The Bride Widow
Chapter 26: Ch 26: Which side to choose? - Part 1

Chapter 26: Ch 26: Which side to choose? - Part 1

Clair could not stay around for long since she had work to do. But she gave Anabella her number so she could call Noah if anything happened.

Anabella thanked her, but she had no intention of using this number to call anyone anytime soon. She won’t be in his hospital long enough for this call to matter.

She had no idea how the alpha realized what Anabella was thinking because the next thing she knew, Clair looked at her disapprovingly.

"Call me! And I do not mean just when you are in the hospital. You are allowed to call me whenever you want to. I promise I will come and help you out. You are important to me, Anabella, and the sooner you learn that, the better."

The female alpha finally departed with those last words, and Anabella’s face felt hot.

She reached out toward her face, and she could feel the heat under her palms.

’I need to stop blushing! T-This is not a good look for me. I also need to reply-’

Before Anabella’s mind caught up with her body, it was too late, and Clair was gone. It left Anabella feeling odd and exhausted.

The other doctor who came to check on her later gave Anabella a full check-up, and she was finally cured enough to head home. But not before she spent another night in the hospital.

Around lunchtime, she got her third visitor for the day.

James had returned, but he had brought Sharon with him this time.

The younger alpha dragged the older, clearly reluctant omega behind him as they entered the room. And the first thing Anabella smelled from Sharon were those rejection-filled pheromones.

"Mom! Stop being like this. You promised me that you would behave. That is why I agreed to bring you here instead of Grandfather."

James complained even before Anabella or Sharon could say anything.

To be reprimanded by an alpha so young made Sharon flinch and force a grin on her face. It also made her control her pheromones, but the damage had been done.

Layla’s delicate constitution could not take it anymore, and she placed a hand on her face to stop her reflexes from making a mistake.

*Hump*

"I am in control of myself, James. But I don’t think I am appreciated here. Annabella is making a face I can only see as a clear rejection. Perhaps we should head home now..."

The older omega knew how to manipulate the situation in her favor.

Since she had James in her hand, Sharon was sure the kid would leave with her, leaving Anabella alone. Sharon had planned for this, and now she just needed to execute her plan.

It was already working with how Anabella looked sick.

Sharon used a special blend of perfume that only adults could smell and feel discomfort by being nearby.

And she could tell that she had succeeded.

James suspected something was wrong, but since he could not smell it, he could not blame Sharon.

"Mother, perhaps we should head home now. You look pale as well-"

James spoke softly, his eyes shining with sympathy for the pair before the door was pushed open by a strong alpha scent that overpowered whatever Sharon was wearing.

It was such a strong and concentrated scent that Sharon had difficulty keeping up with it. She could only close her eyes and hope that her knees would not bulk under the influence of that scent.

"Ugh, this place stinks. Did you spray some kind of annoying perfume in here? Even other people have started to complain about this smell. The person emitting this needs to take a bath as soon as possible.

Possibly with a few scent-removing bombs."

Noah’s voice sounded clear, and his pheromones pulled Anabella out of her headspace. She was thankful for the older alpha’s arrival since it calmed those crazy pheromones down, and his pheromones made Anabella feel better.

Meanwhile, Sharon looked red when she heard that accusing tone. She had never been talked to like this before, and her expression said it all—she regretted ever coming here.

Seeing her misery brought a small smile to Noah’s face, and he decided to take full advantage of this awkward mood.

"Miss, perhaps you are not feeling well. If so, then you should head back home. Or better yet, have a doctor check you out. Your pheromones are abnormal and might make life difficult if you don’t treat them now."

Noah spoke in a soft but teasing voice. He was also egging Sharon on with his pheromones, which made her lose her mind.

"How dare you-"

Just as she was about to yell at this alpha, a sudden wave of pheromones so strong that they made her kneel assaulted her. Sharon had never felt pheromones like these before, and her heart stopped for a whole minute as she tried to get used to them.

The more she tried, the worse things got for her. And she ended up huffing as she clutched her chest.

"Oh my! Looks like you need to head home. Hey kid, you said she was your mother, right? Then you better take her home before anything else happens to her."

Noah teased James, but his eyes had just enough seriousness to be able to tell that not all of his teasing was harmless.

It made James swallow hard, but the kid would not give up.

His eyes looked at his mother before they moved toward Layla. Conflict flashed across James’s eyes as the kid thought about what to do.

He wanted to get Sharon out of there, but his instincts did not wish to leave Anabella alone with this alpha.

James had never felt like this before. This should not be a competition about which side he should choose.

But somehow, James’s instincts refused to decide.

’I need to choose Mother and get her out of here. But my feet refuse to move when I command them to. Why is this happening?’