Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
Her face lost all color and she gave me a disgusting look that I could not manage to give a single fuck about.
“Oran!”
Bix spotted me as soon as he exited the meeting room.
“Bix,”
I grinned, hugging him.
“Why did you not tell me you were coming? I would have canceled this meeting.”
“It’s alright. I was just worried so I came to take a look,”
I pulled away and brushed a finger tip under his eye, “Are you not sleeping well?”
“No, actually ”
Bix began to speak.
“Alpha Bix,”
the woman attracted Bix’s attention.
Bix was surprised, “Alpha Lauren?”
He immediately pulled away from me to walk over to her. A strange emptiness stabbed me when he did that. “You are late, the meeting is already over.”
“It’s alright. We can talk about it later,”
she smiled, then looked at me. “Alpha Bix, who is this person? You two seem quite close ”
she stated meaningfully which took Bix by surprise. “Are you two ”
Bix went silent as if he was paralyzed. I watched as he hesitated and decided to reveal, “I am Oran. Bix’s so..”
“He is best friend,”
Bix cut me off.
My eyes immediately snapped at Bix. Had we not decided to reveal our relationship to the world? Then why had he hid it from this woman?
“Just friends?”
She smiled at me.
“Yes, he is quite possessive so ”
Bix smiled at her.
My heart felt like it had been stabbed when he used that title for our relationship. Was he ashamed that I was his soulmate? Or he was ashamed that he was mated to a man.
“Nice meeting you, Mr. Oran,”
she smirked at me secretly then walked away.
I dug my claws into my palm in fury.
“Oran ”
Bix quickly turned to me. “Listen to me ”
I shook my head then turned to leave. “ORAN!”
Bix yelled again and again but I did not stop. Was it that hard for him to accept me.
Oran
That night, I returned drunk to the pack but no alcohol could help me to forget about what happened. However, just as I entered my house, Alpha Louis was there sitting in the living room.
“Oran .”
he frowned at my state, though we soon found ourselves sitting in the living room.
I looked at the letter from our friend’s pack that he had brought to me. “The Alpha’s daughter has been kidnapped by a group of deadly rogues. No wolf that’s been sent after them has returned alive. Reuben is not in the pack so I’ve brought this matter to you. We will need a group of skilled warriors to deal with the rogues”
he explained.
“Alright, I will see what can be done,”
I put the letter on the table.
“Oran, what’s the matter, boy? You don’t look good,”
he asked worriedly.
I fiddled with my fingers in silence for a while before I spoke, “From the beginning, I knew that he had drawn the line but I could not give up. I crossed that line with him again and again. At this point, I feel as if I have been pushing him into this relationship. He seems forced. That’s why he is ashamed of our mate bond. He never says that he loves me too. I feel as if he is not mine even though I finally have him.”
The Alpha silently listened to me the whole time. The room fell silent as a tear rolled down my cheek.
“My grandma rejected my grandfather a year after the start of their relationship,”
the Alpha stated, smoking a cigarette. “Do you know why? She was in love with another man. She did not care whether or not my grandfather was her soulmate. She had to marry him because of the pressure her father had put on her but she provided my grandfather with a son then left with her true love,”
he tilted his head a little and looked at me, “Do you understand what I am trying to say?”
“Life is not always about love or mate bond,”
he looked deeper into my eyes, “Life is about priorities. My grandma could never love my grandfather. She married him and provided him with an heir because it was the only way to gain her freedom. She did all of that just so that she could be with the man that was her top priority. Nothing can be forced above someone’s priority. At this point, you and Bix are at the same stage. You choose what is your priority. Love, matebond, or your own will of desiring something.”
He put a hand on my shoulder, “if you feel like you are forcing him then stop. Because if you continue then it will just make you worse. If you feel like you are not sure whether or not he loves you then go and ask him instead of feeling rejected. If you feel his priorities are different from yours then learn to accept it. Learn to respect him. If you feel that his happiness is somewhere else then accept that bitter truth too.”
He got up from his chair but stopped before exiting, “Be brave for worse too.”
After he left, I sat there for hours, thinking about what the Alpha said. I had always wanted Bix to be happy but I connected that happiness with me only. He had his own life and his own choice that was burdened by our mate bond. All this time I had only thought about myself and did not give a thought about how he felt. If I was cool to be with a man, I was being selfish by what I was doing to Bix.
I never expected that I forced love from Bix. But it turned out I was the one who was responsible for disturbing his normal life.
That night, I drove to Opal Moon Pack to speak with Bix. Detecting his scent, I reached the first floor but once I noticed someone else’s scent with him in the room, I stopped by the window and found him with Lauren.
I froze in place when I saw them holding hands. My heart tightened. So this was Bix’s priority and choice? A bitter smile took over my lips. I took steps back and walked away without being noticed.
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