawline, defined cheekbones, a straight nose, and bright eyes, which were as clear as crystal. His body is well-proportioned. He has an athletic build, and he is 6'1 feet tall. Is there anything else a woman wants? Besides the perfect-looking Archer? If I could choose, of course, I would pick him over Xander. At least, that's what I thought before I walked into this luxurious mansion. But that thought was devastated, crumbling apart when I saw two girls sitting and giggling in his living room, drinking a glass of wine, and they were topless, their breasts hanging around to the left and right. What the hell happened here? Are these girls come from prehistoric times that they have no shame wandering around the house without wearing a bra or a
Xevia's POVWe - Archer and I — ate breakfast in silence. We were busy observing the contents of each other's plates and heads, except Xander.Xander kept speaking; he asked Archer many things about his little brother's plans, which apparently wanted to continue his education at an art university abroad.However, Archer did not look excited when answering his foster brother's questions. I really just shut up and observed; as a new person in their family, I don't want to be said not to know the limit and over-interfere. After all, it's none of my business."Archer, tell me, is there anything I don't know?" Xander raised his note.When the question left Xander's lips, I could feel the shift in Archer's expression."They followed me." My eyes changed direction to Archer's trembling hands that were wringing out the napkin next to his plate.Xander's smile faded away to be replaced with a tightened jaw."Since when have they been following you?""Two days ago, I could feel their presence a
Xevia's POVXander took me to a beautiful park located on the edge of the city. A garden surrounded by lakes and maple trees. A garden where the ground was covered with wet green grass."I hope you like this place," Xander said to me as I got out of the car."Do you come here often?""I don't come here often. I have no time to relax and picnic like a human," he said as he walked beside me. He held a wooden stick in his hand and tapped the end on the ground to see if the road ahead was smooth or rocky."This is a beautiful place," I murmured as I observed the surroundings. I saw a two-story building at the end of the park. A small building made entirely of wood, I didn't know what the function of the building was, it looked like a house, but it was strange to have a place in a public facility like this."Whose house is that?" I asked Xander as if he could see what I was pointing."That's mine," he replied with a warm smile."I guess we can't just build houses near public facilities and