Her Forever

Sadie’s POV

The next few days carried on slowly. Rebecca ended up staying at my place for the rest of the week and would not leave me alone. We rode to work together and opened the diner. She continued to manage, and I ended up taking another role that I loved. Baking.

The mayor hired even more waitresses to help at the diner. I could have stopped working, but at this point, I’m trying to keep my mind off of the mystery hot tattoo guy. Holy biscuits, he was hot.

Speaking of biscuits, that’s what I started making this week, along with pies and croissants. They were a giant hit, and everyone kept requesting more of them.

I was thankful for not being a waitress this week and facing many customers, especially this one group of guys that witnessed my epic failure to ask someone to the dance.

Luck would have it. Table 33 wanted a large basket of croissants, and I knew those guys were there at the club. It was Thursday, so I was hoping they forgot all about my minor incident. Again, luck was NOT on my side.

Walking up, I gave a brief smile and laid the basket on the table. I turn to leave when one of them, Marco, grabs my hand. He knew me better than the rest since he was close with Nathan.

“How are you, Little Fox?” he said with concern.

“I’m fine, thank you.” I looked at him sheepishly. There was an awkward silence until one of the other men spoke up.

“Listen, that guy…” he paused. “He’s a complete a*s for treating you like that. He just doesn’t know you; he’s from out of town. I’m Jacob, by the way.” I took his hand and shook it gently.

“It’s alright; he was probably just having a bad day. We all get those, right?” The men glanced at me, and another spoke up, “You are too good of a person, Little Fox.”

I hummed and nodded. What do I even say? Well, I’ve got something to maybe take the tension off. I told them to wait and went to the back to pull out my famous chocolate silk pie. I grabbed some forks and plates and put them down at the table.

They looked at me in shock, acting like they didn’t know what to do with it. “For being nice, even though I’m not from around here.” With that, I walked off to the back to give myself a pity party.

Rebecca doesn’t allow me to have pity parties, though. I could feel her and Nathan walk up behind me while I was kneading the biscuit dough, trying to suck up my tears.

“THAT’S IT!” Rebecca came up and pushed me as the dough landed on the floor.

“BEKA! I’ve been working that out all morning!” I squealed and Nathan snorted.

“That’s what she said!” he started laughing. We all cracked a smile, and I started laughing hard. So hard, I almost continued to cry.

Nathan interrupted the laughter and spoke, “Sadie, we are going to our cabin at the lake. That means you, me,” he wiggled his eyebrows, “Rebecca, Lela, and a few others will have some fun this weekend.”

“The last time I had fun, I ended up crying for a week, so pardon me if I don’t feel like it,” I said.

“You have no choice, Sadie. I’ve got your stuff packed already; we leave after our shift.” Rebecca walked off, waving her hands in victory.

I g*****d.

“Come on, Sadie,” Nathan started. “It will be fun. Help you forget some things. Maybe you will find something to distract you.” He put a few stray strands of hair behind my ear.

“Nathan…” I whispered. “I don’t- “he cut me off.

“Just have an open mind, OK? I’m going to get the SUV loaded. It’s got a lake; maybe you could show us some of those mad swimming skills you have.” He smiled and left me in the kitchen.

Maybe a low-key weekend would be fun.

Nathan

I could tell that Sadie was hesitant about going to the lake house. Especially after what happened last weekend. Her ‘45 second crush’ still bothered her. My worry only increased, seeing that this person might be her mate. She says she never has liked anyone before, so this could be just a normal human thing.

I can’t tell what she feels because she is so innocent of dating and men. This was probably the first time she has ever been rejected from any sort of request; maybe it was a pride thing? Probably not because she is too pure.

Either way, I’m going to have to work fast. She already mentioned a few days ago that she sees me as a friend, but I told her I would still pursue her. I want to show her how I would treat her right and love her, yet her feelings are nowhere near to what mine are for her.

I was glad when Rebecca brought up about taking her to the Pinecreek Pack’s lake house. Usually, the alpha and his family use it, but we can use it anytime since we come from a stronger, more royal pack.

We were going to bring our friends, Rebecca, Lela, Marco, Ethan, and his new mate. Ethan was a lucky douche bag. She had just turned 18. We haven’t seen them all week; I’m sure they will have a fancy new mark on their shoulders when they arrive.

Wolves are possessive, and that bite mark lets people know they are mated and to back off. I’m hoping Sadie will let me do that to her one day if I could ever break it to her what we are. She’s seen my wolf form, so maybe she won’t be so upset.

Her run-up to the mountains was amazing to watch. Her name, Little Fox, suited her. She was fast, small, and quick. She dodged trees, jumped over logs, and jumped high ravines like it was no problem.

That’s going to be my girl.

