Chapter 33
~STEVE’S HOUSE~
As Veronica slowly opened her eyes, she thought to herself,
“where am I?”
The room seemed to spin around her for a moment, but she
closed her eyes immediately and took a few slow, deep breaths.
When she opened them again, the dizziness had passed, and the
first thing that hit her was the complete silence that enveloped
the room for like a split second. Aside from the voices she could
hear far away in the distance, the room was extremely quiet.
Despite the fact that it was already morning, it was hard for her
to tell because she didn’t know what time it was, neither did she
know how long she had been out for. Also, the room was dark
because all the curtains were down. This, Steve did the previous
night to prevent any prying eyes from seeing her.
She laid there for a moment, trying to remember how she got
there. Although her memories were hazy, she could vaguely
recall passing out the day before in the arms of a certain man.
She remembered how he carried her gently. Then, she felt pain
and tiredness at the same time.
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She blinked a few times, trying to shake off the haze of sleep,
and as her eyes scanned the room carefully, she noticed that the
room had an unusual aura but it strangely felt familiar and odd
at the same time. The walls were painted with a combination of
cream and brown, adding a soothing sense of calmness and
warmth to its ambiance. It also had floor–to–ceiling brown
curtains which complemented the colour on the walls.
There was also an elegant artwork right in front of the bed, just
a few inches close to the ceiling. She took a deep breath and the
air was filled with the scent of coffee, making her frown
because it reminded her of someone and how much the person
loved coffee.
And at that moment, she heard a voice which snapped her out
of her world of thoughts. It was a male voice.
“Vee?” The voice sounded familiar too and he called her name,
he turned on the switch, giving light to the room.
She immediately turned her gaze towards the direction of
where the voice came from and it was then that she noticed that
she hadn’t been alone in the room. Right in the corner of the
room was Steve and a girl, who should be about the same age as
her.
“Are you okay?” He asked as he approached her gently.
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She nodded in response as she tried to sit up, forgetting her shoulder injury. Hence, she screamed in pain as she put
pressure.
Steve and Megan swiftly rushed to her side.
“Your shoulder! Did you forget?” Steve asked and she nodded as
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her eye had welled up in tears just because of the pain she felt.
Steve helped her to sit up and touched her forehead with the
back of his palm and seeing as she had a normal temperature, he
smiled to himself, proudly.
“My bad, this is my friend, Megan. Megan, this is Veronica.”
“His best friend, he forgot to add that.” She said with a big smile
and Veronica couldn’t help but notice how beautiful her
dentition was. She was also very beautiful and from the way she
was dressed, her family was definitely well to do.
“It’s nice to meet you.” Veronica said shyly.
“It’s nice to meet you too.” Megan replied with a smile.
Steve then offered her breakfast but she politely declined,
saying, “I’m fine, I’m not hungry.”
“You can’t be fine, Veronica. You really need to eat. You’ve been
through a lot already and you’re exhausted.” He reminded her.
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“But I don’t –” She was about to protest again when he shushed
her gently.
“I don’t care what you are about to say but I’m going to get you
something to eat and you must eat.” He said. “How long do you
plan to starve yourself for? It’s not even good for your health.”
He complained.
“You should really listen to him, he doesn’t take no for an
answer when it comes to food.” Megan said jokingly and they all
smiled.
“Do you like coffee?” Steve asked her as he got up and made his
way to the kitchen.
“No, not anymore.” She answered quickly.
“Hmmm! Okay. I’ll get you something else then.” He said and
after a while, he came back with breakfast for her.
Although she said she wasn’t hungry at first, as soon as she saw how tasty the food looked, she devoured the whole thing.
She tried to clear the plates but as soon as she pushed the duvet aside, Megan saw her swollen ankle, she was so shocked that she
shouted.
“Can you stop yelling, Megan! Can’t you do without shouting?”
He said, irritated by her incessant yells.
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He dragged her away from the room and took her to the living
room
“What exactly is the matter with you? Do you think people
won’t begin to suspect me when they hear a female shouting
and screaming in my house? What do you think they’ll think of
me? A pervert?
“Of course not, we’re both adults and anything can happen
between adults. In fact I think that we should st-” She
“In your dreams, Megan. In your dreams.” He interrupted her
imagination.
“But seriously, have you ever thought about what it would be
like when you become the Alpha and I become your-” He didn’t
allow her to finish talking when he rushed to cover her mouth
with his hands and looked back to see if Veronica heard
anything.
“I have not thought about that but can you just keep quiet?
Please!!!” He said, fighting the urge to scream into her ears.
“Why are you acting like she doesn’t know who you are?” She
asked him, surprised by his reaction.
“Well, she doesn’t, because I didn’t tell her and I want it to
remain that way.” He said in a very low tone. “And if you will
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please focus and stop spewing nonsense, maybe we can move forward and find a solution to the problem at hand.” He said
sternly, and she rolled her eyes at him.
“Now back to the initial plan, when are you going to see Celia?”
He asked her.
“As you can see, the pain is getting worse everyday and her
ankle keeps swelling, I don’t know what to do.” He added, trying
to hasten her up to meet her friend for help.
“Well, you should have thought about that before bringing her
here then.” She whispered, rolling her eyes at him as she folded
her hands against her chest.
“Look, Megan, I’m trying to think here. This is not the time to act
silly. If you have nothing helpful to say, please leave me the hell
alone. And if you won’t help me, let me know so that I can go
and find help elsewhere.” He replied, getting annoyed by the
way she was reacting.
“So?” He asked, waiting expectantly for her response.
“I’ll have to call her first but my phone is not here. I left it at
home. Once I’ve called her to confirm if she is in the hospital, I’ll
go there to meet her and get back to you on whatever she says.”
“Okay. You remember that no one must know that she is here,
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right?” He asked her, to be sure she still remembered
“Yes sir, I remember.” She said, in an unserious manner.
“I’m being serious here, Megan. I’m not joking.” He said with a
very serious look on his face.
“I’m not joking too. At least, I have told you what I’m going to do.”
She responded.
“Okay, so when do you want to leave?” He asked impatiently.
“Whoa! Can you calm down? Why do I feel like you’re in a hurry
to throw me out of your house?” She asked with a raised
eyebrow.
“Come on, Megan. Don’t be dramatic. I’m only in a hurry because
a life is at stake here.” He explained. “And if anything goes
wrong, I’ll be held responsible and just so you know, whether you like it or not, you are already an accomplice.” He added,
making her glare at him in shock.
“You can’t make me an accomplice, you wouldn’t want to do
that.” She said, confidently.
“I don’t have to make you an accomplice because you are
already. All you have to do is to get help and we’re both safe.” He
said, scaring her.
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“You’re so unbelievable!” She snapped at him and walked out
even as he jokingly said, ‘thank you, I know I can trust you‘ as
she left.
As she left and he locked the door, he heaved a sigh of relief and
leaned backwards on the door as he felt a bit of ease.
He was still in that position when he heard a loud thud, like a
body dropping to the ground in the room and he immediately
ran into the room to find Veronica on the floor.
