A Weekend With The Alpha

Part 4 Either I saw Aaron in my room, sitting on the other corner of my bed, or I must have been dreaming. But when my eyes cleared up, I saw that indeed he was on my bed, sitting with his back facing me. I pulled myself up to sit down and slowly rubbed over my sleepy and swollen eyes before calling his name. “Aaron?” did he miss his road or something? Because last I checked, this was the room I've been in all this while, right? O did I miss it? “I waited for you, after that weekend,” he spoke as if he knew I was already awake and able to comprehend what he was saying. “At first I thought you needed the time to think and find out what exactly it was you wanted and I was willing to wait, but days turned into weeks and weeks into months and I realised perhaps you have forgotten about the weekend, forgotten about us, forgotten me. Perhaps you weren't the one, and I had to move on as well. It was what I needed to do. My existence depended on it.” he explained and I had little clarity on what he spoke about. Still, I didn't interrupt him. He rose to his feet, sliding his hand into the pocket of his black trousers before turning around to face me. “You are right, I spoke about my soul mate on the phone, but I think things happened quite different from what you remember,” he told me and I realise he spoke about the conversation he made over the phone years ago which I had overheard. “Before coming to your town, I was in search of a true mate. Every werewolf needs one, and it's an important part of an alpha's life. Some alphas more than others, but after I met you, I was certain you were the one. I believed that with the whole of my heart and being. You completed me. Everything made sense with you. You became the one thing I needed to gain clarity and when I was on the phone with Ivan, I spoke to him about it as well” He paused as if expecting an interruption, but I didn't interrupt. I wanted him to speak, I wanted to listen. “He was to support me in finding a mate and when I believed it was you; I had to let him know. I can show you the conversation that really took place that morning if you want to have the whole truth." I didn’t know if I was ready for that, but I wanted to know. A part of me felt it needed to. His discussion with his brother w the reason I had my heart broken that morning. It was the origin of the path I ended up taking much later and I wanted tc know the truth for myself. I dragged a shaky breath. “Then I want to see it I answered, and he took a step towards the bed. My heart picked up its beat, and I tried to control it somehow. His smell was intoxicating and alluring, and the closer he got, the weaker I becam He sat facing me in bed and his eyes stayed on mine while mine did their best to not give off too much vulnerability. He placed his hand on my head and my stomach fluttered at the softness of his hands and how his tender touch caused weakness all over me. I tried to fight off the urge to lean into him because that would not be good. He slid his thumb from my forehead to my temple and in the next minute, I was back in the penthouse, where I spent the weekend with him. He was on the balcony wearing the same white round-necked polo and blue jeans that morning and I was there with him as well. “I asked her to stay.” “What did she say?” Ivan's voice came sharply over the phone. It felt strange that I could hear Ivan’s voice clearly, but then I figured it was made possible because I was in Aaron's mind, reminiscing this. “She said she'd think about it, but told me she liked the idea. I think that's a positive mark” he said and I could feel the little excitement in his voice. “Well, at least this would make up for you disappearing in the middle of a consultation,” Ivan sounded a little pissed at Aaron. He ran a hand over his hair. “I needed to find her, Ivan. You, of all people, should understand. I don't think Id find a genuine sense of belonging or even survive without her in my life. We belong together.” He said, but his words didn't mat his voice. Ivan picked it up over the phone as well. “Then why do I still feel the linger of scepticism in your voice?” He sighed, “She's human.” the words made my heart tighten. The line went dead, and I knew Ivan was thinking of what Aaron had just told him. After much silence, he spoke. “If she's the one, then it wouldn't matter.” Aaron pulled his hands away from my temple and I snapped back to reality, gasping for air. I didn't think what just happened was possible, but a lot of things that had happened in the past few days were impossible, yet happened. I knew what I saw and heard, but I couldn't trust it. I glanced up and found Aaron's gaze still on me. “Why should I believe you? For all I know, this is your way of showing me what you want me to see” “I have no reason to do that. What you just saw is my memory, and it hasn't been tampered with. You might not believe it but I know deep down you know it's the truth.” If this was the truth, then what I thought I heard wasn't the truth. I also had my heart broken for nothing. I should have confronted him then, oh how much pain and tears I would have saved myself. “I thought you had someone,” I admitted. “I thought you were cheating on her with me, as Owens did to me using Tatiana felt angry and hurt and used, and I believed you did not differ from him. That was why I never called back. I should have asked for an explanation, but I didn't think it was in my place to do so. We were just two people that met during the weekend to have fun and nothing more. I wasn't your girlfriend and so I kept my anger to myself and moved on instead.” “I never lied to you, Zera, and I never will” I nodded. I know that now and I wish I had known that before, things would have been so much different. “I know that now," I told him and when his hand moved down to stroke my face, I leaned into him to get more. I felt a calm I had not felt in a long while and I wanted to get used to it. It was the peace the truth brought, and it felt bett than I thought it would. This felt real. Staying this way, being with him this way, felt more real than everything I've experienced in the last few yea My heart was back beating for him like it had five years ago and there was no stopping it. His thumb rubbed small circles on my cheeks and my shivers ran through me, awakening reactions and responses to him leaned in to kiss his lips but pulled back when I realised I had Daniel. I couldn't do this to him again. It didn’t matter what the truth revealed. I was with someone else now. Someone who was still out there, probably searching for me and he didn't deserve to be cheated on. Besides, I didn't know what Aaron's life had been like in the last five years, and I could not assume he had waited since then. I bit my lips and pulled back, shaking my head. “Thank you for telling me the truth, Aaron, and 1 wish things had happene differently.” “Yeah, me too.” he agreed before pulling his hands away and I immediately missed the touch. “With Ivan’s discovery, I see no reason to keep you here, so I will let you go home today.” Just when I was starting to not hate this guy, and things get better, he kicks me out. “Oh;" was all 1 could say. A tiny part of me wanted to stay a little longer, but I have fought for my freedom since I found myself here and it's only right I take it with joy. I nodded. “Will 1 get to leave with Zion?” I asked, my heart beating in an unsteady beat. I wanted to be with Zion, but I couldn't tell if I would have my wishes granted. Last I checked, he belonged to the two of us. “There is no reason you shouldn't” he answered, a smile coming to his face and his dimple appearing. “Why are you being so nice to me? I'm not the best person and honestly, I would hate myself too if I were you.” “I could never hate you even if I tried, Zera Adams.” “And why is that?" “some day I will tell you why just not today." He rose from beside me and I wanted to hold on to him and tell him to stay little longer. “I think you should bathe and get ready. I will tell Uwa to get Ivan ready as well The door shut behind him and I groaned in pain at what I could have had. He'd always be the one that got away.

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