Divorced Ex-Luna Returns With Triplets
Chapter Ninety-Eight: Amanda's Plight

Nathaniel'S

POV

"Amanda got attacked," Grayson informed me, dropping a file on the desk. My ears perked up at what he said. I dropped what I was doing and looked at him fully. "What did you say?" I asked him.

He let out a sigh. "Amanda got attacked." He replied again.

"By who?"

"I don't know. But it could be one of the obsessed fans of hers." He shrugged, passing the file over to me. My brows scrunched up because I didn't know who.

"I was going about my business when I mistakenly stumbled on it. She is not at the pack house. I already checked on her." He added.

I went through the pages. They were back. The reason Amanda got back to the pack was best known to me and Grayson.

"What happened next?" I closed the file. It was just a matter of time before they reached her again.

He nodded.

"Where is she?" I asked him.

"At the hospital. She fainted after the attack."

"Who took her there?" I went through the file.

"Well, one of her friends was at the bar with her so they took her there." He replied.

"Okay, make sure to keep an eye on her. And I don't think it is an obsessed fan that attacked her. This coverage is one sided. I need to meet her to confirm it." I said to him, rising to my feet. "Where are you going?"

"What hospital is she being admitted to?" I evaded his question.

He blinked, "I will send you the address."

I turned to leave but he called me back. "Nathaniel." I faced him, raising my brows.

"Stop." One word and I was confused even more.

"Stop what?" Was something wrong with his head?

"Stop what you are doing. You are leaving again. Like that night at the dining table." He told me.

Realization dawned on me and I uttered a noise. "Really? You think so?"

"Yes, I know so. You just panicked. This was the way you left that night and everything got ruined between you and Maurene. Do you want to repeat that same mistake?" He questioned me.

I fought back the urge to roll my eyes. "But Maurene isn't here, is she? I have a reason for going to her. Nothing is going to get ruined again, I promise." I exited the office.

I closed my eyes briefly. The last thing I wanted to be reminded of was that incident. It was the beginning of everything that went down with Maurene and I. I didn't choose to leave like that but when Amanda called me to help her, I just couldn't ignore her. Could I?

I walked into the garage, signaling to the driver not to bother. My phone buzzed with a message. When I checked, it was Grayson. He sent me the address of the hospital. I tried to disregard what he had said earlier. The fact that he had been watching me since then and said nothing made me realize how conceited I might have been in the past.

I drove out of the garage and headed for the hospital. On getting there, I went to the receptionist.

"What is the name of the patient you are here to see?" She asked, keeping her focus on the monitor. "McAmanda," I answered.

She told me where to find her and I went in search of the place. I paused at the door, looking through the transparent glass embedded into the wooden door. Two ladies were sitting beside her. They must be her friends.

I knocked and was ushered in. Amanda lifted her gaze to me, shock clearly written on her face. She should not be.

"Nathaniel?" She blinked to see if I was real.

I was.

"How are you doing?" I asked her.

"Fine."

I looked at the bandage wrapped around her head. "What happened?"

She glanced at her friends before pulling her lips in. Oh, I was right. It was not some obsessed fan that attacked her. It was someone we both knew and the fact that this person was back could only mean one thing. Danger.

She didn't say anything. One of her friends spoke up. "She got attacked when we went to the bar together. I really apologize for not protecting her." She apologized politely.

I slowly nodded my head. "You would have been able to do nothing," I muttered, returning my focus back to Amanda.

"I will have guards watching over you. Are you okay with that?" I asked.

She nodded. "Thank you." She mumbled.

We would talk better when her friends were not around. I rose to leave but they both stopped me. "Oh, we would give you both a moment." They left before I could stop them. I sat, facing Amanda. "So what happened?"

"I got attacked. Actually, I got a text. Then I went out. And that man, he attacked me." She said, her words were broken.

"Oh." Was all I could say. "Did you happen to see his face?"

She shook her head. "He was wearing a mask and his hands were covered with gloves as well but his voice... I knew it was him."

"Nathaniel, I am scared."

"I know." I looked away. This was not supposed to happen now, coupled with what was happening with the Alpha King. This was too much for me to handle.

What if... what if they intertwined?

"I will have guards watch over you and also make sure to report to me for your safety's sake. When will you be discharged?"

"The doctor said he still needs to look through some things before I can be discharged." She replied.

"Okay. I will take my leave now. I have things to take care of. I will look into the attack and by the way, what of your boyfriend? I don't see him anyway." I noted at her, quirking a brow. "Erm... he..." As if on cue, the door was pushed open and he appeared. He paused when he saw the both of us.

"Oh, I didn't know that you had a visitor. Hello." He greeted.

I watched him with keen eyes. "I will take my leave now." I walked past him and exited the ward. I met her friends outside and noticed that the one I had seen at the fashion show was not there. "What of your last friend?" I asked them.

"Oh, you mean Natalia?" One of them responded.

I nodded. I didn't know their names.

"She called in sick so..."

She was sick? All of a sudden?

There were a lot of things I needed Grayson to look into. Starting from her friend.

I returned to the pack house, wishing I could have dropped by Maurene's place but I didn't. I have lots of things to go through.

"You are back? How is she?" He asked as I entered the office. I breathed in deeply, happy that I was free from the pungent smell of the hospital.

"She is fine. Better at least. Take a seat. There are things we need to work on." I said sternly.

He narrowed his eyes before taking his seat. "What is it about?"

"The site owner. Have you found out who was behind it?"

He seemed to key into it immediately.

"And why are we discussing the site owner?" He asked, leaning closer.

"Because I just realized that we got carried away that we stopped searching for it. Have Andreas come over. I am sure he would have found out something-" "Alpha, you have a visitor." The guard informed me.

I looked at him, arching one brow then I noticed Andreas stepping out from behind him. I signaled to him to come in.

He entered, greeting with a bow before taking his seat.

"The site owner. I have found out who was behind it." He told me, bringing out some files from his bag.

Pushing to me, my eye caught the picture. I did not recognize the person.

"Who is this?" I asked him. Grayson pulled the picture to himself. He also didn't know the person, it seemed.

"Maxwell Jax. He is very good at hacking. It was hard getting to know that he was behind it."

"And why would he decide to do that to Maurene?" Grayson asked, glancing between us.

"That is where we get to who could have hired Maxwell?" He sent the question to us. We didn't know it.

"Months ago, Maxwell was contacted by a secretive person."

"And who is this person?"

"Taylor. Martin Taylor hired Maxwell to discreetly upload those blogs. He paid him handsomely too." I went through the pictures. Martins Taylor. He was the one behind everything Maurene went through.

"Why?" I must have said it out loud.

"I can't say."