Ch.54"Left"

Ch.54"Left"

Gracie P.O.V.

"I should have told you guys, but I didn't know what to say to you?" So I told Jade and Erin because now we were outside the diner; I went with Hayes because I was hungry and wanted to be near him.

"Oh, okay, but don't you think we will understand?" I mean, you can't help who you love or want," Erin said.

"Believe me, I should know." She said, and I knew what she meant.

"Jade, please don't be angry at me?" I didn't know how to tell you about your brother and me." And now I am not what I thought I would be. I just found out I am a half-werewolf and a princess because my father is the king of the Moonlight pack. So, I could be queen one day," I told her, and she didn't look shocked.

Hmm, who else knows about this? I turned and saw Erin, who also didn't look shocked.

"You guys know!" I asked, hurt. Why did my best friends keep that from me? And why didn't they tell me?

"Yes, but we were going to tell you, but your mom and dad told us not to because they were going to tell you," Jade said.

"Yeah, we're sorry, Grace, but they said they were going to tell you, but I see you found out differently, huh?" Erin said with a guilty smile.

"So, did you know about Hayes and me?" I asked them. They looked away, and that was all I needed to know.

They knew.

They knew the whole time. So I don't know what to say or think right now, but I am going to leave and walk back inside the diner and finish talking to Hayes, and I am going to go back home and lock myself inside my room for three days and think about things and see what I am going to do next.

"You know I am Hayes, mate, huh?" I asked her. By the look they both gave me. I had my answer.

"Yes and No!" Jade said. I knew about you, and I had a feeling about my brother. I should have known how he would treat you. So, they say when a guy picks on you, it means he likes you, but I didn't realize it was more". She said, sighing.

I nodded my head at what I could say.

But then I made up something and told them I would go back inside.

"Hey, can we talk about this later?" I told them.

"Yeah, sure, oh okay." Jade and Erin said, but it looked like they wanted to say more, but I didn't want to hear it right now. I need to go and talk to Haye, get more answers, and see what will happen to us.

Once, I walked away from my friends and stepped inside the restaurant. Once I turned left and down the hall, I saw Hayes sitting at our booth, and he looked like he was talking. That's when I saw he was on his phone.

I didn't hear him, but by his body language, it was clear he wasn't happy.

If I stopped and listened, I could hear what he was saying to the other person on the other line.

When I got closer, I overheard him say.

" Look! I don't want to be with you, so leave me alone!" I am not telling you again; goodbye!" he said with a warning. I knew so well back then when he hated me. Tears clouded my eyes because I had returned to an ugly place. I shouldn't think about it, but it's hard not to feel hurt and upset about my past with him. In the past, he was a cruel and mean, hateful monster.

Now, he has changed. Genie chirped and howled with pleasure.

Yeah, he only changed because we are his mates! So I told Genie, my wolf.

I cleared my throat when I was behind him. He turned around, and he smiled. He didn't give me a fake smile; he would show people. He actually gave me a genuine, authentic smile on his handsome face.

"Oh, princess, you came back," he said in a way that I wasn't going to come back, but hopefully I heard it in his voice and on his face. He didn't think I would come back. I felt guilty because I had almost missed it.

"Yes," I told him while sitting down. I wanted to say I was glad I returned, but I kept quiet. I didn't want to give a lot of a way I wanted him and act desperate and hopeless around him.

"Good, I am glad," he said and got up.

"Well then, are you ready to go, or would you like to talk here?" Then, it's up to you, princess," he said with a hopeful expression and a smile on his face that reached his eyes.

I knew he might do it; he wasn't lying and wouldn't hurt me.

I still have to watch my back, not because of him but because everyone around me will hate our relationship.

Do we have a relationship? I asked myself.

"Yes! he is our mate!" No one is going to take him away from us," I heard Genie say with an annoying and deep growl, answering back.

"Whoa, princess, it's okay," he laughed.

Oh, God, he heard Genie growl, or wasn't he me?

Genie said it was all you, girl", laughing inside my head.

Oh, crap, now he probably thinks I am crazy. I wanted to run and hide somewhere that no one could find me. How embarrassing. I let out my emotions, and I was trying not to showcase them.

"Hey, it's okay, it's cute when you growl, princess; you like my little feisty kitten," I liked it," he said, smirking with a cocky grin, and I felt him grab my hand, and we started walking down the hallway and waved goodbye to our friends, their pretty daughter.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked him.

"I am taking you somewhere we could be alone and not be disturbed by someone else trying to interrupt us." He said, shaking his head, and he started walking me, dragging my feet, wondering if I should go with him or not, but I had no choice in this matter.