He had no idea that his mate was from such a strong background. Hell, he stood nowhere near her.
“And did I mention that my brother, Colton, is a hunter who was chosen by the sword of Alexender, which belonged to the first supernatural hunter Alexender, so that the more supernatural creature he kills, the stronger he becomes?”
“WHAT?” Artemis felt like someone just threw him from the top of the mountains. Now, he was scared of seeing any of her family members, especially her brother, Colton, and her father, Brandon.
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Artemis massaged his temple after hearing everything from Caroline. (Author Note: This is book 2. That’s why I’m not going into detail about Brandon and Sophia, so if you are interested, you can check Book 1: Billionaire’s Ex-Wife & His Hidden Babies)
He couldn’t understand that how… how could he even ask for her hand in front of her father. Hell, if Brandon wanted, then he would set a line of grooms for Caroline, who would willingly become his son-in-law with the condition that he would have to stay with him so that his daughter could stay with him all his life.
Caroline had mentioned a lot of times that how her father wanted to keep all his daughters with him but never, not a once he took it seriously, but now he was really worried. Maybe because now he knew who HER FATHER was.
Not just was he a Billionaire but also an Alpha werewolf and, the cherry on the top, a trained hunter.
“Honey, I love you,” Caroline confessed and crawled in his arms, seeing him tensed.
“I love you too,” Artemis mumbled and kissed her nose. After hearing Caroline’s background, Artemis felt like someone just gave him a roller coaster ride. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her again.
“Give me the tips of winning your father’s heart,” he mumbled.
“I don’t think there’s any shortcut in this procedure,” Caroline replied. “He took approx a year to fall in love with my mom and took five years to confess ‘I love you to her.” Artemis hissed, hearing that part. As much as he gathered information from his mate, he realized that his father-in-law wasn’t going to fall for his charms by his cheesy lines.
“By the way, did I tell you that he will take your test by drugging you?” Caroline said, biting her lips
“Wait! What?” Artemis screamed in shock and looked at her, hoping this to be some kind of joke, but Caroline didn’t laugh at all or give any signal, because of which he would get the vibe of a joke.
“Umm.. if I’m not wrong that he will drug you with something because of which you will start losing control over your mind and will desire wild sex. And then lock you with the stripper to check whether you will cheat on me if you fall in that situation ever in your life.”
Hearing this, Artemis lost the color of his face. “What if… what if… I fail then?” he asked in horror.
“You won’t. I will already train you for that in advance.” Caroline assured him and kissed him. “My dad’s ideas sound horrible and scary, but he is just overprotective, you know.”
“Yeah!! I can already see that.” Artemis mumbled in a sarcastic way and planned to apply the same tricks on his son-in-law in the future.
“Aww!! I’m so sorry for not telling you earlier.” Caroline said, sitting in his lap and snaking her arms around his neck. “But I was being a little selfish.”
“Selfish?”
“Yes!! Asking me for the relationship was your plan, and staying in this relationship forever was mine. Mr. Artemis Thomas Gosling, you have been trapped with me for all your life now because if you ever… ever… ever think of leaving me after what happened between us, dad will make sure to cut your balls.” Caroline said, grinning from ear to ear while Artemis looked at her in shock again. “Actually…
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FLASHBACK!!!
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Caroline had just turned thirteen years old and had walked into her teenager, so her mother was explaining to her daughter about the changes that she could feel in her body or hormones and many more things that she had experienced when she was of Caroline’s age.
“Caro, princess!! Now that you’re growing old. I’m sure there will be many boys around your age who will share their feelings with you. You guys can call it as crush, infatuation, love, etc. It’s not compulsory that only boys can have those feelings for you; even you can have feelings for one of them, finding him cute, nice, helping, handsome, and many more.”
“I like one boy, Mom. He is cute, but Colton and Calvin scare every boy, including him, who tries to talk to me.” Caroline complained.
“Haha!” Sophia laughed before adding, “Don’t worry. I will ask them not to do so. So, what I was telling.. Yes, if you like any boy and that boy like you back then, then there is nothing wrong with that, but you’re not allowed to involve yourself in a kiss on the lips or date anyone or anything you have seen in the movies or series because they’re for adults until you turn eighteen.”
“Oh, okay.” Caroline nodded her head like an obedient girl.
“If you’re thinking that you can do all those things and no one will find out about that, then don’t forget your father.” Sophia gave her a fake threat about Brandon on which Caroline swore not to involve herself in anything like that until she was eighteen.
“Always remember that the right one will always WAIT no matter how long it takes,” Sophia said, caressing the side of the cheek.
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#TBC