MICHELLE’s POV.

I gently open my eyes as the gloomy day dawns upon me. Last night was the most terrifying day of my life and I badly wanted to think it was a dream but here I am on the bed with the side of Nicholas cold and unlaid.

Tears well up in my eyes but I try to push it to the back of my head, the divorce papers are lying on the table beside me while the pregnancy report is just by the side. One contained my happiness and the other contained my pain. My three years of marriage have come crashing to the ground with a loud bang, I feel like a weakling.

I grab the divorce papers again and stare down at it, the words are dancing before my eyes. The fact that Nick’s signature is staring back at me makes everything so unbearable. Did he even hesitate before signing this? Did he even have a second thought before penning down his signature? A lot is going on in my head as I continue to look at the papers in my hand. I can no longer contain the tears and it hurts so much, I can feel my legs go weak.

Dropping the paper back on the table, I pull my body out of bed and make my way towards the bathroom. As I enter, my own reflection catches my attention. I look like a shadow of my former self just in one day. In one day, Nicholas had made me a laughing stock to the demons that haunt me. How will I be able to face the world outside?

I turn on the shower and allow the water to run down my body. Maybe the stench of my shame will be reduced by the time the water rushes down my body but the more it pours, the more the tears come running leaving me trembling with pain and agony. We were supposed to be talking and discussing about our baby but Nick didn’t even know I am pregnant for him, he didn’t even realize I am carrying the heir to the pack, he didn’t.

After half an hour, I finally come out of the shower and force myself to get dressed. I put on a pair of denim and a T-shirt while leaving my hair in a messy bun. Finally, I make my way out of the confines of my room to the wickedness of the outside world.

“Good morning Luna” the housekeeper, Grace greets as she comes across me.

“Where is Nickolas?” I ask her.

“He is having breakfast with Natalia” she answers and a new kind of pain envelopes me. For the past three years, Nick had not had breakfast without me. We always ate together and now he is eating with her?

“Okay” I make to walk away but Grace halts me again.

“You look so pale, Luna” she says, “are you not feeling fine?”

“Just go about your work, Grace” I am definitely not in the mood to talk to anyone and with that, I make my way down the stairs and the silent chuckle of Natalia reaches my ears.

Bracing myself, I walk down to the dinning room and they were having breakfast and laughing out loud.

The moment I enter, their attention turns to me and I can see an evil smirk dangling at the base of her lips.

“Hey” Natalia’s voice filter into my ear, “come, join us for breakfast”

“Can we talk?” I turn to Nick, “I have something to discuss

with you”

“I have a meeting at the office” he tells me, “I don’t have time to talk to you”

“Since when?” I raise an eyebrow at him, “do you even know what I want to talk to you about?”

“He said he has a meeting at the office, Mish” Natalia butts in, “why don’t you listen?”

“I was definitely not talking to you”

“Have you signed the papers?” His words reach my ear and I am a bit confused, isn’t he supposed to be taking my side?

“Nick, you…”

He glances at me for a moment and returns his focus on Natalia.

“I will be on my way now”

Pushing his chair back, he picks up his jacket and makes his way out of the room without sparing me another glance.

My chest tightens as I watch him walk out of the house leaving the two of us to ourselves, when did everything go wrong?

“You seem not to understand the writing on the wall, Mish” Natalia tries to talk but i roll my eyes at him and follow Nicholas out of the house.

He is just about to open the car door when I walk up to him and place myself before him.

“Nick..”

“For fucksake, let me be, Michelle” he half yells while balling his hand into a fist, “i fucking have a meeting and I have to be on my way”

“Do you think you are doing the right thing? We have been married for three years and you think it is cool for you to just throw everything away?”

“It was a marriage of convenience” he blurts in my face making me, “you will get everything you need so just sign the fucking papers”

“So you never loved me?”

