Kongpob paced back and forth in the living room. He stared at his phone and sighing. Negative thoughts started to creep in his mind and he didn't like it at all. He just wanted to make sure his daughter was safe.

Kongpob's eyes widened when he heard the door open. He rushed towards the door to come in sight with his drunk daughter.

"April!" Kongpob gasped. He rushed towards his daughter who only rolled her eyes at him.

"What are you doing April!? You're drunk!?" Kongpob shouted.

"What? Can't you see? Now move, I want to sleep," April pushed Kongpob away.

"April!" Kongpob shouted as he balanced himself from falling.

"What!?" April shouted back.

"Do you know what day's today? And do you know I've been waiting for you from the time I returned back from office?" Kongpob asked, his voice stern but steady.

"Why should I care? I don't give a damn about it," April rolled her eyes.

Kongpob's eyes widened, "Is this the way you talk to your Mom?"

April scoffed, "Mom? What was that? The only thing I know is you're that fucking Simon's slave!"

"April!" Kongpob raised his hand but stopped mid-air when he saw April closing her eyes expecting for a slap.

Kongpob sighed, his eyes whelmed up with tears.

"Is it wrong for me to wish to celebrate my daughter's birthday with her? Is it your mom's fault to wish like that? Do you know how much worried I was? Do you know how much hurt I felt knowing my daughter was celebrating her 15th birthday at someplace with her friends?" Kongpob wiped the tears that ran down his cheeks.

"And you came here drunk!? You're only 15! It doesn't give you the right to drink, you're too young for it! That too at some bar!" Kongpob scolded.

"I'll do whatever I want! Just leave me alone!" April said, she couldn't handle seeing Kongpob soo distressed but he didn't have any choice, she wanted Kongpob to hate her.

Kongpob glared at April who started to walk away. Kongpob rushed towards April and grabbed her shoulder making her handbag fall on the ground.

Kongpob's eyes widened when he saw packets of white powder from her bag. He leaned down to take it for only been snatched by April.

"Don't look at my private things, mom!" April growled.

Kongpob snatched the packet back from April who screamed at him but he opened the packet and smelled for him to only cover his nose. His eyes threw daggers at April who stood there with a tensed face.

"What is this April?" Kongpob groaned but April kept quite.

"I asked, what is this!?" Kongpob asked again, his scent penetrating from him in a strong way making April choke a little.

"Can't...can't you see? It's drug of course," April tried to act cool but it miserably failed when she saw Kongpob's eyes turning red.

"Who gave you these drugs?" Kongpob growled.

April's eyes widened, she didn't speak a word.

"I asked you a question, April!" Kongpob shouted louder.

"If you're soo smart go and find," April scoffed before she took the bag from the floor and began to walk upstairs.

Kongpob grabbed April's hand making April angrier, she was an alpha and things like this were making her alpha angrier.

"Before correcting me, first correct your own fucking life! Every single day you have new bruises and look at your face Mom! I don't see my mom anymore! The mom who used to have that cheering smile and fresh face I used to see before that fucking Simon entered our life! I wish I could meet my real dad, I'm sure he wouldn't be such an ass like your so-called husband!" April glared at her mom, she pushed Kongpob away before she ran upstairs.

Kongpob stood rooted in his place. He stared at the way April ran. The packet in his hand fell down on the floor as he started to tremble. His body slowly started to give up. He slumped into the floor and covered his face as he started crying.

He didn't know what to do. He thought April was at least happy with this life. He wouldn't deny what April said, he knows his life was ruined now but he could do anything. He had once tried to speak with Simon about it and he had threatened him that if he disagrees with him he would destroy his parents' business and Kongpob couldn't afford that. He knows how much hard work it took for his dad to build the company up.

He wanted to talk to April but he could, the girl wouldn't allow him to. He couldn't even step inside his own daughter's room because the latter had asked him to.

Kongpob wiped his tears as he tried to calm himself. He was glad that Simon wasn't here to witness these.

Suddenly the thought of Arthit came into his mind. He remembered the smell of the alpha and somehow he felt relaxed. Just the thought of Arthit made him feel secure and supportive.

"I've to make some way to talk to him."

******

Arthit stared at the ceiling in his bedroom. He felt a tug in his chest for some unknown reason. He felt as if Kongpob was in some difficulty but he tried to ignore it.

Arthit sighed, he started to think about the things Riya had told to him at the lunch break one week back.

"How did you know that we're mates?" Arthit asked Riya who sat in front of him.

It was lunch break and all the employees had gone to the cafeteria to have lunch while Arthit and Riya stayed in the cabin to have their personal talk.

Riya chuckles, "I'm an omega and I've my mate. I know the difference between a mate's look from others. For a person who's mated like me, it's easy to find out. From the time you saw Kong, I've been noticing how you looked at him."

"It must hurt you, right?" Riya asked in a low voice.

Arthit scratches the back of his neck, at least there's someone who could understand him he guesses.

"Yeah. I was Kongpob's senior at college. I knew from the time I saw him that he was my mate," Arthit declared.

Riya's eyes widened. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"What!?"

Arthit sighed at Riya's outburst.

"You didn't tell him?! Why? You could have fucking saved his life!" Riya shouted at Arthit.

Arthit's eyes widened.

Riya seems to get what she was saying. She cleared her throat, "I...I'm sorry sir."

Arthit chuckled bitterly.

"No, it's fine. I deserve it. And please call me Arthit. I wish we could stay friends," Arthit asked to which Riya nodded with a small smile.

