Conquering the Alpha (BxB) - Werewolf Story

Chapter 23: Unforgettable

Is this really happening?

Yesterday, Skylar went inside my guest suite of his house here in Texas to talk to me. I thought he was going to assault me or something for what I had told his parents about him, but he didn't. He actually was so truthful, so incredibly vulnerable with me, that I did not know what to think.

He told me all about the expectations of him to make a great match and his insecurities around it. And how I was the one who hit the jackpot because I found someone who I truly cared about. It was a very honest and heartwarming conversation.

Skylar presented a side of him that I had never seen before and I liked it very much. Especially when we were alone and he had nothing to gain from that, except when he later told his parents that he had apologized to me.

Even if he did all this to look good before his parents who called him out on his errors, he didn't have to say the things he said. He didn't have to be so vulnerable with me, but he did. He held nothing back and at one point I thought he was going to cry - but he didn't. Barely.

Now it's Saturday and Alpha Frederick roped us into stopping by his office building to show Skylar something but we all ended up coming with him. I didn't mind so much because I love getting a first-hand lesson on the corporate world.

But when we arrived at the chief engineer's office, I had the surprise of my life.

The man who made my mother fall in love with him, only to abandon her while she was pregnant is here. He was the chief engineer of Alpha Frederick's oil company. I guess he came here after graduating from the University of Colorado. I didn't even know he was a Texan.

Or maybe he just came here to work in his field of expertise. Who knows?

All I know is that I don't want to be here for this. This is not fun for me anymore.

"Shawn is your father? But your name is Jacob Anderson!" Seth gasped in shock as he realized the obvious. Frederick Stronghold was immediately uncomfortable by the shocking discovery he was completely unaware of. Skylar was shell-shocked, though obviously not as much as I or the man was.

"Jacob Anderson Broderick. I just go by Anderson because I don't want to remember I am related to this man." I replied, tears filling my eyes right now at the unexpected encounter.

"I am going to wait for you guys downstairs." I said, fighting back tears. I moved to walk away but Shawn held me back.

"Wait, please! Can we talk, son?" He asked me and I was fuming.

"Don't call me son! I never had a father once in my life! Please let go of me, so you can go back to pretending I don't exist!" I shouted at him, livid. My eyes shone in rage. This is the last place on Earth that I would ever hope to find this man. This ratchet man.

"I am sorry for not being there for you growing up! I wasn't that much older than you are now when your mother got pregnant with you." He spoke as if that was even remotely an excuse.

"How is that my fault?! If you didn't want any children, if you didn't want to claim my mother, then why did you tell her you wanted to? Why didn't you stay the hell away from her?" I was raging as the tears fell from my eyes at a rapid progression.

"Stop with your bullshit and get the fuck away from me!" I shouted at him, getting far afield from him. This is the angriest I have ever felt in my entire life, I was practically a hair away from shifting into a wolf I was so mad.

"Can we go now, Seth? I can't be here anymore!" I begged him, who was deeply concerned for me at this point. Everybody was and we were putting on a show for the people working on this floor.