Chapter 30
My Heart Beats For You
I watch as J expertly glides around in
the water with her long legs in an enthralling manner before making her way towards the steps. Her
yellow bikini, showing off her creamy white skin and curvy body. She’s in such great shape. Her
manicured long fingers grip the handrails of the stairs as she climbs out. She
mumbles something about going to have a
drink before she strolls out of the pool area.
“If you keep ring at her like that, you’ll
end up drilling a hole in her back.” Lexi chuckles
as she swims over to my side, resting her back
against the sides just like me.
Luckily, Lexi had done a bit of shopping for me while I had been gone for those three days. I had noticed
the new clothes in the closet but hadn’t thought much about it. She had
purchased some bikinis for me too, some were
my size and some weren’t. She said she had just
picked anything that was around my size.
I’m wearing a red one now while Lexi had
on a navy blue swimming trunk. Both our hairs are wet, and we’ve been in the pool for a while now. Lexi
sometimes leaves along with J butes backter. I can’t leave because the second I step out, my
body goes up in mes, but I do notice that I’m not horny like I was yesterday. Just hot.
I haven’t moved my eyes off of J since we came here, studying her every move and trying to see
past that smile she always has on. She seems fake to me.
“Isn’t it strange that she has been with Reagan all this while, and when she heard he’s
found his mate, instead of throwing a tantrum
like every normal girl, she epts it with augh
and even wants to get to know me?” I ask the
question without staring away from where
J had just exited.
“It does seem strange, but what can she do?” Lexi shrugs beside me. “You’re bonded to Reagan by the
moon. Nothing can break that.
She has no choice but to ept it.”
I slowly nod at words with my lips pursed. I still think something is off. “Had Reagan really like her so
much?” I ask the question with a
lump forming in my throat as I remember what
J had said earlier. Had Reagan been so desperate to keep her by his side?
“J might have exaggerated a bit earlier
on,” Lexi answers, causing me to whip my head
at her. My eyes are wide open in anticipation, hoping there was a bit of lie in J’s words, because
knowing Reagan was ready to go to any length to keep her puts a heavy weight on my chest.
“What do you mean?” I whisper the question
“Well, Reagan hadn’t exactly done all that just to keep her by his side. He had other reasons.” She
exins while taking her drink from behind us so she could sip from it.
“What other reasons?” I ask in curiosity.
“Sometimes, we wouldn’t hear from J
for almost a decade. Even her parents were worried about her and would contact us a couple of times. I
knew she really liked Reagan
then and would do anything to keep him. Sol
was the one who usually came up with the n
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of faking something just to get her attention. And it usually worked. She thinks it’s because
Reagan wants her back, but it’s just a way to
ensure she’s safe.” She narrates, and I can feel
this weight lift off my shoulders.
“So Reagan wasn’t that…desperate for
her?” I ask.
“I don’t think he ever was.” She shakes her
head. “He never stopped her whenever she
tried to leave. Now that I think about it, he has
never looked at her the way he looks at you.”
She turns to stare at me. “Reagan, Danny, and !
have been a small pack of our own for a very
long time now…plus Adrian. And I can see there’s something…new in him ever since he met you.” She
smiles at me before taking another sip from her drink.
Trx back into the pool with a secret
smile ying on my lips. My heart is fluttering in
happiness at Lexi’s words, and my wolfis.
wagging her tail in excitement. I can even feel
my body cooling off. I step out then and wrap a
towel around my abdomen beforeying back
on a chaise lounge. It’s almost afternoon, but
the sun was hiding behind thick dark clouds. It
might rain soon.
The pool area is an extended part of the
penthouse, and you can see the city’s view from
up here. Lexi alsoes out to join me on a chaise lounge, pulling down her sunsses as we both
stare at the city together.
“Do you guys stay permanently in Canada, or do you explore different cities from time to time?” I ask Lexi
after a while of silence.
“Yes, Canada is our official location. I came
to Los Angeles on my ownst year, though, to start college here. Reagan and Danny only joined me
here this year for some official work.”
We talk for a few minutes, getting to know
more about each other when Danny walks in on
us with his usual amused smirk back on.
“Isn’t this lovely? My own twin, having fun
without me.” He walks over to flop on the chaise
lounge beside mine. Lexi and I both roll our
eyes at him, seeing he’s back to his yful self.
“You guys are back early,” Leximents
as she leans up to stare at Danny over me. He
sighs as heys down t with his arms behind
his head as he looks up at the dark clouds
above.
“Yep. Wrapped up the meeting quick so Reagan coulde back to you, considering the
state you’re in.” He indicates to me with a wink,
causing me to blush pink. Does everyone know I’m a horny b***h?!
“Where is he?” I ask with my eyes scanning
therge pool area, but there’s no sign of
Reagan.
Danny’s mood turns sour a bit as he
mumbles, “With the creep.”
I furrow my eyebrows at his words untill
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notice something. J hasn’te back for a long time now. She’s taking too long, and I now
know why. I stand to my feet and stomp out of
the pool area, not caring if I seem like an overly
jealous clingy girlfriend. I just dont want
anyone close to my mate.
