Billionaire's Ex-Wife & His Hidden Babies

Dear Readers,

Since English is not my first language, there will be tons of grammatical mistakes. Please continue reading this book only if you don't have any issues with that. Rest I can guarantee you that you won't get bored with the storyline.

The following are my books; if interested, do give a look over them:

1) Chosen By An Alpha: Completed

2) Purchased A Werewolf: On Hold

3) The Luna's Pretended Love Interest: Completed

4) Alpha's Last Minute Bride: Completed

5) Deceiving the Beta: Ongoing (On regular update)

6) Her Mysterious Lover: Completed

*All the characters and the incidences in the story are created by me. In case it matched even a little with someone else, then it's just a mere coincidence.

* Please don't copy my idea!

*If you find this book anywhere under a different pen name, then please let me know!

*I didn't mean to hurt anyone's intention and religion. So, if you find anything offensive, then forgive me in advance.

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Sophia's POV

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I was standing on the edge of the bridge to end my life. This was the place where everything had started a few years ago, and this would be the place where everything would end.

I wish I would have killed myself on the very same night before meeting him.

Only if I would never meet him, all these things would have been with my family members or with me.

I sobbed and looked down at the river.

I didn't know how to swim, so I was hopeful that I would definitely die by drowning in it.

"Sophia." I heard my name being called, and I already knew the person who was calling me. Well, that's my brother, Oliver's girlfriend, Rebecca V. Cornell, and I'm ... Nevermind. Soon, going to be a dead person, I guess.

Shit!

How did she find me?

That reminded me that I didn't have much time with me. I wasted not a single second more and jumped from there.

"Sophiaaa," She yelled my name again, but by that time, I was already in the air, and after waiting for a while, I landed in the river. The wave in the river was too high, and my body started flowing with the water, and in the next waves, I started drowning already. I felt my consciousness giving up. I couldn't see anything. I couldn't breathe. My lungs were filled with water.

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I heard the sound of a machine beeping around me.

Was this the sound after death? I wondered and tried to open my eyes. And the moment I did, I saw a white ceiling and too much light in the room.

'I think I was in heaven.'

Yes, that could be the case because I didn't remember doing any evil deeds to go the hell. Thinking about all this, I opened my eyes again, adjusting my eyes as per the light, and looked first at the ceiling and then rotated my to look around. I almost stopped breathing when my eyes landed on my raging brother, Oliver, and Rebecca, who was sleeping on the couch beside him.

Oh! No! No! No! No!

This was not at all heaven.

And seeing the angry face of my brother, I knew I was in living hell. I was so dead. My body trembled in fear, and I sat on the bed, ready to run away if I had to because he was damn too pissed. He stood on his feet abruptly, not caring his girlfriend was sleeping. Because of the moment, Rebecca quickly opened her eyes, sensing movement around her.

"Oli, I can explain .....Ahh!" I placed my hand on my cheek when he slapped as hard as he hit across my face.

"Liv!" Rebecca yelled and ran toward us, and the next moment she was standing between him and me as a barrier. "She is your sister.", She reminded him as if he had forgotten this fact in anger. Generally, my brother is not a violent person. In fact, this was the first time he had raised his hand to me.

"What the hell was she thinking when she decided to end her life?" he shouted, and I hid my face behind Rebecca so that she could protect me from his wrath. "Answer me, damn it.", he demanded, and he didn't look in a mood to leave me without getting his answers.

"I thought he killed you too.", I muttered in a low tone.

Everyone here knew whom I was referring to by mentioning 'HE' over here.

Hearing my answer, he sighed and peeked to see his expression and found that he was now not at all angry at me. In fact, he was mad at HIM.

Rebecca stepped aside and let us rebound our relationship. Oliver sat on the bed beside me and touched my cheek softly, and I bit my inner cheek not to hiss in pain.

"Did I slap you hard?" he asked, caressing my cheek.

"No.", I shook my head. I had been slapped harder than this before, and if I could handle that pain, then this pain was nothing in front of me.

"I'm sorry.", he apologized. "I shouldn't have slapped you."

