Lycan king's substitute breeder novel Chapter 44

Isabella

"Are you okay?" I asked as I ran over to her, wrapping my arms around her in a comforting embrace. "Let me just turn on the lights," I said, releasing her and heading over to the light switch.

After flipping the switch, I returned to her and pulled her into another hug. She began to cry, and I gently stroked her hair and shushed her. I glanced over to the floor and saw that the laptop screen was smashed, its contents completely unrecoverable. I sighed and turned my attention back to Laura.

I led her over to the couch, sitting her down and pulling a box of tissues and a cup of water from the coffee table. I handed her the cup, and she sipped some of the water, then set it back down on the table. I offered her the tissues, and she took a few, gently dabbing at her eyes.

"You're going to be okay," I told her in a soothing voice. "This is just a minor setback."

"This is so upsetting," she said, sobbing.

"Wipe your tears and stop crying. It's not the end of the world," I said.

She blew her nose into a tissue paper and shook her head. "What do you know? It's the end, Isabella. My son is not the one I know… That's not Oregon. Something happened to him."

"Because he said he will have sex with that girl?" I asked, and scoffed.

"How?" Laura muttered and opened her eyes wide in surprise. "How did you know about this? How!"

"I'm sorry but I couldn't help it. I listened to everything. I'm truly sorry," I apologized, my eyes looking down.

"But how? I don't understand. I use earbuds, so how did you hear it? Wait! Was the video probably on speaker and I wasn't aware? This isn't good at all," she sighed worriedly.

"You would have told me though! Why did you keep quiet about it? You just continued listening, enjoying yourself. What if someone else heard too?" she said, looking distressed.

I laughed and shook my head. "That isn't what happened, actually," I said.

"What happened then?" she asked.

"Have you forgotten that I have really sharp eyes? My werewolf abilities aren't a joke. When I saw you, I knew you were up to something, so I listened," I said.

"Wow. That's quite cool but not so cool since you had to peer," she said and I scratched my head, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Well, you are right," I said.

"Hold on…" Her soft voice trailed off. "Does it mean you also heard me talking with Stephen?"

"Stephen? What do you mean? Did you talk with him?" I asked, confused because I knew I didn't hear that part.

"Oh, sorry. I was mistaken for a second there," she said.

"No, it's fine," I said and shrugged my shoulders.

I wondered if she spoke with Stephen. What did she tell him? What did they speak about? I grew curious.

"Are you implying that you didn't hear everything from the beginning?" she asked, breaking me from my world of thoughts.