Monica POV:

The next day, at breakfast, the housekeeper walked into the restaurant with a bouquet of 99 pink roses.

The packing of the bouquet looked beautiful and luxurious. When Martin brought it in, he almost fell on the ground.

“Oh, My God!” My mother glared at the flowers and quickly walked to the housekeeper, “Isa, did Norman give it to you? There are so many flowers. It must be expensive.”

Isabella smiled happily, put down her knife and fork, and walked to her mother.

“I told him not to buy me a gift. It will cost him a lot of money. Yesterday he gave me a necklace. Today he gave me flowers. I can’t believe it.”

When I looked at the huge bouquet, I envied my sister and wanted to touch the dewy flowers. Seeing that, my mother immediately slapped me.

“Don’t touch it! What if you ruin it?”

I touched the back of my swollen hand and sat down on my seat.

Isabella put her arms around my mother and said, “Don’t be angry. I’ve received so many flowers anyway. I can give Moni one of them.”

She looked at me and warned, “But you can’t touch this bunch of flowers until Norman and I come back. Do you know that?”

Come back?

“Where are you going?”

Just as I asked, Norman came in.

When he saw Isabella holding a large bunch of flowers, he was surprised and said, “Who sent you flowers? Is it John?”

Isabella’s smile suddenly disappeared, and she hurriedly asked, “Didn’t you send these flowers to me?”

“Me? Of course not.” Norman was confused. He went to Isabella and drew a card from the bouquet. “Let me see who sent it.”

After saying that, he opened the card with a smile and immediately frowned.

“Martin?”

“Martin?” Isabella and my mother gulped in surprise at the same time.

“Martin sent you flowers!” My mother took Isabella’s hand excitedly, “He was cold yesterday. I didn’t expect that he would send you flowers today. He must have feelings for you.”

When Isabella smiled proudly, Norman interrupted them, “No, it is not for Isa.”

Norman suddenly looked at me seriously, “It’s for Moni.”

Me?

I was so surprised that I grabbed Norman’s card and read every word carefully.

Dear Monica,

Happy Birthday, I hope you will always be happy and be yourself.

Yours sincerely,

Martin

Is this the birthday present he said yesterday?

When I touched the pink roses again, Isabella shrank. I looked up at her. Isabella looked angry. Then she pushed the whole bunch of flowers toward me.

“Uncle Martin is really a kind person. Moni, it should be the first time you have received flowers, right? You should thank Uncle Martin. Do you know that?”

The bouquet was very heavy. When Isabella pushed it to me, I almost fell down.

Fortunately, Norman helped me.

The roses were fragrant. I was in a good mood because of the flowers.

It turned out that Martin kept his promise. He didn’t fool me because I was young. He respected me very much.

“Norman.”

When I was overwhelmed with happiness, Isabella suddenly took Norman’s hand and flirted with him, “Because of Moni, I want roses now. Can you prepare for it later?”

Isabella’s words spoiled my good mood.

Isabella pulled Norman out of the door. My mother sent them out. When they got into the car, she reminded them, “Have fun. It doesn’t matter if you will be home late!”

I was suddenly not in the mood to appreciate roses.

I threw the bouquet and ran upstairs to change my clothes.

When my mother saw me, she asked me impatiently, “Where are you going? I’m so busy now. Can’t you stay at home and help me?”

“I don’t have time!” I quickly put on my shoes, “I’m going to buy a gift for Uncle Martin!”

I lied to my mom. However, if I didn’t say that, she would not allow me to go.

Sure enough, when she heard that it was a gift for Martin, she became pleasant, “Buy a good gift. Don’t disgrace the Green family!”

I ignored her. After I went out, I ran into the forest.

I was going to meet my friend Sara. She is a witch. Although she is very young, she has mastered many pharmaceutical methods. I have learned a lot about herbs from her.

I ran very fast because I was eager to see her. In just fifteen minutes, I came to her cabin and knocked at her door.

“Sara, are you at home? Something urgent!”

Sara didn’t answer me for a long time. I was about to knock again when the door suddenly opened.

“Moni?” Her face was covered with liquid medicine. “It’s so early. What are you doing here?”

My family doesn’t allow me to associate with witches. Therefore, I always sneak to see Sara at night.

I was afraid of being found, so I pushed her into the room and closed the door without explaining anything.

“Sara, did you study a drug that can cover the smell of mate on werewolves?”

“Yes, but I’m not sure if I can succeed. After all, no werewolf would like to try it.” Sara was curious, “Whose smell do you want to hide with my medicine?”

I pointed to myself, “Me.”

“Oh.” Sara turned around to look for medicine for me, then suddenly turned around, “What did you say? You may die! It’s medicine, not delicacy!”

Of course, I know it’s dangerous.

However, I don’t want to expose my smell in front of Norman, because I can smell the scent of mate on Norman. He will smell mine soon.

What about my sister?

I can’t expect anything more from Norman. He will not choose me. Even if I am his mate, he will not like me.

Why should I keep the smell of mate? It would bother Norman and my sister.

Therefore, I must cover up the smell of mate!

However, Sara disagreed with me, “Perhaps Norman likes you, too. These drugs are very dangerous if you...”

“You don’t have to persuade me anymore, Sara. I’ve made up my mind.” I pushed Sara to her secret chamber, “Even if Norman is willing to be my mate, I will not agree.”

Because Isabella likes him, everyone thinks she will marry Norman. If I appear, it will certainly affect their relationship.

My mother will definitely hit me. She will say that I disgrace my sister and the Green family, and then drive me out of the house.

“All right.” Seeing that I didn’t listen to her advice, Sara had to find a bottle of green medicine from the secret chamber and handed it to me, “Moni, do you really make up your mind?”

Without hesitation, I took the drug bottle and drank it with my head up.

“Moni!” Sara was scared by me and tried to get the bottle back, but it was already completely empty.

“Are you alright? Do you feel ill?”

Sara likes to make medicine with strawberry flavor. I don’t think it tastes bad. However, after a while, my stomach started to feel hot, and then the high temperature spread to my face and head.

“Ah…”

My heart suddenly felt painful. I stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

The pain in my heart soon spread to my limbs and brain. I felt like someone stabbed me with countless knives.

I gradually felt suffocated, as if I was buried in the soil. Suddenly, everything went dark. I could only hold my neck and gasp for help.

However, it was all in vain. I still couldn’t breathe, so I had to grab Sara’s hand and ask for help.

“Moni!” Sara panicked and hugged me, who was trembling, “You scare me! Open your eyes and look at me, Moni!”