A minute later, Artemis broke the kiss and looked at his mate in his arm and then at Gaby, who looked like she would kill his mate at any moment. He was glad that she was a human, or she would have lunged on his mate for sure until now.
And the second best thing about this nightclub was that it belonged to a werewolf, so he made sure to build this place with the help of magic so that no werewolves or any creature couldn’t use his or her hearing powers to listen to someone else conversation or anyone’s whisper.
“Can you dance?” He whispered in Caroline’s ear when he kissed her right ear. Caroline’s knees went weak when he did so. She couldn’t help but wonder.
‘Where does he do for a living? Acting?’
“Hmm”
Hearing it, Artemis wasted no time and brought her to the dance floor. Caroline felt someone throwing tons of daggers at her head with her eyes, and to piss her a little more, she rested her head on Artemis’s chest, wrapping her hand around his frame, moving her body to the beat of the music.
After a while, she lifted her head and looked up at Artemis, who was looking at her. “I hope you’re not married.” She spoke the very first thing that came to her mind.
Artemis smiled at her question. ‘So, she is that kind of woman who doesn’t throw herself at the taken man. Not bad.’
“No. I’m very much, SINGLE.” He replied, caressing the side of the cheek. He liked the way she was responding to his touch, which also told him that she wasn’t aware of the fact why she was feeling this spark on Artemis’s touch.
While Caroline made a mental note to ask about it with Colton.
“Then why is that girl throwing yourself at you shamelessly?” She questioned, feeling jealous. ‘Woah!! What is wrong with me? I’m feeling jealous of a guy whom I barely know.
“Ahh” Artemis smirked at that question and also sensed Caroline’s jealously. “Actually, I’m about to be thirty so, my parents along with my friends keep playing cupid so that I can finally settle down but don’t you think that it should be my decision with whom I should settle down and with whom I don’t?” he explained, getting irritated.
“Don’t be mad at your parents or friends. They just want your happiness. They just don’t want you to be left alone.” Caroline said before revealing, “One of my brothers is neither interested in girls nor in romance. That’s why we keep doing the same with him at some interval of time, you know.”
“But I’m sure you guys wouldn’t tag any girl with him on a vacation of fifteen days.”
“Of course not; he will stop talking to us in that case,” Caroline replied in horror, thinking of that circumstance. Colton didn’t want to spend half an hour with any girl on a date; tagging a girl with him for fifteen days meant waiting for Volcano to blast.
“My mom did that but shared my schedule and everything with her so that wherever I will go, she is tag along,” Artemis muttered. To be honest, he was thinking of leaving Madrid then and there, and thankfully, he didn’t.
Caroline didn’t comment anything on that part. “This is my story; what’s yours?” Artemis asked. “What’s your name?”
“Sarah” Caroline told her middle name to him because she was very well aware of the nature of rich people. They always checked the background, and she didn’t want to relieve her identity. Also, she knew that he was a werewolf, so he could sense her lie.
“Sarah…?” Artemis asked to know her last name so that he could do a background check on her because the reason he couldn’t smell her scent was making her mysterious. “Your last name?” he asked again when Caroline didn’t reply.
“I don’t want to share that with the person whom I barely know,” Caroline said truthfully. Artemis nodded his understanding manner.
‘At least she didn’t lie about her name, right?’ Bolt said, completely understanding the lack of trust that she had for him.
“I understand. By the way, how do you know my name?”
“Well, you can thank that woman for that,” Caroline replied. “And about that rich and famous thing. I didn’t know about that. I just threw that line seeing your Rolex watch that cost a fortune.” she added.
“Oh!” Artemis muttered and felt bad that she didn’t know anything about him because he was indeed famous and rich, but he couldn’t even say that Caroline was lying because he could smelt nothing but the truth. “I’m sorry for that kiss. I kissed you to make everyone believe that we are indeed together and also because I wanted to get rid of Gaby.
“So, you are sorry because you kissed me?” Caroline questioned.
