REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

Alpha Eric’s POV

I walked back to Victoria’s room and met her chatting happily with nurse Agnes. I stood by the door and worried about what her reaction would be when she found out I had a baby with someone else.

“Is everything okay?” she asked when she noticed I was silent.

“Yeah.” I replied quickly and flickered her a big smile before leaving the door.

“The doctor said you can go home tomorrow,” I announced.

“Really,” she exclaimed happily.

“Yeah, so get your things ready.”

“This is good news, I can finally get to see my aunt.” She yelled, excited.

Her words inflicted a sharp pain in my heart, and I wondered how to break such news to her.

I watched her talking happily to nurse Agnes about the things she was going to do once she gets back to California and how she was going to spend a lot of time with her aunt. Seeing her this happy about wanting to see her aunt, I couldn’t bear it anymore, so I had to come up with an excuse to leave.

“I have to sort out some things, I’ll be right back.” I placed a kiss on her forehead and left the room.

I got to my car, got into my car and drove off with no particular location in my mind. I drove for a while until I parked in a beach,

With a heavy sigh, I got down from the car, lighted up a cigarette which I only smoke when I’m tensed or worried.

I took a long draw of it and pulled the smoke out of my mouth.

Now that I knew the child was mine, I had to take him away from Sophie. My child can’t be with a woman who is on hard drugs. Even if I don’t want the child, I can’t deny him or throw him away because he was my first child and might possess power that only I can teach him.

Out of frustration, I took my phone from my pocket and dialed Sophie’s number. It rang a few times before it was picked.

“You finally called.” she spoke in a mocking tone, but I ignored her,

“Where is my child?” I demanded, irritated.

She chuckled loudly over the phone for a while, which angered me the more.

“Your child?” she asked as a mockery, “He is mine and mine alone.” she spoke seriously.

I groaned angrily and took a long pull of the cigarette before speaking, “I just got the results of the DNA test.” I murmured angrily.

“So?” she asked annoyingly.

I sighed angrily and moved the phone to my other ear, “Where is he? I need to see him.” I spoke in a loud, demanding voice.

“Don’t use that tone on me alpha Eric, I’m not your toy that you can play with.” she yelled angrily.

Angrily, I took a deep breath and calmed the anger that was boiling in me. “Where is he?” I asked again.

“Somewhere you can never find him.” she spoke confidently.

I groaned at her response and took a long draw of the cigar. “How much do you want, I know you don’t care about that child, you can’t be a mother, so tell me how much you want in exchange for my son.” I said those words because that’s the language Sophie likes and understand, everything about her involves money and nothing else.

She laughed loudly over the phone like I’d said something ridiculous and funny, “In exchange for your son?” she chuckled again, “You underrate me Eric, you don’t know me a bit.” she spoke in a serious manner.

I groaned angrily but did not say a word.

“My dear Eric, you don’t know what I will need, just keep your fingers crossed.” she spoke seductively with a loud chuckle. I groaned and took another draw of the cigarette.

“What do you want?” I asked, tired and defeated.

“What do I want?” she muttered like she was spelling it out, “I’ll think about it and get back to you.” She said with a victorious chuckle.

Of course, she must be thinking about how much she was gonna bill me.

“Where is he? I wanna see him…” I demanded.

“You won’t see him until I say so.” she cut me off, “And don’t bother sending your men searching for him because they will never find him.” she expressed those words like she was so certain about it. “I’ll get back to you, bye.” Before I could speak, she ended the call on me.

I groaned angrily, threw the burnt cigar on the floor and took out another one. I light it up and took a long draw of it to calm my nerves.

Sophie was testing my patience, she had me under her claws and I couldn’t do anything about it. She knew that child was very important to me, he was my first seed and I would want him at all cost.

Quickly, I dialed a number on my phone, it rang a few times before it was picked. “Sir,” he greeted.

“I’ll send you a number. I want you to track her calls and give me details of calls that involve her talking about a child.”

”Roger that, sir.”

I ended the call and forwarded all Sophie’s numbers to him.

If she has refused to go see the child because she is being followed, then she can’t avoid making calls to whoever is with my child.

Through those calls, I will track whoever she calls for the child and take the child from them, then I can sue her in court for irresponsible motherhood and take the child away from her.

I sighed in relief at my plan before taking another draw of the cigarette and threw it on the floor.

I entered my car and decided to go back home and freshen up. I drove back home and met my housekeeper in the sitting room.

“Welcome, sir.” she greeted.

“Thank you, I have something to say to you.”

She moved closer to me and took a seat opposite me. “My mate will be discharged from the hospital by tomorrow, and she will have to stay here for at least a day before we can fly back to California, so I want you to prepare the guest room for her.”

“That won’t be a problem, I’ll start preparing for her arrival” She responded with a smile.

“Thank you,” I said and stood to my feet.

Victoria’s POV

“Make sure you don’t stress your brain.” nurse Agnes instructed, while I rolled my eyes and took a bite of the burger. “You’ve been saying this for almost an hour.” I grumbled.

She laughed and sat on the chair, “I just want you to be careful, your memories will come on their own, you shouldn’t force it.” she advised.

“I’ve heard you.” I grumbled and continued eating.

I was still eating when I noticed the door opened. Thinking it was Eric, I turned around only to meet the eyes of sea blue eyes man.

He met eyes with me and flickered me a big smile, which I returned. “How are you.” he asked while closing the door behind him.Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

“I’m fine.” I blinked an assuring smile.

He sat beside me on the bed and stared directly into my eyes like he was trying to read through me.

“Heard you will be leaving tomorrow.”

“Yes.”

He smiled and kept quiet for a while before he spoke up, “You can still change your mind, it’s not too late.” he muttered those words as a plea.

