Chapter 2
Zoe’s POV
Suddenly, Aaron grinned and I knew it wasn’t meant for me.
He muttered, “I’ll take you out another time. Hannah just mind linked me that she’s here, and we need to go to the pack office right now.”
I was about to answer, but saw that he was already walking out of the room.
I stood up just as I heard Hannah’s voice with my werewolf hearing, “There you are, Aaron!”
“My Hannah.” He murmured as I realized that their voices were moving farther away which meant that they were walking to the car.
He was the Alpha and no one in the pack would dare call him by his name except me, so how did he let it slide? Was their relationship really professional?
“Here, I bought roses for you. I know how much you like them.” He said, sounding like he was grinning.
So it was just as I had thought; the roses were for her.
He has never bought me roses before.
I sighed.
I knew that they were heading to the pack office for pack work, but what was this queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach?
I wanted to go to the pack office to be with my mate.
I was the Luna and that meant that we should run the pack together including doing pack work together, but instead, he was doing it with Hannah.
So my daily duties were checking on the pack members, visiting the sick in the pack’s clinic and cooking for the pack.
However, Hannah has taken over checking on the pack members and sometimes cooking.
“I’ve won the bet! Alpha Aaron has given Beta Hannah flowers! It’s obvious that they’re going to be mates soon enough.” I overheard a she-wolf in the pack, Quinn, say to her friends as they walked into the pack house.
“From what I’ve heard, they’re already mates!” Jenny replied.
“How can they be mates when he already has a mate?” Kate asked them, her voice sounding closer to the dining room.
Quinn muttered, “Well, I’ve heard that Luna Zoe is not his fated mate and that it’s Beta Hannah that’s his fated mate.”
“And you believe that?” Kate asked her in disbelief.
Jenny and Quinn replied, “Yes!”
Jenny grinned as she said, “I saw them running in the woods together on Friday night. Oh, how romantic is that?”
A gasp left my lips as my knees gave way and I dropped to the floor.
They rushed into the dining room and Kate gasped, “Oh, Luna Zoe. We had no idea that you were here.”
That was the last thing that I heard before I lost consciousness.
When I came to, I saw Aaron standing beside the bed that I was lying on, and the second he realized that I was awake, he scowled, “Why weren’t you answering my mind links?”
“Maybe because I was unconscious.” I muttered as I sat up.
The scowl disappeared and he grimaced then placed his hand in his pocket. He pulled out a gold necklace, “I wanted to ask you what kind of necklace you like.”
My heart didn’t flutter and it used to whenever he would buy me a gift.
“I don’t like gold, I prefer diamonds.” I muttered as I remembered Jenny’s words.
He frowned and threw it on the bed, “Fine, don’t take it.”
He walked out of the bedroom and slammed the door shut very loudly. It was obvious that he was angry, but I didn’t care.
The door opened and Hannah walked in. She was wearing a diamond necklace with matching earrings.
“How are you feeling, Zoe?” She asked me as she smirked.
Before I could reply, she saw the gold necklace on our bed and grinned, “Oh, did Aaron give you that necklace? He gave me one too, you can see that it’s quite expensive!”
She touched her necklace and let out a small laugh. It was like she was laughing at how pathetic I was.
“I’m fine. Why haven’t you gone home yet? It’s 9:00 pm.” I asked her as I tried not to glare at her.
“I had no idea that it was this late! I’ll go now, bye!” She exclaimed then ran out of the bedroom.
I stood up from the bed and made my way to my closet.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I started packing.
Just as I was done, the door opened and Aaron walked in. He glanced at my empty closet and the suitcase beside it just as I closed the closet, but he didn’t say anything about it.
“Zoey, I’ll be travelling to another pack in a few weeks with Hannah for pack business. The pack is in the Philippines, what do you want me to get you from there?”
“Nothing.” I muttered as I walked back to the bed.
He looked confused, “Are you still angry about the necklace? Don’t be petty, I would have bought you a diamond one, but it was sold out.”
I ignored him and it made him so angry that he yelled, “You should be grateful that I even bought you a gift!”
When I didn’t reply, he added, “I’m going for a run!”
I looked up to see him walking out of the bedroom.
Whenever we fought, Aaron would say that he was going running and I would follow him then end up apologizing to him.
However, I wouldn’t be falling for his trick anymore. I didn’t even care that he was angry at me.
He didn’t come back home that night.
Throughout the night, I kept wondering if Hannah had run with him and if he had slept over at hers.
The next morning, I woke up to the door opening.
Aaron walked in, looking disheveled.
He glanced at me with a scowl on his face, “Make me two very beautiful dresses before evening.”
