REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

Alpha Eric’s POV

“How did I get here? Where is my aunt?” she yelled at the top of her voice as she stared at everyone in the room with fear and panic.

“Calm down.” Doctor Steven muttered those words calmly and stood at his feet.

“I want to see my aunt.” she begged in tears and tried getting out from the bed, but the nurses held her back to the bed.

“Please let me go.” she begged while staring at me with her two sets of beautiful brown eyes that were soaked with tears. Quickly, I turned my back and looked away, I just wasn’t able to see her cry before me.

“No, no, no, I don’t want it.” I heard her loud scream but could not look back at her.

She yelled and screamed with tears for a while until I noticed her voice became weak, and finally, she became silent.

Realizing she was asleep, I released a heavy sigh and wiped the tears from my cheek before turning around.

I stared at her and realized she was already fast asleep due to the injection given to her.

“What is wrong with her?” Elliot asked in panic.

“She has some concussion and I think she is suffering from selective amnesia.”Doctor Steven explained. ”She can only remember events that took place before the year 2015, but can’t remember any event that took place after 2015.” He explained further.

His words made my legs heavy, and it took everything in me not to collapse on the floor.

“You bastard.” Elliot rushed to me and grabbed me by the collar of my shirt. ”See what you have done to her, not only did you cause her pain, you’ve succeeded in destroying her life.” he yelled at the top of his voice.

“Gentlemen, I think we should calm down. We shouldn’t wake her up.” Doctor Steven pleaded.

Elliot groaned in anger and let go of my collar.

With my heart thumping with pain, I collapsed on the wall with my back as I felt my body become numb.

Elliot was right, not only did I cause her pain, but now I have finally destroyed her life.

“We have to observe her for a few days to see if she will regain her memory. If she doesn’t, then you will have to take her home and allow her gain back her memory, but it will be a long and gradual process.” Doctor announced.

Hearing those words from him, I closed my eyes and held back the tears that were threatening to fall down from my eyes.

How on earth did I get into this mess? I knew my anger would cause me a great deal someday, but I never knew it would result in destroying the life of the woman I love.

If only I had stayed calm and asked questions, if only I hadn’t attacked to Elliot the moment I saw him getting out of that car, if only I noticed her quickly the way Elliot did, maybe she wouldn’t be in such a condition.

I heard the sound of the door and realized the doctor and the nurse had left the room, leaving me with Elliot.

I heard Elliot’s panting breath and the color of his sea-blue eyes were darker, which meant he was controlling himself not to shift to his wolf form.

“Get ready, Eric, I will summon you to the Wolfie.” he muttered those words as a threat and left the room.

“Tell me you are joking.” Dad asked over the phone, while I just released a heavy sigh and sat on the couch as I thought of all that happened within a short period of three days.

“I’m tired, dad, I’m so tired.” I murmured tiredly and ran my fingers through my hair in frustration.

Dad was silent over the phone for a while before he spoke up. “You never cease to amaze me, Eric, you are just so amazing.” Dad yelled angrily over the phone.

“Can you stop this dad, I’m in pain and your scolding is not what I need right now.”? I grumbled in pain and began taking off my shirt.

I heard an angry groan over the phone for a while before he spoke up, “Bring her back to California, we will take up from there.”

“It’s not that easy, dad, not as easy as you think.” I murmured tiredly and took off my shoes.

“It’s your responsibility, deal with it.” He declared those words angrily and ended the call on me.

I released a heavy sigh and dropped the phone on the table before taking off my remaining clothes.

Tiredly, I walked into my bathroom, stepped into the shower and put it on.

I took a deep breath and placed my two hands on the bathroom wall as Victoria’s words kept buzzing in my head.

I lost her again when I thought I had finally found her, I never knew I would lose her all because of my stupidity.

After a long bath, I put off the shower, stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my waist.

I walked back into my room and was about to change into my nightwear when I heard a soft knock on the door.

I went to my door, slightly opened it and saw my housekeeper standing by the door with food on a tray in her hands.

