Chapter 15
Derek’s POV
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‘I don’t want you to go.’, I heard Stacey’s Voice in my mind when I was in the lift. A part of me wanted to go back and at the same time another part of me wanted to stay near her. But I did what my mind told me to do i.e. I decided to leave. Yes, it was a horrible thing for me to do. I needed time to process what happened between us, process how her simple touch made me feel, process how weak she made me, made my body.
‘You are being such a pussy.’, Rex commented on which I growled at him. Once I was away from there and in the forest, I gave Rex full control over my body and ran toward the packhouse in my wolf form.
As soon as I entered my room, I went to grab shower but the whole time I could think about Stacey. I shook my head and after drying myself, I climbed into bed without wearing any clothes to get some sleep. I closed my eyes trying to sleep, but when I did all I could see was Stacey again. All I could see was the flashbacks of last night. I tossed and turned for god knows how long before I found myself finally starting to drift. As I did, I heard her voice in my mind.
“Why did you still leave? I am not able to sleep alone.”
I wanted to say, ‘SAME HERE’ but somehow I controlled myself from saying so. “Sorry, Stacey but I am still trying to get my head around what happened between us.”
“Are you regretting whatever happened between us?”
“No. It’s not like that. I don’t regret it. I am just struggling with the thought that you are my Luna.”
“Okay! I get it.”
That was all she said and after that I didn’t hear anything from her after that.
‘Telling her that you are struggling to come to terms about the last night, might have made her feel like shit.’, Rex commented.
‘That’s the last thing I will do, you know that, right? I didn’t mean…’
‘I know, Derek.”, Rex said, interrupting me in between. “I just want you to remind you that we don’t want her to feel that way because of us. She has been through enough with what Adam did to her. We shouldn’t add to that.’
‘Sure, dad.’
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I couldn’t manage to get even a minute of sleep for a minute. Currently I was standing outside Stacey's office and was feeling nervous, in case she told me to get out or get lost! Unlike other days, I had brought her black coffee, just the way she likes, instead of Shailey. I took a few deep breaths before knocking the door. I could feel my hand feeling a bit cold as I waited for her answer to walk in.
“Come in, Derek.”
Her voice sounded normal. As I walked in I observed that even she looked normal.
“Good Morning, Luna.”, I said, holding her black coffee.
“Good Morning, Derek. Why have you brought my coffee? As far as I remember, Shailey is not on leave.”, She asked.
“This is for saying SORRY.”
“Sorry?”, She chuckled, raisinging her brow.
“I am sorry for leaving you even though you didn’t want me to. I shouldn't have done that.”
“It’s fine.”, She smiled.
I sighed in relief, knowing she was not mad at me or hated me for leaving but I was feeling awkward near her. While Stacey looked completely normal. While I was in a dilemma of how to act or what to say to him.
“Thank you, by the way.”, She said, taking a sip of her coffee. “Can you please act normal, Derek?”
“I..I…
“Don’t let what happened last night make you feel awkward around me. I get that it was something you have never done before or would even think of doing so but we both are adults and single. We can choose what to do and what to not. You don’t regret what happened between us neither do I. So just take a chill pill.”
I took a deep breath, turning my face to her, as she looked at me, trying her best not to smirk.
“I know and I don’t regret it but it’s just isn’t easy for me to wrap my head around it.”
“I can’t believe that being a woman I am talking about all this with a man and trying to make him feel good. See, I may be blunt to admit this but everything was bound to happen and we both could feel the tension between us about the same. Now we are not going to discuss that, Okay?”
“Fine. But have you ever thought about what we would say to our parents when they come to know our pretend thing? I mean they will find out everything after the party night.”
“I won’t mind if they suggest that I should choose you as my chosen mate.”
"What?"
"What? What? You heard me right? We can pretend all our life. By spending just two days with you I realized that we share an amazing chemistry together."
"No way, I don't want to make things awkward between us or chasing because of last night. So, better you behave and it was a one time thing."
"Sure, Beta.", She replied, her answer not sounding too convincing to me. "Actually it happened multiple times things.", She added, smirking at me.
"Shut up.", I laughed, walking toward the door to leave. Stacey too joined it, winking at me. By that time, I was already out of the room.
Today was Thursday already, all I was waiting for was Sunday. After that I didn’t need to pretend to be her love interest anymore. What if our parents suggested that we should be chosen mates after this incident?
‘No...No...No!! That would never happen.’
‘I bet, it will.’, Rex said.
‘If not then it will probably be the best.’
“We shall see.’
#TBC
