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“That sounds nice.” I smiled as his smile grew.
How could I forget that he was a prince from a time other than mine? We had no royalty left, just books on them and I’d never been interested much about their lives.
“It was. My parents led busy lives. We lived in the same house but we didn’t run into each other often but they took time off every year for my birthday.” He came alive when he spoke of his parents. They’d had a close bond, I could tell.
We had such different lives. We were so different yet we were mates. What criteria did the goddess use in determining mates? We came from different worlds, different backgrounds and different times.
We shared no similarities and contrasted in every way. He’d been close to his parents and while mine loved me, I never had a close-knit family like his. His parents were betrayed while my parents were betrayers. He was a prince and I was nobody. An alpha and an omega. Why would the goddess choose me for him?
“You’re frowning,” he said. “Do you not like the food?” He asked.
The food was good. Great, actually. They’d taken their time to cook and season the meat. It was soft and soaked up with mouthwatering spices.
“It’s nice.” I took a big spoon of my food to prove my point.
“Do you want to try mine?” I looked at his plate to see it was still almost full.
The dish caught my eyes and tickled my nostrils when it first came so I was eager to have a taste of it. But I was concerned that he didn’t seem interested in the food.
“Do you not like it? You’ve not been eating.”
“I don’t have most of my appetite yet. It’s a gradual process.” His voice was calm.
“What? You lost your appetite before?”
“Something like that.” He waved away my question. “Here, have a taste,” he held up his fork to me to taste his food and that was how I was deceived into eating my food and half of his.
“I look pregnant.” I looked down at my tummy which my figure-hugging dress could not hide.
Despite knowing I was overeating, I continued to eat because the food was just too good. Valens, rather than caution me, encouraged me to eat and eat until I became too full to even have a sip of water.
“You will look good with my pups.” His eyes fell to my stomach and a spark of possessiveness lit his eyes but they faded fast. “I am not certain I can have kids.” He looked away from me, pain in his voice.
“Why not?” I took his hand in mine. We sat in his car, still in the restaurant’s driveway.
“It is a part of my curse. My lineage ends with me.” He shook his head and my heart fell to my stomach but I refused to believe that. I knew it deep in my heart that we would start a family together.
“You told me you’d give me twins. A boy and a girl,” I reminded him. It was meant to be reassuring but it failed. It seemed as if I’d reminded him that he could not always carry through with all his promises.
His expression closed off and his eyes became hard as granite. He pulled his hand from mine and started the car. I stopped him, placing my hands on his.
“Let’s walk.” He looked at me as if I was crazy. It was a crazy idea because the pack house was on the other side of the town we were at. It wasn’t a walkable distance but I didn’t want the night to end yet. I especially didn’t want it to end on a sour note.
“Please, I’m not ready for tonight to end yet.” His expression thawed a bit. “I desperately need some exercise.” He sighed and I did a little victory dance in my mind because I knew he had relented.
“Fine.” He got out of the car and came over to my side to open my door. He’d opened every door I walked through today and it was a big deal. It was an omega’s place to serve an alpha but tonight, he served me.
I gathered courage and laced our fingers together as we walked back to the pack house.
“It’s a pleasant night,” I said, to which his answer was a grunt. “Have you ever gone stargazing?” I probed again but he shook his head. “Do you want to?”
“Not tonight.” Stars lit up the night. It was a perfect night for stargazing, but he was, as usual, in a bad mood. Frankly, I was getting tired of his mood swings.
“Why are you pouting?” His eyes were fixed on the road ahead. I caught myself pouting and I wondered how he saw me.
“Will you ever love me?” I asked tatter than answer. The question came out of nowhere, surprising us both.
He’d never mentioned anything about liking me. Tonight was the most affectionate I’d ever seen him. The only times aside today, when I felt he might not hate me for trying to poison him and k!ssing my ex-mate, were the times after he released in me and pulled me close to him. Every time, I got to listen to his heartbeat return to normal before he fell asleep or picked up work to do.
“Why do you ask that?” My heart fell.
I knew not to expect a straightforward answer from him but I wished he would say yes. I’d hoped he’d say yes. That he could love me. That he didn’t love me now but saw himself feeling that way soon. Because I did.
“I apologized for what happened in the past. I explained it to you but sometimes- sometimes it feels as if you still hold that against me. It feels as if you look at me and see someone about to betray you. Someone you could never love.”
“You know better than to betray me.” Calmly spoken words that pricked my skin.
Why did I have to try so hard to get crumbs of emotions from him?
“Do you trust me?” I asked.
“No.” The answer came naturally. I laughed but not because I was happy.
“It has nothing to do with your past behaviour. I know you didn’t try poisoning me of your own volition even if you are yet to tell me the person who sent you. I know that you’re not in love with that boy because you have given yourself to me.
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