Love, Hate and Desire.

CHAPTER ELEVEN.

Next morning, Selena woke up and got dressed in one the clothes nathan ordered for her. Luckily, some were suitable enough for work, she came downstairs to meet her insensitive husband having coffee. He stared at her with a straight face, then looked away;

"And where do you think you're going?" He asked without sparing a glance at her.

"Work." Selena answered as she made some coffee for herself.

Nathan chuckled darkly and selena knew it was going to be a difficult morning, she took a sip of her coffee and then opened her mouth to speak after she had swallowed.

"I never discussed working with you, selena moore." Nathan interrupted.

"You never said i was your prisoner either."

They both locked eyes for a moment, then selena looked away and took a deep breath.

"Please nathan, let me return to work, i'm going to lose my mind if i remain locked up."

"Do i look like i care if you lose your mind."

"Nathan..."

"Do whatever you like." He said and stood up, leaving her.

Selena finished her coffee and took a cab to work, her boss, assistant and a few others were happy to see her, but others stared at her with contempt. Selena walked straight to her office and sat down, she was happy to be back. Her job meant everything to her, then it was a form of escape from her actually problems at home, now it will also be an escape from nathan.

"What are you so engrossed about?"

Selena raised her head to see duke standing by her table. He had a certain look on his face, one she couldn't explain but she ignored it.

"Hey. Feels good to be back you know." She said.

"Knowing how you love to drown yourself in work, i totally understand. But mr miller gave you a month off."

"I'm going to lose my mind if i stay one more day with nat...."

Selena paused and cleared her throat immediately, was she just about to spill the beans?

"Is something wrong? Do you want some water?" Duke asked with concern in his voice.

"No, i'm fine, thank you."

He nodded. "You were saying?"

"I was saying we need to get back to work."

"Yes boss."

"Stop it." She chuckled.

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"You let her return to work? Thought you said her new job was to please you."

Ryan said, he looked at nathan carefully. He continued when there was no response from him;

"Anyway, you should guard her jealously, other men will kill to have such a hot wife."

That earned him a glare from the stiff man, but he returned to typing away on his laptop. Not a word came forth out of his mouth, but if the keypads had the chance, they would whine from how hard he was tapping on them. Ryan smirked, then stood up and left the angry bird alone in his office, still tapping hard and rapidly.

"Bloody idiot."

Nathan muttered under his breath and slammed the laptop shut. He stood with his hands in his pocket and walked towards the window, he stared into the city and the words rang again;

'You should guard her jealously, other men will kill to have such a hot wife.'

"If he wasn't married i would have showed him what awaits whoever lays hands or eyes on her." He said.

"

But why do i care though?" He asked himself.

'Must be the mate bond.' He thought. 'She's a moore, i hate all the moore's.'

"Keep lying to yourself brother, whatever suits your soul."

Nathan turned to see henry sitting across his table with his legs crossed.

"It's daylight, don't be so careless."

Henry sipped the liquor in his hand and sighed.

"What fun is it if i can't be free to do whatever i want? Don't be a spoilsport."

"Why are you here?"

"Can't i visit my brother? And my sexy sister-in-law?" Nathan's head whipped towards him in a flash, Henry chuckled. "Her assistant is one fine lucky man."

"HENRY!"

"Relax, she didn't see me, only wanted to check on her for you."

"Keep your distance."

"Yet you say you don't care about her." Henry laughed softly.

"Why the f**k are you here?"

Henry sighed, "I just found out that christopher moore has a school of hunters. He also built a lair, impenetrable to our kind, once in, no getting out."

Nathan folded his fist into a ball, yet another seed of discord between the anderson and the moore. He had lost his family and a good number of his kind to walter and christopher moore, arnold may not have soiled his hands with royal blood, but he has killed a lot of vampires.

"Don't spare anyone that touches a hair on our kind, rip their heads off." Nathan said in anger.

"You don't have to say it twice. Christopher makes a lair, i'll create a f*****g blood bank." Henry replied in an equal rage.

H

e took in a breath to calm himself, then continued talking;

"Why did you let her return to work though?"

