Divorced Ex-Luna Returns With Triplets
Chapter Ninety-Three: For The Old Shall Return

Amanda'S POV

"Hey!" A baritone voice yelled after me. My chest was heaving. My vision was shaking and I could hear my breathing audibly. Where was I?

I didn't know. All I knew was that I was being chased. By who?

I shook my head, trying to clear my vision as I ran through the dark alley. The footsteps of the men running after me echoed behind me and fueled me to run faster. What did they want from me? "Wait!"

I didn't stop. I continued, running for dear life. I was tired but my feet won't stop running. I was being chased but I don't know who was chasing after me. My chest heaved with rapid breaths as I ran into another dark alley. When does it end? Where was I? How did I get here?

My entire body was soaked in sweat. The men who chased after me were all yelling that I stop but I didn't listen to them. Just as I glanced back and looked over my shoulder, hands stretched forth and caught mine, halting me to a stop and pulling me back.

A fearful scream worked up my throat as I looked up at the force that pulled me back and my eyes went wide. Black, sinister eyes. Vicious smirk on their lips. They were here!

"I will find you and you will regret what you did!"

I jerked out of my sleep into the real world. What sort of dream was that?

I reached for the glass of water beside me with shaky hands and gulped it in a few seconds. I stared, shocked to the core. I swallowed hard, my throat bobbing as I did. My fist clenched around the sheets as the image of their faces displayed again in my vision. I closed my eyes tight, breathing out through my mouth.

They were back. They were back? The nightmares. They stopped some years back but now... It has been long. So long since I heard from them. Since I saw them. Why did they have to return now? Why did they have to come back now? Now? When I am at the peak of my career?

Gosh, I really needed to find something to do with these nightmares.

I could feel my lips tremble as a sense of something watching me washed over me and fear coiled into me. Was I being watched again?

I thought it was over. It should be over.

I wanted to let out a scream. Or maybe I needed a good rest? I have been busy trying to meet with designers and signing contracts with brands since the Bille Gates event.

Not to add, the stubborn man wanted me again. This time he offered to sign an ambassador contract. I was surprised. I asked him if it was because of the favor Martins had called in but he refused, saying something about having potential and how he failed to see it at the beginning. I didn't blame him. Martin didn't let him see it.

I stepped out of the room in the pack house. I haven't really been active here because of my work and my relationship with Martins. I noticed the maids whispering something between them so I approached them. "And what is the gist about?" I arched one brow at them.

They all gasped, dispersing around. I flicked my finger at the one who seemed to have started the discussion.

"What was that about?" I asked, tearing the tangerine. She bowed her head timidly.

"Miss Amanda," She stuttered. I waited for her to continue. "Erm, the thing is... Some weeks back, a child came over."

That caught my attention. A child?

"And so?" I ate a part, listening to her attentively.

"Well, the child... the child... belonged to Alpha Nathaniel and Luna... Maurene." She told me.

My eyes went wide instantly, I almost lost my balance as my brows scrunched up together. "A child?" I asked again to be sure I heard well.

"Yes, Miss Amanda. And she came that day as well and... I think the Alpha goes to visit them as well. And yes, it is not just one child but three. He had bought gifts for them and Leila had helped him with it." She narrated. Leila. The lady who was brought to the pack house months back and now... Nathaniel had kids and was now back with Maurene. It must have been the reason for the new light in his eyes. Oh, no!

I marched out of the kitchen and went to his office. I didn't bother knocking as I barged in. He and Grayson seemed to have been in a heated discussion because they both turned their heads to me.

His brows furrowed as I closed the door shut. "So... you now have children with Maurene?" I asked him, not wanting to believe what the maid had said. It could be a rumor.

They shared a glance before Nathaniel rose to his feet. "Yes? And why does that bother you? Shouldn't you be busy making good use of this opportunity that opened for you?"

"Opportunity? I only got this opportunity because of you! Nathaniel, you found out you have kids. What if... what if they are not yours? What if she is only doing this because she wants you back?" I sneered.

He closed his eyes tight, pinching the bridge of his nostrils. "Amanda, I am not in the mood for any of these. The kids are mine and Maurene is..." He sucked in a deep breath.

Grayson rose to his feet, coming toward me. "I don't think now is the time for you to talk to him about this. You are late. He is the father and we have other things to take care of. This... is not one of them." He pushed me out of the office. I stared as the door was shut at my face. Since when? Since when has this been going in and I didn't know.

I walked away, back to my room. There was a gnawing feeling in my belly. I didn't want to acknowledge it but I did. Why wasn't I feeling as hot as I always did before whenever I saw Maurene?

Why did it feel like I had given up on my love for Nathaniel?

I loved Nathaniel... and he loved me as well, right? That was the reason he divorced her and brought me back to the lack, right?

I swallowed hard, the citrus taste of the tangerine on my tongue reminding me of what I had just found out.

I climbed back into my bed, feeling weird and not knowing how to describe it. My phone brightened as a message entered. Hey. - MARTINS

Maybe he was just what I needed.

How are you doing? Rested enough?- MARTINS

He has started to act strangely caring toward me since the event. I didn't know why but it seemed something had changed between us since then. I wanted to return to my usual cold self but he was the only one who seemed to care about me. Yes.- ME

I see. Bille Gates will announce you as the brand ambassador tomorrow morning. I confirmed. -MARTINS.

That alone was enough to bring a smile to my face.

Yeah, we discussed it the last time we spoke.- ME.

I closed my phone, dropping my head to the pillow as I peeked at the ceiling. I felt like I had been away for too long and I was just recovering myself. I knew it was definitely my relationship with Martins. I have been busy ever since then. I couldn't monitor my relationship with Nathaniel and now... the fear that I had lost him to Maurene was almost not there which scared me even more.

I had started all of these because of her. Because I wanted to show her that Nathaniel would not be hers anymore but now... I think I already lost that sense of purpose. What exactly was my purpose now?

I sighed, rolling to my side. My phone beeped with a message and I knew it would be Martins so I ignored it. My mind wandered back to the time I had been at his house. The sound of the gunshot that rang through the air was still vivid in my head and how he came out as if he hadn't just killed someone made me scared of him.

Sometimes I wondered what job Martins did behind the door and what favor he called in from Bille Gates. Judging from what Bille had said, it didn't seem like a good favor. Maybe he had forced him? Who knows? And Natalia? Gosh, I was starting to have stupid thoughts.

Why would I think that these things are like pieces of a puzzle? Just like Nathaniel had said, I should take advantage of this time and build myself.

When the phone beeped again, I shook my head, accepting the truth that Martins would never stop trying to grab my attention.

I clicked the message and wanted to type a response without reading the message. Just as I was about to click send, I caught the message, and my eyes widened.

Dear Amanda,

I am back. See you soon.