Chapter 45: Chapter 45

Humming to myself I reorganize my closet, as I love cleaning and organizing my stuff. It gives me some sort of satisfaction.

But apart of my mind is wondering what Emma wants to talk about. I can feel Donovon has kept our mindlink open and I can easily know what is going on there. But I feel that it would not be right, as being a pack member she has to right to talk to him. Even if I don’t like her, it doesn’t mean I will stop her from talking to her Alpha.

She was a good friend to him, she only has issues with me, which affected her and Donovon’s friendship. She started disliking me just because I am his mate.

Maria, Cole’s mate, told me that Emma was hoping that Donovon and her will turn out to be mates. And when this doesn’t happen, she thought he would take her as his mate and make her the Luna. Because Donovon hadn’t found his mate at that time and her mate, which she now claims was not her mate, had died.

The door to our room opens as Donovon straight marches towards me and abruptly he pulls me against himself burying his nose in the crook of my neck.

Leaving the clothes which I was holding, I wrap my arms around him. While running my hand up and down on his back, trying to relax him as he seems pretty tense.

“She wants to leave the pack.” He speaks quietly while anger is evident in his voice, “She came to ask me to give her the permission to change the pack.”

“If you want, I can talk to her and ask her not to leave the pack.” I swallow as my heart twists inside my chest knowing that this is affecting him so much, “I can apologize to her for hurting her.”

I will apologize to her too, but after hurting her.

Fire scoffs.

It is true I don’t like her, but my love for him as far bigger than my dislike for her. And if their friendship is important to him, then I will do what I can to save it.

“No, you will never apologize to her as you did nothing wrong.” Leaning away from me, he glares at me, “She is the one who has a problem with you and she was the one who always tried to hurt you. If there is anyone who should apologize it is her.”

“I am just angry at myself that why I haven’t realized this earlier that, how much she hated you.” He runs his hand through his hair tugging them, “It is good that she is going because I don’t want anyone around you who carries hate for you in their heart.”

“Donovon, but I don’t want to be the reason behind ruining your friendship, because you have told me how good friend she was to you, and now somewhere because of me your friendship is affected.” I shake my head and sigh.

“She destroyed our friendship with her jealousy, not anyone else.” He shrugs, “And after everything that has happened I don’t think even I want to amend anything with her. I just want her out of our lives.”

“I am sorry because I have unintentionally let her hurt you, if I would have realized this earlier then you wouldn’t have been hurt.” He cups my face and plants a lingering kiss on my forehead.

Instead of replying to him, I just hug him trying to comfort him. Because if I would have said it’s okay then it would be a lie because more than anything I was hurt because he didn’t stop her and supported me. But now when he has realized his fault then there is no point in rubbing it in.

Today Donovon is quite busy so he didn’t even join me for dinner. And half an hour ago he informed me he will be working late so I should not wait for him. I have only seen him for a few minutes when he came to inform me about the news of Emma shifting to another pack.

Running the pack is not just about training and fighting. Taking care of pack finances is also important. Apart from performing Alpha’s duty, Donovon also runs an export company. This helps him to maintain the finances of the pack. The pack members, who are comfortable working with humans, work in his company too.

He mostly deals with his company work from here, but twice or thrice a week he goes to his company too.

A contented sigh pasts my lips when I get inside the cold and comfortable covers of the bed, it was a tiring day for me as well. For some reason, I wasn’t feeling well since I woke up. My body felt tired and I hardly have the energy to walk. I haven’t told Donovon about this since he already has so much on his mind, so I don’t want him to worry for no reason.

That’s why I decided to rearrange my closet, so if Donovon asked why I have not shown up for training I could come up with a genuine excuse for being busy. Because even he knows how much I hate when my stuff is not organized.

Clutching Donovon’s pillow, I fill my lungs with his scent and drift off to peaceful sleep.

Sleepily I open my eyes as Donovon spoons me, but what makes me frown when he starts sniffing me.

I, sure as hell, know I am not stinking, as I took a shower just before bed.

“What are you doing?” My voice sounds raspier from sleep.

But instead of answering me, he turns me on my back and rests his head in the crook of my neck while he inhales deeply. Weaving my fingers in his hair, I gently massage the back of his neck which makes him groan.

“You smell different,” he mumbles against my skin.

“Oh, yeah, I bought a new body wash it smells like coconuts.” I slightly smile, “It makes my skin so soft.”

“Your skin is always soft.” He smiles and pecks my neck, “But no, you don’t smell like coconut.”

He inhales another deep breath then speaks, “You are scent is mixed with some kind of fresh lemony smell.”

Suddenly, he stiffens as he sniffs me again. Then raising his head he looks at me with a strange expression that vanishes any remnants of sleep from my eyes.

He abruptly sits up, as I lean up on my elbows while looking at him to find why he is behaving so strangely.

Am I dying?

“What’s wrong?” I ask in confusion, “You are making me worried, Donovon.”

He doesn’t say anything, he simply closes his eyes like he is concentrating on something. When I am about to shake him, his lips uplift into a small smile which turns bigger when he glances at me.

Okay, so it means I am not dying.

Before I know it he leans forward and captures my lips in a kiss, which I don’t mind at all. Because I love kissing him and I don’t have any shame in admitting it.

However, I just want him to tell me why he behaved so weirdly then he can kiss me all he wants.

Reluctantly breaking the kiss, I slightly push him away and turn my head to the side.

He lowly growls, as he doesn’t like this, and holding my chin he turns my face to him and again crashes his lips against mine.

Okay, so I guess kissing first, talking later.

I lie down on my back, as he hovers above me while kissing me with a consuming passion. Tingles cover every inch of my skin while my heart beats widely in my chest.

He has never kissed me like this, something is different about this kiss.

He slides his hand down my arm and rests over mine. Sprawling his fingers he covers my entire hand as he breaks the kiss.

The most radiant smile adorns his face, while his eyes are gleaming with unshed tears.

“No wonder, I was feeling so anxious all this long.” He chuckles lightly to himself. “I could have never guessed this is the reason why I was feeling this strong pull towards you, even more than I usually feel.”

“Why?” I ask, feeling more confused than I have ever felt.

“This is the reason, Ivory," he says in a quiet tone, “This is the reason.” He whispers again while gently pressing his hand which, now I realized, is sprawled over my belly.

My heart rates escalate while my lips part in shock, as I lock my gaze with him, understanding what he is trying to tell.

“Yes, love.” He nods his head still grinning, however, now a single tear slips down his eye as he pecks my lips, "We are having a pup!"