“No. That would be a complete lie if I would say that I kissed you because I wanted to, but I’m sorry for not taking your permission to do so.” Artemis said and observed how Caroline’s cheek turned a shade darker. “I hope your boyfriend doesn’t come in search of me to kick my ass for kissing you out of nowhere.” He added and prayed inwardly for not some third wheel between them.
Immediately Caroline’s expression changed hearing it, “Don’t worry about that. I don’t have a boyfriend now.” She revealed, recalling Mark. “He recently broke up with me to marry my best friend, whom he has been dating for a year now.” She added.
“That’s why I left France and came here to change my mind and to take a break before starting anything fresh.” She added. She didn’t hide the fact that she was from France because her accent was telling it loud and clear.
Artemis didn’t say anything for a while, and neither did Caroline, but he was the first to break the silence. “I’m sorry, but his loss is my gain,” Artemis said, winking at her. “Didn’t I promise that from now onwards, I will never ever leave your side? And I’m all yours till eternity.”
Caroline smiled, shaking her head, “I think you took that drama too seriously.”
“No.” Artemis was quick to revert. “I just know how to keep promises. And I don’t make promises to break.”
Sensing the seriousness in Artemis's tone, Caroline almost forgot to breathe.
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#TBC
“So, how long you’re planning to stay here?” Artemis asked to know her plan as she was here on a break. “It’s a fifteen days tour package of the whole of Spain, covering major places.” caroline answered, drinking another glass of mojito. They returned from the dance floor after Caroline got tired from dancing. They didn’t even realize when Gaby left the nightclub after feeling humiliated.“Wow!! What a coincidence. Even I’m here with a plan to enjoy Spain at least for fifteen to fifteen days. The only difference is that I’m not here on some tour package.”“Well… there was a discount on the tour package, so I chose that. I try to save money as much as I can and then utilize that saved money by helping the poor people.” Caroline responded, shrugging her shoulder.‘Woah! It looks like she doesn’t give a damn about your money and about the fact of helping the poor; we have seen that with our own eyes!’ Bolt said in an impressive tone.“So, Artemis…” Bolt purred out of happiness hearing hi
The following day, Caroline opened her eyes to a continuous knock on her room’s door. She checked the time and saw it was just six in the morning.‘Who has a death wish?’ She muttered in a sleepy tone and left the bed to open the door and was really not surprised to see Artemis standing in front of her in a fresh sky blue casual shirt and black jeans. His grey eyes were hidden because of his goggles.“Good Morning, Regina.” He greeted her with a big smile on his lips. [Regina means Queen in Italian.]‘He looks good with that beautiful smile on his lips.’ She mentally thought before replying. “I’m not ready, Artemis, and I have to sleep for at least two hours more. You can come later.”“Don’t be that cruel. At least let me in. You agree to give me those fourteen days, remember?” Artemis pouted. Narrowing her eyes, Caroline let him enter her room and then locked the door behind her. Walking inside, Artemis looked around the room and found the room in which she was staying, an average ro
“Are you trying to know from where I belong?” Caroline asked, changing the topic. “If yes, then I stay in Grenoble, not Paris.” She said in such a way then Artemis won’t be able to sense her lie. My parents or say my family left me in an orphanage when I was bare of few hours.” She told him but didn’t tell the story that happened next, how she got adopted, and other things.“I… I’m sorry about that.” Artemis apologized. “Maybe they were not ready to become parents but don’t worry, my parents will be blessed to have a daughter they never had,” he said with a smile and pinched Caroline’s cheek to cheer her mood.“And I don’t give a damn to your background, Sarah. Even you’re a nobody and poor.”Caroline smiled at his words, and by that time, their breakfast was already served at their table. “Don’t get me to know, but how did you manage everything until now, then? I mean, what do you do for your living?”“Well, a generous and kind couple adopted and helped me with my studies till high s
