Chapter 53
At the wind winders pack……
The preparations were almost done and the most anticipated day was drawing near. Every time Lily saw people moving busily around the house like bees for her sake, she smiled with satisfaction from the bottom of her heart.
“Ahh baby, you knew the right timing. You saved your mummy just in time before she was thrown in the ditch!” Lily caressed her still-flat belly and mumbled. She was not ashamed that she was using her baby for her personal gain and satisfaction.
Her parents had come back from their long vacation and even Mark’s parents were present! During this time, they made her feel so important that she was almost drowning in their affection. If she had known that falling pregnant will make everyone fawn at her to this extent, she could not have waited until now.
“Oh Maya, Maya, what can I tell you? Wherever you are, just know…… just know that I am very excited. I never knew that a day will come again for me to experience Mark’s warmth and gentle care, just like it had been in the past!”
“Ooh darling, have you eaten anything?” As Lily was reeling in her happy memories, a gentle voice came through the door to her bedroom.
It was Mark’s mother and she was carrying a big bowl and in it, it had steaming, hot, chicken soup.
She had been drinking too much soup recently that she felt that her face had grown slightly bigger, and even her stomach was starting to grow around.
“Mom, I am okay. I just had lunch not long ago and I still feel stuffed!” Lily said. Although she was happy that everyone was bustling around because of her, she was starting to get sick of some things. If she was not drinking soup, she was eating some bitter herbs that were said to be good for her baby’s growth.
She was not even done with her first trimester, she wondered what will happen to her for the next seven months or so.
“Ooh it is okay dear, I thought that you might be hungry. I will keep this one here, you can drink it the moment you feel hungry. It took me almost a whole day just to brew it.” Mark’s mother said in a loving voice.
Lily frowned. She did not want to drink any more soup. What if she became as fat as a bull, will Mark want her anymore? Will he even spare her a glance? Won’t she be the laughingstock of everyone in the pack?
“Mom I am not hungry. How about you take it to the kitchen first…..”
“Don’t you like it? I thought that you enjoyed drinking soup after you had your meals. You are too skinny, how are you going to manage the pregnancy if you don’t eat more?” Mark’s mother interrupted her before she could finish her sentence.
Lily was stumped, when did she ever say that she liked drinking the soup? It was always practically forced down her throat by them. She could only be obedient and swallow it down because she did not want to disappoint the people who made it.
“Mom, I am really full at the moment. I shamelessly ate too much during lunch and now I just want to get my afternoon nap.” Lily said. Although she was annoyed, she could not bear to see the disappointed look on Marcela’s face.
“Okay then. I will take it back to the kitchen. Once you wake up, ask the servants to warm it up for you!” Mark’s mother, Marcela said.
“Okay, mom. Don’t busy yourself around anymore. There are a lot of servants in this house, you don’t have to do everything on your own!” Lily told Mark’s mom, making the other woman smile happily.
“Okay dear, get some rest!” Marcela left with her bowl of soup and headed to the kitchen to store it. After giving the servants a few instructions, she left to have her afternoon nap.
The moment she left Lily’s room, someone jumped in through the window, making Lily almost scream out loud, but before any sound could come out of her throat, a rough hand covered her mouth.
It was only after knowing who it was that Lily calmed down.
“Oops, you really know how to scare someone. Didn’t I tell you already that you have to stop being all sneaky!” Lily warned in a low voice.
“My dear I missed you so much that I could not sleep or eat. I have been trying to reach you, why did you block me? I could not link with you no matter how I tried?” The man who entered the room through the window asked.
“I did not block you. I have been truly busy and exhausted lately.” Lily said, slapping away the hand that had started to misbehave away from her body.
“Can you not be so touchy! What are you doing here?” Lily asked with a raised eyebrow. She was already sitting on the bed and looking the person before her in the eye.
“I told you, dear, I missed you so much that my heart was starting to hurt. I couldn’t wait to see you especially after learning that you are pregnant!” The man said.
There was obvious excitement in his gaze as he looked at Lily’s stomach.
Lily was shocked at the man’s words. ‘How the hell did he know about me being pregnant? I hope he won’t claim that….’ before she could finish the train of her thought, the man leaned over and kisses her belly, making Lily stiffen and unable to react in time.
“I can already feel our strong bond, baby, you need to be good and not let your mommy suffer.”
“Kelly!” Lily called out angrily. What the hell did he think he was doing? Did she permit him?
“Darling, what is wrong?” Kelly looked up with an innocent expression.
“What do you think you are doing?” Lily asked, her eyes burning with angry flames.
“I am just saying hi to our baby. I never imagined that one day I will be a dad.” Kelly said. His arrogant attitude when he talked to other people was gone, and what remained was just love and the desire to conquer.
“Who told you that you are the father of my child?” Lily asked. How could this man come to her room and start to talk nonsense?
“Of course, I know it is mine. I can already feel the strong affinity between us. We have been intimate for too many times……”
“Don’t tell me that…” as Kelly was still talking, he thought of something and his expression changed.
“We have been intimate many times but who told you that I am pregnant for you? This is Mark’s baby, stop with your stupid thinking!” Lily said.
“Lily, you!” Kelly looked at her with a deadpan expression.
“Do you even remember the last time that bastard touched you?” Kelly asked.
Lily’s expression turned sour at his words but she did not back down, “that is none of your business.” She said, her voice dripping with chilling coldness.
“He is stupid. I can’t even imagine that he thinks that baby is his!” Kelly said.
“He is my alpha and my mate, who else do you want the baby to belong to?” Lily asked. She did not want this man to trample on her pride like it was nothing. She had to admit that they had been intimate a few times, but that did not give him the right to claim that the baby she was carrying was his.
“Are you sure he is your mate? Didn’t you force your way into his life by using underhanded means.? If you did not get rid of his childhood sweetheart, do you think that you could have stood a chance?” Kelly inquired.
“We are mates and we are destined to be together. The moon goddess made us for each other?” Lily said stubbornly.
“Have you ever felt any bond between the two of you? If he was really your mate, then why did you want me to satisfy you? If you two were destined to be together, would he have not noticed every time you slept with another man?” Kelly fired one question after another.
Lily bit her lower lip without saying anything. She loved Mark with all her heart, how could this man say that she seamlessly forced her way into his life?
“If Mark knows that you are the one who got rid of his sweetheart, imagine what will happen to you! Besides are you confident that he won’t find out that this baby is not his as time goes by!” Kelly knew Lily very well and every word that he said hit her at the right spot.
“You told me that once I become the alpha, you will come with me and be my luna. I even killed my grandfather for you, but now….”
“By the way, didn’t you say that your stepsister’s name was Maya?” Kelly asked all of a sudden making Lily tremble from fear. That name gave her goosebumps.
“Yeah. Why?”
“My brother’s mate is also called Maya and I heard that he saved her while she was drowning in a certain lake near your pack,” Kelly said casually.
Lily felt like a bomb had exploded in her mind as she looked at the man before her who had no idea of the impact his casual words had on her.