Chapter 228
The worse part was seeing the look of hurt, confusion and sadness in her eyes. I couldn’t be sure why it was there but after years of trying to convince myself that I wouldn’t ever be having anything to
With her family and of trying to convince myself that I truly hated her, it was becoming quite questionable as she sat across from me on the dinner table and I had to force myself to keep a neutral face while I questioned her.
She hadn’t changed much. She still had her father’s grey eyes and her mother’s petite frame and extremely pretty features, she still drew invisible patterns on the table, a sign that she was stressed and nervous and she was still a terrible liar.
I could tell how she struggled to keep up with whatever lies that knew she would have planned with Lila and to be honest I couldn’t be sure who I was more disappointed in. Lila for planning with her and lying or Jessy for going through with it.
I couldn’t understand what she was doing away from her father’s pack. I was surprised Greyson had let her out of his pack in the first place. Where had she told him she was going? I needed to make sure I took a sweep of the pack tomorrow, knowing Greyson, he had probably sent people to follow her and give reports of her whereabouts.
Dinner was soon over and I couldn’t express the relief I felt when Jessy left the house, it was almost as if I couldn’t breathe at all having her in the same room and my heart had continued to hammer in my chest and it was starting to get too painful at this point.
My wolf was also going crazy and I was just overwhelmed generally.
“What do you
think about her?” Lila asked soon after and I frowned.
“I think she could be very useful to us in the future.” She said and my frown deepened.
“What do you mean?” I asked and she let out a laugh that grated on my nerves, moving from her position to approach me.
“Let’s talk about that some time later. Right now it’s time for you to fulfill a promise.” She drawled in a seductive attempt but I really wasn’t in the mood to even consider entertaining her for the night.
“Go home. We’ll see tomorrow.” I said, already making my way towards my room.
“What? Arthur you ca-”
“Fucking get out Lila.” I almost roared.
And I felt a little bad when she flinched in shock but I couldn’t bring myself to even attempt apologizing. It was all too much
for me.
I continued to make my way upstairs, sighing heavily when I heard the door slam shut. I moved towards the bottom drawer at the end of the room, opening it with a key I almost always had with me, pulling out a box.
I moved to settle on the bed, opening the box and pulling out a few items from within it. It wasn’t often that I did this but I knew it was essential for the night. The box held a picture frame of myself of myself and Jessy from when we were much younger. I couldn’t remember when the picture had been taken but it had remained a favorite through the years. The rest of the contents were paintings that Jessy had done of me, they were pretty old but I kept every single one of them.
I sighed heavily running my fingers through each one of them.
I couldn’t believe she was really here, after years of trying to get her out of my mind, she was back here, in my pack, my safe space, the place I had created to hide away from her.
For the first time in years I was at a loss for what to d
