Chapter 1173: Kayden
Chapter 1173: Kayden
"Shouldn't you apologize and return to your pack now?" Sean asked Kayden as he downed his second glass of scotch.
He didn't even understand why he could be here and accompany his cousin who was running away from home.
"No," Kayden replied curtly and this was the same answer he gave to every question and suggestion Sean offered to him.
One week ago, Kayden got into a huge argument with his father, Torak, which even his mother couldn't mediate them like usual.
And at the end of the fight, Kayden chose to leave the house. He needed a life beyond the shadow of his great father.
For others maybe having a father like Torak Donovan was an honor.
Well, Kayden felt the same way until he realized the heavy burden of responsibility he had to carry when he had to be under his father's name.
Every eye that looked at him would judge him and compare him to his father. Not only that, Kayden began to feel that everyone expected him to be greater than his father or at least as great as his father of doing his part as an alpha.
With all these unreasonable expectations, it made Kayden feel very insecure to take the position from his father.
It was not that Kayden looked down on himself, he was not bad, it's just that when it came to going beyond what his father has accomplished, he felt like he was nothing...
Kayden really looked after his father. Torak was a figure who has always been an example to him, therefore, he always wanted to be like his father, but the hopes and expectations of the people around him made Kayden feel suffocated and this got worse by the day.
Especially when the side of him, which felt that he wouldn't be able to be like his father started to resurface, Kayden would subconsciously hate Torak and by feeling like that, he would hate himself.
"Hey, at least tell me why did you run away from your pack?" Sean asked, he looked at his cousin who looked very flustered.
He was quite happy because they were shifters where they could talk in low voices and still managed to hear each other in this night club, where the music was blaring.
Kayden didn't answer the question and took another sip of his drink.
Seeing his cousin's attitude, Sean was really frustrated. "I can't understand why your father hasn't found you until now." If Torak had wanted to find Kayden of course he would have been able to find out where his son was in a matter of hours, but up to this week, not a single shifter had chased Kayden.
"Maybe my words hurt him and he doesn't want to see me again," Kayden replied without a second thought.
"Nonsense." Sean couldn't believe that his uncle, Torak Donovan, would just let his beloved son go. "I guess your dad just wanted you to be more responsible for your life, so you took the alpha position from him."
At this point, by looking at the problems Kayden was facing, Sean felt lucky that his father, Kace, was not an alpha, so he didn't have dozens of people who would be his responsibility in the future.
Ugh! Just imagining it made Sean nauseous…
"By freezing all my cards?" Kayden turned to Sean and gave his cousin a sinister look. "He wanted to kill me."
"Not really… I guess Uncle Torak just wants you to have no money and come back home." It made more sense, but Sean also understood that Kayden wasn't serious when he said his father wanted to kill him.
And before the two of them could continue their conversation, two women came over. Both women wore very short clothes and too much makeup with seductive red lips.
Actually, neither of them were bad, it was just that neither Kayden nor Sean really liked this type of woman.
"Hey, wanna buy us a drink?" asked one of them, who then sat down next to Kayden and the other woman sat down next to Sean.
Luckily, the sound of the music blaring loudly prevented the two of them from hearing the disapproving growls of the two men.
Of course Kayden and Sean looked very attractive for any woman who saw them. Their faces and bodies were the perfect combination that all women want from the men they date.
In fact, many women had already paid attention to the two men, but only these two, who was brave and slightly shameless enough, and had the courage to openly approach the two of them.
"You can order any drink, I will pay for it, but leave us," Kayden said in a firm voice. He didn't like women getting too close to him, and neither did Sean.
Only, Sean could cover his dislike better.
"Why? I haven't seen any other woman with you all this time," said the blonde woman sitting next to Sean, she tried to rub her front body against the shifter, but Sean tried to avoid it.
"Ladies, I'm sorry, but we're both available," Sean said, saving them both. "But if you just want something to drink, you can order whatever you like."
"Available?" said one of them in a somber voice and rested her chin on Sean's shoulder, this made the man's body stiffen. He didn't like this gesture. "Aren't you two alone? Don't tell me you are on a date with each other," said the woman in a teasing voice, she didn't mean to be serious in saying that.
"You are right," Kayden replied, standing up right away. He felt that if these women bothered him any further, he would commit an even more violent act than this. "We are on a date and you guys have bothered us."
After saying this, Kayden immediately grabbed Sean's hand and led him away from the place, leaving the two women in silent, in their seats and unable to say anything else.
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"You are ruining my reputation," Sean grumbled when they reached the car park, where both of them drove their own cars. "What does that hand gesture mean?" Sean asked suspiciously when he saw Kayden holding his hand out to him.
"Give me your card," Kayden said. "I don't have any more cash." Due to his father froze his card, Kayden couldn't use his money and there was no way he could live in this city without having any money at all.
"Did I just get robbed?" Sean muttered, staring at his cousin in disbelief. "You sound like a hooligan. At least say the word 'please'."
"Please," Kayden said immediately, in an even tone. If Sean wanted to hear that word so he could give him his card, then Kayden would say it as much as he wanted.
"You know that your father is a billionaire? How can you ask me for money? Why don't you just go to one of your father's companies and take the money from there?" Sean grumbled.
Kayden snorted when he heard that. "You think I don't know your father's fortune?" he said sarcastically. "Give me your card and I'll return it later after mine has been fixed."
Sean rolled his eyes when he heard that. "And when exactly is it? Ten years from now? Twenty, or a hundred?" Anyone would know that a shifter has a very strong will and they tended to be very stubborn about anything.
"Soon," Kayden replied curtly, still holding out his hand. "Don't be stingy at times like this Sean, I'll take it by force if you don't give me the card."
"You really sound like a hooligan now. I'm two years younger than you! Aren't you supposed to protect me?" he grumbled. Kayden was an annoying cousin at this moment.
"I am older than you, therefore, listen to what I have to say," Kayden said with authority.
And in the end, with a heavy heart, Sean gave Kayden his card with a grunt. "My father will kill me if he finds out about this."
"Then don't let him find out," Kayden said casually and patted Sean lightly on the shoulder. "Thank you."
After getting what Kayden wanted, he quickly left, at least with this card he would be able to survive for a few months before getting a job.
Kayden really wanted to laugh at himself. He could get anything and do whatever he wanted by simply returning home and fixing his relationship with his father, but he just made things difficult for himself.
"Looking for a job…" Kayden snorted. Prior to this, he had managed ten of his father's companies, which meant he employed several thousand people, but now he was looking for a job?
Kayden wanted to laugh at the irony he faced…
It was getting very late and Kayden was driving the car aimlessly, trying to find a hotel in the city, where he could stay a few nights and figuring out what his next step should be.
Of course, returning to his pack was always on his to-do list, but the thought of it made him very annoyed with himself.
Like most stubborn alphas, so is Kayden...
It's just that, when Kayden was driving the car, out of the blue someone jumped in front of him and made him stop suddenly.
It was a woman and when the woman lifted her head and looked back at Kayden, the shifter remained motionless in his seat, staring at the girl, as his heart was beating erratically.
Kayden felt his world stop and spin again with the girl as his center of gravity…