Chapter 30

My Heart Beats For You I watch as Janet expertly glides around in the water with her long legs in an enthralling manner before making her way towards the steps. Her yellow bikini, showing off her creamy white skin and curvy body. She’s in such great shape. Her manicured long fingers grip the handrails of the stairs as she climbs out. She mumbles something about going to have a drink before she strolls out of the pool area.

“If you keep glaring at her like that, you’ll end up drilling a hole in her back.” Lexi chuckles as she swims over to my side, resting her back against the sides just like me.

Luckily, Lexi had done a bit of shopping for me while I had been gone for those three days. I had noticed the new clothes in the closet but hadn’t thought much about it. She had purchased some bikinis for me too, some were my size and some weren’t. She said she had just picked anything that was around my size.

I’m wearing a red one now while Lexi had on a navy blue swimming trunk. Both our hairs are wet, and we’ve been in the pool for a while now. Lexi sometimes leaves along with Janet but comes back later. I can’t leave because the second I step out, my body goes up in flames, but I do notice that I’m not horny like I was yesterday. Just hot.

I haven’t moved my eyes off of Janet since we came here, studying her every move and trying to see past that smile she always has on. She seems fake to me.

“Isn’t it strange that she has been with Reagan all this while, and when she heard he’s found his mate, instead of throwing a tantrum like every normal girl, she accepts it with a laugh and even wants to get to know me?” I ask the question without staring away from where Janet had just exited.

“It does seem strange, but what can she do?” Lexi shrugs beside me. “You’re bonded to Reagan by the moon. Nothing can break that.

She has no choice but to accept it.”

I slowly nod at words with my lips pursed. I still think something is off. “Had Reagan really like her so much?” I ask the question with a lump forming in my throat as I remember what Janet had said earlier. Had Reagan been so desperate to keep her by his side?

“Janet might have exaggerated a bit earlier on,” Lexi answers, causing me to whip my head at her. My eyes are wide open in anticipation, hoping there was a bit of lie in Janet’s words, because knowing Reagan was ready to go to any length to keep her puts a heavy weight on my chest.

“What do you mean?” I whisper the question “Well, Reagan hadn’t exactly done all that just to keep her by his side. He had other reasons.” She explains while taking her drink from behind us so she could sip from it.

“What other reasons?” I ask in curiosity.

“Sometimes, we wouldn’t hear from Janet for almost a decade. Even her parents were worried about her and would contact us a couple of times. I knew she really liked Reagan then and would do anything to keep him. Sol was the one who usually came up with the plan of faking something just to get her attention. And it usually worked. She thinks it’s because Reagan wants her back, but it’s just a way to ensure she’s safe.” She narrates, and I can feel this weight lift off my shoulders.

“So Reagan wasn’t that...desperate for her?” I ask.

“I don’t think he ever was.” She shakes her head. “He never stopped her whenever she tried to leave. Now that I think about it, he has never looked at her the way he looks at you.”

She turns to stare at me. “Reagan, Danny, and !

have been a small pack of our own for a very long time now...plus Adrian. And I can see there’s something...new in him ever since he met you.” She smiles at me before taking another sip from her drink.

Trelax back into the pool with a secret smile playing on my lips. My heart is fluttering in happiness at Lexi’s words, and my wolfis.

wagging her tail in excitement. I can even feel my body cooling off. I step out then and wrap a towel around my abdomen before laying back on a chaise lounge. It’s almost afternoon, but the sun was hiding behind thick dark clouds. It might rain soon.

The pool area is an extended part of the penthouse, and you can see the city’s view from up here. Lexi also comes out to join me on a chaise lounge, pulling down her sunglasses as we both stare at the city together.

“Do you guys stay permanently in Canada, or do you explore different cities from time to time?” I ask Lexi after a while of silence.

“Yes, Canada is our official location. I came to Los Angeles on my own last year, though, to start college here. Reagan and Danny only joined me here this year for some official work.”

We talk for a few minutes, getting to know more about each other when Danny walks in on us with his usual amused smirk back on.

“Isn’t this lovely? My own twin, having fun without me.” He walks over to flop on the chaise lounge beside mine. Lexi and I both roll our eyes at him, seeing he’s back to his playful self.

“You guys are back early,” Lexi comments as she leans up to stare at Danny over me. He sighs as he lays down flat with his arms behind his head as he looks up at the dark clouds above.

“Yep. Wrapped up the meeting quick so Reagan could come back to you, considering the state you’re in.” He indicates to me with a wink, causing me to blush pink. Does everyone know I’m a horny b***h?!

“Where is he?” I ask with my eyes scanning the large pool area, but there’s no sign of Reagan.

Danny’s mood turns sour a bit as he mumbles, “With the creep.”

I furrow my eyebrows at his words untill 6/14 notice something. Janet hasn’t come back for a long time now. She’s taking too long, and I now know why. I stand to my feet and stomp out of the pool area, not caring if I seem like an overly jealous clingy girlfriend. I just dont want anyone close to my mate.

