Craving him:The Alpha's Mistress

Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

~DAISY'S POINT OF VIEW~

Days Later,Five Days to Christmas.

Crying wasn't going to solve my current predicament, so I had stopped. My eyes were now red and puffy, with streaks of tears still on my cheeks. Today's the day I would be going for an abortion, as Nicholas said earlier. My hand instinctively cradled my stomach, and I swallowed hard. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, baby…."

I dug my nails into my palms until they left marks…” I'm sorry baby…i really am. Mommy will always miss you.”

I choose my husband, I choose my mate-Nicholas Grant over my growing pup.

What choices do I have? Pick the unborn pup and raise him alone without Nicholas backing me up?

No! I do not want that. I want a happy family where the father and mother are both present.

Mine weren't present, and as I grew up, I promised myself my kids would never go through the same predicament.

Never. I'd never let that happen. Family is supposed to stick together.

That night, I cried and cried. I barely slept a wink.

My sobs weren't loud,just muffled screams and occasional coughs,but loud enough for anyone who lay close to me to hear. Yet Nicholas Grant never consoled me.

I wondered how he slept so comfortably with me crying profusely at his side.

He's changed. That's not the man I married. That's not the man who went down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

Hopefully, he'd change. I see he's just frustrated with work and how it's been going so far.

He needs investors, and he won't let me invest because he doesn't want it to look like I control all the money in this house.

In all honesty, I do. Everything in here is my cash, and his company still standing is my secret investment.

I plan to double that investment so his business can be up and running.

That way, I know he'd stop being so frustrated and aggressive.

Work can be frustrating sometimes, I’ve been there before. I know situations like this would drain anyone.

Though I wish he'd retract his decisions and let me keep this pup.

I stood in front of the mirror, taking a last glance at myself.

My stomach has yet to shoot out, I don't know how many months the baby might be.

I'm suspecting two to three months. Why does it matter anyway? I'd be taking it all out in a few minutes when I get to the hospital.

Kiesha helped me book an appointment with one of the best doctors in Anthes.

I reached for my sunglasses and put them on to cover the dark circles around my eyes.

With that, I left the house and made my way to the garage. I have an old car, it’s not really mine; it's Nicholas's. Mine is a new one, which I let him take to work while I use his since I do not go anywhere important.

I settled into the car and revved the engine to life, but it just screamed for a few seconds and died down.

Shit. Not now, please.... I do not have the strength for you right now, girl. I need to get to the hospital,I'm late.

Trying again, she screamed even louder this time. I stepped down and checked the gas.

There was gas. I hissed. Dammit, I hate this. My day is frustrating enough.

Seconds later, I decided to try it one more time before I booked a cab.

I sat inside, one leg on the throttle and my hand on the wheel while the other hand turned the ignition.

A loud groan was all she made for a few seconds before finally starting.

Finally,I slammed the door shut and drove out. A couple of minutes later, I was at the hospital.

I made my way inside, and thankfully one of the nurses attended to me on time. She ushered me to a room.

Getting to the room they had prepared for me, it was eerily quiet.

I slowly dropped my bag and began to undress, just as they’d instructed me to do.

‘ I am about to start baby’I mindlinked Nicholas.

‘Okay thank you for taking care of yourself.i will be coming to pick you up later baby. You do not need to bother about anything you're in the best hands.I love you’

With that, I settled back on the bed, just as the doctor instructed.

My fingers dug into my stomach like I could feel the baby in there.’ I'm sorry dear ‘

I'm sorry baby

I promise you I am. I will miss you so much

Just know mommy loves you so much baby

I'm not sure I'm making the best decision, but there was nothing more right than staying with Nicholas Grant. We can have more babies in the future when he wants to. We are still quite young.

Looking around the hospital, the room was so quiet I could hear the clock tic on the wall.

Minutes later, the doctor made her way inside and closed the door behind her.

I looked up at her, my breathing ragged and my palms suddenly clammy.

Slowly, my hands instinctively went to my stomach again, cradling the surface again."I'm sorry, baby. I promise you, Mommy is sorry."

Mama doesn't have a choice but to let you go.

I promise I love you. I will miss you

One hot tear slid off my chin and landed on the sheet with a tiny splash.

