Chapter 95 Chapter 95
Violet
I woke up due to the sun shining on my face but buried my face in the pillows.
My hand reached out for that familiar presence beside me but all I felt was the cold bed.
Memories came rushing to me of last night, of Elijah and me tangled together. I was still sore from last night and my body refused to move. I simply wanted to lay in the bed, reliving last night.
But then my brain decided to also remind me of the events before that, of the conversation between me and Lady Aurelia.
And just like that, all the sleep left my eyes. They opened wide and I was once again reminded of how I had used Elijah to pleasure me, how I begged him to fuck me.
I slowly forced myself in a sitting position, my head between my hands as I groaned, partly due to the delicious pain Elijah left me with and partly due to the helplessness I felt to not be able to keep myself away from him.
Lady Aurelia had claimed he would look at me like I mattered and yet choose his own selfish interests at the end.
But why did I feel like I was the one being selfish here?
She claimed to be Elijah’s mother yet wanted to cruelly snatch from him whatever made him human. I was starting to despise her.
If this was the upbringing he had, I could imagine why he was always so stoic, always seemed so standoffish. Yet, his eyes and touch yesterday had been so tender…
I shook my head. I needed a shower. A scalding hot one should refresh my body and spirit.
With that in mind, I slowly made my way towards the bathroom and turned the shower on. The water droplets felt like tiny little shards pricking my skin wherever they hit.
And when I looked down, I noticed why. There were a few bite marks on my body.
I gingerly let my fingers brush over them, reliving the memory of his lips and hands on every inch of me.
A loud knock on the door dragged me back to the present and I hurriedly cleaned up, wrapped a towel around myself and stepped out.
Now the threat of Lady Aurelia's words loomed over me as I pushed thoughts of Elijah away.
I dried my hair and put on clothes while simultaneously trying to figure out a solution but I had hit a roadblock. On one side were my parents whom I loved dearly. My dad would just crumble if he failed to save the pack. And Elijah…how could I make him fall for me and then break his heart.
Especially when I was the one who promised him just yesterday that I would be his safe space if he wanted to share something with me.
I could perhaps tell him everything but that would jeopardize hundreds of lives including that of my parents.
And then there was this fear of breaking my own heart into pieces, one I didn’t dare acknowledge.
There had to be a solution!
I kept thinking and wondering, oblivious to the loud banging on the door. I walked towards it mindlessly and opened the door to see Cassie barge in.
“Where the hell is your phone? I called and messaged you so many times wondering what high level meeting you were in but you didn’t answer.”
My phone was lying on the bed.
“Its dead”
I said and reached for it as she hovered around me.
“Yeah I got that. But what happened? I have been waiting for hours and went to bed when you still hadn’t returned until late yesterday. What did Lady Aurelia want with you?”
She bombarded me with questions.
I didn’t have an answer so I busied myself with finding the charger anywhere except where it really was -in the bottom drawer of the bedside table.
“Nothing much.”
I pretended to search all around but she wouldn’t let the topic go.
“Come on, what do you mean nothing? You must have talked about something, right? You were gone for hours. Give me the tea!”
“I told you it was nothing much. Just some boring discussion of current trending wedding themes.”
I lied because I couldn’t tell her the truth.
Cassie sounded impressed.
“Oh wow, so my guess was correct. But then why did she call just you, not me? I am younger than you so I know the current trends better.”
I fumbled with the charger because my hands were shaking a bit with the weight of the bargain I had just been offered.
“Violet, I am talking to you!”
“I fucking dont know, okay. So stop pestering me!”
I shouted a lot louder than I had intended to. Cassie’s smile disappeared and she frowned.
“Okay”
I sighed, took a deep breath and cleared my throat.
“Look, I didn’t mean to take it out on you, but this is a lot to absorb.”
She took a step forward and took my hand in hers.
“Yes, it was dumb of me to forget whose wedding you are asked to plan. I am sorry.”
Her admission was soft but I only stared at her for a while.
“What?” She asked as I slowly blinked.
That thought had not even crossed my mind in the past few hours. And I realized all my worry had been laser focused on Elijah and how I had been ordered to betray him, crush his heart and soul.
I had completely forgotten about Nate and Nicole or their stupid marriage.
It was as if in the face of Lady Aurelia’s threat, my brain had forgotten what I also had to face until the wedding.
“Hey, where are you lost?”
Cassie snapped her fingers in front of me, dragging me out of my thoughts.
“Nothing. Just thinking about how much I hate this!”
I quietly admitted. I doubted I could tell Cassie about Lady Aurelia’s deal because she couldn’t keep any secret even if her life depended on it.
She placed a hand on my shoulder to squeeze it and give me some assurance.
“Relax. You should focus on the more important part of our grand plan. Of how you can win over my brother.”
My head snapped back to her and for a second I saw her adoptive mother’s face plastered over hers.
“What?”
“Did you forget already? We had planned to ensure Nate and Nicole hate you so much that they would throw you out as soon as possible so you have to spend as little time here as possible.”