Chapter 3

ERIC’S POV. 

I quickly followed Sandra’s gaze and met a shocker....

There were many gifts as people kept on saying how much they loved and wished that our relationship lasts forever.....

I was shocked to my bone marrows and also noticed that she was staring at me weirdly.

“Still wanna go ahead with the rejection,” She muttered in my left ear, and I glanced at her with a look of ‘nothing is ever going to make me change my mind,’

She sighed and faced her front—but then, my wolf was the issue now!

It was still feeling the mate bond, as it kept on disturbing me about it. 

“She’s your mate! Accept it Eric,” It said, and I frowned deeply as I tried my best to control my fury that instant. 

“Leave me alone,” I muttered to myself quietly, making sure no one suspected what was going on that moment. 

Still, my wolf didn’t want to calm down confusing me the more!

I knew instantly that it was because she hasn’t acknowledged the rejection yet, that’s why my wolf was still feeling the mate bond. 

After I made sure that I had finished with my role in the event—I pulled Sandra out roughly upstairs—towards a secluded place. 

“Stop pulling me roughly,” She screamed and tried to release herself with her second hand—but I released her immediately I got satisfied of the place we were suddenly in. 

It was secluded enough. 

“What do you want again?” She questioned angrily, her eyes blazing with fury. 

“You refused to be my mate—you also rejected me—and now you’re also pulling me to a secluded place, even roughly,” She barked angrily, shocking me to my bones. 

Could this be the same girl I saw carrying the gift box—a heavy one for that matter?

“Wasn’t she a slave?”

“Does a slave talk back to a king,” I wondered, but this time loud enough for her to hear—causing her eyes to widen in shock. 

I could sue her Alpha for lying and fixing my marriage with a slave—with the lie that she was his daughter. 

“Slave..” She muttered in shock, but that wasn’t what I came there for. 

“It’s time you acknowledge the rejection,” I said, and I noticed she creased her brows in shock. 

“What?” 

“Reject me!” I said, but she shook her head vehemently. 

“I can’t.....I really can’t bring myself to reject you,” She said, but I glared at her angrily. 

“You must!”

She breathed deeply and walked towards a vacant seat at my right—and sat down absentmindedly. 

“What did I do to you Eric?....” She started as she stared at me deeply—

“Like what have I ever done to deserve this kind of treatment from you?” She asked me but I couldn’t answer until she stood up and kicked the chair which she had sat on really hard. 

“You are so weak and I’d never want a weak mate by my side,” I stated, but quickly added. 

“Still, I’m giving you the right to remain by my side except for the fact that there’d be no feelings attached,” I said but she just couldn’t hear of it. 

“Don’t make me change my mind, do it now that I’m still nice,”

“Reject me now Sandra!” I said with a note of finality. 

Sandra walked towards me, as she sniffed in her tears....

“I Sandra.......” She paused as she tried hard to contain the pain she felt that moment.....

I also felt uneasy that moment because I could feel her pain somehow—and my wolf wasn’t helping matters and that was why I wanted her to reject me instantly....

“I Sandra Mackenzie....rejects you Eric Axel as my mate;” She said and I suddenly felt relieved—but she fell down and started crying loudly. 

“I hope you get over this soon—we’ll be waiting for you as we also have a party to celebrate in the Lycan’s groove tonight....” I stated and walked out, heading downstairs. 

The ceremony was over just as I had thought, so it was time for us to return to our groove—but the problem was if she was ready that moment but I decided within myself to wait for her until she had gotten herself. 

Suddenly, I sighted a figure alighting the stairs until it became clearer and clearer till I knew that it was Sandra. 

“Let’s go,” She said and entered the car—

It wasn’t obvious that she was in pain—but she tried really well to mask up her pain that moment. 

The drive was short and awkward, but I felt at ease the moment I got to my groove. 

Everyone at the mansion was waiting outside and a slight smile appeared on my lips when I sighted my mother. 

Slowly I became aware on how she must have been up all day waiting for me to come back with my wife and show her. 

“Mother,” I smiled widely when I sighted my mum...

After hugging her, my mum eyes became locked at a particular direction behind me only for me to turn and find out that she was staring at Sandra excitedly. 

“That’s my mother,” I whispered in her ear making her nod in awareness of that fact. 

She quickly left my side and went to greet my mother—

I was shocked on how happy my mum seemed when she greeted her making her welcome her ecstatically—and I bet that they’d end up being close friends. 

We all walked into the mansion to see the party that was thrown for us—

Of course, I was tired but it was a must that I was to attend the party they prepared for I and Sandra. 

“Eric,” My mum called me fondly, making me smile excitedly. 

“Yes,” 

“Promise me that you’ll always love and cherish your wife,” She said, staring at me deeply. 

Lying to my mum was the biggest offense to me and it’s also something I can never do—

I became worried on what to tell her—and also how to discard the topic when we heard a voice behind us.