I walk down the hallway, but before emerging into the sitting room, I hear soft music sounding from the room, along with soft whispers.

“...Come on, Reggie. It’s not like we don’t usually do it before.” I can recognize that annoyingly sweet voice anywhere.

“Janet...” Reagan’s familiar grow!

reverberates through the room. “I’m not in the...”

“Do what?” I walk in there in time to ask the question. And the sight that greets me isn‘t too welcoming.

Reagan is still dressed in the navy blue pants and white shirt he had on when he left, only the sleeves are rolled up to his elbow. But Janet is standing too close for comfort to him, still in her yellow bikini, showing off her nice body. I can feel the familiar pang of jealousy hit me hard, with my wolf growling in my head. But I try to keep her locked in with the lessons Lexi had taught me earlier.

She had advised me to focus on Reagan whenever my wolf’s emotions seem to go haywire. I just have to look into my mate’s eyes, and it’ll help her relax. But it’s a bit hard to do so now, considering Janet is still standing so close to him.

Janet turns to stare at me with her mouth round in an ‘oh,’ seeming surprised to see me. But I keep my eyes on Reagan, whose eyes are also on me, trailing down my form while I still have on a white towel over my bikini. A look of hunger flashes in them, along with some possessiveness that I know all too well.

“Oh, Ellie. Didn’t see you there.” Janet’s smile comes back on. “I just love this song and wanted to dance to it with Reggie.” She flutters her eyes up at Reagan. I grit my teeth, seething inwardly before strolling over to Reagan.

Our eyes are once more locked as we can’t look away, entranced by one another. His swirling brown pools are drawing me in, and I’m hopelessly drowning in them. It’s like the whole world around us disappeared, and we’re the only ones left.

I smile at him as I get to his side while stepping between him and Janet. I painfully divert my eyes away from his and turn back to her.

“I’m sure Reagan is a bit tired to dance right now. I’ll be taking my mate along with me now.” I state before grabbing Reagan’s hands and leading him out of the room.

Janet’s eyes remain fixed on us as we walk out, but lignore her all through. Reagan doesn’t protest and follows me right away, only when we’re out of sight and in the hallway does he stop me.

He grabs me and pushes me against the nearest wall with his lips attacking mine in a hot, searing kiss that blows my mind away. We don’t part until we’re a panting mess, our breaths mixing together in the air.

“You’re so sexy when you’re jealous.” He smirks down at me, his mouth seeking mine once more. But I stop him with a hand on his chest.

“What is she still doing here?” I ask the question I’ve been dying to know. He pauses for a moment, his eyes trailing downwards to where my hands are on his chest, stopping him.

In a flash, he grabs both my hands and pins them on the wall beside me before smashing his lips against mine once more. But this kiss is different. It’s like he’s exerting his dominance over me, showing I’m his.

His lips trail from my lips to my cheek and then ear as he whispers harshly. “Never stop me from having what’s mine, Ellie.”

I lean forward to also whisper into his ear.

“Technically, I’m not yours yet. And I may never be if that...bitch isn’t out of here soon.”

threaten before moving back.

His grip over my wrist had tightened at my statement, and his jaw is clenched tight. His eyes are having that speck of gold flashing in them, and I can see the warning visible in them.

But I don’t cower, and instead, stare back at him head-on.

“Be careful of the words that come out of that pretty mouth, darling.” He smirks suddenly, but I see no amusement in his eyes. “They might get you in a whole lot of trouble.”

I swallow at the predatory look in his eyes but quickly composed myself.

“I want her gone, Reagan!” I voice out.

He pauses before sighing and moving back. He loosens his grip on my wrist before letting me go only to dip his hands in his pants pockets.

“What do you want me to do, Ellie? Tell her to leave nicely? Or throw her out with her things?” He asks with a questioning look directed at me. When he puts it that way, I sound like a heartless b***h.

“I don’t like her.” I turn away to stare in the empty hallway instead of him. He sighs against before gripping my jaw softly and turning my head to look at him.

“Of course, you don’t. You and your wolf think she’s competition. But it’s not her I want.

It’s you. Only you.” He reaches down to take my hand before placing it palm flat on his left chest, where his heart beats.

“You feel that? It’s calling for you.” A smile breaks out on my lips at his words. That was the cutest thing I’ve ever heard. A bit cliche, but still cute. I break into a fit of giggles as he breaks up my hand to lay kisses on my fingers. He smiles against my palm as he looks back down at me.

“Now, go dress up so we can make it for our date.” He suddenly announces.

“Date?” I furrow my eyebrows at him in confusion.

“Don’t tell me you forgot you promised me one.” He arches an eyebrow at me. I recall then “Don’t tell me you forgot you promised me one.” He arches an eyebrow at me. I recallthen that we had made a deal.

“Where are we going.” I curiously ask as he leads me to his bedroom.

“It’s a surprise.” He answers with a secret smile playing at the corner of his lips.