*Astrid's POV*
I and Lucas were having some business discussions in his study when a guard called our attention that someone wanted to see me.
"Me?" I questioned with a confused frown on my face.
"Yes ma'am."
"Alright, I'll be there." I replied, the guard then bowed before leaving.
"Were you expecting a visitor?" Lucas asked.
"No, I'm not, in fact I'm equally surprised as to who that is."
"Then we better go see them." Lucas stood up and I followed suit.
As we went to the throne room, I had no idea I would be faced with the biggest shock of my life.
When we finally arrived at the throne room, the guard guarding outside instantly opened the door and when we walked in, I stopped dead in my track.
The person's back was turned to us, but no matter how long it's been, I could still identify that person when I see them.
"Kai!" I muttered in shock.
My heart was literally pounding in my chest, perspiration broke out from everywhere in my body and when he finally turned around to face us, I stumbled back in shock.
"You!?" I heard Lucas say and I became so confused.
"Who the hell let this man in here!? What are you doing here!? You dared to venture into my territory, you must be asking for a war Alpha Kai and you had better be prepared because that's what you'll get!"
"W what's going on? What's happening?" I stuttered.
"Astrid." Kai called, he tried walking towards me, but Lucas blocked his path.
"Don't you even dare think about it, don't you dare come close to her." Lucas growled dangerously.
"Do you even think you can stop me?" Kai scoffed. "Get out of my way Lucas, you know too well you're no match for me, I came here only for my mate, not to fight!"
"Mate?" Lucas repeated and then he looked at me. "Astrid?"
Hearing those words from his mouth only made me furious, how dare he shamelessly show up in front of me after what he did to me? How dare he call me his mate when he was the one who betrayed me and rejected me!?
The memories I had tried so hard to forget all came rushing and this time, I wasn't filled with pain but rather all I felt was hate and anger. I hate him so much that I can't even stand the sight of him!
"Ex mate you mean." I said angrily. "And what the hell are you doing here Kai!? How dare you show your face to me after so many years and after what you did to me!? How dare you!" I raged.
"Astrid I..." He tried coming to me, but Lucas only pushed him away.
"Get away from her! Don't you even dare take another step towards her." He warned.
"I'm warning you Lucas, don't provoke me, otherwise you will regret it."
"Oh shut up!" I snapped. "Do not forget where you are Kai! You're in the wild crest pack, not your pack, you came here uninvited and dare to cause trouble, you'll be making a very big mistake if you try anything stupid."
"Astrid, please listen to me, I beg you to give me a chance to speak to you, please Astrid, please." He pleaded.
"I don't want to listen to anything you have to say, what we had has been over for many years now, I just want you out of here and out of my life forever!" I seethed.
"Just give me a chance Astrid, please I'm begging you to give me a chance, let me speak to you please."
"You heard what she said Kai, don't make this any more difficult and get the hell out of my pack! I wouldn't want to have them drag you out since you've broken all rules and crossed a boundary you shouldn't have."
"Astrid, please hear me out, I beg of you. I truly regret everything I did and I'm sorry, please give me a chance to explain." He pleaded desperately.
I scoffed loudly. "It's too late to beg Kai, you never came after me when I left, you didn't do anything, you betrayed me with my own best friend and now you're here to beg," I scoffed. "It's only in your dreams that you'll see me speaking to you, just get out of here Kai! Get out! I don't want to see your face again, so please get lost and never show yourself in front of me again." I screamed.
"Please leave while I'm still being nice Kai," Lucas said.
"Astrid." Kai called softly, but I turned my face away, I didn't want to see him, I just couldn't bear to look at him.
My eyes stung with unshed tears, but I didn't want to cry in front of him, I don't want him thinking he still has any effect on me and see me as a weak woman. I bit my bottom lip hard as I tried so hard to stop my tears from falling.
Kai said nothing else, he pretended to leave, but when he got past Lucas, he rushed to me and hugged me so tight.