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have thought of killing myself." I, too, apologized even though I had no idea why should I stay alive? The pain in my life was too much to take, and I had no reason to stay life. And even if I tried to live, I would continuously be haunted by the demons of my past.

"Exactly. It would be best if you hadn't thought of killing yourself.", There came the doctor in my room, holding a file in his hand. I thought he was giving me some regular lecture that any doctor gives to his patient who tries to kill himself or herself until I heard his following words. "Because you would have killed on more life with you."

"Excuse me?" I asked in confusion.

The last time I checked, I had jumped from the bridge alone.

Hold on! I was here. It meant someone saved me from dying in the river by drowning in it.

Whether his or her life fell in danger because of me?

"You're pregnant, Mrs. ... Ms. Weasley", The doctor said, widening my eyes. I was so shocked by the news that I didn't know how to react.

I was about to kill my baby.

Oh my god! I could never have forgiven myself if that had happened.

I couldn't believe that a moment before, I was wondering for the reason that I needed to live, and in the next moment, God blessed me with this.

Not to mention, now I wasn't even MRS but back to MISS.

('I have them sign the divorce paper, and here is my black card.', he said, pushing it into my jeans pocket. 'You can leave forever. And NEVER EVER return back to me for any reason because the contract is already OVER.' My Ex-husband's words rang in my ear.)

"You should thank the future Queen for saving your life or both you and your pup .... I mean, your baby would have died.", he said before giving that file to Rebecca and leaving the room.

I shook my head, trying to grab the incident that had just happened.

What did he mean by Queen?

'Pup? Only one creature uses that word for any babies.'

"You are a werewolf?" I asked in shock and fear.

"Yes!"

"Out of all the people in the world, you chose a werewolf as your girlfriend?" I asked my brother this time. "They are our enemies.", I pointed out.

"Accusing the one who got impregnated with her hunter's boyfriend of our own clan, who ditched her before marriage and then married to another hunter of another clan, on a contract basis because of whom she is now laying on the hospital's bed.", he snapped. "Not to forget, it was my mate who jumped in the river to save. Otherwise, you had made a full-proof plan to get yourself killed.", he added.

"Instead of being grateful to her, you are reminding me that she is my enemy. BRAVO." he clapped his hand.

Tears started brimming in my eyes after hearing his rude words. No one in the family knew about the contract part of the marriage except Oliver. I had told him because he was, and he was the closest to me out of all my siblings. Never did I think that he would use my secret to apply against me.

"Shut up, Liv. She's pregnant.", Rebecca scolded.

"Pregnant," Oliver repeated that word. "It was a contract marriage then this baby ....... Did he force himself on you?" he asked, looking straight into my eyes.

"No!", I shook my head. I was in no mood to go into detail, and I was sure neither my brother wanted to hear my sex maths too.

"Okay then! If this baby is not out of love, then there is no use in keeping him or her. I won't suggest you abort him or her, but when they are here in this world, you can give it up for adoption."

"What did you just say to me?" I looked at him in horror. How could he say so? "You are suggesting giving on my baby after taking care of him or her for the next nine months? How easily you asked me to do something this cruel when on the other hand, you're taking care of your girlfriend's baby, who was born out of marital abuse?" I asked him and then looked at Rebecca.

"I didn't mean to hurt you by raising this topic, but I guess my brother needs a reality check. Your baby, I guess, his name is Steve! Can you ever imagine giving him for adoption?"

"No!", She replied. "He is innocent, so he shouldn't be the one to suffer for the mistakes that he never did.", She added.

I turned my gaze back to my brother before speaking, "Don't worry. I won't be a burden on you or anyone. Because I know neither you nor my half brothers will support me in raising this baby because you all will have to explain to everyone why the husband of your sister left her. That's why I will leave from here.", I said to Oliver. "Thank you again for saving my life and unknowingly for saving the life of my baby." I thanked her before leaving the bed.

"You can wherever you want, just answer yourself some questions. How are you planning to handle your baby without money, food, a roof under the head, a job, and most importantly, without anyone's support," he asked, folding his hand around his chest.

