Chapter 2


    Ate''s POV


    "What would you like to drink?"


    I didn''t dwell long on what happened at the entrance. Nor did I think too much about why the ruthless Connor Norman helped me, I just figured he was in a good mood today.


    With deafening music ring, I found a booth and asked the bartender for a whiskey. Normally, I could only handle cocktails, but tonight I had one goal to get drunk and forget everything.


    I sipped my drink absentmindedly, still tormented by the image of Kyle with the other man and woman. Our love felt like a sick joke.


    Shaking the liquid in my ss, I cursed Kyle, Lena, and the Moon Goddess, feeling my face grow hotter and my head heavier. "Damn it! I should go. There''s no one to pick me up."


    I wobbled as I stood up, my vision blurring. I shook my head hard and turned, but I stumbled, expecting to hit the floor.


    A pair of strong hands caught me.


    I raised up my head and looked up to see a short, stocky man in a suit. I couldn''t make out his expression, but he was smiling at me.


    "Why would a pretty woman like youe to a bar alone to get drunk? Let me take care of you. What if you fall again?"Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    Despite his help, I felt an inexplicable sense of repulsion and unease towards him.


    "No, please let go of me," I said, trying to open my eyes wide, hoping he would understand and leave me alone. But he held onto me firmly and started pulling me outside. A wave of unease spread through my heart. I tried to break free butcked the strength.


    "You drank the drink I sent over, and now you won''t let me take you home. You''re a heartless little sweetheart," he whispered, his hot breath on my ear, igniting an unusual heat within me.


    What terrified me more were his words. I realized then that there was something wrong with the drink the bartender had given me.


    As he dragged me closer to the exit, despair engulfed me. I felt weaker and weaker, and just as I was about to lose consciousness, another pair of warm hands grasped my arm.


    "Where are you taking her?" A familiar deep and raspy voice sounded. The man holding me immediately loosened his grip.


    I fell into a warm embrace that smelled pleasantly of vani.


    "Alpha... Alpha Connor, I didn''t know she was with you," the man stammered.


    "Get lost!"


    Feeling the disgusting smell around me fade away, I instinctively let out a sigh of relief. But soon, the effects of the alcohol surged through my body again igniting a sense of emptiness inside me that desperately needed to be filled.


    Hot, very hot.


    ?? 2


    Even though I was lying in a stranger''s embrace, I still felt ufortable. I tried to climb drawn to the coolness of his skin, which felt soothing against mine.


    "Take me away..." I murmured, nuzzling his neck like a kitten. Kyle had already betrayed me, and at this moment, I had nothing left to lose.


    I knew what I needed now, but I wasn''t sure if this man would help me.


    Suddenly, I felt a force on my chin. His well-defined fingers gripped my chin, forcing me to look at him.


    I fell into a pair of gray eyes.


    "Are you sure?" he asked.


    I didn''t answer. Instead, I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him down, and stood on tiptoe to nt a scorching kiss on his cool lips. "As you wish," he rasped.