Drake"It's been two years," Randolph replied.Hm. Two years, huh?"So, Zelda has been hanging around that...." I paused as I realized that I was about to speak a cuss word. ".....Jake for two years.""Yes, Your Majesty.""Alright. I want you to keep an eye on them."Randolph frowned and raised his head to look at me. "As you know, Zelda is my stepdaughter. So it's only right if I watch over her."Randolph nods in understanding. "Yes sir.""Good. You may leave."I placed an envelope on the table before closing my eyes. I heard the closing sound of the door and knew at once that he was gone. With my head on the headrest. Eyes closed. Hand safely tucked by my side, I swivelled the chair around and thought about all that just happened. I know that I shouldn't be so affected or bothered by what Zelda did, but I don't know why I feel aggrieved. At first, I thought it was because of the pain of rejection but soon it became clear to me that something in me was wounded. Zelda wounded my
Drake"Well, here at Dolph Store, if you make a mess, you clean it up."The look on Froggy's face was worth the drama. I mean, she looked like she would scream out her lungs and tear me apart but she had to keep all that anger to herself as she noticed that I wasn't going to change my mind. She looked at her Fiancé instead. "You're joking, right?" Jake's brow raised defiantly. He looked like he would start a war. "You don't want to find out." I handed the bucket to him and stepped farther away, motioning for them to begin. Miss Froggy picked the mop with her nose twisted funnily. "Are you just going to stand by and let us get insulted?" Her voice was full of hope and somewhat authoritative. She was expecting Jake to put up a fight or a protest and honestly, so was I.I wanted to see how daring my cousin is, and how he fights to defend his honour. I usually do not get involved in such silly fights but this young man standing before me was born to a man I'd do anything to kill.
ZeldaI sat in my favourite Peugeot truck at Drake's insistence and he took his place as the driver. He brought me to work in the morning and now he's taking me back home.I shivered as the cold air kissed my skin. Drake noticed this and immediately turned on the cooler. Why is he being so nice to me? Shouldn't he be mad at me? Shouldn't he be pissed that I rejected him? Why is he acting so cool? I couldn't help the light sting in my heart every time our eyes met. I felt guilty.I bit my lips as I tried to think of what to say. It's been a rough day, and to think that we only just met. Not knowing what to say, I chose to apologize. He looked at me like I was speaking a strange language so I explained the reason behind my apology. "It's not your fault."Really? Is it not my fault? Whose fault is it then?If I didn't get myself entangled with Jake, then I probably wouldn't be in so much pain. I gave my heart to him and he smashed it into pieces.If I didn't fall in love with him t
Jake"Why didn't you do anything. You just let us get humiliated. He humiliated us so badly and you couldn't do anything. Instead, you brought us more humiliation by trying to fight him." Cindy yelled. "Why did you do that?"I listened to her nagging and chose to remain quiet, taking the time to think about what happened. Who was that man? Why did he take that so personal? He was daring enough to accept my challenge and..... No. He didn't defeat me. I fell because I slipped. The floor was slippery thanks to the smoothie so I fell because of that. "You could have let me speak to him and we would have been spared but you spoke and got us insulted." Cindy complained in a not so low voice.Is that so? So now it's my fault. I sighed and chose to remain quiet yet again. I tightened my grip on the steering wheel as I drove back home. Who was that guy?"Now I won't hear the end of this. Everyone will mock me," Cindy's voice again pulled me out of my thoughts. She won't stop nagging.
Jake"Whoever he was, he will be punished!"Shit! Looks like Zelda has told him all that happened in the Dolph Store. Why can't she just keep her mouth shut."Jake," the door opened and my father stepped in looking extremely pissed. His eyes were like a lava as he stepped in."Do you know his name?" I got to my feet as soon as he came inside. My father's anger is something I never want to experience ever again. His fury is like a volcano eruption. Hot and dangerous. "I don't know his name," I replied immediately.I couldn't look in his eyes. I know that he was disappointed but he wanted to set an example with this stranger so that everyone in Silvertail would know that they shouldn't disrespect anyone from Lucas Wayne's family. Apart from being the Alpha of Silvertail, my father was known as one of the strongest men in our part of the world. Tales of his bravery and Valor was known all around the pack and beyond. Which is why everyone feared him. "His name is Drake. Drake Orio
Zelda "I just can't stand brats."I almost laughed out loud at the comment. I mean he just called Jake a brat. I would love to see the look on Jake's face when he hears that. "So, you punished him?" I pressed. I just wanted to know what he did to Jake. I don't know why but my mind was anxious to find out. I wanted to know what he did.Talking to Drake somehow took my mind off my pain and his humor brought a smile to my face. "I didn't punish him per se," he shrugged. "I just did what a boss should."Hmm. What a boss should do. I wonder what that is and I wonder why he doesn't want to tell me. "Then, how did....." "Tell me about you," he interjected before I could complete the statement. "About me?"Even though I knew that he had purposely evaded my question, I chose to ignore it as I wondered what he wanted to know about me. What is there to know about me? I asked myself. I am nothing but a boring lass with no friends. There is nothing to be proud of about my life and I bet
Jake"Stay here," I ordered as I arrived at Zelda's house with Joshua and Arnold. They both didn't look like they would take the order as Joshua's face was already squeezed upward in an annoying way. I wish I could slap him to return his face to normal. He looked ugly before and just worsened it by frowning so much."The Alpha has asked us not to leave your side." Arnold was the first to speak. "So, you're disobeying me?" I snarled."No, I'm just doing as the Alpha asked." If these two weren't my father's guards, I would have snapped their necks, starting from this annoying Arnold.I don't blame them though, they are only following my father's orders and who better than me knows what the consequences of not following my father's orders are?I stepped out of the car and knocked on the door but there was no response. Out of habit, I raised the foot rug and found the keys right there. "Zelda."I shook my head and smiled at myself. I have told her several times to stop keeping the ke
JakeI watched Zelda walk in with a smile on her face. She smiled so brightly like she wasn’t affected by the problems of the world. She didn’t look like someone that had been insulted earlier today. Her clothes were different from what she was wearing earlier.Did she change her clothes? How?Zelda never takes extra clothes to the store. She doesn’t like to do that. So, how did she get new clothes?Was that why she arrived so late? Did she go shopping for new clothes? But why is she with this arrogant man? Didn’t he say that he is her boss? Why is she here in their house?“Zelda,” I called her, just so she’d notice my presence.“Hi Jake,” She replied with a smile.Seeing her right now, she didn’t look like she had any grudge against me. She was unfazed by my presence. She wasn’t affected at all. If Zelda doesn’t mind my action, why did Cindy say she did? Why did Cindy say that Zelda refused to take her orders because she pissed that I dumped her?Did Cindy lie to me? Or is Zelda putt