He scoffs at my statement, “no alpha genuinely loves his mate, Mish. It is all to fulfill righteousness and not to forget, Natalid and I had a thing before you came into the picture”

With that, he opens the car door and in no time, his car zooms off leaving me standing looking like a fool.

The tears I was struggling to contain comes bursting out of me, I can not hold it. His words cut through my soul and I can feel my chest tighten again. Three years all gone to the wind.

“I didn’t know you to be a desperate one, Mish” her voice filters into my ear again and I turn my head to her direction.

“You sure have some nerve to show up at my house, Natalia. You know what I am capable of doing and yet you dare to come into my home. Aren’t you scared?”

Natalia scoffs while crossing her hands over the other,

“I totally agree with you, Michelle” she retorts, “I might not have the powers you possess but I have the man you want, my dear sis. Three years ago you made me leave him for you and now, I am here to take him back. Why do you have a problem with that?”

“This won’t be the last of it, Nat”

“Let us wait and see” an evil smirk appears on her face, “I think you should pack up and leave before he comes back. I have a good news to share with him and I don’t want you near him”

Natalia places her hands on her tummy,

“You know, I have a little life growing inside of me”

I freeze for a few seconds, I am trying to figure out what she means

“What did you say?” I finally find my voice.

“I am pregnant, Mish” she finally drops the bombshell.

“What?

This can only mean one thing, she has been meeting Nicholas long before now and that means he has been cheating on me with her. My chest tightens again, Nicholas has been cheating on me.

“So now you know that I didn’t just come of my own accord right? I have been fucking your husband, Mish”

After she is done, Natalia turns around and walks away leaving me to myself.

“No!!!!” I yell at the top of my voice and stump to the ground, my tears continue to fall in torrent. Nicholas has made a mockery of our relationship and our bond. I can feel the threads of our relationship breaking into the tiniest bits, this shouldn’t be happening.

“Luna” one of the househelps walks up to me as I am still sprawled on the ground, “are you fine?”

Without saying anything, I pull myself up and sniff back a tear, Nick had a lot of explaining to do.

*******

“Welcome ma’am” the receptionist greets me as I saunter into the building, people are trooping in and out of the building.

Being one of the most successful fashion companies, Nicholas had no equal. His companies were spread across the world and he was one ambitious man, feared and respected among many with thousands of enemies as well.

Aside from that, being the alpha king gave him more power and edge over others, he is a phenomenal one but that didn’t mean he could cheat on me and refuse to give me any explanation.

“Where is Nicholas?”

“He is in a meeting ma’am”

Without saying anything, I make my way towards his private elevator and in no time, I am on my way to the conference room.

The moment I throw the door open, all eyes turn on me but I only have my gaze only on one person, the man in the middle.

“I am here to talk to you, Nick”

He rolls his eyes and leans back on his chair.

“Michelle, can’t you see I am in the middle of a meeting?”

“This can not wait”

Letting out a sigh, he gestures for them to leave and in no time, the two of us are alone in the office.

“Since when did you start interrupting my meetings, Mish?” His deep and husky voice reaches my ear. For a moment I don’t say anything, I just continue to look at him. Nicholas was seven years older than me but he is the most handsome man I have ever seen in my whole life. Everything about him intrigues me but the fact that he bedded my sister makes me nauseous. The stench of their love making is almost so choking for me, I find it hard to even breath in front of him.

“Did you cheat on me, Nick” I go straight to the point, “you had a wife at home, a mate which you are bound to for the rest of your life and you went ahead to sleep with my sister?”

“So?” His face is expressionless, “is that why you had to stop my meeting?”

“What?”

“Sign the papers Michelle” he continues to speak, “we are done. I am getting married to Natalia and she will become the Luna of the pack, the same pack you so much love. We have nothing in common anymore, I reject you as my mate”

My heart shatters into a thousand pieces the moment his words reach my ear, I can feel the bond breaking and my wolf howling in my head. Everything inside of me is in a great turmoil. I begin to feel dizzy and my legs almost give way but I hold myself, I can not give up now. I have a child growing inside of me, I must be careful.

