Chapter 12


    Tirap out of my troze state and suck in a deep breath before ppinj a n’s hand away and snarled,


    “Cetaway from me


    Almtaring at him like I would a phost. My eyes, almost buline out of my head, and the blood drained froith


    my fazi.. Nevering entire life had taken a bath with the oppauto


    Forenwah the same . And he’d just dit so casually like he’s we should have brukt together H#uwen


    staring at mith an oblivioui lock if he didn’t know what he just did.


    My hands are both fisted at trepp of the shirt i hadan, holding them to pet mi ha hadalme the finite button


    Op. He tries taking a step close to me, bardytop him by


    Fangmy palinha hirm


    “Stop right there. I’m not getting naked in frontal neither am I walking into the shower with you.”


    H#c”-“sada Eyebrow at my outburst before hidayet Elide down my term.


    “It’s nothing haven’t seen already” He states with a


    mirk, his eyes new resting on my chest


    True, he didundruss me. But I still had my bra and


    panties on underneath the shirt. And I would love to hold on


    to that liberty.


    I knew this was going to happen from the first moment


    he said we were both sharing the same room. It would be


    It. Hell, another


    in my hoes would probably


    T


    hen in the short time when


    together,


    “I’m still not showering with you.” i sternly say, taking a


    determined stand.


    He frowns then looking eleomy and njected. Without mother word, he stoms out of the bathroom and


    kicks the door shut behind him while grumbling underneath his breath. Sigthing in relief, i tiptoe to the


    door and check to make sure it was lecked before finally peeling his shirt off. I needed ta do something


    about the sexual attraction l had towards him. He’s very attractive, of course, with the body of some sex


    god thatdies wouldn’t think twice before dropping their panties for. But it all feels so wrong. Like a


    dangerous territory I shouldn’t venture into, but all the same looks so appealing andpelling,


    Tremembered his lips on mine yesterday, and I can still


    feel the bruises x i bite on them. And not to talk about how


    good he is with his tongue on my neck. I wonder just how


    they would feel down…


    Istop myself before my mind steps into dark, forbidden


    territory. I’ve hardly ever had erotic thoughts before. No guy


    has ever seemed appealing enough for me to fantasize about


    and Brad disgusted me with his actions. I would rather


    chake on a hotdog that have an erotic fantasy based on that


    hiking my hand of those thought I step into the


    hond let the warm water y


    my body. When


    I’m done, wap myself up inatol beforehoowards


    the bathroomdour. However, as I pull open the door, I’m


    met with the bandce of a Princh.


    How long hasiz heen standing there? I wanted to ask


    but kept quiet ci his eyes begin to trail down my almost und form. Maybel should have won his shirt


    instead of a to beforeing aut. His eyes are already turning a darker thada, indicating his lustful


    thoughts. And I know what happens when he starts to look at me like that I would


    take a step back and that usually spus up hk predatory instincts, then he would catch me before I could


    escape.


    So, learning from my mistakes. I stand still with my hands clutching the towel tight to my body,


    When he doesn’t make a move and only continues to


    stare buck at me, I decide then to make way lowards the closet and escape his hungry eyes. But he


    stops a before i could make it past himn with his hand gripping my wrists. He


    bulls me closer to him until his lips are ser to my ear and


    his breath, tingling my cheek.


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    His deep voice is what I first hear, “Soon, Ellie.” He takes


    a whift from my neck before whispering sensuously into my war, “Soon, you’ll be begeing for me to finally


    take what’s


    mine.” A shiver runs down my spine as hisngs get


    siirhan he adds,


    of


    “And I’dly oblige.” He premises beforetting hy must look up to treat the senue look on hi ac button


    walking over to the clot:


    My knees bukle.iminediately close the door third ht, and I luye na more strength to hold myself up as I


    slide to the floor, I need air. Rengan was sufocating me with his Possessiveness and constant veduction.


    Istarch through my bag for a beige crop top, and dark ripped jears before hurrying to put them on. Not


    wanting to behore when he would step out of the shower, lerabimy baoks and phone quickly. And when I


    heard the sound of the showerstop, 1 baltoute the room and head downstain.