"I'm so sorry Astrid, please forgive me, I'm so sorry." He cried.
At first I was shocked and could do nothing, I simply stood there frozen, but when I came back to my senses, I tried pushing him off but he wouldn't budge.
"Let me go Kai, let go of me!" I yelled, still trying to fight back my tears.
"I can't Astrid, I don't want to let you go, please forgive me."
Lucas rushed to us and also tried pulling him away, but Kai's hold on me was just too strong.
"You're hurting me!" I screamed and that was when he let go of me.
The moment Kai let me go, Lucas punched him hard across the face.
I gasp in shock as my hands covered my mouth.
"How dare you lay your filthy hands on my woman!" Lucas thundered.
"What?" Kai questioned in disbelieve. "Your woman?" He repeated.
"Yes! My woman." He confirmed and then he took my hand.
I looked at Lucas in shock.
"We're getting married soon." He announced and my eyes widen with shock.
"What!!"
*Astrid's POV*"What nonsense are you talking about! Astrid will never marry you." Kai seethed.Lucas scoffed. "Think again, after all you were the one who threw away a diamond while picking up stones, you have no say in this matter, you lost all rights to her the day you rejected her!" "So go back home to the woman you left her for, as you can see, my Astrid is doing well and she doesn't need a man like you in her life." Kai looked at me, he was literally pleading with me through his eyes, although I have no idea why Lucas will say a word like that, but to get Kai away, I was willing to play along."You don't know what kind of man he is Astrid, don't let him fool you, he's not a good person, please listen to me." He said."And you do?" I questioned sarcastically. "Don't make me raise my hand to you Kai because I won't hesitate to do that, I won't hear a single word against the man who saved my life when you threw me away, I am alive today because of Lucas, he made me what I am toda
Author's note : Hi readers, this book will now be written in third's pov due to some issues. Thanks and I hope you understand.***Kai angrily walked inside with Dan right on his tail."I told you this was going to happen didn't I, I told you not to rush things, it wouldn't get you anywhere, but you didn't listen to me." Dan said and Kai ruffled his hair in frustration."I just needed to see her Dan, don't you get, all I needed was to meet with her and I found her in that crazy man's arms!" He raged.Dan sighed deeply, he didn't get the chance to see Astrid since he didn't go in with Kai, but waited for him outside, so he has no idea what took place, but from Kai's reaction when he came back, he could tell things didn't go as planned."What happened exactly?" He asked and Kai turned to face him."Astrid wouldn't forgive me, but I won't give up on her and I'm not letting her get married to Lucas!" He seethed.Dan frowned. "Get married? What are you talking about?""Lucas said they were
It was late at night, Astrid already managed to put the kids to sleep, she was just leaving their room when she bumped into Crystal."Watch it!" Crystal spat.Knowing how much Crystal hates her, Astrid wasn't ready for her troubles."I'm sorry." She said, but before she could leave, Crystal said something that made her stop right in her track."I heard the father of your kids dropped by to see you and not just that, he also happens to be our rival, how ironic!" She chuckled. "You know you've over stayed your welcome here, since your ex mate wants you back, don't you think you should go because I think you should."Astrid heaved a deep breath as she tried calming her anger. "I don't have time for your nonsense Crystal, if you want a fight then look for it else where because I'm not interested in your rubbish." She made to leave, but Crystal stopped her with her words."The triplets." She said and she turned to face Astrid. "Does he know about them?" She smirked. "You know, as their fat
Kai was getting ready for the day in his room when a knock sounded on the door."Come in." He said and Dan came in."Alpha, goodnews." He said excitedly."Tell me." Kai replied, turning to face him."I was able to get one of the shareholders in Astrid's company to sell his shares to us." He announced and a bright smile spread across Kai's lips."That was fast." "Of course, I made sure to go for the easy target, he's a man filled with so much greed, so it wasn't difficult getting him to sell his shares to us, all I had to do was offer him times two of the money and he caved in." "That's good, what's next on the schedule.""There's a meeting at the company today, so it's best you attend and introduce yourself as the new shareholder in the company.""I'm all set, just get the car ready and I'll be there soon.""Yes Alpha." Dan replied before leaving."I'm one step closer to you Astrid.'' Kai smirked.***Astrid's car pulled up in front of the company and a guard hurriedly opened the do
