Chapter 4

Alexa’s POV

“Heyy, nanny. Hello!”

I heard a little girl's voice pull up behind me, I'd left the estate already but still praying deep inside of me for something to happen which will take my back. I couldn't afford to miss two great opportunities, working with my celebrity crush and raising funds for my surgery as well. Without having a health challenge, I'd still love to do this job.

I had to imagine how hard it must have been for seven dads to raise a child. No matter how many they were, the child still needed maternal care. Probably, this sensitive nature was aroused particularly after I'd lost my baby in adoption. I felt my breath going away for me as she was being taken off me but yet I couldn't take care of her either, I was helpless myself, without parents or support from anyone.

I was eighteen then, just graduated from college and was looking for some rich, handsome guy to mingle with, someone who would foot my bills. This probably led me into gathering the little money I had to attend a luxury dinner party at an exquisite bar with the hope of landing with a wealthy guy. This was the greatest mistake I made, I only landed with an unplanned pregnancy.

Right after losing my baby, the only soul I had on earth to comfort me, I realized I'd made a great mistake, worse than engaging in a one-night stand. I was determined to find her as far as she lives on this earth, no matter what it took me.

Well, nobody knows but this was my secret reason for enrolling in a Nanny Care Agency, a prestigious one. Thank God I passed my tests and became one of the best nannies over the years. In each family I went to look after the kid, I dreamt of seeing my baby. There's no way I wouldn't know her if I saw her.

So when I heard this little voice call me, I stopped, turning around slowly. “Maybe God wants to use her to call me back,” I say inside of me. My eyes lowers slowly to look at her.

I stumble backward, nearly falling if not that I take a good stance. My eyes blink up and down as I gaze at her. “Am I dreaming?” What? She looks so much like me, could this be a coincidence of what I just had in mind or she's–

My daughter?

My eyes nearly falls out of their sockets seeing this cute little girl with the same face as me. When my daughter was taken away from me, her adopters represented by their legal delegates didn't let me have any information of where they will be taking her to or who she will be with. I was only told she's wanted in a foreign elite family who can't make a kid. Foreign because they didn't want an after connection between my daughter and I, the parent, later on in the future so they took her somewhere so far away.

“Why do I look so much like you?” The little girl mutters, looking up at me with pretty, dull eyes. My lips are wide open as I stare at her without being able to provide her with an answer. She just said exactly what I was about to ask.

It's at this point, I see seven hot men, all identical, same height and faces, muscular, hot and sexy stepping out of the estate. I pull the little girl into my arms, holding her so tight.

Gosh!

Here is another mighty distraction. My eyes settle on them without being able to lift off them. I feel ripples in my stomach, my eyes start to go blur like some white film is settling over it. My legs tremble and I feel some sweat in my palms.

“Who are these?” I mutter, asking the little girl.

“They are my daddies. Seven Alphas raised me up after the death of my mom. That's why I'm asking "why do I look so much like you?” She repeats her question but still I wonder what to tell her, even I, myself, am confused. What then can I say? So for the second time, I'm pretending as though I didn't hear her ask this.

“What's your name?” I choose to bring up another question to take off the pressure from thinking about this.

“Louise.”

“Louise? Woww!” I smile.

“What a lovely name.” I try to cheer her up, acting happy but only I know what I'm feeling inside. As the confusion in me heightens, the seven Alphas are coming closer. It hits me deep to realize that they all have the same scent. My wolf, which has always been calm, immediately leaps up, growling so loud that I can feel my lungs vibrating, my heartbeat triples. My head and mind at this moment seems to be clouded with a white film as they walk closer. Slowly I feel sparks rolling over me, tingles climbing up with the riot of the hormones inside of me.

“What's really going on?”

“Mates! Mates!! Mates!!!”

I hear my wolf leap and screaming, I stamp my feet on the ground, refusing to accept this. All my life, especially after I was abandoned after my one-night stand, which is often so, I yearned for a fated mate who would love me and care for me, well I also knew it's so hard seeing one as a single mother. Even after I gave my daughter up for adoption, I thought I'll find one shielding this part of my life from the public and pretending to be a single young woman, yet I found no one.

I need one man, not seven Alphas. How can all these cute, charming, sexy young men be mates with such a lowly girl as I? I'm sure the moon goddess made a pretty big mistake by doing this.

“Come on, these are Alphas and one of them is an idol. Why will they even look at me twice?” I question my wolf. Or is it my wolf that's making this mistake.

“But they are looking at you?” My wolf retorts. I swallow the lump in my throat.

“What do you mean?”

As I look straight for the first time into the Alphas’ eyes, I realize they are doing the same to me right now. Gosh!

“Good morning, Alphas.” I force a smile, bowing in respect. The environment isn't conducive especially with this set of bosses I'm seeing, commanding and possessive but I really need this job, I wish to work for my celebrity idol, even if it's for free. This little girl here is a new mystery I've been saddled to uncover.

