Chapter 19

Stacey’s POV

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I picked out my black dress that accented my curves, bared my shoulders, and exposed my long perfect legs. I was going to tease Adam...with something he had lost. Something that he should have been having if he wouldn’t have cheated on me just because I couldn’t get him a baby.

I had left for the salon from the packhouse to color my hair. I tried a multi-colored hairstyle. Blonde, red, reddish-brown, dark brown, and a few black strands. When the hairdresser was finished, I thought I looked cool and my hair looked stylish. As a benefit, no one could tell what my natural hair color really was.

I remembered those times when I had got ready in this way.

To attend the same party, the only difference was at that time, I was there in search of my mate and I had found Adam.

This time, I would be there to congratulate the newly mated couples whoever would find their mates in other packs.

I wore light makeup and Shailey helped me in curling up my hair. I had asked her to come over to mine to help me in getting ready.

“You look beautiful, Luna”, She said and smiled at me. “I’m glad to see you this way. You had stopped taking care of yourself after you found your mate. You never mentioned it but I somewhere knew that you did that because Apha used to start getting insecure whenever you look beautiful.”

“I let him control my life and that was the biggest mistake of my life, Shailey. But I won’t let that happen again.”

“I am glad to hear that. I am sure that you will be the most beautiful woman in the ballroom tonight.”

“Thank you, Shailey.”

I looked at the time and was expecting Derek in a minute or two. I was slightly nervous to see him because I knew he would be looking damn too handsome. I was not sure how I would respond to that.

“Luna, are you okay?”

“Yeah! I am. Just nervous about seeing Derek. Do you think he will like me after this transformation?”

“Ofcourse he will. If you don’t mind me asking, are you planning to take him as your chosen mate?”, She asked.

“This thought has come across my mind but Derek has made it very clear that nothing like that is going to happen between us. He doesn’t want other people to call him opportunist or something like that.”, I said, sounding more disappointed than I realized.

“Don’t worry, what is meant to be will find a way to be.”, She said, smiling. At the same time, there was a knock at the door.

“Beta Derek is here.”, She said.

“We will be leaving for the party. So, even you can leave for the pack, okay?”

“Okay, Luna.”I took a few deep breaths, my nerves taking over again, while Shailey went to open the door.

After a few seconds, Shailey came back to the living room and behind him was a breathtaking god dressed in a black Armani suit. The suit which he was wearing was surely gifted by me but It was him who had increased the value of the suit by wearing it. His black raven hair combed smoothly in place. The guy I was looking at now was ten times classier than the Derek which I see near me all the time. It was almost hard to believe that this was the same guy.

“Good Evening, Beta Derek. You look...handsome.”, I tried...hard to keep my voice steady. I was hoping to hear something like that for myself too but words didn’t come out of Derek’s mouth. I looked at her face and found him checking me out. I couldn’t help but chuckle at his expression. Even Shailey was trying to hide her smile.

“Good Luck.”, She mouthed and bowed her head a little before leaving.

Now it’s time to bring Derek out of his Olalala land.

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Rex’s POV

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Shailey opened the door and greeted me. After that, she walked toward the living room and I followed and as soon as my eyes landed on Stacey, my jaw hit the floor.

‘You must be wondering why it’s me instead of Derek? Well, you can say he is not as confident as I am. And then if you were wondering why Shailey or Stacey couldn’t find out about it? Well, you can thanks to technology for that. I used contact lenses to hide the color of my eyes.”

“Good Evening, Beta Derek. You look...handsome.”, She said.

I, however, was not looking at her face. My eyes were too busy, trailing her entire body from head to toe. She looked stunning to the extent that I was finding it hard to breathe correctly. I finally found my way to her face, to see her looking at me with a smirk on her lips and her head tilted to the side.

“Are you done checking me out?”, She giggled.

“Shut up. You can’t blame me for that. You look so incredible that I am clueless with the thought of how I could describe your beauty. You will be the envy of every woman there.”, I said.

She laughed, shaking her head and her cheeks turned into the color of a deep shade of red.

“Shall we?”, I asked.

She nodded. I took her hand in mine and gently, intertwined our fingers, knowing that she was getting nervous. We came out of her penthouse and I took the key from her to lock the door. Once done, she was next to me, I wrapped my arm around her waist. Stacey shivered as I did. I had to stop myself from smirking. I led her to my car and opened the door for her.

“You know, Derek is not as bold as you Rex.”, Stacey said with a smirk on her lips, before sliding inside the car.

‘So, she knows.’

‘Ofcourse she can figure it out. She is not stupid.’, Derek said. ‘Rex...Rex...stop doing that.’, He warned when he caught me staring at her ass...her very sexy ass especially in that dress.

‘You can’t expect me to behave like blind.’, I reasoned out and let out a small groan, feeling myself twitching in my dress trousers slightly, reminding me that even though I wouldn’t admit it, not really that I want her in ways, I shouldn’t be. I closed the door of the car and jogged to the other side of the car to grab the driver’s seat.

I was trying my best to keep my eyes off her but couldn’t. She had crossed her legs. The dress was sliding up her thigh further, and I gripped the handle of the car tightly because if I never I would end up touching her, and that would lead both of us to the hospital.

“Rex, I want Derek right now. At least he knows how to act as per the situation. I want to reach the party, not to the hospital.

“Sorry”, I said and left immediately giving the control to Derek.

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#TBC