Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
he grabbed the car keys. His compliance caught me off guard. It was unusual for him. Ignoring the doubts in my heart, I strode out of his study, but I could feel him trailing behind me. He didn’t walk beside me, instead he followed a few paces back. Descending the stairs, I sensed his intense gaze burning into my back. A sudden heat spread through me, and I stopped catching him staring at my hips. “Why are you walking behind me?”
I shot a glare at him.
He gave me a lazy look, “You said not to act like I know you. Strangers don’t walk together, right? So, I’m behind you,”
he reasoned with his hands shoved into his pockets.
A bitter twitch touched my lips. Without a word, I turned around, hastening through the living room toward the packhouse’s exit.
Fortunately, the rain had ceased. As I stepped into the courtyard, my pace slowed and Reuben walked passed me, heading toward his car. I hurried after him until a sensation of being watched sent a chill down my spine. I scanned my surroundings slowly, finding only darkness. I had deliberately chosen this late hour to avoid familiar faces and curious gazes. Glancing back at the trees, I wondered if it was just my imagination.
“Get in,”
Reuben opened the car door for me. Shaking off my unease, I averted my gaze from the trees and swiftly entered the car. He drove us out of the pack territory toward the hospital.
As the car sped along the main road, I couldn’t help but repeatedly check my watch, my thoughts were consumed with Alpha Benjamin’s condition. Simultaneously, I sensed Reuben’s persistent gaze fixed on my face throughout the drive. It had been six years since I’d last been in a car with him, but circumstances were vastly different now.
The journey remained silent, yet Reuben’s intense stare spoke volumes. I maintained a composed demeanor and avoided looking at him until we arrived at the hospital. As soon as the car stopped, I hastily exited and hurried into the hospital without glancing back.
After confirming the room number with reception, I rushed into the corridor only to find Beta Ken walking in my direction. “Beta Ken,”
I jogged closer to him in a hurry. How is the Alpha doing?”
“Willow, you are finally here. I have sent Wyatt and Lori safely back to the pack and the Alpha is fine but still unconscious.
The doctor said that he could not handle the stress and he is incredibly sensitive because of surgery. I also learned about what has transpired with Alpha Sky. He really lost our pack. It is obvious that the Alpha could not bear the news,”
his voice was full of disappointment and sadness. “I can’t even dare to think what will happen when the pack members learn that they are going to be homeless ”
“No, I will not let that happen!”
I exclaimed.
“Really? How?”
he asked, his eyes full of hope.
I bit my lip and internally made up my mind, “I will find a way,”
I assured.
Beta Ken nodded and said, “Alright, I trust you, Willow. For now I am returning to the pack. I can’t be away too long when the Alpha is not there,”
he smiled lightly and left while I remained standing there. I slowly pulled my phone out of my pocket and dialed that number that I had not forgotten even though it had been six years since I had called it last.
He answered the call after one ring but did not say a word. He kept listening to my breathing until I chose to speak. “Let’s talk. Come out. I know you are watching me.”
A couple of seconds later, Reuben’s footsteps stopped behind me and I turned to look at him. He stood right in front of me with both of his hands shoved in his pocket while his handsome face remained expressionless as he waited for me to speak.
“Will you give me the papers to Wade Moon if I agree to move in with you?”
I questioned.
His eyes changed immediately as he took a step closer, “Wanna come with me and I will give them to you right now?”
He raised his hand and tucked a stray piece of my hair behind my ear. I stared at him in surprise. He was willing to return something that he paid ten times its worth for, in exchange for me agreeing to move in with him.
I looked deep into his eyes and could not help but ask, “Why are you so obsessed with me moving in with you?”
Reuben’s hand paused as he stared into my eyes, “Because I want you back ”
Before he could complete his sentence, the news playing on the screen behind him said loudly. I looked pass by Reuben to the screen where it played a news of him.
“News about Billionaire Reuben Emerald has been leaked on the internet. The marriage that has been on pause for the last six years has finally been given a date with his fiancee. It is said that within the next month or two he will be getting married. While it is still unknown why there was a years-long pause before the marriage was suddenly back on the table?”
Reuben furiously glared at the screen, “What the fuck? Who leaked this news ”
I let out a low laugh, causing Reuben pause. He glanced at me to see my smile, “So this is the reason you want me back?”
my heart was stabbed like a sword was shoved inside my chest.
“Willow I..”
“Stop it!”
I yelled, pushing him away. He dared to deny it, after the whole world knew about his impending marriage.
“Now I understand why you are not married yet. We have not rejected each other, we are still tied together by our mate bond. You could not marry your fiance, make her your mate, and the pack’s luna until you break all bonds with me, right? That is the reason you want me to move into your pack, it’s so we can finish the rejection ceremony!”
I clenched my fist at my side, my eyes slightly watery in anger.
“Willow ”
he tried to get closer to me but I took a step back.
“You could have simply asked me for a rejection Reuben.”
“What the fuck you are saying?!”
he growled and grabbed my hand, pulling me into his chest.
“Why? How can I reject this rejection in a more dirty and humiliating way?”
I chuckled, my eyes slightly watery in anger.
“Stop it ”
he took a deep and angry breath.
“True, it is really time to stop and end everything, Reuben,”
I looked straight into his eyes, my expression serious.
“What do you mean?”
he frowned, his expression changing as he felt something unexpected coming his way.
“You want me to move in with you so that you can be free from our mate bond, right? Then I will do it,”
I declared and pulled him down closer to my lip., “I will move in then I will leave after rejecting you.”
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