“Breaking a bond we used three years to build, is that very easy for you?”

“You are forcing me to say things to you, Mish”

“What?”

“Why did you tell Natalia that I am unable to father a child so she should leave?”

“What?”

“Did you or did you not stop her from attending the wedding? You had her locked up and beaten, is that a lie?”

“Did you actually believe what she said?”

“Answer me!!!!” He bellows and I gulp.

“Yes, I had her locked up but it was because…

Nicholas shoots out of his chair in anger and begins to take slow steps towards me, his eyes darkening at the sight of me.

“You have got guts, Michelle. I took you as my Luna and you betrayed me?”

“But I am your wife”

“A wife i have divorced” he yells, “you disgust me, Mish. I hate you, I hate you so bad that I feel like sniffing the life out of you. I have a child growing in her womb, that is enough evidence that you have been toying with me for the past three years”

“I have a child in my womb too” I want to tell him but I hold myself. Right now, he is not even worth it.

“So you better do the needful and get the hell out of my face, you disgust me”

Pain and anger envelopes me, I pull out the paper from my bag and slam it on the table.

“I will not sign these papers, Nick” I yell at the top of my lungs, “I can not let Natalia reap where she did not sow,

I….” My words trail off when he grabs my throat and pushes me against the wall, his eyes spitting venom of hate and anger towards me.

“The only reason why you are still alive in front of me is because we are acquainted, Michelle. But if you dare say a word against the woman I love, I will make you pay”

“You think your family will accept her? Do you think the pack will accept a Luna who is self centered and doesn’t care about anyone else but herself?”

“The pack doesn’t need to accept her” he replies, “I accept her, she is my Luna and will be the mother to my son. So you better leave before I get angry”

He shoves me off and I grab onto my tummy to protect my feotus from getting hurt.

“Now get out of my office”

I don’t bother to say anything anymore, he has shown me exactly who he was. I lived with a monster for three years and this is the repercussions of my actions.

Glancing back at him for the last time, I walk out of the office and the tears fall again.

I still find it hard to believe that Nick is the same man I married. Right from time, I have always admired him for the way he ruled and made decisions. Everyone in the pack respected him and no one dared to go against him, I loved that about him. Nicholas ruled with an iron fist but he made sure to shower me with all the love he could give. How could I have known that he was only toying with my emotions? How could I have known that I was just a pawn on the chessboard?

As soon as the elevator closes, I slump on the floor In tears while clutching to my stomach. The pain in my heart can not be compared to anything that has ever happened to me. He made me feel like I was the most foolish person on earth.

“Stop crying” my wolf advises me, “you are not in the position to cry. You have the heir to the pack growing inside of you”

I bury my head on my thighs as hard bitter tears continue to pour out of my eyes that I didn’t hear my phone ring.

It continues to ring until I hear it and when I see the caller ID, my heart skips a beat. It was the doctor.

Sniffing back tears, I pick up the phone and press it against my ear.

“Hello” I try as much as possible to avoid alerting him that I was crying.

“Mrs Michelle” his voice reaches my ear, “I have just detected something weird in your reports”

My heart skips a beat, was my baby okay?”

“Tell me, what happened?”

“Your baby is in a bad situation” he answers, “you have a tumor growing directly opposite your womb”

My forehead creases into a frown,

“What do you mean doctor?”

“Your baby is at risk of getting infected with the tumor growing inside of you, I will suggest an abortion immediately”

MICHELLE’s POV.

As soon as the doctor’s words filter into my ears as I sit in front of him , my heart skips a beat. This is not the kind of news I am expecting, how can my baby be in danger now when i just conceived. My heart is shattered into a thousand pieces and I can feel the tears falling from my eyes.

“You need to put yourself together, Luna” the doctor says again and I sniff back a tear. I need to be strong, this is not the time for me to cry. Crying won’t solve what I am already going through.