Well, he had a valid point.

What, now?

He opened his mouth to speak something but all of a sudden his phone started ringing. He checked his phone, and his body stiffened. I could already imagine the name on the display because only our elder brother had the power to leave such an effect on us.

He swiped the phone and answered it. "Hello"

"Yeah. I'm still here."

"Yeah! I know. This is the second time I didn't board my flight. But I promise I will be there by tomorrow."

"Hmm," After talking with Big B. He disconnected the call and then looked at his mate.

"Becca, I ...."

"Don't worry. I will arrange a place and every necessary thing for her.", She said, cutting him in between. I knew her girlfriend or, say, was Richie rich, so this work would be too easy for someone like her. I was not a werewolf so staying in the pack was out of the question, and I wouldn't be questioned a lot if I would go to my hunter clan with a baby bump but not with his or her father, so I couldn't go there too.

"I... I don't want to stay here.", I said because this place would always remind me of my pain, suffering, and the death of my daughter, Caroline.

Rebecca looked at me with a knowing look, as if she could sense my pain; well, she could. After all, she was a werewolf and future Queen, to be precise.

"How about Manaus, Brazil?"

"Fine with me.", I agreed, even though I knew that would be an entirely new place for me.

"Perfect then. I will also send the werewolf couple with you so that it will be easier for you to cope of up with the pregnancy and the rest of the things.", She said those things about which I was worried. I hugged her tightly and sobbed in her arms.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much, Rebecca." I would forever be in debt for the help she did to me. She wasn't just rich in terms of money, but also her heart was of gold.

"Don't be. We're family.", She said, on which I felt Oliver hugging both of us.

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I didn't stay more than a day in that city and left for Manaus the very next day, leaving everything behind to start everything fresh and with a new beginning.

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#TBC

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How was the part?

Sophia's POV

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Two months later!

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"Wow! Congratulation.", I congratulated Rebecca. "Now, three newborn babies are going to join our family.", I added with a big smile. If you guys have guessed it right, then it is well and good. If not, then let me share one of the most fantastic news of my life, i.e., 'I'm pregnant with twins.'

'I'm so nervous, Sophia. I mean, this pregnancy is totally unplanned, and I don't know when Oliver will keep this child or not because he is busy making his career.'

"I know my brother. He will be the happiest man in the world after knowing that you're pregnant. Planned or Not."

"Let's see. I'm going to inform him. Hopefully, I'm expecting a positive response. By the way, how are you doing? And your babies?"

"They are doing great till now, but I could sigh in relief only after everything their birth."

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine. Just let me know if you need anything, okay?"

"Sure. But thankfully, you have already arranged everything, so I don't think I need anything else."

"Okay! Take care of yourself. I have to switch off the phone because the flight is going to take off."

"You too. Have a safe journey, and don't forget to drop a message once your flight land."

"Sure."

After disconnecting the call, I sat on the balcony and looked around the view in front of me. This city was situated on the bank of Negro River, so I could clearly see the river from here and from here. I could also see the busy bridge, Ponte Rio Negro, from here. And the bridge reminded me of his memories of him.

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Flashback (Two years ago)

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I was standing on the edge of the bridge and was thinking of killing myself, but I was scared to do so because if I did that, then I would not just end my life but also the life of a baby which was within me.

But then, if I died by jumping from here, then dad would find me out and kill my baby because I wasn't married yet and got pregnant with my boyfriend's baby, who disappeared all of a sudden when he heard about the news of his baby breathing within me.

Now, I had no idea what should I do?

If I informed my family, then they would definitely ask me to abort the baby.

I would disagree with them on that.

But at the same time, I knew whether I agreed with them or not, they would forcefully get rid of the new life inside me.

I couldn't even run away because I was not some pro in doing this. They would indeed track me down, so it would be better to kill myself along with the baby, but no matter how much I tried to, I couldn't muster the courage to jump in the river.

In the end, I sighed in defeat and sat on the edge of the bridge and started crying, hiding my face with my palm, not knowing what to do!