~~10 HOURS LATER~~

—HOSPITAL

My eyes finally snapped open, and I sat up at once. My breathing was heavy as I looked at the unfamiliar faces inside the room with me. I didn't recognize anyone except for the first two nurses who had ushered me in. One was adjusting the machine, and the other was packing the syringe she had used on me. I didn't remember much of what had happened. All I remembered was being in a maternity gown and then falling asleep.

Looking around, I found my phone and reached for it immediately.

It was 8:45 PM. Why isn't Nicholas here?

He promised he would drop by once he came back from work to pick me up.

He finishes work by 4 or 5 PM. This is 8 PM, and he is nowhere to be found.

I shook my head, anger surging through my chest.

I lurched forward, trying to sit up so I could comfortably mind link him and ask why he wasn't here but a sharp pain shot through my lower abdomen, forcing me to wince and clutch my stomach instinctively.

Moments later, I checked the time. I could still make it home without asking Nicholas.I'm not spending the night here.

Hopefully Nicholas is waiting for me outside.

With that in mind, I yanked the sheets off my body and took a step down from the bed, but the nurse stopped me immediately.

“What are you doing, ma'am?” She rushed towards me. “I’m sorry, miss, but you can’t leave right now.”

“Why?”

“We still have some treatments that you must undergo before you leave. You will be discharged in two days, ma'am,” she explained.

“Two days?” I exclaimed in disbelief. “What do you mean two days? Before I came here, the doctor assured me it would just be a day. Not even a day, just a few hours! So what do you mean two days?”

I chuckled inwardly, they must be joking if they think I will stay here for two freaking days!

Ignoring her, I yanked the blankets off my body and moved to step down. My feet hit the ground immediately, and I stood.

“Please… miss, please obey instructions. You can’t leave right now,” the second nurse blocked my path.

“Get the hell out of my way,” I snapped at her. “I need to get home. Why do I need to stay back? Aren’t you all done with the abortion?”

The lady in the white gown didn’t budge from my path. She stared at me and said nothing, which made my blood boil.

I shook my head, letting out an evil chuckle. “Move out of my way, bitc—” I swallowed my words halfway, trying to stay respectful. “Move out of my way if you still want to keep your job.”

“All I did was an abortion,why the hell do I need to stay for three days?” My gaze darted across their faces. “Huh? You all can't speak?”

Silence settled in, and the two ladies glanced at each other as if they wanted to say something but didn't know who should go first.

With that, I hissed and moved to walk past them when the first nurse whispered the words, “H—h-hysterectomy.”

I stopped in my tracks and turned to her at once. “W-what? What did you just say?” My voice was shaky.

“During the process, there were some complications, and your uterus was removed,” she explained bitterly.

My knees hit the floor,the room spun once and went black at the edges.

“I’m very sorry, ma'am. We had to carry it out quickly to keep you alive. Your w-womb is gone. You have to stay back to collect the last batch of treatments.”

My wolf let out one broken howl inside my head then went eerily quiet like she'd died with our pup.

Silence. That was all I could manage on the floor. It was all I knew I could do. I could no longer breathe, my vision and sense of reasoning blurred at once.

"That's impossible." I shook my head. "No, no, no, no, no, no. That's very impossible."

She's definitely telling a pathetic lie. I hoped so.

On the floor, my throat closed so tight that I could barely breathe.

"M-my what?" I finally managed to look up at the nurses.

"You took out what?" I screamed so loudly that they both stumbled back at once.

Both of them trembled, their eyes darting around everywhere but my face.

"No, you're lying, right?" I don’t know how, but I was back on my feet. "Tell me it's a prank. I mean, it has to be a cue to keep me here for two days, right? You were just joking, right?"

"Speak to me, please." I stepped forward, and they backed away another two steps.

"I'm sorry, but you were losing too much blood. There were too many complications, and we had to do what we could to save you," the nurse explained, her eyes shimmering with pity.

"You had no f*****g right to do that without my consent!" I roared, looking at her as tears streamed down my cheeks.

"I'm sorry," her voice cracked as she spoke. "But your husband gave us the go-ahead to do so. He signed the consent form.”

And just like that, everything inside me froze. Nicholas didn't just kill our pup but he's just killed every pup I'll ever think of having.