Chapter 8 Mate

• Valerie’s POV
• “I’m sorry Alpha. Please forgive her, she is only a human.” Mr. Dawson pleaded on my behalf, acting like a fucking lapdog. I never knew that he is the Alpha that everyone is talking about. And even if I knew he was the one, there is absolutely nothing that I could do about it because there is no way to remedy this situation. I made a mistake,
• No,
• What the hell am I even saying?
• We both made the mistake, so I don’t know why he is looking like an angry bird. We can just let it go and move on with our lives as if it never happened, but he isn’t ready to let go. Even after getting an apology from the manager, he still glared furiously at me. I know I should feel remotes because I just spilled drinks on the Alpha of this pack. But I don’t feel remorseful, I feel no pity for him. In fact, I think he deserves to have drinks spilled on him on a daily basis. He is such an arrogant and proud asshole. I owe him no apology.
• “Let her speak for her, Dawson!
• She has a mouth, doesn’t she?” he asked in an angry tone, keeping his eyes fixed on me. My eyes wandered around the huge hall, and I saw everyone looking at me. Their heads were bowed in submission to him, but their eyes were fixed on me. I should be scared of him, everyone seems to be afraid of him, but I’m not. I don’t see any reason to fear this guy, a part of me even sees him as my equal. And with this his domineering attitude, there is no way in hell that I’ll ever be drawn to him like all the silly girls around here.
• Gosh!
• I just don’t get it,
• Like, how can they be drooling after this asshole?
• Even my damn beast is going haywire because of him. I can feel her excitement, she has never been this happy since she shows up in my life. She kept creating silly erotic pictures in my head, trying to put silly thoughts in my head, trying to get me to love this fucking dickhead.
• The thought of it makes me want to gag. I can’t even stand his presence any longer, I felt so furious when I caught his eyes perusing my body and ogling my cleavages. If saying sorry is the only way to get him out of my face, then I’ll fucking apologize to the arrogant bastard.
• “I’m sorry,” I forced out through gritted teeth. I kept my head down, refusing to meet his eyes. I’m not looking down because I’m scared of him, I simply do not want to see him ogling my body once more, I could end up slapping him hard across the face and getting myself in trouble.
• I saw his hand coming towards me, I did not realize what he was about to do until I felt his hand on my cheek as he raised my chin and forced me to look into his eyes. Time stopped when his palm touched my face, and there was a pull. Like two magnets unsure of the way we wanted to feel.
• I’ve never felt a connection like this with anyone else. I don’t even know how to explain it. I feel like I already knew him before I met him. It felt like this meeting is not a coincidence because the connection was already there. There was this burning desire that was aroused in me by his soft palm on my face.
• I felt my heart begin to beat again. It felt almost magical like this is what I’d been waiting for all my life, like this is where I’m meant to be. Malia was howling excitedly, and it feels like we both fell into a trance and we got lost in the moment, enjoying the comfort we derived from being this close to each other. Then all of a sudden, I heard this purring sound in my head. I know it was Malia's voice, but she sounded a bit strange to my hearing, and the next words that came out of her mouth made me shiver in fear,
• “Mate!
• Mine!” she purred possessively. My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly retracted my steps, moving back in fear because the Alpha's reaction is even worse than mine. I know he had felt it too, and I know he heard that voice in his head as well. I saw the look in his eyes when it happened. But his reaction is quite unexpected, it seems like his hatred for me just multiplied.
• The veins on his forehead popped out, his chin was firm as he ground his teeth in anger. His eyes were glaring at me, he looked like he wanted to strangle me to death. I felt myself shivering in fear. I wasn’t scared of him before, but after what just happened between us, I think the best thing I can do is to avoid him completely.
• “Look at me when I’m talking to you, bitch!
• And when you apologize to me, say it like you fucking mean it!” he growled in annoyance, making me cower in fear. I thought he would force me to apologize a second time, but he didn’t. Instead, he turned to Me. Dawson and he transferred the aggression to him,
• “You incompetent idiot!