“Tell me” I finally find my voice, “what are the chances?”

“Well” he leans forward towards me, “the tumor can be managed with medication but i am not sure for how long ma’am”

“I will keep the baby” I announce and a small frown appears on his face.

“What do you mean? Didn’t you hear me, Luna ? A tumor is..

I immediately interrupt him, “I have been craving a child for the past three years, doctor and I can not throw this one away because of a tumor. Since it can be managed by medecine, I will go with that. My baby should be given a chance to live right?” I force a smile on my face and my mind drifts off to Nicholas for a moment. He is supposed to be here with me, he is supposed to be giving me the emotional support that I need but instead he chooses to stay with her and now.

I clean the tears falling down my eyes and force my smile to widen.

“I do not know for how long we have to rely on the medication, Mrs Michelle”

“I am willing to take the risk” I tell him, “I am willing to do anything and everything to protect this baby . Please help me” at this moment, I don’t care if I am the almighty Luna of our pack. I just want my baby to be fine and that’s all”

“Okay then” he finally agrees, “if you are willing to take the risk, I am willing to help you all the way.

“But one thing” it suddenly occurs to me, “you must not mention anything about my pregnancy or the tumor to Nicholas”

“Why, Luna?” The frown on his forehead intensifies, “I think your husband ought to know”

“I am ordering you as your Luna, doctor. You can not breathe a word of this to him, okay?”

He lets out a heavy sigh, “I will do as you say, ma’am”

“Hmmm”

Bracing myself, I push my body out of the chair before sniffing back another set of new tears that forms In my eyes.

A lot is going on in my head but I have no one to share it with. Just one day and my sister has ruined everything for me.

“I will take my leave now and I will keep in touch”

Saying that, I make my way out of the office and slump on the chair just outside the office.

It feels like my whole world has come to a standstill and I am about to lose everything I have worked for for the past three years. How can Nicholas do this to me? How can he make a mockery of me in such a way?

“Until when will you keep beating yourself up?” My wolf asks inside of me but I completely ignore it and bury my head in between my palms. I am already feeling nauseous and dizzy, I just don’t know what to do.

“You should go and talk to Nicholas” my wolf tells me again, “he needs to know what is at stake”

I sniff back a tear, maybe it was right. I need to talk to him, I need to speak to him.

With this at the back of my mind, I spring up from the chair and make my way outside where my car is parked.

“To Nicholas’s office” I tell my chauffeur and he nods before zooming off.

*****

“Nicholas..” my voice trails off when I push the door open and I find the two of them in the most compromising position ever. Natalia is sitting on his glass table while Nicholas’s hands are wrapped around her waist and they are both kissing. I almost lose my footing seeing them like this but I hold onto the door frame and steady myself.

The two of them gently pull away from each other and I can see how disappointed he looks when his gaze rests upon me.

“Can you not knock?” Natalia inquires while rolling her eyes at me.

“Is this what you are doing?” I can’t help but ask, “I have not even signed the divorce papers and you are already doing this in the office?”

Nicholas gently holds onto her hand and smiles at her,

“This is the cue for you to sign the papers dumbass' ' he growls, “and I will not be asking you anymore. I have already asked the servants to prepare your luggage and I have sent a hundred million dollars to your account. You can stay in the house in Beverly Hills until you want to move out. I think I have done more than enough for the relationship we have shared for three years. Michelle” his eyes are full of hatred towards me and tears well up in my eyes. How did everything go wrong?

“I have a baby growing inside of me” I also want to yell, “our baby is on the verge of dying” I want to tell him but seeing how lovey dovey he is with Natalia, I can not help but feel disgusted. It is so easy for him to let go of everything we have shared for the past three years. Guess he never loved me.

“I think you should sign the papers now, Michelle” Natalia tells me, “haven’t you been humiliated enough? What more do you want?”

Sniffing back a tear, I throw my bag open and bring out the papers.

