Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Dean

I couldn't get that night out of my head. Whenever I closed my eyes I saw Alice's beautiful body, how innocent she was and that she actually gave me her first time. I just couldn't stop thinking about her.

“Are you listening to me?”

Juliana's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

“Sorry, I was thinking about some stuff. What did you say?”

“Dean, you've been like this for days. You don't pay attention to me whenever I speak. It's like your mind is somewhere else entirely.”

“I am so sorry,” I said, stretching my hands over the table, taking hers in mine.

“What were you saying?”

“We have a lot of things to go through for the wedding and we have to start inviting other packs. It's just a lot and it's stressing me.”

“You know that's why there are people who plan stuff like this, right? You do not have to be involved in every step.”

“Of course I do,” she snapped. “This is my wedding to my dream man. I want everything to be perfect just like the both of us.”

She called me her dream man, but my dream woman was somewhere else entirely. She hadn't shown up for work in 2 days and I was so worried.

I looked at Juliana who kept talking nonstop and I felt bad for her because after we had gotten married and I became the Alpha after my father, I was going to go for Alice.

I had thought about it for so long it gave me sleepless nights. My father would never accept Alice. She had no wolf and she wasn't from a high-class family. I didn't care about any of that, but my father and my pack did.

When I became Alpha no one would be able to tell me who to love or who to be with, but the fact that I would hurt Juliana in the process wouldn't let me be.

I was just seeing her mouth move, not hearing a single word she was saying. I just kept thinking about Alice. We'd been working together for months and she was everything and I never had the courage to tell her how much I wanted her.

She was always so insecure around me and that made me want to pull her even closer, to tell her how perfect she was.

I picked up my phone and scrolled to the last message she sent to me. She wanted us to meet, but I never had the courage to respond. What was I going to say to her? When I introduced Juliana I saw the hurt in her eyes.

That night was supposed to be casual sex, nothing more, but there was something more and I wanted more, more of Alice.

I finally responded to the message.

And she sent me a location. It was actually a restaurant not far from here.

“Juliana, can we talk later? I have a business meeting I have to catch up with.”

“Of course,” she said with a charming smile. “We'll talk more about the wedding when you get home.”

I forced a smile then quickly left the office before she tried saying anything else because right now I had no strength for Juliana's problems.

When I was in the elevator I kept wondering what exactly she wanted to tell me and I kind of felt nervous, which was weird for me. I was never nervous.

I walked into the restaurant. Immediately the scent of freshly baked pastries hit my nostrils. I made my way to a booth close to the window, hoping she would show up.

A couple of minutes went by and I lifted my head up only to see her walking towards where I was seated.

“Hey,” she said when she was close enough. “Can I sit?”

“Of course,” I replied quickly.

She slowly sat down in the chair in front of me and for a moment we didn't say a word. She looked everywhere in the restaurant except at me. It was obvious she did not want to make eye contact.

“Are you okay?” I asked softly, observing her. She looked like she'd been crying. Her eyes were swollen and her skin looked a bit pale.

“I'm fine,” she replied.

“You've not been at work for the past 2 days.”

“I had some stuff to handle.”

She was being cold and it was probably my fault. After what had happened between us that night I never spoke about it. I just acted like it didn't happen, like it meant nothing, when it meant a lot to me.

“I have something very important I need to tell you and it's fine if you do not want to be a part of it. I perfectly understand. You're getting married and...”

I reached for her hand and immediately she stopped talking.

“What are you doing?” she said before quickly pulling away.

“Alice....” I said her name quietly. Her eyes were filled with so much pain. I didn't need anyone to tell me, I saw it.

“Dean....”

Someone yelled my name from the door. When I looked up it was Juliana. Everyone's attention turned to me and Alice. She quickly hid her face like she was ashamed to be seen with me. Thankfully the restaurant wasn't that packed.

“Juliana, what the hell are you doing here?” I said when she was close enough to me.

“I missed you, silly, and you told me you had a business meeting. This doesn't seem like business,” she said, turning to Alice and she had this condescending look in her eyes.

I couldn't say anything. She immediately lowered herself onto my lap, her arms around my neck as she placed a kiss on my cheek.

Alice got up slowly.

“I think I need to go now.”

“Alice wait, we haven't had that conversation yet.”

“Baby, if she wants to go let her go,” Juliana said, and right now all I wanted was just to push her off of me and chase after Alice, but I di

dn't. I sat there like a coward watching her walk through the door and disappear into the crowd.