“Sir, I know you said you were not hungry, but I think you will really need to eat.” she pleaded with a concerned look, which made me release a heavy sigh and took the tray of food from her.

“Thanks Beatrice.” I flashed her a weak smile and closed the door.

I placed the tray on the table and walked towards the closet.

I took out loose underwear, put it on and climbed on the bed. Tiredly, I closed my eyes and all I could see were Victoria’s beautiful sets of brown eyes, which were filled with fear and curiosity.

Looking into her eyes, I saw how scared and innocent she was, and it felt like I was looking into the eyes of a younger Victoria who knows nothing about life.

”We messed up.” I grumbled to my wolf and tossed around the bed as I kept thinking of her until I drifted to sleep.

The next morning, I woke up by the sunlight reflecting from the transparent window.

I slowly stood up from the bed, yawned tiredly, and walked up to the window.

I opened the window and inhaled the fresh air coming from the garden downstairs.

Yawning tiredly, I sat on the couch, picked up my phone and noticed I had a few missed calls from Kelvin. I released a heavy sigh because I knew why he was calling, but left with no choice, I dialed his number and waited for him to pick up.

“I’ve been calling you for hours.” Kelvin spoke angrily, as soon as the call was picked.

“I was sleeping.” I murmured tiredly,

”judging from the tone of your voice, I could tell that what I heard from your dad is true.” Kelvin spoke in a calm voice, but I knew he was angry, which made me murmur, but I did not say a word.

“You can’t speak.” he asked angrily, but still did not get a response from me.

“I’m very disappointed in you. After all this while, we’ve been searching for her, you found her and what you could do was to make her fall into concussion and lose her memory,” he grumbled in an angry tone, still I was ashamed to say a word.

The line was silent for a while before he spoke up. “When you are back in California, you can call me.” with those words he ended the call on me.

I threw the phone on the bed as I felt my heart pounding in pain. Everyone was blaming me and telling me how highly they were disappointed in me, but no one has ever care to ask how I was feeling, no one knows the pain of watching your mate laying on the hospital bed and to think that you are the cause of it.

I swallowed my pain, stood up from the couch, walked into the bathroom, took a quick bath and left the bathroom.

I put on casual clothes and left my room. I went downstairs and noticed breakfast was already on the table. I ignored it and left the house. I got into my car and drove to the hospital.

In a few minutes, I was at the hospital. Slightly, I opened the door of Victoria’s room and saw her seated on the bed while in deep thoughts that she didn’t notice me walking in.

I stared at her and felt my heartbeat increase. I was in love with this woman, and I knew I was losing myself.

Because of her, I was a entirely different person, different from the cold Eric I knew I was.

I slowly walked up to her side and stood before her, before she noticed me.

We locked eyes with each other for a while until she swallowed nervously and looked away.

“How are you.” I asked while staring at her, but she ignored me and looked away. I smiled and took the seat beside her. “Are you hungry? I can get you something to eat.” I asked, but she folded her arms like a little kid and looked away.

I couldn’t help but smile at her cuteness and relax on the chair as I stared at her with curiosity. Even with her memory loss, she was still cute and looked even more adorable as she behaved like a kid.

“You seem like a good man.” she murmured those words to herself after several minutes of silence.

Her words brought out a grateful smile on my face. I flashed her a big smile, but she nervously looked away.

“Where is my aunt?” she asked almost like a plea while I took in a deep breath and didn’t know what to say to her.

Not getting a response from me, made her move closer to me and took hold of my hands as she stared at me with pleading eyes, eyes that I couldn’t ignore.

“Please take me to aunt.” she begged like a kid in trouble, while I saw tears standing in her eyes.

I brought forth my hand and tried to caress her cheek, but I held myself back.

“Please take me to my aunt.” She mumbled in tears which tore my heart into pieces.

“Your aunt is not here, but I can take you to her.” I responded as a plan came to my head.

I need to take Victoria back to California, but before I can do that I need to tell her, her aunt is in California. Only then will she agree to go with me.

“Where is she?” she asked in fear. “California, she is in California.” I responded with a comforting smile.

