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“Four o’clock. Not a second later.” He pushed my hair off my forehead and pressed a k!ss to my head. “Have a lovely day.” I was too stunned to speak as he grabbed his case and left the suite.
Wow.” Celeste pulled me back to the present when she spoke. “Wow,” she said again and my mouth snapped close.
What just happened?
Valens had never been affectionate like this before. K!ssing my forehead? Did he do it because of Celeste? Or were we actually progressing?
“I’m sorry I interrupted you guys.” She stood awkwardly beside the door before I offered her a seat.
“It’s nothing. What’s up?” I took the seat opposite her.
“I just ” she paused. “You guys are so sweet together,” she mused.
I knew from the look on her face that she didn’t come here to talk about Valens and I. I desperately wanted to ask her what she meant by sweet because I didn’t think we looked sweet together but I pushed it aside to focus on her.
“Are you alright, Celeste? You look like you’ve been crying,” I probed. She stared at me for a second before tears started to stream down her cheeks.
“I’ve been horrible to you.”
“No, you haven’t.” If there was anyone in this pack that never treated me like trash even when I behaved like trash, that person would be Celeste.
“I We’ve been friends for so long but I never even noticed how much you were hurting. I can’t believe Lucien He ” She hiccuped and I knew that she knew.
I wasn’t surprised he had told her. In fact, I expected he would have told the world by now considering how much he chased me. I expected him to tell everyone, trying to seek validation, to find someone who agreed with him that I was his mate and that Valens had no claim over me.
“He told you then?” I asked, chuckling to myself even though I didn’t find anything funny.
That bastard! He was set out to ruin me.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Celeste sniffed.
“Because he said he’d hurt me if I did and no one would believe anyway.” I chuckled again.
Remembering really hurt me even if I didn’t want it to. I wanted to chuckle and laugh at Lucien for his desperation but this discussion brought back unpleasant memories that made me bitter.
He really hurt me. Deeper than I wanted to admit.
“But I’m your best friend,” Celeste accused.
“It doesn’t matter. He was ashamed of me. He didn’t want anyone to know and there was no reason for anyone to know. It hurt enough when he rejected me. I didn’t want to add your pitiful gaze to the pain and I knew you would have confronted him. I didn’t want that. I accepted his rejection immediately it came and that was that.”
I hadn’t wanted to accept his rejection. I wanted to plead with him and believe that with time, he would come to see me as a blessing rather than a burden but he never gave me time for that.
He cussed at me that day. He insulted me. Called me worthless and then he spat in my face. I knew that nothing would change his mind after that. He was too proud to settle for a nobody like me so I accepted his rejection with his saliva coating my left eye.
‘You’re worthless, Aysel. You are only good for a useless omega like yourself,’ he had said to me after he rejected me.
I didn’t want to think of that anymore. I’d moved on.
“Can you Please, tell me what happened. Why how?” I decided to tell her. It was torture recounting the events but I didn’t want to hide from my best friend anymore.
“Happy birthday, Aysel!” Celeste brought me a cupcake with a candle on it, her face stretched wide from smiling. It was early, barely five, so my mind wasn’t the sharpest.
“Thank you.” I k!ssed her cheek after blowing out the candle.
“Did you make a wish?” She asked, her eyes wide in my dark room.
“I did,” I lied through my teeth. I hadn’t. All the wishes I’d made in the past ten years were unnecessary. I never got anything from wishing so I stopped wishing.
“Great. I knew you’d be in the kitchen soon before heading off to school. I wanted to make sure you got your gift.” She brandished a pink gift bag, waving it in my face excitedly. “Open it!” She shoved it into my hands. It was light and inside lay a beautiful butterfly necklace.
Wolves traditionally received wood carvings from their Alpha when they came of age but I didn’t expect Alpha Zavier to waste his time carving me something symbolic or even wasting wood on me.
I didn’t think I would receive anything else but a butterfly seemed a little weird to give to a wolf. She must have caught my confused look because she spoke.
“From caterpillar to butterfly. From ordinary human to wolf. It’s the best I could do.” She looked embarrassed but my heart warmed when she said that. It was more thoughtful than a pretty butterfly neck chain and it meant everything to me from that minute.
“Thank you. I love you so much, Celeste.” I hugged her tightly.
After that, she left to allow me to prepare for my morning duties after which I dressed and went to school.
Throughout the school day, I had mixed feelings of both excitement and dread. I felt warm and happy in one minute and the next, cold dread made my hands stiffen.
At closing, I watched Lucien’s car peel out of the driveway with Skylar and the feeling of dread and excitement finally made sense. Lucien was my mate but he loved Skylar.
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