CHAPTER ELEVEN.
1560 Words
MICHELLE’s POV.
The ride back to the hotel is unusually quiet, he keeps receiving calls and giving orders in a way I don’t even understand. At one time, he even flares up and I even flinch,he isn’t like his looks. He is much more different.
I am also not in the mood to start up a conversation so I just focus my attention on the road head and close my eyes. The thought of Nicholas and Natalia fills my heart and I can’t help but feel worse than I already feel.
The fact that he brought her to our personal doctor shows how much he wants to get rid of my thoughts and everything that concerns me. couldn’t even believe it when he ventured into the office with his hand snaked around her waist.
Nicholas is in a hurry to tell the world that we no longer belong together. It is painful yet disgusting, how could he do that to me? The more I think about it, the more furious I become.
“Kobo for your thoughts?” His voice filters into my ear and I abruptly turn to him, he is looking at me and he has a sleazy smile on his face.
He has the same kind of demeanor as Nicholas, they are both hard to decipher. They both smile a lot but underneath that facade, a storm is always looming.
For a moment I want to laugh at myself, I am actually thinking about Nicholas who I am not sure still thinks about me. It is not even up to a week and he looks like he has already moved on.
“No, thank you” I finally find my voice, “I prefer not to talk”
“You look like you have a lot on your mind, Michelle” he continues and a slight frown appears on my face.
“What do you mean?”
“First pregnancy?”
“Hmmm” I nod.
“That’s why, you look irritable, you should take a lot of rest”
“Can I ask you a question, doctor?” I turn my full attention to him and he nods with a smile on his face. I am left wondering what kind of a man he is, how can he smile all through like he has got no problem in life?
“Ask away”
“Why do you keep speaking to me casually like we know each other”
“Of course we do” he answers, “a wolf recognizes another wolf” he drops the bombshell and for a moment I am speechless. I was too preoccupied to even think of what he said back at the hospital but I can swear I felt a different aura from him when I woke up at the hospital.
“What?” I am still dumbfounded, “you…
“I recognized you the moment I set my eyes on you Michelle”
“Oh” I flash him a small smile, “I didn’t realize”
“You can’t if I don’t allow you know it”
I don’t say anything again and turn to the road ahead again. A lot is still going on in my head and I just want to rest my head and maybe get a few hours of sleep. Wolves are scattered all around the country and it is not a big deal to meet another one. Even my gynecologist at the hospital is a beta wolf, one who has made a name for himself.
The ride becomes silent again, he goes back to his calls while my mind drifts off to Nicholas again, tears well up my eyes as I remember the smile he had on his face when he walked into the doctor’s office.
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“We are here” he announces after a while and that is when I jolt out of my train of thoughts, we are in front of the hotel.
I heave a sigh, “thank you so much doctor, I really appreciate your kind gesture towards me”
“Hmmm” he winks at me, “why are you staying at a hotel though?”
“Nothing much” I shrug, “I just want to stay here. Thank you again”
After I am done, I try to open the car door but his next words halt me.
“Are you hurt?”
“What do you mean?”
He shrugs, “I mean you had tear marks on your face earlier and you look tired, is something the matter?”
“You do not have to bother yourself with me, doctor. I am fine”
“Of course”
He opens the pigeon hole and hands me a card, there I see his name boldly written.
“I am also a psychiatrist and you can come to me for free consultations. I will be here for at least a week, I am hoping to see you, Michelle”
I stare down at the card for a while refusing to think about Nicholas at this time. I must look so deranged for a psychiatrist to give me his card. The thought of it makes me scoff, I must look like a joke now.
“Thank you doctor Enzo” I say after a while, “but I will not be needing it, I don’t a therapist”
With that, I drop the card back into the pigeon hole and nod at him,
“Thank you for the ride”
After that, I open the car door and alight before he can say anything again.
I watch his car drive off into the distance and a huge sigh leaves my lips, even a total stranger understands what I am going through. It is all because of Nicholas and my own sister, how can he do this to me?
Trudging through the entrance, I make my way towards my room and I am surprised to see my aunt standing beside my door and she looks worried. How did she even find me here?
“Aunt?” I call out to her and she turns her head towards me before rushing to me.
She envelopes me in a bear hug and I allow the tears to fall freely. Maybe I need it; maybe I need to cry all my pains out so I will not suffer anymore because this is killing me, it is making a mess of me. Seeing my mate and my husband with my own sister breaks my heart more each day.
I am not so sure If this is the will of the moon goddess but how do I tell her that I am already tired of the pain and the heartache this was causing me?
“How have you been, Michelle?” Aunt asks as she slowly disengages from me, her eyes are also full with tears and my heart breaks into a thousand pieces.
After my parents died, my aunt has been the one taking care of me and I see her as no less than a mother.
“How did you know I was here aunt?” I ask her, “I told you not to worry about me right?”
“How can I not worry about you, dear” she carrasses my cheeks lightly, “i have been worried since Nicholas announced Natalia as the new Luna of the pack, I kept wondering what you are up to”
“Aunt, I am fine” I force a smile over my sad face, “you know how strong I am right?”
“Liar”
She knows me too well and how I wished things were different.
“I promise aunt” the smile on my face intensifies, “I am about to be a mother so of course I am happy”
Her face changes drastically, she is surprised at my outburst.
“Are you pregnant?”
“Hmm” I nod.
“Really?” Her face breaks into a huge smile, “how long?”
“I just found out aunt”
“Does Nicholas know?”
“No” I answer with a painful smile, “I was about to tell him before he gave me the divorce papers” tears well up in my eyes at the mention of that again and my aunt draws me into her embrace again, she is also in tears.
“Then why don’t you tell him? Maybe he will leave Natalia and come back to you. You should..,
I immediately stop her, “no aunt, he can not know”
“Why? Her face creases into a slight frown, “you need to tell him”
“Nicholas doesn’t have the right to know, he lost it the day he made me sign the divorce papers and this is a secret I will take to my grave”
“Michelle” she tries to talk again but I halt her with a wave of my hand.
“Please aunt, I am not in the mood anymore. Come, we should talk more inside”
With that, I walk towards the door and open it before gesturing at her to come on. I am actually glad to see her but the pain in my heart will not let me show it.
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