I walk down the hallway, but before emerging into the sitting room, I hear soft music
sounding from the room, along with soft
whispers.
“…Come on, Reggie. It’s not like we don’t
usually do it before.” I can recognize that
annoyingly sweet voice anywhere.
“J…” Reagan’s familiar grow!
reverberates through the room. “I’m not in
the…”
“Do what?” I walk in there in time to ask
the question. And the sight that greets me isn‘t
too weing.
Reagan is still dressed in the navy blue
pants and white shirt he had on when he left,
only the sleeves are rolled up to his elbow. But
J is standing too close forfort to him,
still in her yellow bikini, showing off her nice body. I can feel the familiar pang of jealousy hit
me hard, with my wolf growling in my head. But
I try to keep her locked in with the lessons Lexi
had taught me earlier.
She had advised me to focus on Reagan
whenever my wolf’s emotions seem to go
haywire. I just have to look into my mate’s eyes, and it’ll help her rx. But it’s a bit hard to do so now,
considering J is still standing so close
to him.
J turns to stare at me with her mouth
round in an ‘oh,’ seeming surprised to see me. But I keep my eyes on Reagan, whose eyes are
also on me, trailing down my form while I still
have on a white towel over my bikini. A look of
hunger shes in them, along with some
possessiveness that I know all too well.
“Oh, Ellie. Didn’t see you there.” J’s
smilees back on. “I just love this song and wanted to dance to it with Reggie.” She flutters
her eyes up at Reagan. I grit my teeth, seething inwardly before strolling over to Reagan.
Our eyes are once more locked as we can’t
look away, entranced by one another. His
swirling brown pools are drawing me in, and I’m
hopelessly drowning in them. It’s like the whole
world around us disappeared, and we’re the
only ones left.
I smile at him as I get to his side while
stepping between him and J. I painfully
divert my eyes away from his and turn back to
her.
“I’m sure Reagan is a bit tired to dance
right now. I’ll be taking my mate along with me now.” I state before grabbing Reagan’s hands and leading
him out of the room. J’s eyes
remain fixed on us as we walk out, but lignore
her all through. Reagan doesn’t protest and follows me right away, only when we’re out of sight and in
the hallway does he stop me.
He grabs me and pushes me against the nearest wall with his lips attacking mine in a
hot, searing kiss that blows my mind away. We
don’t part until we’re a panting mess, our
breaths mixing together in the air.
“You’re so sexy when you’re jealous.” He
smirks down at me, his mouth seeking mine
once more. But I stop him with a hand on his
chest.
“What is she still doing here?” I ask the
question I’ve been dying to know. He pauses for
a moment, his eyes trailing downwards to
where my hands are on his chest, stopping him.
In a sh, he grabs both my hands and pins
them on the wall beside me before smashing his
lips against mine once more. But this kiss is different. It’s like he’s exerting his dominance over me,
showing I’m his.
His lips trail from my lips to my cheek and then ear as he whispers harshly. “Never stop me from having
what’s mine, Ellie.”
I lean forward to also whisper into his ear.
“Technically, I’m not yours yet. And I may never be if that…bitch isn’t out of here soon.”
threaten before moving back.
His grip over my wrist had tightened at my
statement, and his jaw is clenched tight. His
eyes are having that speck of gold shing in
them, and I can see the warning visible in them.
But I don’t cower, and instead, stare back at him
head-on.
“Be careful of the words thate out of
that pretty mouth, darling.” He smirks suddenly,
but I see no amusement in his eyes. “They
might get you in a whole lot of trouble.”
I swallow at the predatory look in his eyes but quicklyposed myself.
“I want her gone, Reagan!” I voice out.
He pauses before sighing and moving back. He loosens his grip on my wrist before letting me go only to
dip his hands in his pants pockets.
“What do you want me to do, Ellie? Tell her
to leave nicely? Or throw her out with her things?” He asks with a questioning look
directed at me. When he puts it that way, I
sound like a heartless b***h.
“I don’t like her.” I turn away to stare in the
empty hallway instead of him. He sighs against
before gripping my jaw softly and turning my
head to look at him.
“Of course, you don’t. You and your wolf
think she’spetition. But it’s not her I want.
It’s you. Only you.” He reaches down to take my hand before cing it palm t on his left chest,
where his heart beats.
“You feel that? It’s calling for you.” A smile
breaks out on my lips at his words. That was the
cutest thing I’ve ever heard. A bit cliche, but still
cute. I break into a fit of giggles as he breaks up
my hand toy kisses on my fingers. He smiles
against my palm as he looks back down at me.
“Now, go dress up so we can make it for our
date.” He suddenly announces.
“Date?” I furrow my eyebrows at him in
confusion.
“Don’t tell me you forgot you promised me
one.” He arches an eyebrow at me. I recall then
“Don’t tell me you forgot you promised me
one.” He arches an eyebrow at me. I recallthen that we had made a deal.
“Where are we going.” I curiously ask as he
leads me to his bedroom.
“It’s a surprise.” He answers with a secret
smile ying at the corner of his lips.