"So, what happened to Kong? How did he end up with Simon?" Arthit asked.

He had known that Simon was head over heels with Kongpob but he always noticed Kongpob turning him down so he didn't mind it and the guilt he had in mind not allowing him to confess his love.

He watched Riya sigh before she started talking.

"You may not know it, no one did, but Kongpob has a daughter."

Those words just made Arthit's world crumble down. He doesn't know how to react.

"Fr...from...from...Simon?" Arthit asked in a shaky voice.

Confusion arises in him when he saw Riya shake her head.

"Then who?" Arthit asked, confused.

"That brings us back to when Kongpob was fifteen years old. It was back then I and him started to become friends or more like his big sister," Riya started.

"One day, after class when I was going back home for a change, I wanted to go by a longer route so that I could spend more time outside and I'm glad that I did that. I met Kongpob there, not a nice meeting at all," Riya took a deep breath. This topic was always sensitive to her.

"I saw him laying on the grass aside from the road. Thank goodness no one took that road because it was a long route and filled with trees. He was there lying with blood flowing from his thighs, his eyes half open and half-closed. He was mumbling something but wasn't audible. His school shorts were pulled out to his knees," Riya's voice started to break. She could clearly remember every single detail of that evening.

Arthit, on the other hand, was stiff in his place. His mind going back to his past.

"I helped him up and I knew what had happened to him at the way he hissed during every small movement. He was fucking raped at the age of fifteen!" Riya tried to control her anger.

"I couldn't take him to the hospital alone so I did what I could. I took his ID and called his mother with my mobile. I told her about our location and soon her mother and father came in a car and took him to the hospital. I insisted on coming along with them. Being an orphan I didn't have to tell anyone, maybe I would get scolded by my orphanage warden but that was nothing compared to the situation I was facing then."

"Kongpob was traumatized completely. He didn't talk to anyone or ate anything properly. We charged a case on it but the police couldn't find the culprit as Kongpob wouldn't even open his mouth to say a word. Soon that came down. I always visited Kongpob, trying to be an elder sibling for him who is a single child. There were moments where he used to cry on my shoulder but nothing apart from it," Riya sniffles, she wiped her tears and looked down at her palms.

"Then after a month, Kongpob returned back to class after so many persuasions from his parents and me. I took charge of his safety. After a week of his return, he fainted on our way back to his home. We took him to the hospital and we were given the news that he was pregnant"

"He was an omega who already had his heat so this was possible. Kongpob's father advised to abort the child if Kong wanted. The choice was given to Kong. We thought Kong would ask for an abortion with the way he didn't even take more than a minute to answer. He surprised us saying he wanted to keep the baby," Riya smiled sadly.

"Like that, for his baby, he started to smile more. He started to come out of his shell for his baby. Then our baby girl, our little angel came to our life. Slowly I too became a part of the family. April had our heart flutter with love," Riya couldn't help but smile thinking about April, it makes her miss April. It's been soo long since she saw her or even heard about her from Kong.

Riya looked up to find Arthit staring at her with a blank expression. There were tears rolling down his cheeks but no sound came from the latter.

"Are you okay Arthit?" Riya asked softly.

Arthit took a deep breath before he nodded.

"I'm good, just... just...I don't know what to feel," Arthit mumbled.

Riya smiled softly as she placed her palm in Arthit's hand on the table.

"I know it's hard for you to digest it. I'm only telling you this because you're his mate. And I want you to listen to everything I'm going to tell next," Riya said to which Arthit nodded.

Arthit came out of his thoughts when his phone rang.

Arthit took his phone and was surprised to see an unknown number on the screen. He swiped the screen with his finger before he kept his phone on his ear.

"Hello, Arthit Rojnapath here, who's this?"

"He...hello, P'Arthit, it's..it's Kongpob."

Arthit stood up absurdly from his bed. He looked at the timepiece on his bedside table and it showed it was past 8:30 in the evening.

"Hello, P'Arthit?"

Kongpob's smooth voice brought Arthit back from his thoughts.

"Oh..yeah...I'm here Kong, tell me, what's it? Anything important?" Arthit asked he doesn't have any idea why Kongpob is calling him. And he'll he doesn't know how he got his number.

"Oh well, I was just thinking. After tomorrow's rounds at the factory can we have some time to talk? Like just chill out?"

Arthit's eyes widened more if it is possible. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He sensed the nervousness in Kongpob's voice and it somehow made Arthit happy.

"Yes! No, I mean, of course yes. I'll be cool," Arthit cursed himself for sounding soo excited.

"Great P! I'll see you tomorrow then, good night P'Arthit," Arthit could sense Kongpob smiling from the other side.

"Good night, Kongpob," Arthit wished back. Before he knew the call was cut. He hurriedly saved the phone number and without the smile leaving his lips he laid down on his bed.

Arthit couldn't help but feel something would really change after tomorrow's meeting with his crush.

Arthit closed his eyes, images of his mate flashing through his mind.

Arthit started to question himself why he was getting close to Kongpob when he is still regretting over the matter that happened years back.

Arthit doesn't know what to feel about the things Riya told to him. He couldn't help but think whether the boy he was searching for was Kongpob or was it just a coincidence.

Arthit sighed. For now, he'll only think about his meeting with Kongpob, his mate, his long time crush.

******

Why do you think Kong wants to meet Arthit?

I know you guys will be mad at April
But don't worry, things will change soon.

Sorry for the late update guys!

Hope you liked the update!

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