"Need help?" I heard an unfamiliar voice. I stopped crying and looked at the source of that voice. A handsome man was standing at a distance of ten minutes and looking at me and then the river under the bridge. I ignored his handsome face because mom told me never ever get attracted to the handsome face because sometimes devils come with the mask of an angel.

"No. Thank you.", I replied and hoped he to leave from here, but he didn't. Instead, he looked down at the river as if he was guessing the depth of it from here.

"Even if you're a great swimmer. I doubt you can survive the flow of this river in the rainy season.", he said. "So, I guess your plan of killing yourself is not going to flop."

"But I didn't want to die.", I whispered in a low tone.

"Did you say something?"

"No," I shook my head.

"You know, sometimes, talking to strangers is much easier because they don't really judge you. Or even if they do, we don't really care about it. So, in short, you can talk to me.", he suggested. I looked at him with teary eyes and wiped the tears which rolled out of them. "I'm a good listener, you know."

"My boyfriend disappeared after knowing that I'm pregnant with this child. Now, I don't know what to do next. I mean, I know what I want to do but whatever I'm thinking is next to impossible. I want to keep this baby, but neither will they support me in this decision nor let me keep this baby. They will either forcefully drag me to the hospital or, worst, poison me with something because of which my baby will die in my womb." I explained my situation and started crying again.

"I came here to kill myself for trusting the wrong guy and breaking dad's trust, but, yeee to me, I failed. I guess I'm good for nothing."

"Well, I can't help but agree to the part about 'TRUSTING THE WRONG GUY' I mean, you barely know me, and you told your little secret with me just because I talked with you softly, hmm?"

"I know that's so stupid of me.", I muttered.

"Nevermind. Coming back to your situation, is there no one who can support you in this decision? Because you don't look like a working woman to me."

I shook my head, "Everyone is scared of dad. This is the story of every home."

"I get that part, but not a single person is there is your family to help you in this situation? Mother, brother, or sister?" He asked which the first face that appeared in front of me Oliver was. I had eight brothers, but he was the closest to me because we stayed together until his high school, while my other brothers were either half brothers or steps brothers, who were not that close to me even though they cared for me. After all, I was the only sister in the group of eight brothers.

"I guess you already got your answer, don't you?" he asked when he observed me thinking hard.

"Hmm." I nodded my head. I could talk to Oliver about it. I knew he would be mad at me, but he wouldn't ask me to abort the child.

"Now that you have changed your mind. Come! I will help you from stepping down from there.", Saying this, he forwarded his hand, which I instantly grabbed and turned around to step down from the edge. "You again trusted me, don't you?" he asked with a grin. "What if I will push you into the river," he added.

I didn't reply to him until my feet finally touched the land.

"You're adamant about making me realize that I shouldn't trust strangers, aren't you?"

"Not just strangers but sometimes the people around you also break your trust.", he responded with a smile, and immediately his body stiffened. He quickly pulled his hand away from my hand. "I should be leaving."

"Yeah! Bye, and thank you."

I watched that stranger leave in a hurry, I wondered what the reason behind it was, but he didn't answer me. I watched him, sitting in the driver seat of the car, parked near it, and in no moment, he was out of view.

I pulled out my phone to talk with Oliver and saw more than 50+ missed calls from my family members.

Shit! I shouldn't have kept my phone in silent mode.

I quickly dialed the last number which had called me.

"Hello, Mom"

'Gross! Sophia. Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea how worried everyone is? Levi (One of my brothers) tracked down your phone location and now would be reaching near the bridge soon. Just stay where you were until now.'

"Okay"

'And the discussion is not over yet. Your dad will talk to you personally for this behavior.', Saying this, she disconnected the call while I gulped my saliva nervously, staring at my phone for a while.

I just stood there, waiting for Levi, but he didn't come to receive me even after an hour. And whenever I dialed his number, he was not receiving my call.

Finally, after waiting for more than half an hour more, three-car stopped near me, and to my surprise, it was Asher, my other brother, instead of Levi in the middle car. "Get in, quick.", he said, sliding down the glass of the co-pilot seat. I nodded my head and got inside the car without wasting a single second.

