5. Nightmares

~Hazel's POV~

Was I dreaming again, or he was really in front of me?

No...

I can't be daydreaming again...

Those daydreams stopped the very next day he rejected me... My daydreams were turned into nightmares after that one night...

He rejected me...

Why the fuck he was here after rejecting me?

Even if I didn't want to, my eyes still found their way to his handsome face, and my heart skipped a beat.

He looks as handsome as that night between us. Dressed in a navy blue suit with a black shirt under it, I could see how muscular he was. His muscles were hugging the suit so perfectly that it looked like he was wearing a tight blazer. His rectangle-shaped jaw was sharp with a trimmed beard which made his thin pink lips look beautiful. My eyes moved up to his eyes, and I gulped; he was looking at me...

He was looking at me the same way he looked at me the first time we met on the streets.

His mint scent started dancing over my head, and everything that happened between us started flooding back into my mind, and my head started spinning.

His soft touch, soothing voice, concern for my teary eyes, slow movements, loving yet passionate kisses, and... Harsh rejection... Everything flashed in my mind and rang in my ears as if it happened just a minute ago.

"Is this the customer service of one of the most popular restaurants in the city? Pathetic."

I heard someone's voice and was instantly out of the thoughts of the night that changed everything inside me.

I quickly made my way to the table without glancing at him.

My heart was racing as if it was running a marathon with uneven breaths coming out of my mouth.

I poured the wine into four glasses while trying my best not to gaze at him and control my racing heartbeats, but I failed miserably.

"Sorry, for the delay, sir. Do you need anything else?" I asked, trying to stay calm.

"Not now," Another man present at the table said.

I smiled at them and turned around to make my way back to the kitchen.

I wanted to run as fast as I could but I knew I couldn't... Neither was this my place nor was I living between werewolves. I have to behave humanly.

I was walking away from him but still, I could feel his burning gaze on my back.

He doesn't want me... I know he doesn't want me... Even he knows he doesn't want me then why the fuck he was here and piercing my back with his gaze?

I made sure to keep my head high with a smile on my face, but once I reached the kitchen, I told the staff to take care of table number 3 in our VIP area and asked for other orders in the queue.

"Don't tell me you did something again?" Samantha, another waitress asked.

"No, I didn't. It's just I was feeling dizzy while descending the stairs. I don't want anything to happen that will ruin the restaurant's image or my job here," I said while releasing a sigh.

"I agree with her. Samantha, take care of our special guests," My manager, Miranda said while entering the kitchen.

I started feeling like throwing out with my head getting dizzy and my eyes started to close on their own.

I was about to fall to the ground when Ashley held my hand, "Hey, are you alright? Hazel?"

I barely nodded my head and asked for water.

"Take her to the restroom," Miranda said.

Ashley took me to the restroom and once I reached there, I again started to feel nauseous. I ran to the pot and threw everything out.

The flashback of the day I vomited last time flashed in front of my eyes and tears started running down my face.

***Flashback***

I was lying peacefully on the bed, staring at the ceiling in front of my eyes. Though my stomach was growling badly in hunger, still I preferred lying on the bed instead of eating anything.

It's been days since I have been feeling low... And I very well know what's the reason...

My mate... My man, who was supposed to love me, brutally rejected me. I thought he would be nice to me as he was my mate but he was worse than his pack members.

I shook my head to shake his thoughts from my head, but the head shaking made me feel nauseous, and I ran to the bathroom to puke.

I have been puking a lot for the past couple of days... I... I don't want to think about this but...

My hand went to the shelf where I hid the test kit I bought the other day, and I sighed; I thought I would never use it, and it was only the wrong signals that my body was giving to me, but... But now I think I have to... I have to use it.

I tore the packaging of the test and prayed to the moon goddess to work in my favor at least once, but who was I kidding?

She has never done anything right for me, why would she now?

I... I spent the night with him... I was freaking pregnant!

***Flashback ends***

Pregnant...

I am pregnant with his baby...

I wrapped my arms around my belly and closed my eyes. She wolves get pregnant only in heat but I am so human that I got pregnant without heat. Only with one mating with my mate.

It wasn't supposed to happen... Our mating... This pregnancy... Nothing was supposed to happen this way!

But here I was...

Alone, rejected, and Pregnant...

I don't know what the heck he wants from me. Why the fuck he was back in my life?

Wait... Does he know about the baby? Was he here for my baby?

I tightened my arms around my belly and sighed, I will not let him have my baby. I don't care if he was the alpha... This was my baby and no one will get close to my baby but me. I will not let him take my baby away. Never.

"Are you alright, Hazel?" I heard Miranda's voice from outside.

"Yeah, coming."

I wiped my tears and walked out of the bathroom. I saw Miranda and Ashley waiting for me outside and Ashley handed me a glass of water.

"How are you feeling now?" Ashley asked.

"Low but I'll be good," I smiled at her.

I saw Miranda taking a sharp breath and my heart skipped a beat. Was she thinking of firing me?

I hope not... I need this job badly.

"Miranda, I-"

"No, listen to me. Just tell me what's wrong with you. I can't let you jinx up all the time because of some or the other thing. If my boss found out this, she would take strict action against me. So tell me what is it that you are always distracted and always in the restroom? Only then I would be able to help you," She said.

"Help?" I confusingly asked.

What does she mean by this?

She sighed, "The staff has started talking about your mistakes and disappearance. If a single word reaches our boss's ears, you will be fired. So tell me what it is; otherwise, I won't be able to keep you here for longer."

What should I tell them now? How do I tell the truth?

But if I didn't, then I would not be able to work here, and this job was high-paying. I can't risk losing it when I have a baby coming into my life.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, "I'm sorry but I can't tell you the full story. I can only say that... I was... Umm... Abandoned, betrayed, and... I am... Pregnant."

Goddess... I told them the biggest truth of my life... I don't know what they would think of me now. I am only nineteen!

I waited for them to say anything but when none of them didn't, I opened my eyes and saw both of them looking at me sympathetically.

"Is this the reason why you kept running to the restroom?" Miranda asked, her voice as soft as five-year-old girl's.

I nodded my head and she sighed, "You should have told me. Don't worry, I will take care of everything now. Just make sure to tell me what you are feeling so we can work accordingly, alright?"

I smiled at her and nodded, I was glad she understood.

"And I'll be there with you always," Ashely said while linking her arm with me.

I sighed in relief, at least I will be working here now.

I saw Samantha coming towards us and we all gave our attention to her.

"Miranda, one of the VIP guests at table number 3 wants to talk to Hazel," Samantha said.

My heart started to beat like a maniac, thinking it was him, and I clenched my jaw; it better not be him.

"Why?" I asked.

She shrugged and Miranda asked, "What's his name? Did he tell you?"

She nodded her head, "Mr. Liam Wright."