“Also, see that leech that has been following me since the moment I had in Spain.” Artemis groaned in irritation, knowing Gaby had been keeping an eye on him and Caroline since morning.“God, what is wrong with this woman?” Caroline hissed, seeing Gaby, who just hid her face with the magazine.“She is from Spain, so I doubt that she is going to leave me alone till my stay in Spain. So please, Sarah, save your rè, just like you did last night after all my re·gì·na.” Artemis said in his Italian accent, acting like a helpless man, but Caroline very well knew that she was capable of saving his ass on his own. “Even if things won’t work between us, just help me to get rid of her.”“Okay! Okay! Now stop acting like you are some helpless man, even though you’re. I will help you.” Caroline agreed, ‘Help him or help myself?’Artemis leaned toward her and kissed her cheek before whispering in her ear, “There will surely be more than one room in my suit.” With this, he moved back to look at Caro
“So tell me about your family.” Artemis asked, munching the breakfast.“From where does that question comes all of a sudden?” Caroline asked because she was taken aback by that question of Artemis. She knew that she couldn’t lie to him because of his nose, which could smell lie anytime.“Now that I’m going to marry you. I should know about all your family members, shouldn’t I? So, tell me.” Artemis said, sensing the reluctance to answer his simple question. He narrowed his eyes and started waiting for her to speak. ‘What are you hiding, Sarah? Tell me. What is about you so mysterious?’ He mentally thought.“Don’t you think that you are taking everything too seriously?” Caroline gave him a weak smile by saying this, but Artemis eyed her suspiciously.“I’m taking everything seriously because I’m serious about you, Sarah. I won’t ask again if you don’t want to tell me.” He said with a poker face.“Umm.. my dad is a game programmer. And my mother… she sews and knits clothes for babies.” C
‘Come on, Artemis, if you want her to trust you with her truth, then you will also have to trust her and share everything about yourself.’ Bolt encouraged Artemis while having breakfast the following morning when they were having breakfast at an open restaurant near the Atlantic Ocean in San Sebastian.“I’m a werewolf,” Artemis said all of a sudden, shocking Caroline. And her eyes widened in surprise, not expecting Artemis to share such important information about him.As per werewolf law, they were allowed to disclose this fact with any human unless they were mates or too close to them. Well, to be honest, this rule wasn’t applied only to the werewolf community but also to the other community that was different from humans.“A werewolf is a man who can shift into a wolf. Some of them can shift at any moment as per their wish, while there are some who can just shift at night, some of them can shift only at full moon night, and many more. It depends on many reasons like their parents,
‘Finally,’ Artemis was beaming with happiness after knowing the full name of his mate. ‘Caroline Sarah Haysbert.’ He was trying to search for anyone with this name and with a picture of his mate over the internet, but surprisingly, he couldn’t find anyone.‘And there I thought that once I will get to know about her, then I can find out everything about her.’ He mentally cursed at his stupidity. “Artemis, take my pictures at this place too.” He heard his mate’s voice, who was giving a pose in front of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.“Sure, Regina.” He gave her a smile and took some pictures of her. She came running near him to check the pictures and smiled seeing her pictures. ‘Why are you still so mysterious, mate?’ He asked in his mind. He could see that Caroline was opening up with him in these seven days, so yes, he could say that he was making some progress, but his mate was still a mystery to him.“Let’s take some pictures together.” She said, taking Artemis’s phone from his phone
Caroline tried to sleep, but she couldn’t. She was disturbed by Artemis’s behavior that happened in the morning. However, he tried to cover the damage that his action did, but it didn’t work properly. That is why a lot of things were going on in her head, and for the first after all these days, she couldn’t help but recall how everyone gave her more importance when she was known as the daughter of Brandon Haysbert than just Caroline.‘Why does he need to know my background?’‘Did he tell me that he trusts me?’‘If yes, then why is he so keen to know about my back story?’‘I won’t say anything about me. Nothing. I need time to know him in a better way; if I can’t wait, then that’s not my problem.’ She thought, and the whole night she kept tossing from left to right. When she couldn’t sleep, she walked out of her room and looked up into the sky. Her Talismans (pendant) glowed, and her eyes turned white when they came in contact with the moon, absorbing power from it.*The following mor