Everything started five years ago. 

Elise Collins was framed, left everything behind, and ran away, never wanting to even take a glance at it again. However, news of her being pregnant spreads like a wildfire in the city, and her thought that someone will be able to help her, crumbles as everyone avoids her like she’s a curse.

In a snap, she had no place to return to. 

Defeated, she aspires to become stronger, and that happened when she came back five years later, already a top hacker.

As soon as Axel Carter knows it, the father of the child she gave birth to, he instantly chases her. Trapped in the hospital, he confronts her.

With those scarlet raging eyes, his teeth gnash. "Do you know the price of playing with me, woman?"

Mrs Alpha

The continuous blaring of the territorial alarms do little to snap me out of my bubble of hesitation. Virginia's corpse is still there -- where it was fifteen minutes ago. That was the last time Dante and I uttered a word.

Dante leans against the tree trunk where Virginia was previously held, looking up to the heavens. The torrential rain has washed away the majority of the blood staining his bare arms and face, his black shirt camouflaging the remaining evidence.

What do I say? I know what he wants to hear. Dante Pelosi is waiting for me to throw in the towel. To give up on him and on our relationship. He's making it easy for me to walk away.

"I don't understand you." I finally whisper, which coerces a reaction from him. His golden eyes snap open, surveying me curiously. "I thought I made myself clear." He murmurs, pointing towards Virginia's body. "I'm a monster. A murderer. You can't deny that."

Chapter 37. Grow A Pair