And the moment I did, I heard the loud howl of the wolf.

"What was that?" I asked in fear.

"Nothing.", Replying this, he drove the car like a maniac. His expression was telling me that he didn't mean that answer because I didn't remember Asher going anywhere with three cars at the same time that was too loaded with bodyguards.

"Levi was going to pick me. But he didn't come even after making me wait for more than an hour and also wasn't receiving my phone.", I complained. "I'm going to demand an explanation for this behavior of his.", I huffed, folding my hand around my chest.

But my plan to demand an explanation and my anger all evaporated into thin air when I reached home and saw the dead body of Levi. Not just that, he was all covered with his own blood.

Blood.

I was afraid of seeing blood.

And the next thing I knew, I collapsed down in shock.

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"Sophia... Sophia.... Sophia?" I heard my name being called, and I opened my eyes, only to find Eden standing in front of me. Seeing her, I realized I was back in my present life.

"The dinner is ready. Come on!", She said softly and touched my belly. "Even my little angels will be hungry."

I smiled at her words. Eden and Arya were the werewolf couple that Rebecca had sent with me. I was glad that they both were females and happily marked and mated. And the cherry on the top, they adore babies. They were thrilled to learn that I was going to have twins. They already divided their time between when one would be taking care of kids and when the other would be handling the household work.

Until now, Rebecca was bearing all the expenses for mine and my babies because Oliver's business was still at the beginning stage. But I knew I couldn't stay dependent on either of them for long. I had to look for that kind of job in which I could work from home and take care of my babies at the same time instead of working for a straight nine to ten hours in the office.

"Okay!!" I nodded my head.

"Were you crying?", She asked softly, touching my face.

"No. Something just caught my eyes." I lied, forgetting the fact that she was a werewolf, and she could sense my tears, sadness, and also my lie.

"So, have to think about the name of your kids?", She asked, not nagging me over that topic.

"I have thought about it yet.", I said truthfully. "Do you have any suggestions?" I asked, settling on the dining chair.

"If you will be blessed with girls, then Sloane and Summer.", Eden said.

"And if you will be blessed with boys, then Colton and Calvin.", Arya suggested, serving the food for all of us.

"And in case you will be blessed with both a girl and a boy, then Freya and Isaac.", Eden added with a big smile on her smile.

The way they were excited and happy, it looked like they both were going to be a mother instead of me.

"I loved all the names. Thank you so much, Eden and Arya, for everything."

"Oh! Don't be. We are doing all these for our pups too. After all, they will be our pups too.", Arya gushed.

"Exactly.", Eden added.

I smiled, looking at them. We are a family of three women right now. All I could hope for was two little princesses so that we could form a team of female basketball in our own little world.

But things never went in the same way, just like it was planned, just like the birth of the babies.

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It was 31st December evening, and both Arya and Eden were busy decorating our tiny little apartment. Not that Rebecca couldn't afford a bigger one, but I didn't want a big place to stay because the loneliness and memories of painful past crawled to anyone quickly in a big apartment compared to a smaller one, where you just couldn't hide in some damn room all the time. Instead, you have to sit in the hall or balcony where someone keeps you busy with household work or others' gossip.

I was listening to their cute argument and was knitting sweaters for my babies because Doctor Martha had given the date of delivery as 8th January.

Since they were going to arrive in winter, they needed warm clothes. Not that I couldn't buy it, it was just I love knitting in my free time. I had already prepared a few pairs of small gloves, socks, trousers, sweaters, and not to forget cute little pokemon caps for my babies.

"Hey babies, do you like these barbie design jumpsuits?" I asked my baby girls, and one of them kicked on my stomach.

"Ahhh!!" I whimpered a little.

"You okay? Are you all right?", Both Eden and Arya asked me in concern.

"Nothing. One of them just kicked.", I replied, keeping my wool and half-knitted sweater aside. I was not sure, but I felt like I had just peed in my panties. It was normal in pregnancy.

