The Wrath Of The Shadow Wolf

CHAPTER 18 - GETTING HER TO KNOW

Maeve was inside of her office and Wright was sitting in front of her. Wright had come over to Maeve’s

office for him and Maeve to have a discussion.

Maeve was having a startling feeling inside of her as she looked at Wright. She wants to bring up an

issue with Wright but she was not sure of how he would react to that.

Maeve saw Wright as a very nice fellow, and he had consciously and unconsciously gone out of his

way to please her countless times. Just as he had done today, he had to squeeze an hour out of his

very busy schedule to meet up with her here at her office to discuss their plans. He would have been

the best Alpha of Shadow Rank if not for his evil cousin, Derrick. She had always wanted to talk about

the issue with Derrick with him, but she knew that that would be the last thing he would want to talk

about.

They have been talking about so many other things, and by the time it got to the issue with Riona,

Wright had suddenly grown cold. She was aware of what might be the reason for that. But however,

she thinks she still has to talk to him about it if they are going to make any headway in their

preparations.

When Maeve finally decided to go on with her question, she said “Have you told her anything yet?”

Wright hesitated a little before responding “Not yet” he replied.

“So when do you intend to do that?” Maeve asked.

Wright thought about Maeve's question. He has to let Riona in on what he has with Maeve. But he is

skeptical about how she would take it. She has never hidden her feelings about Maeve, and even

though Maeve has given her no reason to, she is bent on not wanting to have anything to do with either

Maeve or her daughter, Riley.

Considering all of these, he wondered how he was supposed to walk up to Riona and announce to her

that she would be having a stepmom in the person of Maeve. He just cannot begin to imagine how

Riona would react to that.

One might consider him a weakling, but as much as he knows that he is doing the right thing, he still

would not want to hurt Riona’s feelings even if the feelings were not justified.

But even if he did finally bring himself to reveal the situation to Riona, he wondered if she would even

agree to hear him out. He wondered if she would not scream to high heavens, and lament how her

father, the only person that she is left with has finally abandoned her, and all thanks to her supposed

enemies.

With all of these thoughts about Riona's presumed reaction in his mind, Wright sighed and avoided

Maeve’s eye contact.

Maeve could tell that Wright was lost in thought. She knew that he was definitely thinking about Riona.

She knows Riona well enough to be able to envisage how she would react, and breaking the news of

her relationship to her would bring down the heavens. But then, she has to be told come what may.

To Maeve, there was no denying the fact that she loves Riona, at least to a reasonable extent, but it is

high time that she has to be taught that the world does not all revolve around her. Her dad has lost his

wife for some years now, and he deserves to move on with someone else if he chooses to.

“I can go with you to tell her if you want me to” Maeve

offered.

Wright refused to accept her offer “There would be no need for that, Maeve” he said.

Was she serious about offering to go with him to go see Riona break this news to her? Wright thought.

He knew that it is good news, but they both know that it will not be so to Riona when she hears of it.

He has been very careful and has kept his affairs with Maeve as discreet as possible, away from

Riona. He has been waiting all these while for a time that would be perfect to break the news to Riona,

but all along, there has never been any such perfect time.

He has also tried in different ways and has also employed various techniques and strategies to make

Riona get along with Maeve and her daughter, Riley. But it seemed as if the more he tried, the further

she drifted apart from them and the fiercer her hatred for them got.

There was a time that Wright suggested that Riley should come and spend a night or two at their place

when Maeve had told them that she was going out of town, but Riona blatantly kicked against that.

Even at another time when Wright got an appointment that would take him out of town and had tried to

make Riona to go stay with Maeve and Riley at their apartment until the time he would be back, she

had opted to either go with him, or travel to go stay with her aunt Kyra until the arrival of her dad and

she ended up going with him on the trip.

Maeve tried to study Wright's demeanor. She wondered if she and Wright were going to remain in

hiding in their relationship in perpetuity. Anyways, she trusted him and was certain that he knew what

he is doing, even though with someone like Riona, one can never be too careful.

“So how are the plans coming on, I hope you’ve got everything under control?” Wright asked.

He decided to take the discussion away from Riona. She is his responsibility, at least in the mean time

and he knew how to go about talking to her.

“Yes, they have all been taken care of, except of course for Riona? Maeve said and tried to place some

emphasis on Riona.

Wright noticed that Maeve had rolled her eyes as she mentioned Riona’s name. He could not help but

feel bad about the way things are. If he had gotten Riona under control when he should have, she

would not be this hard to crack.

On her part, Maeve had deliberately answered the way she did. She wanted him to know that she had

fully taken care of every single thing that needed to be done on her part, and that it was now left for him

to do his only single task, which was no other thing but Riona. And she hoped that he got her message.

“Oh, I see. Leave that to me” Wright replied.

He could see that his inaction is really delaying everything. And the truth is, the longer he delays

approaching Riona on this, the more delicate it becomes. And right now, he promised himself that he

would talk to Riona about him and Maeve today, come what may.

“Come to think of it, how is the project going?” Maeve asked.

“Project?”

Wright was not sure of the project Maeve was referring to. so he asked her which project she was

asking about for more clarity.

From the look on Wright, Maeve could tell that he was truly lost and did not know what project she was

referring to. So she decided to clarify him on the project she was asking him about.

