Chapter Six - Arianna’s Encounter

Chapter 6

Arianna 

I woke up with a headache. My phone was also blowing off.

“What time is it?” I yawned, asking no one in particular as I picked up my phone to check. It was now late in the afternoon.

I could not believe that I had slept for that long. 

I unlocked my phone to see why my phone was blowing off and what I saw shook my insides.

The social media post about Dean and Vivien had gone viral with a lot of likes and comments from the people of the pack.

“Now this is a better-suited mate, not that gold digger!”

“Our Alpha looks so good with her. She will make a great and strong Luna of our pack.”

“Thank goodness that useless she-wolf is out of the picture. It’s now so glaring why she wanted to trap Alpha Dean with marriage!”

The pack members all had one view or the other, but one thing did not change. They all had bad, awful, and disgusting things to say about me.

My stomach churned as I read the comments. I was furious inside of me.

They were all saying derogatory words, not knowing the whole truth. They did not know how long Dean and I were together.

But how would they?  Dean himself had never really claimed me as his in front of the whole world. I had always remained in the shadows.

I thought I was the victim, but it turns out that I have been made into the villain in this story.

I bowed my head in complete sadness and hurt. Tears had started dropping from my face now, hot fresh tears were streaming down. I felt wronged.

Why was I always so unlucky? Did I deserve this happening to me?

I had a lot of unanswered questions flowing through my mind. Just as I was thinking about it in anger and hurt, a message came in.

It was none other than Vivien. 

What does she want from me this time? Hasn’t she done enough?

“I won bitch, deal with it! See you never!” The message read.

I could almost read the message in her exact same voice and tone. It had mockery and triumph written all over it. I could see her laughing wickedly in my imagination.

I turned off my phone immediately. I could not take it anymore.

I bawled my eyes out in pain and frustration.

I had thought leaving the pack would save me the little dignity I had left, but everything and everyone were turning against me now and that was looking impossible.

It looked like I was being banished from the pack after committing a grave sin, a sin that was obviously committed by those two.

I could not help but wonder; Who would believe me if I tried to defend myself, telling them I am the victim in this story?

I needed a drink, a strong wine that could help me get those thoughts out of my head. To give me some comfort.

I called the hotel front desk through the bedside telecom and made my order.

It was now almost twenty minutes of me waiting for my drink, but none came.

“What is happening? What is causing the delay? I need my drink right now!” I exclaimed.

I tried to use the telecom once more to find out what was causing the delay, but it was not connecting. 

“I’d be damned!” I exclaimed with exasperation as I gave up on the telecom after trying a few more times.

I was afraid that I might just drown completely in my sorrow if I waited any longer without getting what I wanted.

I got up immediately, as if shocked by an electric. 

“I guess I have to get it myself,” I said sadly, walking out of the room. It was really glaring that the odds were truly not in my favor.

I got out and started making my way to the reception. But before I could walk too far, I saw a man walking towards me with a bottle of wine in his hand. He had on a face mask.

The first thing I noticed as soon as I saw him was how good his features looked, the face mask making his eyes look more mysterious and sexy. I could not believe a mere hotel attendant could look that good. 

He was putting on a tailored suit and he had his hair impeccably styled. The sleeves of his shirt were rolled up to his elbows, making him look so outstanding, I must say.

“Wait a minute, what the heck am I doing?” I asked myself as I jumped out of my daydream. How could I even look at a man the same again after what I had just gone through?

I had to quickly come back to my senses.

It looked like a switch had been turned on in my head earlier, a switch that I have now instantly turned off.

They are all the same! They can’t be trusted, Arianna !

I changed my expression to an angry one immediately.

“What took you so long?” I asked with a slightly raised voice, snatching the drink from his hand.

He looked surprised. Totally surprised, I could figure it through the way he squinted his eyes.

But I did not care, all I needed to do right then was to go into my room and pour the wine down my throat.

“What are you…” He tried to say, but I had already turned away, heading back in the direction of my room.

“What a strange attendant. Is he not supposed to apologize to me?”

My strides were fast and calculative. I was not about to let an attendant ruin my mood some more. I was just too sad and down for an additional altercation.

“Well, I will file a complaint later. For now, I really need to get down to it.” I said, an air of finality in my tone as I made a turn, going into my room.

“This tastes nothing like alcohol,” I said with obvious irritation, staring at the wine in front of me after settling down to drink it.

It was not until the real room service attendant came, that I realized that the man from earlier was not an attendant. 

I had lashed out at the wrong person and even took his drink. I knew I had to apologize.

I quickly rushed out of the room to find him and say sorry to him for behaving like that.

Lucky for me, he was just about to get inside his room when I saw him. I instantly called out to him.

“Hello there.” 

The sensation I had felt earlier when I saw him at first came back. My lips quivered and I could not get over how truly handsome he looked. But then, I had to focus.

He looked back to see me and a surprised look seemed to have flashed across his eyes, but then I saw it disappear just as soon as it came.

“Oh, you are back.” 

“What might you want this time? I’m afraid I do not have any more drinks you could take.” He said, showing me his empty hands.

I almost died from embarrassment.

“Look, I am really sorry about earlier. It’s not what you think.” I said, not knowing how to continue my apology.

“Hmm, I see.” He said, folding his arms and it seemed like he was interested in hearing more.

“I took you for the room service attendant because I had ordered a drink from them also. And you were.. holding a drink.” I dragged the last part out as embarrassment filled me once more.

“Amusing.” He responded simply. I was surprised, wondering if that was all he had to say to me.

“I am really…” I tried to say, but then I heard a familiar male voice interrupt my words.

“Is this your real reason for breaking up with me? To be with your new man?” 

I turned around to see it was Dean, standing there in all his glory. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked from me to the stranger and back to me.

I froze, speechless and not knowing what to do. What was he doing here? How did he find me?

“Wha..what are you doing here Dean? How did you find me?” I stuttered and managed to get out.

“We need to talk, right now!” He said with an authoritative tone. That was when I regained my mind and looked at him with anger.

“We have nothing to talk about Dean! Leave me the heck alone. Go and be with your Vivien!” I yelled at him angrily, but he was not having it.

He stepped forward and grabbed me by the arm, yanking me to go with him. 

“Let me go!” I fought against him powerlessly, but I was no match for him as usual. 

I had almost given up when I heard a strong, cold voice from behind as Dean dragged me.

“Let her go, right now!” 

The universe seemed to come to a standstill immediately.

Dean stopped dead in his tracks. The look of unbelief and shock plastered on his face. 

I was also shocked. I wondered who exactly this man could be that he would order the Alpha to stop.

“What was that?” Dean asked as he turned around to face the stranger. He probably wondered if he had heard right.

“I said, Let Her Go!” He repeated, his voice daring, emphasizing the last part.