CHAPTER FOUR: I WANT HER

Doctor King’s next entry to Jayden’s office was not empty this time. He followed behind Anita, carrying a file with him, and Jayden ordered that they should not be disturbed as Anita walked out.

His grey eyes regarded Doctor King as the latter pushed the file across and observed that Jayden had changed the swivel chair to a bigger and more comfortable leather brown seat. He smiled at the lad, admiring his taste.

Jayden, however, was not looking at Doctor King, but through the file. There were a bunch of forms, each of them carrying information about the women who had applied for the surrogacy with profiles of them stapled to the top left corner. A smile lit Jayden’s face, one of his broadest smiles in years.

“You have seen a woman you like?” Doctor King asked, noticing the smile.

“No,” Jayden answered, his smile vanishing like magic. “I only like how well I can predict humans. Look at all of them, ready to carry a baby they will never see again for money. A she-wolf would never do this. It physically hurts them to stay away from their cubs for more than a day.”

“Oh.” Doctor King replied, his disappointment written all over his face.

Jayden picked out one form in particular and leafed through it before keeping it away. He took another one, flipped through the pages, and tossed it where he kept the former. And then he took a third one, flipping the pages carefully, his eyes going through every word.

Doctor King stood up and went to the window, and marvelled at the view of Palm Springs City from here before turning to look at Jayden, who was concentrating on what he was reading.

“This young Beta seems to have the world in his palms. He is so in control.” The doctor thought, and then looked back at the view, his eyes concentrating on the rocks where the wolves held their pack meetings.

“I was there the other night. I am sure you heard me howl.” Jayden said, almost causing the doctor to jump and morph.

“Oh.” The doctor replied, his answer more out of relief for himself as he turned to look at Jayden, but Jayden was still looking at the form in his hands, and then it dawned on him.

“Are you reading my mind, Jayden?”

“I don’t usually do it. Being in other wolves’ minds is no pleasure for me, as their thoughts disgust me. But you are not as strong-willed as I am and I want to know if you specifically have one of these human women at heart.” Jayden replied, his eyes still on the form.

And he then spun around in his swivel chair, his eyes concentrating on the doctor, the form in his left hand as his right index finger touched his lips.

“This is the woman I want. Inform her that I have chosen her.” Jayden said, his hand with the form outstretched. The doctor, heavily intimidated by Jayden, subconsciously came and took the form from his hands.

“Her name is Elizabeth Woodville. I like her qualities, and I want her to have my baby. I will contact her myself at a later time and speak to her in person.”

“Consider it done, boy.” The doctor replied, smiling. He then shook Jayden, took the rest of the forms in the file, and walked out of the office as Jayden put a call to Anita, giving her more instructions.

The door closed, and Jayden leaned back in his chair to relax and think. He shut his eyes and then took in a deep breath, crossing his legs and then placing his hands on the table, his fingers drumming a beat he liked. And then his sharp wolf hearing picked up the sound of a paper rustling somewhere.

His eyes jerked open, looking for the source of the sound, and then he saw it.

Something that looked like one of Doctor King’s forms on the floor.

The old man must have had it blown away.

Jayden went to it and picked up the form, and then he saw the profile. Her blue eyes almost immediately jumped out at him, and his heart raced.

Avana.

Avana had the same blue eyes, eyes that seemed to carry the peacefulness of the ocean and the beauty of the sky. Her hair too, the blondeness. And the same white skin that reminded him of Avana’s pure white fur.

“Oh fuck.” He groaned, rushing to his table, his hands frantically searching for his phone. He finally picked it up and rang Doctor King, who picked up the call after what seemed like forever.

“Hello, Jayden. I was just about to call the girl you chose for—”

“Fuck her, Doctor. Drive back to my office. You left a form here.” Jayden cut in.

“Well, I could always pick that form another time Jay—”

“No. This form has the woman I want. I want her.”

Doctor King was back in minutes, and as he walked in he found Jayden leaning on the edge of the table, a form in his hand and his eyes expectant. And for the first time, Jayden was smiling at him. Not the usual Jayden Wells smile that barely ever touched the corners of his lips, but a broad grin.

“I left a form?” The doctor asked as Anita closed the door, herself surprised by Jayden’s sudden change.

“Here.” Jayden handed over the form. The smile had completely evaporated.

“Oh holy Moon Goddess!” Doctor King exclaimed. “She looks a lot like Avana.”

“She is the one I want.”

“I will put a call to her immediately. Thank you.”

Jayden shook the doctor and grinned again, and the doctor felt a kind of pity for him, seeing how a lookalike of his mate had filled him with a kind of hope, hope enough to make him smile.

“I’ll be leaving.” The doctor said, the form in his hand. He looked at the name written on it.

“Alisa Grant.” He whispered to himself.

“Yes, King. Her name is Alisa Grant.” Jayden said, his grey eyes brooding, concentrating on something Doctor King could not see. And then Jayden whispered.

“Alisa.”