Pressing them on the table, I scribble my signature on it and leave it on the table.

“I have always looked up to you Nicholas” I start to talk, “but I can see that you were not worth it even from the beginning. I did everything to make this relationship work but I guess..

“You don’t need to talk much” Nat continues, “no one actually needs your lectures”

I smile through tears, “I can not say I wish you happiness because I hope your life is full of problems and pains for what the two of you have done to me”

Not bothering to wait for any of their responses, i turn around and walk out of the office. The tears are falling in torrent but it is the end now. I have lost everything I have worked so hard for.

Just as I get to the door, her voice reaches my ear again.

“If you at that angry, you shouldn’t take what Nicholas is offering you” her voice is lace with mockery and sarcasm,

“I mean he gave you more than enough for three years”

“I do not need anything from him” i turn to look at him for a moment, his eyes glued to the lady in front of him, which breaks my heart the most.

Sniffing back pain and tear, I slam the door close behind me. The pain is too much for me to bear, in feels like I am about to lose my life. The pain in my chest was too much and I can not breathe.

“Luna '' my driver calls as I walk to the car, “are you okay! Don’t you feel fine?”

“Adrian” I gently call out his name, “can you book a hotel for me?”

His face scrunches up, he is definitely confused.

“But..

“Do as I have said Adrian” I tell him, “I really need all the rest I can get now”

“Of course Luna”

He helps me into the car and in no time he zooms out of the premises.

As I press my head against the headrest and close my eyes, the tears continue to fall.

MICHELLE’s POV.

As soon as I lower myself on the bed, my mobile begins to beep. Seeing it was one of Nicholas’s lawyers, I let out a heavy sigh before clicking on the receive button.

“Hello”

“Madam, sir Nicholas sent over the divorce papers via email. I think we should meet and discuss how to settle this. He want to add more alimony for you”

“You can go ahead and process it. Mind you, I am not in need of the alimony, he can keep his money for all I care”

“Why don’t you tell me your location, I will come over”

“You don’t have to meet me, Mr Smith” I tell him, “just do as Nicolas has told you, I am not in the mood to meet anyone from his side.

I immediately end the call and I fling the phone on the bed as my mind drifts off to Nicholas again.

All my life, I thought I married the perfect gentleman and alpha. The man who was rude to others but gentle with me. I saw Nicholas as a god and this is what he does to me. The more I think about it, the more angry I get.

I gently hold onto my tummy and let out a small sigh, I have to do everything to make sure my baby lives. I can not lose this baby now.

My thoughts are interrupted again and I was thinking it was the lawyer but it was Nicholas’s sister. One of the best persons I have come across in my life. She treats me far better than her brother even if she was lower in rank than him and he also loved her a lot.

But right now I am not sure why she is calling me. I don’t know if she will actually take her brother’s side. I want to end the call but on impulse I stop myself before clicking on the receive button again.

“Luna” her voice reach my ears, “where are you, Michelle? I came over to the pack house and you are not here, you are not at the mansion either. Where the hell are you?”

“Are you that worried about me?” I can’t help but ask her, how I wish Nicholas is the one looking out for me like this, how I wish he is the one worried and not his sister.

“Of course” she snaps out, “i saw your sister though”

My heart skips a beat, I am not sure if Natalia has told her everything.

“You met her? What did she say?”

“Just tell me where you are, Mish. I will come to meet you, I will only feel better when I see you with my eyes.

I roll my eyes, I am actually not in the mood to see anyone right now but if I keep refusing her, she might actually suspect something.

“I am at the royal oaks hotel, I will text you my room number”

“You do that”

As I end the call and press my head against the pillow, tears well up in my eyes again. I can not stop crying, not after what Nicholas has done to me. How can he do something like that to me?

He allowed another woman to come between us and that is something I will not be able to forgive him for no matter what.

My thoughts are interrupted when my mobile begins to beep. Seeing it was Nicholas, I push myself to a sitting position before picking up the phone.

