=-Amber’s POV=-


    “Dale, what’s wrong with you?” I asked him because he acted differently. He seemed to be a different person from the Dale I used to interact with each day. “Wait, are you high on drugs?”


    “W-what? Drugs? I don’t do drugs, Amber,” he replied with a lot of conviction in his voice.


    “Then, what’s wrong with you? Look, I have known you for a long time, and you are not like this, Dale. Tell me who did this to you,” I asked while referring to the bruises on his jaw. “Let’s go inside for now. I will treat your wounds,” I told him, and he just nodded his head in agreement.


    “What about me?” Mnie asked.


    Actually, I have forgotten that she was sitting on the swing. My attention was focused on Dale, so I didn’t expect Mnie would stay here and eavesdrop on our conversation.


    “What about you, Mnie? If you have nothing to do, please prepare something to eat,” Dale ordered, and even if I didn’t hate Mnie that much, I was gloating when Dale intervened.


    “Yes, sir,” Mnie said, and she was immediately out of the swing, and walked ahead of us.


    From time to time, Mnie would take a peek at us since Dale and I were walking too slowly.


    “Can you tell me now what happens?” I asked him.


    “Something came up and Jacob’s new wife kidnapped Bethany by using me,” he replied.


    “The Alpha’s new wife? Lily Travis?”


    “Yes, that’s her. Soon, I will be able to tell you everything but for now, I am starving,” he said.


    “Starving and you also need your wound to be treated,” I insisted.


    “It’s nothingpared to the wounds I had in the past, this is not skin deep, so there’s nothing to worry about,” he exined.


    “So, when you were gone, you were with Bethany, and you guys were abducted?” I asked but the mere mention of another woman’s name made me feel so ufortable.Exclusive content from N?velDrama.Org.


    I wanted to ask him about Bethany but Dale would probably assume I was being nosy for my own good. Still, I was dying to know anything about that woman, with who he hadte-night talks sometimes.


    “How are you rted to Bethany? You seemed to be so concerned about her,” I noticed.


    “Soon, I will introduce you to her,” he promised.


    “Alright. Let’s get something to eat first before I will treat those wounds,” I told him.


    “Yeah, let’s get something to eat first before I will eat you,” he teased me.


    Yeah, I knew he was just teasing me, but why did he have to whisper those words into my ear? Oh God, he really knew how to make me ufortable, and Mnie probably noticed the redness of my cheeks when we entered the dining room.


    Mnie just heated the leftover food that we had for lunch, and then she also prepared a te of French fries with lots of cheese in it. We had fried chicken at lunch, so it would go well with fries or even burgers.


    If Mnie’s attitude was problematic, her skills in cooking weremendable. I think she knew to cook anything, or she can just make anything out of scratch, and it was one of the reasons why I offered her a job in nd.


    “Do you also want a ss of juice, Amber?” she asked after serving Dale’s favorite juice; a mixture of pineapple and orange juice.


    “No, thank you. I think I will just have a ss of soda with lots of ice,” I informed Mnie who immediately went to get my drink, but before Mnie could totally get it, Dale stopped her.


    “Soda is not good for her baby, Mnie. Get her a ss of juice, or water,” he ordered.


    “Dale! It’s not like I can have a soda every meal, and what’s gotten into you? You really didn’t care about my diet in the past,” I reminded him.


    “That was in the past, Amber. For now, I have to take care of you and the baby,” he announced.


    “You don’t have to. I’m getting married to Jacob’s brother very soon, and since the man was aware of my situation, he will probably take care of me,” I told him, but then he suddenly clenched his jaw.


    “I will talk to Jacob about it, Bethany. I can’t let get married to another man,” he stated.


    “Hmmm, I think it’s already toote for that, Dale. The wedding invitations were already distributed, and you know that the preparations were done. I just have to wait for the right date to go to nd and live there.”


    “Amber, no!”


    “What’s your problem? Ever since you were excited to ship me off to nd!”


    It was a subtle reminder of his conversation with Jacob when he mentioned shipping me off to nd, and nothing would change in his ns. The moment, I overheard that conversation, I felt like dying, but I couldn’t!


    “Trust me on this, sweetheart, okay?”


    He seemed so eager about stopping the marriage, and I wondered if his words were really genuine earlier.


    “Why are you doing this, Dale? It isn’t like you topromise your n because of me,” I told him.


    “Because I love you. I love you so much that I can sacrifice anything just to have you by my side forever,” he answered.


    “Thank you for saying those words, Dale. It means a lot to me,” I told him without directly telling him how much I love, him or how much I cared about him. Well, he already knew how I felt about him. He even told me that it was my weakness.


    After eating, Dale informed Mnie to take rest for an hour or two, then she may start preparing for dinner. Dale also informed Mnie that there would be guests at dinner tonight.


    The mere mention of guestsing into his home made me worried. Dale didn’t bring anyone at home, except for Jacob. So, I assumed that his guest would be the important people in the pack. Alpha Jacob would probablye, too!


    I took Dale into his room to treat the bruises on his skin. After cleaning them, I applied some ointment before putting on a bandage. He was against the idea, and to prove his point, he grabbed me into the bathroom.


    The moment he opened the shower, I got his point.


    “Come here, Amber,” he mumbled in a soft voice, and then he grabbed me to go closer to him.


    The water made my clothes wet, and his clothes were also wet. I frowned at his childish act, but when he started taking off my clothes, one by one, I already had an idea what was going to happen next.