Chapter 160
Chapter 160 He missed her
BECKY
I blinked my eyes three times to make sure I hadn’t mistaken Ss’ presence. Despite my disbelief,
though, his c innamon and clove scent lingered in the air and filled my nose until my mouth began to
water.
He looked just as handsome as ever. His golden eyes practically glowed with warmth and his dark
brown hair was swept away from his face. His tannedplexion was as perfect as ever, and as my
eyes fell to his full lips, I noticed a small birthmark there I’d never noticed before.
Before I could lose myself in the beauty that was Ss Moses I forced myself to focus. Why was the
Beta here in Wild Crawler? Had he followed me here? The thought was amusing enough for me to ask
it aloud.
“Did you follow me here, Ss? Have you been here this whole time?”
Much to my irritation, he didn’t answer my question and instead uttered a simple greeting.
“Good evening, Becky,” he said softly.
His gaze was strange and unwavering, but I couldn’t help but get lost in his longshed eyes. I
managed to regain myposure once more and sighed.
“Did the Alpha King send you here?” I asked. Cas sandra had told me during our phone call that the
king of Wega was going to be deploying more healers and soldiers to help Wild Crawler get back on
their feet. Was Ss merely one of those aforementioned bodies?
Was he here out of duty or because he was here to see me?
Stop it, Becky, I urged myself before I could get too carried away. Don’t fall into that kind of thinking.
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Ss remained silent for a moment and then spoke again.
“Do you care about why I’m here?” he asked.
I found hisck of responses frustrating. Given our history, I genuinely didn’t care about his reasons for
being in Wild Crawler, and I was tired of the constant mind games. I wasn’t a ything to be messed
around with by men. I was a human being and a woman worthy of genuine connection and concern.
So, I simply huffed and attempted to walk past him and ignore him. I fully nned to give up on the
idea of a moonlit walk and return to the clinic and get some rest so I could feel better in the morning
and make one final round of visits to my patients before returning to Anemond.
However, before I could get away, Ss caught my wrist suddenly and prevented me from leaving.
“Let me go,” I sighed, and I struggled against his grip, but Ss held on tighter. It wasn’t tough enough
to hurt me, but I couldn’t break free.
“Who was the man?” he asked, and when I frowned, he rified. “The young man with the sses that
you were speaking with earlier. Who was he?”
It took a moment for me to realize that he was referring to Dic kson.
“He’s a healer in the clinic,” I exined. “His name is Dic kson. He’s a colleague.”
Ss’ eyes narrowed slightly.
“He told you he liked you,” he said in a tone that was eerily calm but still had undertones of jealousy.
Heat rushed into my cheeks at once.
“You were eavesdropping on our conversation!” I used him. “What, were you spying on me or
something?”
Ss remained calm but nced down at the ground for a moment.
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“Are you going to give him a response?” he asked softly. “Are you going to tell him you share feelings
for him?”
“That’s not any of your business,” I reiterated as anger filled my belly.
What did Ss care about any of this?
He publicly rejected me time and time again. Sure, he had shown up to help me when Frederick was
getting too intense with his advances, and then spoke kindly with my mother at my house, but we were
still at odds with one another.
“Do you like him,” he pressed further. Just as I was about to reply and tell him again that it was none of
his business, Ss pulled me closer until I was practically up against him. For a moment, I thought he
was about to kiss me, and instinctively, I raised my hand up and pped him.
Ss waspletely taken aback and sta ggered at the motion. When he frowned, I expected him to
be angry, but instead, he released his hold on my wrist and took a step back.
“I’m sorry, Becky,” he apologized. “I didn’t mean to hurt you. I won’t force you anymore.”
For a moment, I couldn’t believe what I had heard, but I was relieved that the Beta wasn’t going to push
the matter any further.
I chose not to say anything more about it. We stood opposite one another in silence until Ss spoke
again.
“I came to Wild Crawler because I missed you,” he admitted softly. “Ourst encounter left me…
longing for you. I don’t know how else to exin it. When I heard that things here were dire, I wanted to
ensure everything was fine.”
His eyes nced skyward, and when he looked down at me a secondter, my heart nearly sk ipped a
beat.
“I’m going to be visiting the border again soon,” he continued in a tone I had difficulty reading. “I won’t
be interrupting you anymore. Good night, Becky.”
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Without another word, he turned away to leave. As I watched him walk away, I wanted to say
something more, but I found my throat was too tight with emotion to say a word.
I considered chasing after him. I was short but I could run quickly.
But even if I managed to catch up to the Beta, what would I say? Would I confess that I’d been thinking
of him too? That being away from him was so difficult it was almost painful? That most of my dreams
involved him and my daydreams
consisted of my lips against his?
No.
None of that would go over well.
Once Ss was gone, I didn’t feel like taking a walk anymore. Instead, I quietly slipped back into the
clinic and returned to the office. Once the door was closed, I let out a deep exhale andy down on theC0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.
couch. I sunk back into therge cus hions and tried to sleep, but my mind raced too quickly for me to
rx.
Everything felt so chaotic.
First, there was Dic kson’s sudden confession of love and then there was Ss, my mate, showing up
out of the blue to tell me he missed me.
This was all so crazy.
When Ss had mentioned missing me, I was sure my heart had ski pped a beat, but I couldn’t be
certain if the feeling within me was truly love or just the effects of our mate bond. Though the stories
were few since mate bonds were so rare, I knew the connection between mates was incredibly strong.
So was our connection just purely based on that?
Or did Ss Moses truly care enough about me to miss my presence?
Either way, I couldn’t do this anymore. I nestled back into the cu shion and closed my eyes tightly.