For a moment, I continue to stare back at the screen, unable to decide if I should pick the call or not. How dare he call me after what he has done?

“Won’t you answer?” My wolf asks me, “don’t you think this is an opportunity for you to tell him everything?”

“How sure are you?” I mutter under my breath and sniff back a tear.

Bracing myself, I click on the receive button and press the phone against my ear.

“Hello”

“I can see how shameless you are, Michelle” Natalia’s voice reaches my ears, “you think going around and telling Nicholas’s family will change a thing?”

“What rubbish are you talking about?” I ask her with a frown on my face.

“You must have sounded so pathetic I guess” she scoffs, “but let me tell you something, you can not get Nicholas anymore. No matter what you do, he belongs to me now. I will suggest you stay away from him and make sure to use the alimony well. I don’t want you coming back for more”

I don’t even bother to answer her before ending the call. Natalia would never change despite being the eldest.

I quickly send my room number to Nicholas’s sister before making my way into the washroom. I can not keep crying over the fact that I am already divorced. I have my baby to protect now and I am going to do that with the last drop of my blood.

*****

I am not sure how long I was in the shower but when I walk out of the bathroom, Lucy was already sitting on my bed. I guess I forgot to lock my door.

“You forgot to lock your door again, Luna” she says out loud, “how can you be so forgetful, Michelle? How do you even cope with such things?”

“Why are you here, Lucy?” I ask her while lowering myself on the couch opposite the bed, “you don’t have to be here”

“I came to check on you, Luna”

The name Luna suddenly cringes me out, this is a name I have loved to hear from the mouth of the pack members for years now, I suddenly hate it. How can things change so fast? How can everything become so different in just a day?

I let out a heavy sigh, the moon goddess sure knows how to make a mess of everything she created.

“Luna…

I immediately interrupt her, “don’t call me Luna, Lucy. I am sure you already know that I have already signed the divorce papers. I am no longer married to your brother and I am no longer the luna of the pack”

“You moved on so fast, Michelle”

“I did?” I scoff as I take my fingers through my hair, “shouldn’t you be telling this to your brother? The one who brought his ex-girlfriend into our matrimonial home?”

“You have known Nicholas for three years, mish” Lucy continues, “you know what kind of person he is, I think you should…

I cut her short again, “and Natalia has known him longer than that” I blurt in anger, “don’t you think you are being biased right now Lucy? Your brother is the one who brought her back into our lives. Our three years meant nothing to him. You should be reprimanding him and not me, it is my fault. The only thing I did was love him and be there for him these past few days. I never for once complained about how he handles the pack? I always supported him and this is how he pays me back?”

“You speak like you know Nicholas in and out”

“I am surprised you are taking his side this time, Lucy” I am getting more frustrated than I should be. She should be taking my side, why is she supporting her brother?

“Natalia is pregnant for him, Michele” she says, “even if I don’t like that bitch, I can not deny the fact that she is carrying the future alpha of our pack. Nicholas has wanted a child for years now, I am sure you understand why he did what he did”

“What?” I tug at my already disheveled hair, is she being serious right now?”

“I actually thought you were worried about me, I guess the baby on the way is what all of you care about”

“You know how much I adore you, mish. I think Nicholas is just being sensitive right now. I will talk to him and you both can…

“Get out!!” I am done listening to her speak so highly of her brother. I have always seen Lucy as the elder sister Natalia was and I learnt a lot from her as one of the strongest betas of our pack, I didn’t expect her to switch sides so soon.

“What?” Lucy looks suprised, “i should get out?”

“If you are going to keep singing Nicholas’s praises, I think you should get out” i half yell while glaring at her, she shouldn’t be doing this in the first place. I am the one who was wronged, how could she? I also have his baby growing inside of me don’t I?

“Leave Lucy, you deserve to be with Natalia and not me, I mean nothing to you after all”