"What if this is not just a kick," Arya said in tension. "Let's go to the hospital."

"I'm fine, Arya."

"Then let's get this confirmed from the doctor as well.", Eden added.

"Eden, I...Ahhhhh!!" I cried in pain again even though my babies didn't kick me.

"I guess babies are planning to come early than expected.", Arya commented.

"Take a deep breath, Sophia. I'm booking the cab right away.", Eden said in a worried tone. At the same time, I was worried about other things.

Most people enjoy their vacation from Christmas to New Year, and instead of arriving on 8th January, my babies were coming today. It meant the Doctor I was consulting would also be on leave. I prayed to God to be this as a false alarm.

"Arya, call Doctor... Anna. Ask her... to reach hospital...quickly.", I said, taking a deep breath, but it was not at all helpful, and to make me realize that they both were indeed coming, my water bag broke.

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After an hour, we reached the hospital. Thankfully, my Doctor was already there, with who I had been consulting for months.

"Sophia, both babies are entangled with the umbilical cord. So, we will have to opt for C-Section instead of normal delivery at the last moment.", Doctor Anna said after bringing me into the delivery room of normal delivery and after doing an ultrasound at the last moment to see the condition of the baby.

Hearing her tears dwelled in my eyes with the fear of losing my babies.

"Don't worry. They will be fine. You have to make the decision quickly OR should I call the queen if you're not able to take the decision on your own?", She asked.

There was no need to disturb Rebecca when she was also pregnant. Moreover, when I knew my babies were entangled with an umbilical cord, then I had to choose the only option that I had.

"That's... not required.", I said, trying to control the pain. "Go.. ahead with C-section delivery."

"Okay!!" Doctor Anna nodded her head. "Give her the dose of anesthesia and prepare for the operation.", She said to the nurses beside me.

'Hey, my little angels! Your Mumma here! I just want to say that I'm waiting for you.' I talked with my babies even though I knew they could answer that, but they could feel, right?. Soon, I was injected with the dose of anesthesia, and I started losing consciousness with the hope of seeing my babies in front of me safe and sound the moment I would open my eyes.

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Third Person POV

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"What do you think? Both the babies will be arriving today or tomorrow?" Eden asked, looking at the clock. It was showing 11:47:03 PM.

"I don't know. I just hope them to born safe and sound because if anything happens to them, then Sophia would die for sure.", Arya said in tension, and after waiting for a while, they heard the loud cries of the first baby. "Finally." Arya released her breath which she was holding for God knows how long.

"11:59:27 PM," Eden noted down the time happily.

Another cry of the second baby came after a while. "Thank you, Moon Goddess.", Arya whispered with a big smile on her face.

"12:06:51 AM." Eden chirped and mentally started to plan to celebrate the birthday of both the kids for two days continuously. "Are Sophia and her babies fine?", She asked the Nurse who walked out of the operation theater after ten minutes.

"Yes! Both mother and her pups are healthy and fine.", Nurse replied with a smile. All the Doctors and Nurse which were treating Sophia were werewolves so that Rebecca could keep knowledge of everything that was happening with her sister-in-law even though she was in another country, away from home. "The mother is in a deep slumber under the effect of the drugs. We will soon be transferring the private room."

"And pups?" Arya asked, getting impatient.

"Here they are.", Doctor Anna said, bringing one of them in her arms, and a nurse beside her was carrying the second baby.

Arya and Eden wasted no time in holding them in their arms. "My princess is so beautiful.", Eden said, admiring the baby in her arms whose eyes were closed.

"Even my princess is so adorable."

"Actually...." Doctor Anna paused before speaking, "they are not a princess but PRINCE, to be exact."

"What?"

"Yes!!" Doctor Anna nodded, on which both Arya and Eden looked at the faces of the babies and got one more surprise, realizing that the babies were the carbon copy of one another. "And they are identical twins. We have marked the nail of one of the pups so that we can explain to Sophia which baby is the elder one and which is the younger one."

Arya and Eden nodded; once they left, they looked at the face of the babies which they were holding.