• I let you run my business for a few years and you choose to let disrespectful humans walk around here like they own the fucking place?
• You might as well hand her your job because it seems like you don’t know how to do it anymore!” he yelled in his face before turning to head back into the private showroom.
• “Is he always this mean?” I let out in anger as Mr. Dawson and I stood there like two kids that just received a scolding from mom and dad.
• “No, Val. He wasn’t always this way, and that is why we are all surprised at his actions. I guess the rumors were true after all.” He responded sadly as he turned to return to his job.
• “Wait,
• Hold up, Mr. Dawson.
• What are you talking about, what rumors are you referring to?” I asked him, raising my voice so I can be heard over the loud music that resumed playing when the Alpha left. The chatters and whispers resumed as well. It’s like every fun activity was placed on hold when he was here. He is a fun vacuum, he walked in and sucked away all our fun.
• The arrogant bastard!
• I fucking hate him!
• But there is a part of me that is still drawn to him. There is no doubt that that part is controlled by this horny beast within me. I can feel her pain, she is hurt by his reaction, she blames me for the way he behaves, and she wants me to go after him and beg for forgiveness
• “Well, too bad, Malia. I would rather die than throw myself at that asshole, simply because you desire to be screwed by him. I won’t do it, and you can’t make me!” I yelled at her, pushing her to the back of my head. It was a little difficult to subdue her this time, it seems she got a bit stronger after meeting the Alpha. I don’t know if it has anything to do with the bond I just felt when he touched me, but I think I need to know more about Mr grumpy Alpha. I followed Mr. Dawson as he walked towards his office, I need him to tell me the rumors that he is referring to, I don’t know why I need to know this, I just feel that it was vital to have little information about him.
• “Why, do you want to know about the rumors about the Alpha?” he asked curiously when we arrived at his office door.
• “Did you see the way he treated me like I’m his enemy or something?
• You owe me no explanation, Mr. Dawson. If anything, it is I that owe you an apology and thanks. But I need you to do this one favor for me, please. I need to know what I did to make him treat me that way,” I pleaded pathetically, faking tears. He breathed a sigh of relief before turning to me,
• “Everyone believes that the Alpha has been on vacation for the past five years. But rumor has it that he has been locked away in the king’s dungeon because he stole from the king and also fucking the princess.” He explained.
• “So he is an ex-convict?
• Is that why he is being such an asshole?” I retort and he nodded his head in response.
• “That is the only explanation I could come up with because Alpha Maverick is not as rude and disrespectful as that guy we met this evening. But let’s keep our fingers crossed, he may return to his normal jovial self pretty soon.” He added calmly before going into his office, shutting me out.
• Maverick…
• That’s his name. In my mind, I kept replaying that moment when he touched my face, my face flushed with a deep blush as I went back to my job. I haven’t been able to think straight since I met him. I can’t think of a minute when he hasn’t been in my thoughts. There are a hundred other things I should be thinking about, but I think about him.
• What is he doing, when will see him next, and what the hell is he thinking right now, is he thinking about that magical moment that we had as well?
• I think he read my mind, or maybe Malia reached out to him somehow. I heard that same voice in my head. And it said,
• “Since the day I was born, I have been waiting to meet you. I can never forget that magical moment when we met and you took my breath away. Meeting you was not by chance, falling in love with you was destiny, and loving you is my reason to exist. You will be mine, and together, we will fulfill our destiny.”
• Immediately I heard those words in my head, I knew exactly what was going on. It’s Malia, she is playing a trick on me. She is the one that always speaks about my destiny and she is the one that is always urging me to find my mate. I guess she wants to use her tricks and force me to fall for that bastard.
• But that never going to happen, not on my watch. Coming to this town and meeting him was fate. But falling in love with him is a choice and I choose not to love this asshole that thinks I am beneath him. I had these conflicting thoughts in my head, but they all disappeared when Janelle walked up to me and said,
• “You’re up Val, The client in the private showroom is asking for you specifically.” Janelle called out to me, bringing me back to reality.
• Holy Fuck!
• It’s him again!
• I know it’s him, he loves tormenting me!