Divorced Ex-Luna Returns With Triplets
CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE: Rechecking Your Feelings

Maurene'S POV

After visiting Mr. Galen, Nathaniel was the next. Normally, I was supposed to go alone but I had pleaded with him that he should come with me. He tried to explain his way out but he finally accepted. We were seated in my car and he was driving even though I had suggested that I should. It would be an insult to me. His words, not mine.

I hummed along to the music playing on the radio. I was going through the file we would finally be signing and tried to see if there were any mistakes. Thankfully, I stayed all night to format and print it out. Liam would be very glad. Honestly, I was nervous. I was going to meet Nathaniel again, that was why I got myself busy in order to hide how uneasy the thought made me. I knew it was inevitable that we would meet. I had thought Liam would take pity on me and meet him in my stead. He told me before that I would be dealing with a few clients and I thought he was joking. He has even signed me up with some clients whom I will discuss within the course of the week. I did not know why he was doing this but he was helping me. I could not shake away the feeling of being indebted to him.

We soon reached the pack house and we stepped out of the car. Holding the file firmly in my hand, I followed him keenly from behind. He opened the door for me to step in and he followed immediately after. Meeting Grayson first did nothing to calm my nerves.

We exchanged pleasantries and he led us to Nathaniel's office. My heart leaped to my chest as the door sprung open. Seeing the empty chair, I exhaled a deep breath. Both men stared at me and I offered them a nervous smile. They must know the reason.

We had our seats and got into business straight away. Liam didn't speak at all. He let me do the speaking and explaining. He was really intentional about this. Grayson signed the file and I kept our part. We discussed how the project would be starting and how men should be permitted to work.

"You should know clearly that our pack is not just opened fully. We will have days chosen for them to work." Grayson said, his face blank as a sheet of paper.

I glanced at Liam who seemed to be watching Grayson closely. He knew that he was being scrutinized yet he didn't act like it. Sometimes, I wondered how Nathaniel met him. How he became the Beta. The thing was I never truly tried to know the history of Nathaniel's pack. I was only about Nathaniel and had never tried to be a Luna. Even if I was interested, no one would reply to me.

Liam gave a nod of his head. He leaned forward, sighing. "Yes. We would agree to five days as this project needs to be done as fast as possible." He said. Grayson scoffed. Wait, did he just smirk?

I watched him closely. He saw it and an indifferent mask covered his face. He looked away briefly before speaking up, "Five days in a week is way dangerous for the pack's safety. Three days at most is all we can guarantee." He stated. Liam's jaw hardened and I gripped his thighs. We should agree. I had known how Nathaniel was so intentional about his pack's security. He just didn't allow anyone to enter. That was why they never held parties at his pack. Liam's brows rose. "Alright." He relaxed.

"What is next?" I asked him.

"As you know that the full moon night is approaching, you will have to hold on starting." He said. We nodded at the same time.

We were soon done and still, Nathaniel didn't come at all. I was tempted to ask about his whereabouts but I clamped my mouth shut. It was none of my business.

"I did not see Alpha Nathaniel around. Is he at the pack house?" Liam asked the baffling question.

Grayson answered, "He is not. He is busy with other things. You don't have to worry. We had discussed the things before I agreed."

Liam hummed a response, dipping his hand into his pocket. Was it that Nathaniel was intentionally avoiding me and didn't want to see me? Well, I should thank him for making it easy for us both.

I did not look where I was going as I bumped into someone who let out a shriek. I looked up to meet Amanda's angry gaze. Her eyes raked over my body as she glared daggers at me. She shifted her gaze to Liam who watched her keenly. A scowl masked her face as she let out a hiss before walking away.

"I apologize for her behavior, please." He directed the apology at Liam who shrugged.

Like he didn't care and yes, he should not. She was not worth his attention.

"Thank you for coming." I could feel how strained those words were as Grayson uttered them. I gave the house one last glance before stepping out and the door shut behind me.

"Do you really Nathaniel was busy?" I didn't know when I asked Liam that question.

He peered a look at me. "Shouldn't he be busy?"

I blinked, swallowing hard as we settled into the car. "So where to?"

"Office," He responded and my eyes went wide. We never visited the office. He didn't like being suffocated in a space. One fact is that he often worked at him and hearing that we would be going to the office made me want to run away. I wish. "W-Why?" I stuttered.

"Because someone wants to meet you." He responded, barely giving me a look.

Who wanted to meet me?

We hit the road and noticed how grumpy Liam had turned. I wanted to ask him what was wrong but I knew it would backfire so I kept shut and pretended to go through my phone. The posts about me seemed to have reduced and I could not be more glad. I hated attention being on me. It was unnerving and I didn't like it.

I checked through my dead social media apps. Funny how I used to be excited to post then before I married Nathaniel, and the moment we broke up, I stopped.

I truly loved Nathaniel.

The car suddenly screeched to a halt and I jerked forward, thanks to the seatbelt whichheld me back.

"Liam." I called out.

Liam suddenly drove the car to the road side and asked, his knuckles whitening, "Do you still love Nathaniel?"

I did not know how to react at all. "What?" I stammered.

He faced me, his eyes steely gray. "I said do you still love Nathaniel?"

"I... I... Liam, why are you suddenly asking this question?" I asked him, wide-eyed.

"It is just a simple question, Maurene. Answer," he demanded.

"I..."

My lips were parted in a mouth-splitting grin as I looked at Nathaniel dressed up like a man. It was our wedding ceremony. No one needed to know that we had just met last week instead of the 'we met a few months ago and clicked right away' narrative we told everyone. Nathaniel was everything I wanted in a man. I met his cold gaze and it didn't freeze the smile on my face as I said, "I do."

His chest rumbled lowly before he grumbled his 'I do' too. I knew there was no way he would harm me. We were pronounced husband and wife and I let out a happy shriek before we went ahead to receive the blessings of our parents. Nathaniel's mom died during childbirth and his father went missing suddenly so his grandfather brought him up. Minutes after greeting, my parents disappeared and Nathaniel was nowhere in sight. I didn't even see his Beta at all.

"He will come around." His grandfather told me and I gave him a sad smile. Nathaniel had made it known that he was only getting married to me because of his grandfather who suggested it. I had taken it in my heart as a mission to win his heart and that was what I did for the whole three years, yet he never looked at me like I mattered to him. He ignored me and our marital bliss. He made a gossip topic among the pack members and the maids were not excluded. I had tried. I really did. To be the Luna he wanted but no, he just... Didn't love me.

"No, I don't love him, Liam."