    I meet Daniel, yed on the couchas hastanes up bored at the high ceilings. His eyes drift to mine the


    sound al my footsteps resonates in therge room. I notice he’s


    dressed for really in a suit, but he has thiszy expression on


    she ys around with his tie. Either way, he still looks


    inticing to any homdy out there she weaves his fingers Ehrough his hair


    “Hey, Princks.” His tone is yful


    take a se


    oppoute him on the couch. I’m not that mainted with him


    yet, to only inddat him before i busy myself with my phone


    I scroll through my Instagram feed, looking at numerous pictures of my college mates at different


    beaches. It was


    at


    this time of the year, and students use that can


    excuse to witry beach they can in California while


    unting their almatind bodies in the proces. They


    Sem to be having lots of fun while I’m luckline in this


    mansion


    T?ven u


    recer picture of Latin undera beach


    umbre with a pink bibinion as she kes a senyumup at the camer. My guess is to the picture, and


    she would probably end up f***him after leaving there.


    My feed refreshetonition, and other picture pops


    up that makes me seed


    Stacy has just posted picture of her and Brad, looking Very intimate. She’s to bholding up the camera in


    the han an off-shoulder topiya, making her neck bare open for the world. Lad stand behid her with his


    arms wrapped around


    her waist and his head buried yully if her neck. They


    bethan gooty smile on, looking like the world’s but


    nuple in the entire


    univers,


    Tcan feel that lumilir duche in my chest my wolf


    retrieves into the furthest corner of my mind. We both try to


    remain strong as I torture us both by still staring at the


    picture. The pain was there, but notice it’s not like before.


    Before I would already have tears rolling down my luce every


    Timel see them both together I would bolt out of there and


    go how at the moon all day in the woods while everyone


    else tawnad over them in scheol. Aww, they look so cute


    targether. But now, cantan lori very long time and be able to will my not to cry. In fact, the acha in my


    chest


    was bing numb, non-existent, and my wolf was slowly


    I know it’s not a new pictun.


    I doubt they would be this intimate after what happened two nights aps. Brad’s wolf was probably going


    crazy right now, and not even Stacy would be able to help him. That’s the thing with marking your


    true mute. They will never have the same influence on your wolf howa moon-pvir mate would


    *Sa that’s the alpha mult that broke your heart.”


    bj?rk out of my thought to spin my head around. Andi find Daniel peaking over my shoulder at my phone.


    My stare Eurns to a re, and I bury my phone in my chest, away from his prying eyes.


    “Erude to stare al someone’s else’s privacy,” i inform


    as he sing over to the couch with elegance and sits beside


    “Aww, princess. You hurt my feelings. I only saw how


    pale you becarne while staring at your phone and decided to


    check what was wrong.” He shes his pearly white teeth


    innocently in anin.


    “It’s still rude.” I admonish.


    “Yeah, yeah,” he brushes af. “So tell me, you still have feelines for stupid over there?” ickan evebrow at


    him,


    surprise at how hadded rad. He lupidur


    OV


    “It’s


    n


    ot your business


    to while luningluck


    te the couch. It let rely of birth me and mude me


    Eto nevirutand up.


    “So you do have things for him.” He taunts with slight quirk of his eyebrows.


    i tronnathili word. “What i nevoid thalievichly defend.


    “Are you sure?” He has this teasing surk on, wanting to poke the truth af me. Because the way you ware


    ring dangers your phone with your


    “Emaupt, Danny or vedeapers will be lodged somewhere.” I heara tantar warning crowd across for where


    waleed, and i lodhua then ne Rugan ün the finale


    of the stairs. How leng hai he been the livening to w.7


    Unlike Daniel he’s dressed in a pu colored button up shirt


    with it’s ves rolled up on his manly biceps, with a paire


    bluepants to match. I’m surprised hestereen slippers to


    Bo with it, but what’s more shocking is it all matched and


    made him look fashionable. Some risque colors but he looked sure delicious in them with his hands in


    his pant’s


    pochets.


    His praling date is on me as he slowly descends the


    stair, never breaking eye contai. l stand up to my feet as


    hers closer to me. not wantine to show any sign of


    disrespect. One shouldn’t it in the presence of royalty like ihat. Even Daniel stood up to acknowledge


    him.


    “Eaten anything yet?” He suddenly as shees to stand in front af me.