I headed back to the pack house to get the large SUV; some of the guys were still packing when I saw a pie box on the kitchen table. It was a chocolate silk pie. On the box in pink lettering, it said, “Made with Love, Sadie.”

Rebecca made Sadie write her name on the boxes of pastries that she made to go because wolves have been specifically asking for her baked goods. She really won the hearts of the town in such a short amount of time.

I’m about to pick up the fork and dig in when Marco and Alpha Seth walk in. Seth looked rough. He was always rough around the edges and got in his moods because he hadn’t found his mate, but today, he looked like he got banged up with the ugly stick.

Hair disheveled, bags under his eyes, and he looked like he had just been sparing with the sweat dripping from his face.

Marco spoke up, “Sorry, Nathan, that’s for Alpha.”

I slid the boxed container over to Seth while he sat down and grabbed a fork. Seth took a large portion in his mouth and was silent while he ate. I was about to load up the SUV when Marco let me know when he and the guys would be ready to head out, but then I heard it, a sigh of content.

Both Marco and I darted our heads at Seth while he continued to eat the pie. For once, he looked relaxed; he didn’t have the scowl he always donned on his face. Sadie’s pies were good, so good it could get the scariest alpha to actually hum in contentment. I swelled with pride at how amazing my Sadie was.

Marco looked at Seth and me.

“Nathan, I’ve got a theory, and I don’t think you are going to like it.” Marco mind-linked to me.

“If it has to do anything with my Sadie, I don’t want to hear it.” I snapped back. “Is Seth coming to the lake house?”

“No, he said he had meetings tonight with several neighboring alphas.”

“Good, let’s keep it that way,” I said.

“I won’t go against my Alpha, not even for your happiness, Nathan.” Marco snapped.

I left in a huff. It was time to get out of there before anyone changes Seth’s mind. I know what Marco is thinking, and I don’t want to hear it. The way he was devouring her pie and was so content with it.

Part of me was feeling guilty. Could he be her mate? It’s possible, but I don’t have enough evidence.

Maybe we are just overthinking things. Sadie makes a damn good pie, and everyone requests her food. This just has to be a coincidence.

Once the girls got off work, I picked them up from the diner, and we headed up the mountain. Sadie laughed with Lela about how a few pups thought it would be funny to sneak into the kitchen and scare Sadie.

Sadie promises small bags of cookies to the pups if they can scare her. Little does she know she is helping them be better wolves playing this silly game.

Two of the pups had hidden in the fridge where she keeps all the dough for the bread she makes. She also had her cup of ice apricot tea in her hand when the pups jumped out and grabbed onto her leg. Tea spilled on her and them while they all squealed in happiness.

Of course, she had bags of cookies ready not only just for them but their entire family.

“I think all my hair is going to turn white by the end of the year! I have too many kids scaring me all the time! I’m paranoid!” she giggled.

After 45 minutes of driving, we pulled up, and the girls went to go find their rooms. Sadie was given her own private room while Lela and Rebecca shared one. Sadie wasn’t the most comfortable sharing a bed with Rebecca the night she came home crying. “I’m just used to being alone,” she said.

I want to make sure she is never alone.

Sadie

We pull up to this massive lake house that Rebecca and Nathan had rented out. I don’t know where they got the term “house” because this is not a house. It is a mansion! It’s 12 bedrooms with a large living room when you just walk in. The kitchen is the size of the diners’!

I could make a massive amount of pancakes in here.

The rest of the group had already arrived and had already unloaded their bags and put on swimsuits.

“Let’s hit the pool!” Marco screamed like a girl. He slid down the banister of the 3 story cabin and landed with an Iron Man power pose. Nice.

I rushed upstairs, where Nathan dropped my bags off, and put on my swimsuit. It was a blue and white checkered patterned bikini. The bottoms had a tiny skirt on them and hugged my lower h**s. The top had frilly lace across the top of my breasts, and I pushed them together. Overall, it was tasteful and covered a lot more than I am sure the other girls.

I was right; I had more covered than anyone else. Rebecca, Lela, and Ethan’s girlfriend donned stringed bikinis with their muscular butts hanging out for all to see. Rebecca was wearing her red bikini with mini jewels scattered across her suit. Lela had a plain black bikini, and Ethan’s girlfriend, Raylina, had a hot pink string bikini halter top suit. They all looked amazing in their attire. I just felt really out of place.

We all stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting for the boys to grab the beers. I felt someone walk up behind me, knowing it was Nathan. He has been really trying to get close this week. He knows I have been upset, but I never really disclosed to him what upset me. I’m sure Rebecca told him. I prefer not to talk to him about it, anyway.

“You look so beautiful,” he whispered in my ear.

“Um, thanks, Nathan. Ready to head out? I’m ready to go swim!” I quickly changed the topic. I hid my face to not let him see how deep red my face is getting. He chuckles.

“Sure, let’s go.”