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

Kieran has barely pulled up to the amber-lit territorial divide, tyres screeching as he slams the brakes. I hurtle out of the glossy van, brushing back tears as I run as fast as my legs will carry me, all the way down the well-beaten path, to the little cul-de-sac where my house is located.

"Aly!" Raj's faint voice calls. "Wait up-- please!"

It seems to be a normal afternoon at River Moon, but looks can be deceptive. The spring breeze flutters through the picturesque street, swaying the perfectly placed pot plants in our driveway.

My set of keys to the house are stashed away somewhere in my abandoned suitcase, and without thinking, I kick the freshly painted front door several times with my steel-toed boots, until it comes flying off the hinges.

"Dad!" I scream at the top of my lungs, stumbling into the living room.

"Alanna?" His weak voice replies. "Is that you? Jerry-- move."

Chapter 51. Silent Treatment