Chapter 6: Lily's POV

“Gosh, Lily!” Maya shouted.

If only I had just remained the timid and naïve person I always was, I could’ve gotten out of this by cowering in fear then later crying my eyes out in secret as always. Wow, Lily. Such a wrong time to finally be bold after Eighteen years!

‘I’m sure we can find a way out of it.’ She consoled me. 

But before we had further conversation, the gates automatically separated, revealing Alpha Xander with a furious look on his face. Beside him was the Omega Female of the novel: Anna.

Anna? I was definitely not mistaken. She looked exactly like I had pictured her according to the novel description. But what’s she doing here?

I couldn’t help wondering. In the original novel, she and Alpha shouldn’t have known each other yet at the time of Lisa cheating on Alpha Xander.

‘Why are you so surprised about this?’ Maya asked me. ‘Lisa, who gets away with the cheating in the novel, but now, you made her end up with a coming trial in public. Maybe due to the changes you made, it made Anna get to know Alpha Xander early?’ She shrugged.

They both started heading to me. Xander’s steps were much heavier and resonated through the room. He had his hands locked behind him and a never-leaving glare was present on his face.

Ignoring his pissed look, I focused on Anna— the character I always liked reading in the book.

I smiled but before I could say hello to her, Anna started, “I know you didn’t do it.” She asserted.

What’s going on? What did she mean? Did she know the truth about me? Was she a book-traveler as well? My eyes widened at her. “I don’t—”

“Proceed.” Alpha Xander cut me off.

“While I was cleaning, I saw someone put something in Lisa’s wine last night. At that time, I didn’t pay attention to it, I just assumed she was aware of it or it was one of these medications to boost your health or beauty. But now that Lisa’s cheating is known by everyone in the pack,” she glanced at me, “I suspect that someone framed you and I've come here to testify. I don’t know whatever he added, but I’m certain that the person did it with ulterior motives against you.”

I was lost on what to say. I had no memory of all that or what happened before waking up here, so I wasn’t sure if I was framed or not.

I was quite disappointed that she wasn’t a book-traveler as well but looking at Anna’s upright and determined appearance, I was very moved by her kindness and suddenly felt that this world-travel had a bright side to it, a side that many readers wished to experience: I could finally meet the character I really liked in real life.

Alpha seemed to be deep in thoughts, obviously related to what Anna had just said. He rushed out of the room, apparently to verify the truth.

It made my shoulders sag in relief that there was a ray of hope that I could be saved from this terrible mess.

Now that he had left, Anna and I were alone in the room. I locked my eyes with hers and noticed she had a warm smile on. She looked extremely beautiful, even more beautiful than I imagined.

“Hello,” I waved at her, returning her smile.

“Hi.” Her smile extended to a grin and she stepped closer, intertwining her fingers in front of her. “I’m Anna. I’m an omega here. I doubt if you’ll know me since I’m really—”

“I know you.” I interrupted her, feeling a strange excitement coursing through me.

“Wow, that’s great!”

“Yes, it is. Thank you so much for testifying to save me.” I was genuinely grateful for that.

“No, it’s nothing. Don’t embarrass me by thanking me.” She chuckled and I chuckled too.

I knew that in order to go back, I had to be Anna’s wingman to make things quicker. “Do you want to be friends?”

She looked taken aback by my question at first. A smile slowly formed on her face and she nodded. “Yes! Absolutely! I’ve waited to hear those words my whole life!”

“Really?” I smiled in relief, glad she didn’t say ‘no’ because she was shy and wanted to be on her own.

“Being an omega here can be so tiresome. No one ever wants to talk to me or be my friend, so I’m very delighted that you’re willing to be my friend.” She was almost bouncing on her toes. “I’ve never felt this happy my whole life.”

I chuckled, feeling proud that my favorite character was this happy to be my friend, though it wasn’t exactly me.

“So… tell me about anything you’d like to chat with a friend about.” I leaned forward, crossing one of my legs over the other.

“Sure!...” She started talking about random activities. Some of them were funny and others made me feel bad about the way she was treated. But in all, I could relate to her so well.

Anna was really lovely and as we talked for long, we soon felt like we’ve been friends since childhood.

I also noticed that anytime we talked about anything that had to do with Xander, she suddenly started acting strange.

“Now, spill it to me.” I said.

“Uh?”

“What’s on your mind? Anytime we talk about Xander, you’re either acting nervous or blushing like a tomato. What’s going on?” I teased, wiggling my eyebrows at her.

“Well…” she fiddled with her fingers, staring at everything else except me. “I don’t want to seem terrible to you, but I’ve had a crush on Alpha Xander for a really long time now.” She admitted shyly.

“Really?!” I exclaimed. That was sooner than I thought. “That’s great news!”

“It is?” she quirked an eyebrow at me.

“Yes!” I held her hands. “Please, in everything you do, make sure to win his heart.”

“Wh-what do you mean?” she slowly slipped her hands out of my grip, her forehead furrowed in confusion. “He’s your mate and your fiancé. I’ll feel terrible to pursue someone else’s mate.”

‘Oh, here we go again. Tell her the truth about Lisa.’ Maya said in my head. ‘We’ll have to be Anna’s sidekick on this. She clearly needs our support to win his heart since she’s an omega.’

‘You’re right, Maya.’

‘So it’s a conclusion, we're helping her out!’ She smirked.

“Anna… can I tell you a secret?”

“Sure?” She narrowed her eyes at me.

“I’m not actually Alpha Xander’s mate. I lied to him since he can’t sense his mate, but I’m no longer interested in him. We’ll break up very soon, so don’t be bothered about our relationship. We’ll focus on building your relationship with him.”

“Wow, that’s great news!” her eyes popped with excitement. “So how do we start? He barely even pays attention to my existence.”

Maya came up with a cool suggestion on how to win Xander’s heart and just when I was about to explain it to Anna, the door burst open and Alpha Xander stepped in.

His face was twisted more than previously into a harder frown as he charged towards me. Did he just hear me saying I faked to be his mate?