"And why can't you keep your nose out of my business, you and that damn ryan."

Henry laughed, "I slept too long to give you the impression that you could tell me what to do."

"Maybe not long enough." Nathan muttered.

"What was that?"

"I said get lost."

Henry smiled but remained sitted where he was, ryan stepped back in and gave henry a nod.

"What now?" Nathan asked

"Selena left work and rushed to the hospital, her mother had another crisis." Ryan reported.

"Not my problem."

Ryan and Henry gazed at nathan, they couldn't force him to do what he didn't want to do. They all hated the girl's family but the two men had their reservations about selena and her brother, the kids knew nothing about their family sins. Nathan was just refusing to accept their innocence, unfortunately he was in for a long ride of his existence.

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Selena sat beside her mother at the hospital, her illness seem to be getting worse and her medication even more expensive. Mr Arnold was doing all he could to sort the money out, even though he would not tell them how so they could assist him. The company her mother worked for before she fell ill, abandoned her afterwards, they couldn't explain how she suddenly became sick and they couldn't provide any financial assistance either.

Selena stayed with her mother until eight pm when nathan's driver came to pick her up, she was reluctant to go but then her mother insisted she did. When she arrived the villa, she unexpectedly lashed out at nathan;

"You heartless bastard! Couldn't you at least let me stay with her for the night, knowing her health condition."

Nathan who was sitting at the living room with an ipad in his hand, completely ignored her. She was offended by his silence and walked towards him, hitting the pad away from his grip. Nathan stood up abruptly, grabbing her by the neck;

"Don't you ever, i repeat, ever do that again else i'll return your drained lifeless body to the moore's." He said and shoved her away, he picked up the ipad and walked away.

Selena folded her fist so tight her nails dug into her palm, she wanted to cry but the tears weren't coming, she didn't like being angry. So rushed out of the house without shoes and ran aimlessly through the mini villa until she was exhausted, then she returned to the house and headed straight to her room for a cold shower and a good cry.

'On one hand is my mother and on the other is a heartless beast for a husband. What has my life turned into?'

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Last night was intense in nathan's villa, the morning after wasn't so good either. Selena left very early in other to avoid her ruthless husband and also stop by to see her mother before work, nathan was also grumpy the whole night through to the morning because something kept tugging on his soul, scolding him for being so brutal with selena.

'All i need is a woman to pound away this frustration.... and a long drink from her too.'

He thought to himself

"Do you intend to drop another body for me to bag?" Ryan said, walking into the living room.

"Do you always have to intrude all the time?"

"Someone has to keep an eye on you, and looks like i'm right on time."

Nathan rolled his eyes away from his nosy friend, he was in no mood to sway words with him. If not for the unfortunate incident with henry, he wouldn't have to bother with so much responsibilities and have Ryan daddy him wherever he goes. Thankfully, henry was willing to take on some of those duties off him, he was supposed to be in Henry's shoes and Henry in his.

"Do you think my brother would listen if i told him i wanted him to take over leadership of the clan and the business?"

Ryan Sighed, "You know henry, he loves to roam free like a bird caged for a long time and has just regained freedom."

"He was caged for three decades."

Ryan nodded, simply saying nathan should understand why henry didn't want to be tied down. While nathan was exploring the world having fun, the parties, the women, the wild nights, his brother was buried deep in a tomb for a crime he didn't commit. Nathan always felt sorry for him, he loved his brother so much that he never regretted what he did to get henry out of that darkness.

"All the more reason christopher moore has to die."

He said and smashed the ipad he was holding against the wall.

Ryan shook his head and took out his phone, after placing a call for a replacement, he asked;

"Christopher moore, or all the moore's?"

Nathan turned to look at him, without a word to Ryan, he made a phone call;

"Go pick up daliha."

"You're not thinking of bringing her here, are you?"

"This is my house Ryan, i can do whatever i want."

"Not at the expense of selena's feelings...."

"I don't give a damn about her feelings!" Nathan yelled and stormed upstairs, Ryan stood still for a while before going for a drink at the mini bar.