Chapter 7 Behind

• AURORA’S POV.
• I accessed the whole room with my eyes and tried to take in every detail I could find. I sighted a picture of him on the wall and walked over to take a good look at it.
• He looked breathtaking in it. Always have and always will.
• A knock erupted from the door, and it pushed open before I could say a word.
• “Who are you?.” She asked, her eagle-like eyes glued to me as she tried to pierce through my thoughts, or maybe she was trying to take me down with those eyes.
• “I should ask you that,” I responded rudely. I was pissed and angry that she would barge in here and question me in my best friend’s office.
• She looked fuller and curvier. She was pretty, so pretty, with full pouty lips. She had on a Royal Blue tight sequin dress that hung to her body so perfectly that I could almost wish that I was her and she was me. She had this long beautiful blond hair that stopped on her waist. She had on a White penciled heel. She clutched onto a White purse too.
• She let out a loud annoying laugh and tuts.
• “You must be the new slut he replaced me with.” She said rudely, and the cat walked forward to settle in the seat I had sat in just a few minutes ago.
• I was urged to shout at her, scream at her to leave, to go out, but instead, all I do is stare at her in disbelief.
• “I? A slut?.” I scoffed and ran my tongue over my upper left premolars before hitting my lips.
• She ran her eyes over me from head to toe, then back at my face.
• “You don’t look much like his type, so I doubt that. You must be his sister then or his secretary maybe.” She continued, but I was too shocked to respond to a word she said.
• Finally, I found my tongue and asked her.
• “Who are you? And why are you here?.” I asked. I was curious. Desperate to know who is she-wolf was and why she had the guts to barge in and talk to me anyhow.
• Suddenly it clicked.
• Unless, of course, this wasn’t her first time.
• “I’m Evie, Jax’s girlfriend.” She responded, and my jaw dropped as I stared at her in shock.
• Was it weird that I didn’t believe this she-wolf? Was it weird that I felt she was lying because the Jax I know would never be involved with anyone? He saw commitment as stress and a fruitless thing to be involved in.
• “Nah! Jax has no girlfriend. If he did, then I would know.” I responded.
• She rolled her eyes at me in disgust and let out a tut.
• “What makes you so special that he has to tell you everything?.” She questioned, and I let out a very satisfying laugh. Not because of her question but because I knew where I stood and how high he held me.
• “I’m a best friend, and I typically know everything about him. He told me nothing about you.” I responded, spilling my words out one after the other, slowly and with so much calmness.
• I was too calm for someone whose love was about to be snatched by another.
• She chuckled and inhaled some air after giving me the ‘are you kidding with me’ kind of look, but I paid no attention to her.
• “I’m his girlfriend, and we have been dating for months. I even have proof.” She informed me, and I stepped closer to her to confirm.
• Even though I knew this might hurt if it were true, I still wanted to give it a trial. I wanted to convince myself that it could never be true.
• “Let me see,” I said, my voice tone now soft and low as I hoped it was a lie.
• She pulled out her phone from her not-too-small purse, and I watched her unlock it. She clicked on the gallery logo, and soon I was faced with a picture of them together.
• “This could be him with anyone, and you know that,” I said and sent her a smile.
• “I’m just warming up. I have more. More personal pictures.” She said with a smirk on her face, and my heart broke.
• Her words pierced my heart just like a dagger, and I felt it beating faster than before and beads of sweat breaking out on my forehead.
• She faced the phone back to me, and I felt my breath seize.
• He was kissing her. Right there on the lips.
• I opened my mouth to say something, but I knew that all that would come out might be stammers or maybe sobs.
• “See, I told you.” She said and chuckled. She had this look on. This look said she was proud and happy. This look that said she won.
• I couldn’t let her words get to me. I couldn’t let her see the pain I was trying to mask behind my face. I couldn’t let her see how hurt I knew she had that closure with him that I desired.
• “He still didn’t say a word to me about you,” I said, forcing a smile on my face and watching her face fall.
• The door opened.
• “I’m sorry that I kept you….” His words trailed off the minutes he raised his eyes to look my way. The minute he saw her.
• “Hi, Jax.” She said sweetly, in a very soft voice.
• “What are you doing here?.” He asked with a frown on his face.
• “I came to see….” Her words trailed off when he snapped at her.
• “See me outside. Now!.” He yelled angrily and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
• I was shocked. I was shocked to see that he treated her that way. I was shocked to see this side of him that I never knew existed.
• I watched her shiver as she stood up and staggered behind him.