Kai raised his hand to hit Lucas, but Astrid immediately interfered."Don't even think about it!" She warned dangerously. "I don't want you in my company Kai, do us all a favor and return those shares to Mr Sean."Kai brought down his hand, then he stared deeply into Astrid's eyes."The shares already belong to me and it's going to stay that way, I don't care how hard you try to push me away, I won't let you go Astrid and I won't sit still and let you be with him." He glared at Lucas."Don't you have a mate home to return to? Don't make the same mistake with her, return home to your Luna." She said.Lucas took her hand and they both left.Seeing them walk away, while holding each other's hand made Kai's heart ache with so much pain, but there was nothing he could do than to watch.When Astrid and Lucas got to her office, he let go of her hand.Astrid ruffled her hair in frustration. "Why won't he just let me be!?" She sighed. "Just calm down Astrid, we'll find a way to resolve this."
"So, how was your first day at the company?" Dan asked the moment Kai got into the car."What can I say? With Lucas around, the day is always bound to be terrible, I just feel his help to Astrid isn't genuine.""You'll have to take things slow Kai, nothing you say to Astrid will make her hate him." Dan cautioned and Kai sighed deeply."I'm not trying to get her to hate him, I just want her to be careful of him, he keeps calling himself her would be husband and my blood boils each time he says that." Dan chuckled. "That's just you being jealous, Astrid has been with him for seven years now, what could he possibly do to her? I don't think he'll hurt her or do anything bad to her." Dan shrugged."I'm still going to keep my eyes on him, I do not trust him one bit." Kai replied. "Found what I asked you to?" He asked and Dan nodded."Yes, the triplets school isn't far off, but are you sure about this, Astrid won't appreciate you doing this and you can't upset her anymore than you already h
Dan looked at the triplets, then at Kai, his eyes kept on darting between the triplets and Kai, now he was able to see clearly what Kai was talking about. Truly, the triplets share a striking resemblance to Kai, but his features were a bit sharper in one of them."This is Kayden, the first of the triplets," The teacher pointed to the one on a red sweater. "Jayden, the second,'' She pointed to the one on a black sweater. "And finally, Braden, the last one," She pointed to the one on a blue sweater."I'll leave you with them for a moment, but I'll be back soon to get them, so they can go back to class." She said and Dan thanked her, then she left.Kai slowly walked towards them, then he crouched down to their level. "How are you?" He questioned with a huge smile on his face."You're the man from before." Kayden replied.Kai chuckled softly. "You still remember me?" He asked and the trio nodded."Can I get a hug from you three?" He asked.The triplets looked at each other, as if contempl
"Sorry I'm late." Astrid apologized as she joined the others at the dining table."You don't have to apologize Astrid, you're just in time." Crystal smiled.Astrid looked at her in surprise wondering why she was suddenly being so nice to her, but knowing nothing good can come out of a relationship with Crystal, she simply ignored her and took a sit beside the triplets.The maids began serving dinner and all through, Crystal kept her eyes on the blonde maid.The blonde was so nervous about what she's been asked to do, but each time she looks at Crystal, the look she gave her made her shudder and it was enough to drive her nervousness away, she was well awear of what Crystal would do to her if she were to ruin this and to save herself, she has no other option than to stick to the plan.Dinner was served and the maids left.It hasn't been too long since they started eating that Astrid began feeling dizzy, the cutlery she was holding dropped from her hand, attracting the attention of Luca