How can I leave now?

I now have a thousand and one reasons to stay and accept this job. Louise, first of all, my health and then Dustin, my celebrity crush whom I only wished to meet but never really thought of meeting.

“Who are you?” One of them emerges, coming closer than others. His eyes did scan me all round, I feel with his look he has already investigated about me and carry out all the necessary checks. He pulls his nose up, sniffing the air.

“Why am I feeling so tense?” He smirks, his tone being filled with a bit of mockery. In addition, he's stern and seems wicked. I gulp down saliva. I wanted to respond to him but I can't. My lips fumble but I doesn't says a word.

If looks could kill, I would probable die at this moment.

“Hey young woman,” he continues. “Don't joke with me lest I arrest you. I'm a police officer and you have no right to lie before an officer of the law.” I shiver as he walks even closer. My eyes are shaking in their sockets. I can't grab Louise as firmly as before.

“If you don't tell us the truth, I'll propose a new law at the Senate against you-” I turn to check out the one who's saying this. He doesn't shows any difference from them. I want to know their names. I just want to memorize their names, I wish I could. I can't just address them all as Alpha since the particular one I'm referring to wouldn't get it, except I look too deep. I'm not ready to stare at them this way but yet, the next moment my eyes lands with theirs, the gaze becomes even more overpowering.

“Baron, leave her to me. This isn't senate things.” The officer snaps.

It's at this point my crush walks forward with a rock-hard face. “I'll handle her.” He says to his brothers. My mind starts to form dirty thoughts being that one guy I'd always crushed on.

“Why is my wolf feeling so excited seeing you when I hate low class women like you?” He asks in a deep, cold voice filled with sarcasm. As I keep mute, not replying, he growls, making me quiver.

“Stop talking to mama like that.” Louise protests.

“What?” I gasp, raising my eyes up, wishing the Alphas didn't just hear that but they did. My heart nearly stop hearing this little girl say this to Dustin. I take a deep breath, falling my shoulders.

They all eye me suspiciously, not saying a word. The next moment they are whispering among themselves, except Dustin who's right here in front of me. My breathes goes heavier as seconds past. This moment of silence leaves me wondering what my next fate will be, will they reject me or accept me?

“Hmm,” Dustin sighs. “Why do you look so similar like Louise?”

“No, there's something fishy somewhere. I wouldn't take you.” He shakes his head, throwing off a consulting gaze with his brothers. There's a frightening air of silence. Suspense overshadows me as I stand here, being drifted between wanting to take the job for my health and refusing because of these cold, possessive seven Alphas whom my wolf says I'm mates with.

My hands snaps off Louise, I stumble back as my legs shakes.

“What's wrong?” She asks. I shake my head, waving my hand.

“Nothing!” I mutter.

“Why don't you want to take her? I like her dad.” Louise protests.

“We can't take someone who has similar face to you to avoid fan critics. We are celebrities, you know that right? We don't want some scandal talks.”

“You mean she's likely to be my mom?” Louise raises a voice of concern.

“If so, who cares! You must take her!” She lashes back at Dustin.

“No darling,” I squat, grabbing her shoulders. “You don't talk to dad that way, whether I'm accepted or rejected just that I really needed this job to save my life.”

“What? What do you mean?” Louise comes closer, staring deep into my eyes with curiosity.

I sighed, reluctant to say this but there's this strong force that keeps pulling me to say it. I really like Louise so much that I feel I can't just hide anything from her.

“You like me, right mama?”

“Why do you keep calling me mama?” I ask.

“Because you look so much like me.”

I blush, brushing her face with my fingers. My eyes gets teary at the moment. Before saying this, I lift my eyes towards Dustin and his six brothers, they all have their eyes pointed at me. I feel probably they didn't really hate me that much but something stops them from accepting me right away.

“Well, I have brain tumor and I accepted to do this job to raise money for my surgery. I have only two years left.” I swallow hard, trying to stop the tears from coming out of my eyes.

“Huh?” I hear as they all chorus in unison, coming closer. Their brows lowers as they stare at me curiously.

“Maybe we don't need to let her die after all?”

“Cameron, you can't say that? How do we know if she's lying or not, she must be lying. Look! She looks so healthy and no top agency will hire a sick person and send her overseas for work. She must have undergone her medicals. She's probably lying to get her way in.”

I ball my fist, rising up in anger. “I thought you were so kind and loving as the media did show you but all what I realize, you're just the most cool, arrogant and sarcastic person I've ever met.” I lash at him, not caring about what he'd do to me.

Grabbing my luggage, I pat Louise on the head. “I love you so much and wish I could stay to know more about you but I can't cope with your dad. Well, we'll meet again someday, if not here, beyond the skies.”

My lips pulls out into a sad smile, with my teary eyes, I turn around about to walk off but two hands grabs me suddenly, on either side.

“Don't go!”

What? Did I just hear Dustin say this?