He walks us into the bedroom before placing me on the bed. I watch as he walks into the bathroom before returning with a damp cloth and placing it on my forehead. My head was pounding against my skull. Feeling the bed dip, the Alpha pulls me against him, resting my head on his chest, I feel him kiss the top of my head before sleep takes over and I pass out.
The next morning, I awoke to the sound of the doorbell, Alpha Damien's side of the bed was cold telling me he had been up for some time. I make my way downstairs to answer the door. My mood plummeted when I saw Tabitha again.
"He isn't here" I tell her before shutting the door in her face. She instantly knocks on the door again. Opening it, I have to fight the urge to throat punch her.
"What do you want?" I demand as she places her hands on her hips.
"I don't know if Damien told you, but I actually work here" She states, pushing past me and walking into the house. He actually didn't tell me, but I remember Natalia mentioning her name saying she was the morning house worker. I groan internally before shutting the door. Layla growled in my head angrily as we watched her saunter into the closet under the stairs.
I walk up the stairs, heading back to the room when she speaks.
"You know when I get the test results this afternoon, he will have no choice but to kick your ass to the curb, when he realises this baby is actually his" My hand grips the bannister, my nails digging into the soft wood leaving claw marks.
" It must hurt knowing you aren't the one baring his child" She sang out in her irritating nasally voice. Making me growl loudly in warning.
"Yeah, it sucks, but how do you think your mate will feel when you find him?" I retorted. She doesn't reply, but I can hear her rummaging around in the cupboards before I see her pop out holding a bucket and mop.
"Tabitha, if this kid is his, that doesn't make you his mate" Tabitha growled, not liking the truth. She doesn't intimidate me, and I know I had hit a nerve with her. I continue up the stairs heading back to the bedroom when I hear the downstairs door open and the Alpha's familiar intoxicating scent wafts through the house.
I hear his voice before I see him. "Tabitha, what are you doing here?" He says, by the tone of his voice I can tell he is annoyed.
"Working what's it look like?" She bites back sarcastically.
"You don't work here anymore, Tabitha. I will have you transferred elsewhere"
"What? You can't do that Damien, I am carrying your child and you're just going to throw me away because you met that bitch"
"Watch your tongue Tabitha, that bitch is your Luna and my mate. I won't listen to you speak of her that way" I couldn't be bothered listening anymore, deciding to go take a shower.
I figure out the shower before stripping off my clothes. Locking the door so the Alpha doesn't try to invade my privacy, not that it stops him from knocking.
"Lily, open the door, please"
"I'm showering, you can wait" I sing out from the shower, trying to rinse the shampoo out of my hair. I hear him stalk off. I finish my shower and open the door with my towel wrapped tightly around me. Walking out and seeing Damien is sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for me.
I roll my eyes at him and walk into the closet to get some clothes.
"I told her to leave." He says before sighing.
"Yeah, because that will make me feel better knowing she is carrying your baby" I huff.
"We don't know for sure, she has been with a lot of the unmated wolves" He said.
"Well, she seems pretty sure" I tell him, pulling my shirt over my head. When I pulled my head through the shirt, I found him standing in front of me.
"I'm sorry, okay. I fucked up. That doesn't change how I feel about you" He whispers, moving closer and dipping his head into the crook of my neck.
"You don't feel anything for me Damien, the bond makes you think you do" I tell him, pushing him back.
"Why do you do that, I know you want me, Lily. Just like I want you. Why keep denying it?" He growls, annoyed.
"I'm going to find Callie, I don't want to be around you right now" I tell him walking past him.
"She is training, where I am headed now if you want to join everyone" I look over my shoulder as he walks into the closet before removing his jeans and shirt and putting on some loose fitting shorts and leaving his chest bare. As much as I am annoyed with him, I can't help but admire him. I feel Layla purr seeing his toned muscular body. Making Damien look up, his wolf obviously hearing her. I wonder why she can't hear him? I thought.
"Like what you see?" Damien asked, a smile on his lips. I roll my eyes and turn my back to him, when I feel him walk up behind me, his hands going to my hips and his lips to my neck.
"Deny it all you want Lily, but I can smell how turned on you are right now" He says sucking on the skin below my ear. I squeeze my legs together, trying to ignore the throbbing feeling between them. I feel him chuckle before kissing my jaw and stepping back.
"Can we go now?" I ask, not liking the way his eyes are hungrily raking over my body. If he keeps looking at me like that, I may just very well jump his bones.
He slaps my ass before grabbing my hand walking me towards the door. I don't pull my hand from his instead, letting him tug me along. I can feel Layla's happiness at being close to her mate.
When we walk downstairs, I hear him growl.
"I told you to leave Tabitha," Damien says, annoyed that she was still here.
"It's fine Damien, let's just go" I tell him, tugging him toward the door.
"I can make her leave Lily, if you're uncomfortable" I look at Tabitha. Her face pales at the thought of having him use his Alpha voice on her. I shake my head, looking at her belly.
"No, I don't want you to hurt her baby" I tell him. For the first time since meeting her, she actually looked scared for a second before looking grateful. I have every right being his mate to make him get rid of her. Yet I couldn't do that to another woman. Despite our disagreements, she was still a woman and one carrying a child. I couldn't be so cruel to harm a pregnant woman, no matter how much I hated her.
Turning my back on her, I walked out the door.