"By taking birth on the new year, I hope Sophia's pups bring a lot of new hopes and new happiness in her life.", Arya said, looking at the baby in her arms.

"Don't forget that one of them is born on 31st December. Does that mean these pups are going to mix the past with her present and future, hmm?" Eden asked, on which Arya's head snapped in her mate's direction. She opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't.

Because no one knew what future that held for Sophia, her twin boys, and her Ex-husband?

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#TBC

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Two years ago

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Ethan Weasley's POV (Sophia's Father)

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I watched the photos of Sophia standing on the edge of the bridge and then sitting on the bridge, and then I threw them on the table. I got them with Levi's dead body, whose heart was out of the body.

"That dog. That dog has returned, which we thought had died, six years back.", Asher said.

"Not just that, he is also keeping an eye on our princess.", Theo, my other son, said.

"I wondered how he found Sophia and connected the link between us?" Lucia, my wife, asked in a panic. "I told you multiple times to leave all this. Now, he will wipe out our family in the same way just like you did to him.", Saying this, she started crying.

"Lucia, I didn't do anything that I shouldn't have done. I was the leader of the hunter and killed all types of supernatural creatures, capturing them and many more. I'm born as a hunter, and that all was in my blood. And stop crying as if I have done something recently." I couldn't help but snap at my wife. I was already tensed and frustrated with everything, and now this.

I knew that dog would come for my princess because she was an easy target, and not to forget, she was everyone's weakness.

And worst among them all was that she was not like us. Even though she was born into a hunter family, she had no idea about her family being a hunter. Hell, she could never think of hurting any human.

That was why! Everyone had hidden that truth from her. Also, she starts getting panic attacks seeing a lot of blood.

"We will have to send Sophia away because we can't fight back against that dog if she will stay here and this will continue for long, then I'm afraid to say that day is not far when none of us will be alive.", I announced, thinking for a while.

"Where? We have treated her like a wax doll all her life. I doubt she could even survive anywhere alone.", Asher commented. "And knowing that that dog wants Sophia to get under our pants. We just can't even send her away just like that."

"I'm not saying to send her just anywhere. All I'm saying is to send her somewhere where she will be safe and away from both werewolves and hunters. And I know a place where she will be safe."

"Where?", Lucia asked.

"Logan Dennis Haysbert's Mansion.", I said, thinking for a while. "And for that, all Sophia is to say YES for the marriage."

"With Logan? He is of your age, Ethan.", Lucia exclaimed in shock.

"No, not with him but with his son, Brandon.", I replied, shaking my head. "Go and talk with Sophia about it, and I want YES as an answer, while I'm going to talk with Logan about the marriage.

"But dad, why will Logan help us? That dog killed his innocent wife and daughter because of him being the hunter's leader of North America. And since then, the father and son duo despise both hunters and werewolves.", Asher reminded.

"But you can't ignore the fact that his innocent wife was the only heir of his billionaire's father, which indirectly made both the due of father and son, a Richie, rich. And in today's world, MONEY is the most powerful asset one can have. Brandon is a sharp and cunning man, and as a hunter, he was not just pro into hand-to-hand combat but also had a good knowledge of magic.", I replied. "Also, we will keep a simple deal in front of him that all he has to do is to keep our princess safe, and in return, I will take the responsibility of killing the dog which every one of us assumed as dead.", I added with a smirk on my lips.

*****

While the rest of the family was busy preparing for the funeral, I was looking for Logan's number in my old diary or somewhere.

And finally, after searching for two hours, I found his number. I used the device before calling him so that no one could track my number, even if some over-smart people would try to. All I could hope was that he wouldn't have changed his numbers.

'If you guys think that whether we both had lost each other's contact?' Then the answer was a big YES. He broke his contact with everyone who was involved in this dirty business anyways.

After a couple of rings, he finally received the call.

"Hello," There came an unfamiliar voice from another side.

"Is this Logan Haysbert's number?" I asked to confirm.

"Yes, it is. It's me, Brandon, on this side. Dad's sick, that's why his phone is with me.", That same person spoke. "May I know who this is?"