I stared at him, but didn’t know what to say.

Something tells me this man really cares for me and wants the best for me, but I was so attached to Eric that I couldn’t stay away from him even when I knew he might have hurt me in the past.

“Listen.” he placed his two hands on my shoulders and stared directly into my eyes, “I promise to keep you away from him, please let me fulfill my promise.” he sounded almost like a plead.

I held his gaze and could see the sincerity in his eyes, he was sincere with his words, I knew he meant what he was saying, yet I couldn’t just go with him. “I’m sorry.” I apologized for nothing in particular.

He shook his head and cupped my face with his two hands while he stared directly into my eyes. “I know why you are saying this, you are so attached and drawn to him, that’s why you don’t wanna leave him even though you know I’m saying the truth.” he said those words like he was reading through me. “This man caused you pains, pains that made you ran away from him, and now you want to go back with him? ” He asked, in a pleading tone.

“I don’t know, I’m confused.” I murmured, confused.

Indeed, I was actually confused, Eric had been showing me nothing but love and care, and it was hard for me to believe that he could actually hurt me.

“I can tell you everything, if you want to listen.” he cupped my face with his two hands and stared at me with a pleading look.

I was curious, really curious about what happened between Eric and I.

“I want to know, tell me what happened…” those words did not leave my mouth when I saw the door open and Eric banged in.

“Get away from her.” he yelled, and before I knew what was going on, he yanked Elliot away from me.

Eric’s POV

I grabbed his collar and wanted to hit him, but then I remember Victoria was there, staring at us with stunned eyes.

Angrily, I took my hands off his collar and stared at him with so much anger boiling inside me.

“What are you doing here?” I said those words through telepathy.

He ignored me and moved his gaze to Victoria, who was still staring at me with a confused look. “I have to go, but I will see you around.” he glared at me one more time and tried to walk, but Victoria held him back. “You were about saying something to me.” She muttered those words and stared at me with a furious look.

“The thing is…” I did not let him finish before I cut him off, “He has nothing to say to you.” I muttered out in fear and took her hand away from Elliot’s.

“Stop it.” she half yelled.

“You can’t keep treating me this way.” she muttered angrily and moved away from me. “I and Elliot were having an important discussion before you came in and all you could do was to ask him to leave.” she spoke angrily while staring at me with curious eyes.

“What are you hiding?” she expressed those words like she was so certain of it.

Hearing those words from her, my heart beat more rapidly than I could explain.

“If I’m to trust anyone, then it’s definitely Elliot because I ran away from you just to be with him, he is a true friend and all he wants is to keep me away from you and I know he has a good reason for that.” she said while she stared at me with piercing brown eyes.

“So tell me, what are you hiding from me,” she questioned angrily.

I sighed heavily but did not say a word.

“You don’t want to talk about it, what did you do to me?” she asked while she shook my arms.

“Listen, I will tell you when everything is right.” I pleaded, but she shook her head with disapproval, “I want answers and want them now.” she half yelled.

I wanted to speak, but I lost my voice. I did not know what to say to her. I just got her now and can’t lose her again.

“Vicky.” Elliot called to her, which made her move her gaze to him.

“Don’t stress yourself over it, I promise to tell you everything when the time is right.” he mumbled those words so gently to her that I became jealous but couldn’t say or do a thing.

She stared at Elliot for a while, deliberating whether she should listen to him or not. “You promise?” she asked again.

Elliot flashed her a big smile, which brought a sharp pain to my chest. “I always keep to my promises,” he said, and caressed her cheek before leaving.

“Please leave.” she murmured those words to herself, but I knew she was talking to me.

“Leave.” she muttered out again when she noticed I wasn’t moving an inch.

Seeing her in such a mood, I decided it was best to let her be for the time being.

“I’ll be outside”, I announced, and left the room.

I left the hospital and went to where my car was parked, only to see Elliot standing there with his two hands in his jeans pockets.

“I knew you were coming,” he said with a triumphant smile on his face.

“What the hell is your problem?” I spoke angrily, trying to suppress the anger in me.

He chuckled and shrugged his shoulders, “I have no problem with you, Eric, I just want to keep Victoria away from you.” he muttered angrily.

Hearing those words from him, I moved closer to him so that our eyes were fixed on each other.

“She is my mate and no one can take her away from me. “I yelled.

He scoffed at my words and shook his head, “She is just with you because she hasn’t gotten her memory. Once, I tell her everything, she would hate you like she always does.” I did not let those words finish from his mouth before I grabbed his shirt collar with my both hands.

“Come an inch closer to her, and I will kill you and face the consequences.” I muttered as a threat and let go of his collar.

He chuckled and arranged his shirt before speaking, “You think I’m weak like alpha Michael or other alphas in California?” he asked Angrily. ” Don’t you dare me, Eric, you may be a powerful alpha, but that doesn’t mean you can go around threatening everyone.” he took a step closer and held my gaze.

“I will take Victoria away from you, and that’s a promise.” he expressed those words in a serious tone and walked away.

Where I stood, I couldn’t move an inch, but rather his words kept buzzing in my head.

I knew Elliot and knew he meant what he said. Eliot doesn’t give empty threats or promises. When he says he will do a particular thing, then he is gonna do it at any cost.

I groaned and frustratingly ran my fingers through my hair as I thought of how to get myself out of this mess. I can’t tell Victoria about our past, it will destroy whatever she feels for me now.

After several minutes of pounding in thoughts, I entered my car and wanted to drive off, but I thought it would be better if I saw her before leaving.

I got out of the car, walked back to the hospital and stood by the door, contemplating if I should go in or just go back home.

After many thoughts, I decided to go in and face her.