“The one you told me about the other day, remember?” she said

Wright just stared at her as he was still confused on what project she was asking for.

“The project that was just awarded to your company and you are personally supervising” she said.

“Yeah, now I remember” Wright said.

“I had almost forgotten that I told you about it you know” he added.

“You better not Wright. Have you forgotten that you promised to contact my company to come do the

analysis once the project kicks off?” she asked.

“Of course I did, and yes I have not forgotten” he said.

“And we are still waiting for the offer from your company” she said.

“Sure. The project would kick off in a week or so, we would send our proposal before that time” he

responded.

Wright put up a smile. He has always marveled at how serious Maeve goes about her business. She

would never let an opportunity pass her by. She expands and spreads her tentacles far and wide in

pursuant of clients and development. Who would have thought that she would talk about business

when only about a moment ago, all that had mattered to her was nothing else but Riona.

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Wright walked into the sitting room from the staircase and looked around. He is on the lookout for

Riona. When he saw that she was not in the sitting room, he decided to look at the back of the house.

He had earlier searched for her in her room and also in Evolette’s room and when he had not found

her, he had gone ahead to search the library and other rooms too. It was when all these efforts were

fruitless that he decided to look for her in the sitting room and then in the garden at the back of the

house.

As he walked into the garden, he saw her sitting on the ground under a shed and was going through

her phone. Wright was so sure that whatever would make Riona to be seated here, and seriously

engrossed on her phone must definitely be novels, her E-books. He calls out to her as he walks up to

where she is.

“Rio, I have been looking for you all around the house”.

Riona looks up from her phone and she was surprised to see that her dad was already back from work.

“Dad, you are back already, I was not expecting you back this early” Riona said.

“Yes dear, I am back” Wright replied.

“Actually, I have been in-door all day. It was getting too boring so I decided to come and read over

here” she replied.

“I can see that honey” Wright said.

“It is cool over here dad. I love it here” Riona said.

“Yes it is” Wright replied.

He goes to sit on the ground beside her.

Riona smiled at him. She was both surprised and glad that he had come to sit beside her. It had been

so long that he did such.

“How are you Rio?” He asked.

“I am fine and also very happy today” she replied.

She was obviously very excited, and Wright was so curious to know more about that.

“That is nice Rio. Do you mind telling me about that?” he requested.

Riona was happy, and she grinned from ear to ear. She was also excited to share what she has with

her dad and Wright on his part cannot wait to share in her excitement.

“It is about the novel that I am reading dad” she said.

“So what about it?” he asked.

Wright on his part was not surprised to hear that Riona could be this excited about a novel. E-Books

have been her most cherished companion and after her mum’s demise, she finds solace in them.

She had always loved reading, especially with Evolette when she was alive. But now, her love for

novels has skyrocketed. This also was thanks to her dad who could not perfectly fill the vacuum that

Evolette’s death had created in Riona’s life and had allowed Riona’s lovely novels to do that for her.

“It’s Hydrangea daddy, things are beginning to fall in place for her, it’s all adding up” she said.

She was excited as she relates the story to her dad, but Wright was a little bit lost. The name Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Hydrangea sounds very familiar to him, but he doubt if he had read the book. In a bid to get further

clarifications, he asked.

“What about Hydrangea dear?”

“She is beginning to know it all, her name, purpose, guardian and it rest” she narrated.

Riona was actually surprised to discover that her dad did not know the book that she was talking about.

“But you asked me to read it. Remember I saw it on your phone the other day?” she said.

“I did?” he asked.

Right now, Wright is getting more confused as he does not think he remembered what Riona is talking

about.

“It’s The Prophecy of Hydrangea dad, you told me how interesting it was, and how much I would love

it”. Riona explained

“Oh yes, are you already reading it”. He said.

He paused for a while before he continued.

“It was Evolette that told me about it when she finished reading it. She so loved it, and so I started

reading it, though I stopped halfway, somewhere when Eddy realized that he was Hydrangea’s mate, I

feared for him and I could not bear the fact that his past and loose mistakes would cause him someone

he loves”

Wright was very emotional as he spoke. While thinking of the story, he thought about how much he

could personally relate to the events in the story.

“But dad, I think he will soon have her” she said.

“You think so, but how can you be so sure, you have not even read up to that part, or have you?” he

asked her.

Riona looked at him and smiled because of what she was about to reveal to him.

“I got to know about that from spoilers, daddy” she chuckled.

Hearing that the details were from spoilers, Wright raised his hands in surrender to the amusement of

Riona and he said.

“No, no, no. I need nothing from spoilers. I better go back to reading my precious novel myself, I want

to unravel the suspense myself as they come”

Wright was happy to see how excited Riona had become. His heart was filled with joy as he watched

her laugh happily at his words and how freely their conversation flows. He realized that he had missed

Riona even more than he himself realizes it, and he could tell that she had greatly missed this part of

him too.

He allowed the moments with his daughter to flow freely and he wished that everything would remain

still for him and his daughter to share this moment with themselves all alone.

Amidst the fun, he paused to take a look at Riona, and fighting against all odds, he finally said. “Rio?”

Riona looks at her dad, she knew something does not seem right by the way he had called her. All the

same, she answered him.

“Yes dad”

“I would like to have an important discussion with you” he announced.