Chapter 2 Chapter two

He paused, waiting for me to give a response, it was getting too hard pretending to be asleep knowing all I wanted to do was yell and curse at him. What kind of man brings a woman down to feel powerful?

“Angel, is something wrong?”. He asked again. 

Seeing I gave no response, he didn’t push forward and gently covered me with his body before pulling the blanket over us. It took everything in me not to push him away, I just lay there, listening to the gentle rise and fall of his heartbeat. 

“I love listening to your heartbeat, it puts me to sleep”. The day I said that, Brian had made sure he always cuddled me to sleep. At first I had resisted because I weigh a little more than average but he assured me it was no problem. “Baby, I lift over 300lbs in the gym, you don’t even weigh 100kg”. 

Recalling how he has always taken care of me anytime I fall sick or catch a cold, I still find it hard to believe it was all a lie. But the scent of perfume coming from him…. Tell me all I need to know. I sniff back my tears, refusing to let them fall. 

If he loves laurel that much why not just reject me and be with her? Why play with both women? Does laurel even know…. It’s impossible for anyone not to know we were together,  Brian had taken me to several alphas gathering and introduced me as his chosen mate. 

How would she not know? Still I couldn’t blame her, I blame my heart for falling for someone who already has a mate. Everyone knows Laurel had rejected Brian at first but why is he still with her? If he still wanted her even after she had publicly rejected and humiliated him, why choose me? I lay there for what felt like eternity, just as I was about to fall asleep, Brian’s phone vibrated on the nightstand. 

I bit my lips hard, contemplating whether to check it or not. In the end curiosity got the better of me. Slowly, I disengaged from Brian’s body and reached to take his phone. 

Laurel with so much heart emoji was clearly written on the message that came in. Brian had never locked his phone, but this… I frown, suddenly recalling the pouch I made for him was different from this one. 

Removing the pouch from the phone, I stare at a completely different model of phone in my hand. He has two! He has two phones! I sucked in my breath, trying not to wake him up. My hands trembling as I swipe the screen up, no one has to tell me the password would probably be laurel’s name. And I was right. 

Clicking on the message, a loud gasp escaped my mouth. On the screen was her, dressed in a very revealing lingerie, standing in front of her mirror with the caption; “I hate when you leave me to go back to her”. 

She was beautiful, there was no doubt about that. She’s everything I am not. Sexy body, gorgeous brown hair and beautiful face. I stared down at my own nightgown, it was oversized and covered my own body. 

“What can she probably offer you, Brian?”. Another message came in, followed by another picture of her in a very sexy position. 

“Now I see why you can’t bring yourself to have sex with her. I mean if I was a man I wouldn't even look at her twice”. She added a laughing emoji and my heart shattered at the next picture that entered. 

It was of me, in my shop covered in baking flour, while trying to finish my work. Tears streamed down my eyes, from the start I have been very insecure about my looks and body, I don’t have the standard slim body and tiny waist like her. I was thick, more curvy than most girls but I wasn’t fat. 

Brian had said he loved me just the way I was, but scrolling through his chats with Laurel, he has always been making fun of my shape. 

“You have to see when she tried putting on your lingerie, she looked absolutely ridiculous, I could hardly control my laughter”. That was the message he sent to her. I had once found lingerie in Brian’s bag shortly after he came back from his usual alphas meetings. 

I just realized how stupid I was, thinking he had brought it for me to try. Despite the fact it was so hard to put on, I had squeezed myself into it. 

“I’m sorry baby, I have no idea about this stuff so I just asked the seller to give me something like it. I didn’t know I had to ask about size and everything”. He had spent the whole day buying and showering me with gifts to make up for the mistake. 

Everything he had gifted me was things Laurel had used and gave him. The ring… she wore it first. The diamond necklace he had brought me, she had used it as well. 

I let out a silent laugh, even my mate used to be hers. I quietly dropped his phone back, tucked myself to bed and cried until tears were no longer coming out. 

By the time I woke up the next day, Brian had left and dropped a message that the rogues were attacking in the south. He had to check them out. I didn’t know whether this was a lie or an excuse he made to see her again. Even though I have no wolf, Brian was nothing compared to me when it comes to combat. He would always beg me to check it out but now… he’s going himself. 

I stood up from the bed, heading downstairs only to stop at the sound of knocking on the door. I wasn’t expecting any visitors? But the moment I opened the door, my heart dropped. 

Laurel.