Alpha daddy

CHAPTER EIGHT

ATHENA’s POV.

I don’t know why I agreed to his bizarre request but then maybe being out of this house is what I need at the moment. I came home thinking I can try to talk to Stefan but he is getting engaged to another woman. No matter how much I think about it, it made no sense to me. How can he do this to me after everything we have been through together? After giving him six years of my life.

The more I think about it, the more my chest hurts.

Seth doesn’t say anything as he pulls open the car door for me and I slip into the passenger’s seat. He also slips into the driver’s seat and in no time, he zooms out of the premises.

The drive is silent. I love it. I love the fact that he is not bombarding me with questions and answers about what is going on. The only thing I want to do now is just close my eyes and pray this is a bad dream.

“Have you eaten?” He finally breaks the silence, “we could stop at a restaurant and i could get you food”

“I am not hungry,” I tell him, “I just want to sleep”

He doesn’t say anything else and continues driving while I close my eyes and press my head against the car headrest.

A few minutes later, he pulls over and I open my eyes. We are in front of the hospital.

He steps out, rounds the car and comes to open mine for me.

“Thank you,” I mutter as I climb out.

We both make our way into the reception but my eyes catch the television. It is the engagement party, it is being recorded live. Is this Stefan’s way of paying me back? Is this what I get?

Looking around, I can see people ogling at them and instant anger envelops me. Did they forget that he is married? How could they—

Seth grabs my hand and leads me towards the elevator. The silence is too much, I want to yell and scream. I want to tell the world what my husband and my own family did to me.

As soon as the elevator opens again, we walk into the room I was staying before and Seth halts by the door.

“I will ask the nurse to come and check on you,” he says, “but until then, do not stand up fork the bed or I will be truly mad”

“What do you care, Doctor?” I scoff, “you and I know I am not your responsibility.”

“You are my patient,” he replies, “and until you are perfectly okay, you are under my command. Do you understand that?”

I walk back to the bed and slowly sit on it. My whole body feels weak, my mind is tired and I can feel my strength failing me. How I want to wake up from it.

“I am not fit for your stress, doctor.” I tell him, “you witnessed the scene in my house. You shouldn’t bother yourself with me.”

“I chose who I want to bother with,” he replies, taking slow steps towards me, “so until you are fine, you stay on this bed and don't dare move. The nurse will bring some food for you too”

Before I can say anything, he turns out and strides out of the room leaving me to my thoughts again. One on one hand is a man who was my husband but didn’t care if my baby lived or died and or the other hand is a doctor who doesn’t know me but wants me and my baby safe.

I look down at my stomach and a fresh set of tears pool out of my eyes. At that moment my phone buzzed and Stefan’s name flashed across the screen.

I immediately pick up. Maybe he has thought of everything and he is back to his senses.

I click on the receive button as his voice filters through.

“You sure know how to make an entrance, don’t you?” He asks calmly, “how dare you, Athena?”

“What?”

“You are nothing but a pain in the ass and I am done coddling you. Do you hear me?”

“Stefan—

“I will make sure to give you enough alimony for the baby but just so you know, you and I are done. The divorce papers are ready and I have been meaning to give you that for a while now.”

“Stefan.” I call out again, “what do you think you are doing? We are expecting a baby and you—

“I can no longer be married to you so let’s get a divorce and make sure to leave Gemini’s name out of your mouth. We are getting married and she will become the Luna of the pack. You can remain in the pack house but do not come close to me for any reason. Gemini told me you left the house with that doctor, I didn’t know you were cheating on me too”

“You are making a mistake, Stefan.” The pain in my chest intensifies and I clutch my chest. Each of his words are hurting me but my own husband is more concerned about his mistress.

“I came back to the hospital.”

He scoffs, “how pathetic will you make yourself be, Athena” he asks, “why are you back in the hospital? Are you looking for public validation?”

“Stefan—

“Do not drag Gemini into this game you are playing because I will not spare you if anything happens to her and my unborn child.”

He doesn’t wait for me to reply as he ends the call and I sit there wondering what the heck is going on. I am the one he has wronged and she-

I sit in that position for a long time, not even knowing what to do until I hear my door push open and I look up thinking it is Seth or the nurse but I see my parents. My father has an expressionless look on his face but my step mother looks like she is about to devour me.

“How dare you humiliate us like that?” She yells.

“Humiliate?” I ask, I want to make sure I heard her correctly. I have been in the hospital for a week and none of them bothered to call me and this is what I get the moment they get here.

“You have been delusional from the beginning, Athena.” She continues, “you thought he would choose you over my daughter? How dare you think that?”

“Dad?” I call out to him but he looks away.

“Listen to your mother, child.” He says and I scoff. What was I expecting him to say? He has always acted like he was spineless.

“Stefan is my husband.” I tell her, “and I will not allow Gemini have her way”

Abs chuckles, her eyes darkening.

“Let me see you do that. The doctor called us here to come and see you. I hope it is worth your while because we will get busy planning your sister’s wedding so you behave. Let’s go, Charles.”

She turns and walks out of the room. My father stands there, not making a move. With each passing minute, I hate him even more. He is supporting the very people who are hurting me as he, he can’t even do anything.

“The moon goddess will surely see you through this.”

Anger wells up inside of me. I hate him, I hate him so much and he is not doing anything to change that narrative—how pathetic. He is supposed to be on my side but as usual, he prefers Gemini.

“I have always known you were a spineless old man!” I yell in anger as I lunge at him with my phone but someone is fast to throw himself between us. I look up to see Seth and he immediately shakes his head in the negative.

“We need to keep the family afloat, Athena” my father says from behind Seth.

I don’t say anything until I hear the door close behind us. My anger intensifies and I make for the door but Seth grabs my hand and shakes his head again.

“You need rest, Athena,” he says calmly.

“No!” I yell, tears of anger welling up in my eyes, “how can a father say that to his own daughter? How can he be so weak? How can he—

I am still talking when he pulls me into his embrace.

I freeze. My body is still shaking in his arms.

“Easy,” his deep voice reaches my ear, “we do not want to scare the baby.”

He hasn’t even finished when I feel a warm liquid running down my legs. I stare down in disbelief for a moment but I don’t move, I can already guess what’s going on. Pain overtakes my entire body but I remain standing. There is nothing else to fight for, even our baby is tired of fighting.