CINDY'S POV
"What are you doing here?"
Suddenly, Alpha Luis appeared, walking beside me. He instinctively put me behind him to protect me from Henry. I grabbed his arm and squeezed it to reassure him that I was safe.
"U-uncle," Henry stammered. "I-I need to talk to Cindy."
"Why? To abuse her again? I know what you all did to her. I know how much suffering she endured, and I won't let that happen again," Alpha Luis said, pointing at Henry.
Then, he gently grabbed me and pulled me towards the entrance but someone else grabbed my other arm. I looked at that person. It was Henry, breathing heavily.
"Cindy, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I didn't see your value, but now I regret it. I don't want to be with Jenny anymore. I want you."
Henry's eyes were pleading, moist with tears.
"I love you, Cindy," Henry added.
I remembered those days in my old house. The way they made me a servant, imprisoned me in the storage room, and how no one, not even Henry, saved me from that disaster.
But now, my life has changed. And I will not return to my old life just to be abused again.
"I said, stay away from her—"
Alpha Luis stopped, his rage subsiding when I calmly touched his chest and looked him in the eye. I nodded and smiled before turning to Henry. Afterward, I pulled my arm away from him.
"I loved you, Henry. I thought you were my buoy, keeping me afloat in the sea of misery I was in, but it turns out you were the anchor that made me drown even further. I gave you a chance, but I won't make the same mistake again. I'm happy with Luis, so please let me go," I said before linking my arm through Alpha Luis' and leaving Henry outside, shivering in the cold breeze.
That morning, I woke up with kisses on my cheeks. When I turned around, I saw Alpha Luis smiling at me.
"Good morning, sleepyhead."
"Good morning," I said, my voice hoarse from a good night's sleep.
"I prepared breakfast for you," he gestured to the tray of food on the bed, and I gasped. He always made me feel loved.
Together, we ate breakfast in bed. We chatted and laughed until he told me we would go on vacation to one of his rest houses.
I instantly agreed so we could have more time together. These past few days, he had been busy with work, so I missed him, and he felt the same way.
He was really willing to take a day off from work just to spend some time with me.
The day arrived for our trip to his rest house on the west side of the country. It was located along a beautiful beach with a nice view of the blue ocean and sunrise. The place is a tourist spot where locals and people from other countries come to surf and swim.
Alpha Luis' rest house is a simple cabin, a façade to make people believe it was owned by an ordinary person, not a powerful Alpha. He said he sometimes goes there to be a normal person, and I was the first girl he invited.
"What do you think of the view?" he said, hugging me from behind as we watched the sunset from the balcony.
I smiled, resting my head on his chest.
"It's magnificent. Thank you for bringing me here."
"You deserve nothing but the best in the world, my Luna."
I tilted my head to look at his face. The sun's rays illuminated his long, narrow nose, deep-set eyes, thick eyebrows, and sharp jawline. I kissed his jaw, captivated by his handsome appearance.
He chuckled and looked at me, then at my lips. In an instant, he kissed me. I don't know how we ended up so quickly in the bedroom kissing. And there, as twilight painted the world, I was claimed by the country's dominant Alpha.
We had so much fun in his rest house. The planned one-week vacation became a month-long stay.
Truthfully, I was saddened when we returned to his mansion. It was back to normal. He left for work early, and when I woke up, I was alone in my bed. But it didn't make me lonely because he always left a bouquet of roses and a love letter on the empty side of the bed to compensate for his absence.
One day, while trying a new cake recipe, a strong smell made me nauseous. I rushed to the lavatory to vomit.
"What happened, Luna?" the maid asked, coming to my aid.
"I don't know. I feel dizzy."
"You need to rest while I'll call a doctor."
I was lying in bed, waiting for the doctor's test results. A knock on the bedroom door broke the silence, and the doctor entered with my two personal maids.
For some reason, the doctor was smiling as she approached the bed.
"Congratulations, Luna," she began. "You're pregnant."
