Chapter 165

"Where is she?" Lake asked Andrew. 

Audrey slowly stepped aside; she felt her heart hurt when she saw the concern on Lake's face for Melody.

There might be something between them, after all.

"Hey, I'm sorry, I have to rush over to the hospital..." Lake paused and stared longingly at Audrey.

"I'll come with," Audrey announced, surprising Lake and Andrew.

"You would?" Lake knew there was some unspoken tension between the two women so he wasn't expecting Audrey to effortlessly

ask to come visit Melody in a hospital.

"Yes, come on, Mikhail, we're going to see Melody. Lead the way, Alpha," Audrey smiled at Lake and took Mikhail's hand, leading him away and toward their car.

"Alpha..." Andrew called cautiously.

Lake slowly blinked away from staring at Audrey and turned to Andrew. He wanted to ask something but decided against it, it would just sound too ridiculous.

"You'll take my car, I'm riding witNoter," Lake; neverhis key to Andrew and walked toward Audrey and Mikhail. 

"Ah, sure," Andrew stared at the key in his hand and sighed. 

Being a third wheel wasn't an easy job.

He shook his head and followed them out of the park, heading toward Lake's car.

"Get in," Audrey opened the door for Mikhail and helped him in.

She leaned in and fixed his seat belt before shutting the door and walking over to the driver's seat.

She was just about to start her car when the passenger's door opened, and Lake entered the car.

Audrey paused in surprise and turned to him, staring at home with questioning eyes.

"Drive," Lake ordered. 

Mikhail was busy staring at the two adults in front, not sure what was going on.

"What are you doing here?" Audrey questioned with a confused frown.

Lake sighed and fixed his belt, "Come on, we need to get to Melody; I need to know what's wrong with her," Lake informed.

Audrey scoffed, "If you were that worried about her then you should have gone with your car," She shrugged, tapping her fingers on her steering.

"Audrey, please, just move the car already; she might be dying," Lake pleaded. 

Audrey clenched her fists, 'You're really worried about her, huh?' She mentally roed her eyes.

She remained quiet and started the car, driving behind Andrew who was driving Lake's car.

"You know, I'm sure she's fine, she didn't really look injured in the picture," Audrey commented as she drove.

"You don't know that, we haven't seen her yet," Lake replied, sighing.

"Also, she's a wolf, so healing I'd already in progress, right?" Audrey smiled at him.

Lake slowly nodded, "I guess so," He said.

Audrey gritted her teeth and went quiet. She didn't want to, but she had to console him. She didn't like seeing him worried for nothing, especially for someone who had probably gotten herself in an accident just so she could get Lake's attention. It wasn't worth it. 

They soon arrived at a hospital, and Lake was the first to get out of the car and rush into the hospital.

Audrey watched with a heavy heart as Lake looked all worried for another woman.

She got out of the car and went to open the door for Mikhail.

"Come on, honey, let's go," She carried him out of the car and started walking toward the entrance.

"Moma," Mikhail called.

"Yes, baby?" Audrey answered as she walked through the door.

Lake and Andrew had gone in before her but she could easily locate them through their scents.

"Why are we here?" Mikhail questioned, looking around the hospital.

A few nurses were passing by, and a few patients were sitting in the waiting area. Mikhail didn't like a hospital; he hated getting shut down by doctors.

But somehow, Audrey could sense that Mikhail's discomfort wasn't about the hospital. 

She carried him carefully as she climbed the stairs, still following Lake's scent.

"We're here to see Melody, Lake's friend, she'd got into an accident," Audrey explained. 

Mikhail was quiet for a while, "But she doesn't like us..." 

Audrey smiled, her son was too expressive sometimes.

"That's true, baby, but sometimes, it's not good to pay evil with-"

"It is Moma, it's called Karma. She got her Karma for trying to steal Lake from us," Mikhail pouted.

Audrey was shocked at her son's words, she didn't know Mikhail was that attentive to read someone's countenance.

"Baby, you don't have to say that out loud," Audrey said quietly as she appeared in the room Lake had entered.

Mikhail shook his head, "No, Moma, I don't like it when someone hurts you; we don't have to be here; you're not comfortable with it; let's leave," Mikhail hugged Audrey's neck tightly as if it'd stop walking toward the room.

"It's okay, baby, as long as Lake is happy with her. Lake is your friend, right?" She asked, pausing in front of the door. 

Mikhail shook his head, "My Father, Moma, don't forget that," he corrected.

"Right, your father. So you have to be supportive of him and whoever he's with, okay?" She asked.

She was wondering how Mikhail came to know that Melody had ill intentions toward her; she never showed it in front of people; could he have overheard her discussing it with her mother?

That could be it.

Mikhail sighed. 

"I don't just like her, Moma," He kissed Audrey's cheek and then proceeded to whisper in her ear.

"It should be you and Dad, just it was in the past, right?" He held her face with his hands and smiled at her.

Audrey almost dropped him from the shock she got from his words. She stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time.

"What-"

"Oh, you're here..." Andrew suddenly opened the door and saw Audrey, interrupting what she was about to ask Mikhail.

"Right..." She slowly removed her eyes from Mikhail, who was smiling innocently at her. 

"Are you leaving?" Audrey asked Andrew.

He shook his head and sighed. "She said she needs ice cream; it helps her ease pain," Andrew shrugged. 

"That's a lie," Mikhail whispered to his mother.

"What?" Andrew raised his brows.

"Nothing, we'll be inside," Audrey smiled at Andrew and walked past him, pushing open the door of the hospital room.

Inside the room, Audrey walked in and was greeted with the sight of Melody clinging to Lake's arms as she sat up in bed.

Wasn't she supposed to be injured?

"Oh, Alpha, Audrey came too?" Melody asked, leaning her head against Lake's shoulder.

"Yes, she's concerned for you," Lake replied,  patting Melody's hand.

Audrey sighed and looked away from them; she had purposely come here knowing she would get hurt.

She needed to get hurt, to feed herself with their sweet interaction until she became numb to it; that way, she would become immune to them and could happily exist around them.

"How are you feeling, Melody?" Audrey asked.

"I'm getting better now that my baby is here with me, right baby?" Melody asked, smiling sweetly at Lake.

Mikhail suddenly started to wriggle down Audrey's arms.

"Hey, Mikha, where are you going?" Audrey asked as she lowered him to the ground, she knew he wouldn't stay put if she held onto him.

Mikhail smiled, happy the moment his feet touched the ground; he turned and walked over to Lake, fixing himself between Lake and Melody.

"I thought adults were supposed to be intelligent, Dad?" Mikhail replaced Melody's position by hugging Lake's arms.

Melody was caring at him, but she fixed her expression immediately; she would look bad in front of Lake if he caught her glaring at a child.

"Yes, Mikhail, most adults are intelligent," Lake replied, looking over at Audrey in question.

Audrey shook her head, she didn't know what Mikhail was getting at either.

"Oh...that explains it, Dad. 'Most' adults, that means she's not included right?" He pointed backward to Melody with his thumb while looking up innocently at Lake.

"What?" Melody gasped, scowling g at Audrey.