“Aunt is in California?” she asked with a confused look. “Are we by any chance not in California?” she asked while looking around. “This is Australia, your aunt is in California.”

“No, no, no, this is not true.” she grabbed my arms and shook them roughly. “How did I get here, what is going on here?” she yelled in tears as she tried to leave the bed, but I held her back.

“Calm down, I will take you back to your aunt in California.” I assured her. “Who are you? Are you one of the people my parents are still owing money? Don’t worry, I will pay you, please let me go.” she pleaded in tears and fear.

Her words torn my heart into pieces as I felt pity for her. I never knew she grew up paying her parents’ debts.

“Listen Mister, I’ll pay you back, I swear.” she pleaded in tears.

I couldn’t say a word, rather, I brought forth my hand to her cheek and gently wiped the tears away.

She locked eyes with me and all I wanted was to pull her to myself and tell her no one would dare hurt her, not when I’m still alive, but I couldn’t.

“Relax.” the word came as an order. ” I will take you to your aunt as soon as you are discharged.” I promised and gently caressed her cheek with the tips of my fingers.

“Promise?” she asked like a kid,

“Promise.” I smiled back at her and had the urge to kiss her, but I held back myself and took my hand off her face.

I sat back on my seat and was about to ask her what she would like to eat when she spoke up. “I haven’t been able to see myself in the mirror, and the doctor refused to give me one.” She murmured with a frown.

Hearing those words from her, I knew what she was asking from me, but I knew I couldn’t give her a mirror, not when she thinks we are six years back.

“Can you please get me a mirror.” she pleaded with her two poppy eyes on me, while I beamed at her and was about to give an excuse, but the doctor presence stopped me.

He smiled at me and walked up to Victoria’s side.

“How are you.” he asked with a friendly smile.

“I’m fine, can I go home now?” she asked quickly, while doctor Steven smiled at her and turned in my direction.

“Please meet me in my office.” He directed those words to me, while I just nodded my head and watched him leave the room.

“Why is he not saying anything?” she murmured to herself, while I smiled at her and stood at my feet.

“I will be back, wait for me.” I flashed her a big smile and walked away.

I got to his office, sat on the visitors’ chair while he sat before me. “What is wrong, doctor.” I asked in curiosity,

“We have to tell her the truth, we have to tell her that she can only remember a few things from the past and give her a mirror to look at herself.” He explained.

“Is now the right time?” I asked, as I imagined the shock and trauma she might go through.

“The sooner, the better, and we have to do it now.” he said, while getting up. ”Join me.” He led the way out of his office and I followed him behind.

We walked into Victoria’s room and met her talking to the nurse, but immediately she saw us, she stopped talking.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

“Good morning, miss Victoria.” Doctor Steven greeted her with a smile and took a seat in front of her. “Hope you are doing well.” he asked, while she nodded her head but didn’t say a word.

“Take off the needles from her and let her seat with me.” he instructed the nurse, who obeyed and led her out of the bed.

“Sit.” Doctor Steven tapped the space beside him.

Victoria stared at me for a while before taking a seat. I took a deep breath and stood there while I watched her staring around.

“Victoria, we need to tell you something.” He spoke softly.

“Is something wrong with my aunt?” she asked in fear and panic.

Seeing her behave this way, I knew it would be a great shock to her when she realized her aunt had been hospitalized for five years.

“We are not here to talk to you about your aunt, but we are here to talk about you.”

“What about me? Is something wrong with me?” she asked while staring at me with curious eyes.

“Calm down and listen.” Doctor Steven assured her with a comforting smile before he continued. “You had a hit on your head which caused you to lose some part of your memory.” He announced.

“What?” she asked with raised and confused eyebrows.

“We are not in 2015 but rather we are in the year 2021.” he explained calmly, but Victoria stared at him with stunned eyes before she began laughing loudly.

“Year 2021?” she asked in disbelief.

“Yes, you have a concussion, so you don’t remember any event after the year 2015…” she did not let those words finished from his mouth before she cut him off. “No, you are all lying to me, where is my Aunt? I want to see my aunt.” she yelled out.