Chapter 36 Unexpected encounter... And an exasperated Damien.
36\. Unexpected encounter... And an exasperated Damien.
The car dropped her outside an unfamiliar place. An enterprise she had not prepared to see. Its name made her chew her lips and that particular name came to her mind. Again.
'I am always so paranoid!' Aura sighed at her attitude as she stepped further.
This was her bad habit. Besides being over shy, she was also paranoid. She made many consequences a situation could lead every time she fell into them.
She was doing the same now when she entered through the huge gates of Ferrari enterprise while reading its slogan. She entered her name and reason for visiting in a register that was presented across her at the watchman's cabinet, on a desk.
Don't know why her heart was thumping erratically inside her chest. It was not because she was scared of seeing Damien with more damage but because she hesitated to meet new people. Only if one can sense her fears, they would have justified why she was walking so hesitantly inside the office building.
Aura stopped near the reception desk, thinking what to ask there. From the way Damien had taken that name the other day, she was certain he had something more than rivalry with the owner of that name. And now that she was standing in the office building owned under his name, she stood with quizzical expressions.
She looked down at her fingers. To be honest, nowhere. Her eyes were set agape but she was not really looking anywhere. Rather, Aurora was lost in her thoughts thinking about Damien and how to ask about him.
It was then when a hand compressed down on her shoulder. Not only did it bring her out of her reverie but also made her incline slightly in bewilderment as she had not seen that coming.
When she lifted her eyes, oh God, her spine steeled. She felt her blood freeze and face fall upsettingly into a frown. "Mr. Dursely!" She jerked the hand away from her shoulder and stepped away.
It was that man she hated with the core of her heart. One look at him and she felt anger rushing back into her veins, increasing her blood pressure.
"Hey, darling! You surprised me." Peter passed her a lusty grin and tried to touch her cheek.
Aura stepped away at the same time she clenched her jaw as her hands fisted. This man.... Was dirtier than a swine. He was that contagious disease which cannot be dealt with. An infection that would never heal in spite of consuming several vaccines.
Aura felt her stomach churn at the look of his disgusting face. She wanted to lash him but in a place like this, she could not try it. She was not a fan of publicity. Considering her relationship with Damien, the Alpha, she could not risk being captured in images with this bastard and termed as one of his love interests by the paparazzi. Though there were none here, you can't just trust passers-by. Nowadays passers-by love to make some bucks while sharing pictures captured in their phones to the journalists, making it a side gig.
So she moved away without so much as returning him a reply. Aurora swung around and prepared to leave. She took a step further, but felt her wrist caught and pulled back.
It was not a surprise but loads and loads of disgust that she felt when she found Peter's fingers around her skin. "I hate it when you give me that look, baby. What have I done to get that? Look at my puppy eyes, they glimmer when set on your innocent face. Can't you spare them a happy look, can you?" He said flirtatiously, his fingers still around her wrist.
His hold was not infectious but she knew she had to use sanitizer to rub his touch off her wrist.
Aurora twisted her hand crazily. She used her twisting tactics to pull her hand off his grip. Throwing him a look of utter disappointment, she grumbled, "I wish I were a grim reaper."
"Woah. Why... Love?" Peter laughed over her antiques.
She was indeed enticing apart from being sexy and breathtaking hot.
"Because then I would have aggressively yanked your soul out of this filthy body." She replied between her grinding teeth.
It was another laughter of response Peter gave as he neared her. "And I wish I were Damien! Because then I could have you in my bed, under me."
Aura twisted her mouth at his reply. She tried to go away but stopped as he was not done speaking, "Jokes apart, but you have already taken my heart away. You can have this body too if,"
Peter purposely halted at a point he knew she would guess his further words without delivering them. He attempted to take her wrist in his hold again but this time Aurora stomped her foot angrily on his booted one, taking him not just off guard but also earning a wince of pain.
While he inclined his hurt foot, holding it in his hand to resist the pain, beautiful Aurora smiled victoriously. "You deserve this between your legs, bastard." She showed her satisfaction over his wincing before she turned around.
No sooner had Aurora taken a step forward to go away from Peter than her head bumped into something hard. Her hand flew up at her head to caress it as she backed away, closing her eyes.
She was taking her time to deal with that spinning pain when an arm came around her waist and a familiarly chilling voice hit her ear drums, "I am sorry, Aurora! Didn't mean to petrify you like this."
Her eyes flew open, head shot up and mouth sealed into a tight line of amazement when she looked at that face. Rosario Ferrari. It was none other than that guy from her college. That same old handsome looking guy with blonde hair and tall height. With smiling green eyes and chiselled jaw, and a smile that set her heart on fire.
He was still the same. Only difference she noticed was his clothes. In college he was always seen clad in hot casuals. Right now he was in a three piece, fitting his broad shoulders and muscled huge frame.
"Hi?" She was still sinking in the happening when his hesitant greeting came with an equally hesitant grin.
"You are still the same Aurora from college." He announced exactly her thoughts.
She could really not hear him properly, because all that she felt was light tremors crawling up and down her body.
She was baffled. Her fingers trembled and lashes refused to bat. Her knees shivered and the hold of his arm around her waist filled her with anxiety. Why? He was 'The Rosario Ferrari' her Alpha lover disliked. Probably hated. Or maybe seriously wished to kill him.
Her eyes were glued on his face, her body frozen. When Rosario came closer to hug her, she could not react and push him away, hence allowing his arms to cover her properly. It was a hug so close yet warm that her mouth dried wondering if Damen had seen it, he would have opened earth and thrown Rosario in it, and then closed it after tossing scorpions and other fatal creatures on him.
"I am so amazed to see you! Like... I just can't express Aurora. Until yesterday I was thinking about meeting you and today, boom, you come in front of me out of nowhere, and take my breath away. I am so fascinated. Gosh, I can't contain my joy." Rosario detached from the hug and held her shoulders.
"You visited my office to see me. That is so sweet of you. You didn't change a bit, I love that."
His smile was genuine. His eyes glinted with a shine that would come only on meeting special people.
The looks of his face conveyed his fascination. Aurora felt like sharing his happiness with him for it was after years of separation that they met. Unfortunately, it was not a good day for her. It was a day that started bright but with clouds of distress hovering just over her head since dawn itself.
She was about to respond after a while of standing like a statue when Peter's voice resonated behind her back, and through her, turning her legs weak.
"Hii, Damien!" He brushed past them, and into the opposite direction where Alpha Damien was standing with a poker face, his eyes showing all sorts of negative emotions— jealousy and exasperation leading the chart.
Tbc...
(What's gonna happen now?)