    “Not Hungry.” I answer shartly.


    He mations for me to follow him as he walks tovards


    the kitchen with Danieliallowing behind Lexi is at the dining table, typing furlously away on herptop


    while muttering curs all the same. Acup of coffee beside her and some paperwork also. She seems to be


    dressed for schoolina ck colored cold-shoulder top with denim shorts. Her brown hair is curled and


    they dangle above her shoulders. She always seems tock pretty


    “Are you nning on murdering yourptop?” Daniel asks with amusement dancing in his tone


    “Yes Do you want to take its ce?” She retorts with a


    sharp look pointed at him before going back to typing away


    on the keyboard.


    “And here I thought my twin sisterves me most in the


    whole wide world.” Daniel dramatically sighs as we all take a


    seat at the dining table


    Yes, they were twins, and Lexi had exined this to me


    yesterday. It exined why they look so simr.


    “Isn’t Joanna here yet.” Reagan’s icy tone breaks off


    their bickering as this eyes dart around the room for so-called


    “She still be there wt” Lave


    . “Hey, Ellie.” 5


    tipa hehendanwhl nod backather. They


    Hem


    nice, but it all will feels new. Though I can Landed yesterdwy andare i bitclúser,


    l eiandi


    “Hawn’t you interviewed someone


    t o wcantin her? Reagan’s irritation shown on his face aihezlowers at Lexi Shinarrow her back at him,


    surprising me at how she challenges hitri back.


    “Tivould be interviewing potential mids, but as you


    Gin see, I’m wury busy with my school work. Shein bestures to heptop. “Danny should find on instaed”


    This makes Daniel’s eyes light up :


    “Mol” Reagan protests with a prowl. “Femember thest time we allowed him to pick the help?”


    “Oh,e on.” Daniel quickly interjects, “Joana vas very helpful when ihe first came here.”


    Lexi lift her eyebrows at him, “You mini very helpful in


    your bedroom until you became bored of her.” I almost


    choke on myugh as Daniel turns flustered and looks away


    in defeat. Just ther, the topic of our discussion bulldozes ini


    with her hair allower the ce, and her lipstick smudged on


    hercheck. Her eyes seem tired with baes underneath them,


    and her entire make-up was a train wreck.


    We all stare at Joanna’s diiheweled state in


    tanishment as her frantic looking eves take in our


    impression. She knows the hand up big time foring inte I doubt she won know what mess she


    looks


    Tiro Sorry. I was a bit sick and woke ute, and thu


    Erattic was bed on my way here, and I.–


    “You live fra minutes from here.” Lexi cuts her off belure she could make another encue Shefalte then,


    looking a dier caught in a headlight


    1.


    “You’re fired once more initiupts her with cold emotionless one at the back Pping her coffee


    ookstowich


    “What Tou can’t.” She proches in a high tone, almost Pking my cars bad. Lexi dorintbord as he joes


    back to working on herptop


    Joanna turning to Daniel with big rounde r king at him Datiny, baby. You can’t let her do that.” She


    shamelessly ds with her woice taking a sultry tone, water


    Daily makes Daniel cringe in disgust.


    He seems to be in a difficule situation before he sighs.


    “This is your third time beingte in one week Joarina,” was all he said boterecking away


    Joanna’s lips tremble as her eyes begin to water. She


    wither love the pay of this job very much, or the loves to ***k the boss for her to humiliate herself like this


    in front of


    bib


    UT LITTL LEIE DETTE IDLE IT WIE WEER, JOD, HHH


    all he said before looking away.


    kanna’s lips tremble as her eyes begin to water. She either loves the pay of this job very much, or she


    loves to f**k the boss for her to humiliate herself like this in front of


    us.


    “Reag… M… Mr. Aldrich.” A low growl goes through the air as she tries to plead to Heagan next but she


    quickly stops and address him formally instead as his charp eyes snap to her threateningly. It is only


    when I notice everyone staring at me that I realize the growi came from me. I hadn’ked the way she was


    about to call his name in her sultry manner.just


    to seduce him to change his mind. I couldn’t even stop


    myself before it was toote, and now Reagan is staring at


    me with amusement twinkling in his eyes.


    Way to lead him on, Ellie.