Not bad; what could be better than talking to the groom itself.

"Brandon, dear! It's me, your uncle, Ethan, this side, your dad's best friend. You might not..."

"Don't.", Brandon said, cutting me in between. "Just don't waste your time reminding me about you because I have a sharp memory. But seems like you didn't remember that dad had cut off all the ties with all the hunters."

"Woah! That's rude."

"Well, I can't help it about that because that's the real me, and I hate to beat around the bushes. Now, coming back to where we were! What's the reason besides your call? Because I'm sure you had no idea about dad's sickness till a few moments before."

"I have a proposal. It will be a win-win situation for both of us."

"Proposal? I doubt you have anything in which I can be interested. Still, continue."

"Remember that red werewolf and also the Alpha heir of Blood Moon pack who..."

"How can I forget them? But why are we talking over the dead werewolves anyway?" he asked nonchalantly.

"That heir is still ALIVE.", I replied, and I didn't hear anything from him from the other side for a while. "And after six years, he appeared in front of us, and I can say that he had returned to our life with preparation."

"Not OUR life, just in your life. Dad helped you in killing his family, and he did the same to us. The score had settled in those days itself. If you think that you can manipulate me to play a revenge game, then you're wrong. Because I don't want my family to be in that mess again. If I will kill him, then his son will come to kill me, and then my son will kill him, and then again the cycle will start, and so on."

"No. You don't have to involve yourself in this mess to kill him. I will do that for you to avenge for mother and sister's death."

"I'm sure you won't be doing it for FREE. What's the catch? Want my money? But guess what. I'm not interested in planning and plotting against anyone. Neither I want to avenge my mother and sister's death.", He deadpanned. It looked like the boy had really left all the bad behavior along with time. "Now that you have got your answer. Bye! And never call dad ever again."

"Sophia's life is in danger.", I said. "Sooner or later, he will get his hand on her, and then he will punish her for the things that she never did.", I added.

"I believe all your kids are smart and capable enough to protect them.", he reasoned out.

"Except her. She hasn't been raised like my other kids.", I responded. "She is innocent and is not like us. Instead, she has been raised like a normal human. That's why I'm scared that she will be the easiest target, just like your mother and sister." I used his weakest point to get under his skin. "If you don't want to consider it as a proposal, then consider it as a request that I want you to marry Sophia and keep her safe till I end this problem."

"Hold on, old man! I guess you're going too fast.", he said quickly. "Neither am I marrying your daughter, nor I'm involving myself in all these things.", he denied completely. All of a sudden, I heard a familiar voice after years.

"He is marrying her."

'Dadddd,' I heard the whining sound of Brandon beside him, but I ignored it because that wasn't my problem.

"Logan, Thanks, buddy. You have no idea how much your help means to me at this moment."

"I hope your daughter is not a killer like you."

"No. In fact, she doesn't even hurt a street dog and brings them home sometimes."

"And does she know in which world she is living?" he asked. "Like anything about vampires, demons, dragons, werewolves, and witches. And about her family members full of hunters."

"No. She doesn't. And hey, not everyone is a hunter in my family. Oliver chose a different line. He is doing a master's in culinary arts."

"But he also used to be the one who has an amazing knowledge of herbs and was too good in making poison."

"Just like you said, he USED to be." I cleared that fact. "Now that everything is clear, let's fix a meeting between both the kids so that they can get to know each other before marrying them. Even though it's final that they're getting married."

"Fine with me. And yes! Don't tell the real identity of Brandon to her. Otherwise, my son will already make up his mind that she is marrying him for his MONEY."

"But wouldn't that sound like hiding the truth about Brandon with her?" I asked, frowning.

"Says the one who had hidden most of the things from his own daughter.", Logan scoffed, and I could already imagine him rolling his eyes. "But I promise, I will share the truth of Brandon's real identity when all the other truths will be out in front of her."

*****

#TBC

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A/N: So, here is a glimpse of the past! How everything had been arranged. This story will move from present to past, time to time. So, prepare your mind for that.