Chapter 45: A cup of tea?

We went to the ballroom, got the girls settled in, and left them to chat about dresses for the ball. I invited Liam to go to the bar next door, separated only by a transparent glass door. He accepted. The first part of the plan worked.

. “I hope I didn’t disappoint you,” Nat said. Bella quickly added, “I don’t know, I just didn’t know, but I’m glad I met you. Mateo was a real flirt from what I remember, but he never looked at any girl, he just wanted you.” Nat smiled and I hugged her.

**Bella**

“Now that they’re gone, I want to thank you, Nat, can I call you that?” Bella asked. “Sure, Bella. I’m glad I could help. John is a very important guy to us and loyal.” “Yeah, you don’t have to tell me, although I appreciate your recommendation,” I laughed. “I really like him. I hope… well, please don’t tell anyone, especially him. Can I trust you?” “Yes, Bella, please.” - Nat inspired me with a lot of confidence, I want him to be my partner, but I believe I'll only be able to find out after midnight. "We're all rooting for that," she confirmed. I took advantage of the opportunity: "Him too?" I blushed slightly.

"I can't believe you have any doubts about that, even though he didn't tell me that himself." She said and I sighed. At that moment, the waiter arrived and slowly approached us. I felt a strange chill in my stomach that made me look into his eyes. He was frozen, staring at me. I went to look at the guy: "Can we order?", but I almost choked nervously when I realized he smiled at me and winked. His beautiful green eyes were turning black. I didn't know what to do and bit my lip. He leaned towards me, to hand me the menu and suggested I go to the bathroom. I got up and headed towards the women's bathroom and Nat started to order and Mat pretended to write it down on the tablet.

Nat

I looked at Liam and Mat, Bella's brother was following the girl's path, I smiled, hiding my nervousness. And I spoke to John. "Did you feel anything?" and I pointed to the menu. "My wolf almost went crazy, it's her, she's our mate", John replied. "But don't tell her anything, let her find out at the ball, so we can be sure and she can hold on to the information". "Oh, John, I'm so happy for you. Now go out and bring just two teas later". Our beta bowed and left towards the kitchen. Then, going after Bella. I saw that Liam was suspicious of the delay and Mat started to show him something, trying to divert the conversation, another waiter brought our tea, and I froze when I saw Liam stand up and come towards us. John She was beautiful in a green dress the color of her eyes. Her light red hair stood out. Virtually I already thought she was beautiful, in person, I was crazy, her smell was of apple pie and wildflowers. Which drove Thot crazy. I quickly approached and smiled, now more controlled. “Hi princess, how are you?” “You managed to fool my brother.”, she smiled. “I don’t want to push my luck, I just wanted to say hi, thank you for cheering me on. I don’t know if they’ll let me talk to you if we lose, so I brought your birthday present.” I took a gold pendant in the shape of a crescent moon out of my pocket and gave it to her. “Happy birthday, Bella. I wish we can see each other whenever we want.” “Me too, John, it will be my birthday wish to the goddess,” she said. I kissed her on the forehead.

I received a message from Nat through the mental link: “Disappear now! He’s coming over.”

Liam

“Where is she, Nat?” “Bella went to the bathroom, Liam,” Nat replied, but I had to check. Why so long? I saw my sister standing with her eyes closed at the bathroom door and I became suspicious. A waiter ran past towards the kitchen. I didn't smell anyone I knew, especially John. But I questioned her: "What are you doing there?" She opened her eyes in shock and was startled when she saw me, which made me even more suspicious, it was like I was seeing a ghost. "Liam, have you seen her?" "Who?" "The Alpha of Fashion, the Italian Rebeca?", she replied. "I don't know who she is." "Is that why you stood there frozen in the bathroom door? What a stupid little dog." "You don't know anything, she's on all the covers of fashion magazines this month and she's here in Canada. How lucky I am to see her, don't think I didn't take a picture with her." Mateo I sent a mental link to John: "They're going back to the table, stay in the room until further notice." "Thanks, Mat, you guys were awesome." Nat was shaking. "Calm down, honey, he might get suspicious. Drink your tea." “Sorry Natsuke, it seems my sister is a fan of someone she met in the bathroom and forgot about her life. Apologize, it was rude to leave Nat alone,” Liam said.

“It’s true, my tea even got cold,” Bella said, sitting down. But she’s a fashion designer, model and owner of the most famous brand in Milan, only haute couture, and I’m super happy to have met her. I'm sorry, Nat.

"Don't worry, honey. We can order another one if you want?" Nat blinked. "I know in Japan tea is an important ritual, but I drink ice water and I'm fine.".

"Aunt Loren told me that you will be wearing a family jewel. I'm very curious, it must be beautiful," I asked. Nat, with all her modesty, replied: "Yes, it's a very beautiful set, I don't deserve to wear it, but he asked me to show it to him on his birthday."

"Natsuke's greatest jewel is his eyes, have you noticed how different and beautiful they are?" I laughed, "Oh, Mat, it's good to see you in love. He was kind of tough with the girls, Nat, he must be waiting for you," I said. "It's a shame that Aunty didn't come, Dad misses her a lot, he always says that they had a disagreement and that drove them apart, I think it's sad."