Chapter 6: Secrets

"I'd like to invite you to our baby shower, baby," Killian said while kissing my forehead. 

We are in my bed, cooped around for the rest of the day.

I looked at him with furrowed brows and tried to confirm what he said. 

"Are you sure? I mean, that is your baby shower with Isabelle. Do you know how I will feel?" I asked him. 

"Yes. It's a mandatory party. Father told me that the whole pack must be there. I don't have any choice," he added before touching my face. 

The tingles that traveled from our skin temporarily made me forget about the baby shower and my protest. My wolf and I love the tingles we share because it connects us to Killian.

"Can I not go?" I asked him. 

"No, you can't, baby. I'm sorry," he said, starting to kiss me again. 

Ugh, I don't like it when he does this. He knew I couldn't refuse his request without considering how I would feel. 

"Alright. I'll be there. When is it happening?" I asked him. 

"The night after tomorrow. So I expect you to come, and I could tour you around my office and house. How does it sound?" 

"What if Isabelle caught us?" 

"No, she will not," he told me, smiling. "She'll be busy entertaining everyone, especially her parents will come too," he added.

I sighed and smiled at him forcefully. 

"Alright," I replied. "I go."

I feel like I am his mistress rather than his mate, and I wouldn't say I like it. Even my wolf doesn't like the idea, but if this meant he would be mine, I would have to endure a little bit more. So be it.

Killian lifted my chin and kissed me. 

"You'll be alright, baby," he whispered before kissing me again and walking to the door. "I promise just this once, baby," he added before looking at me apologetically. 

It has been a few minutes since Killian left. I am his rightful mate. Should I be treated well than Isabelle? Should she be the one in my position and not me? Killian and I still need to mate for us to acknowledge each other. He fears something will happen to Isabelle and the baby because he marked her. My wolf and I anticipated this sacred thing between mates. Five more months and Killian will be mine for good.

My mind was confused, but I started preparing my attire for the baby shower. Although the whole of me doesn't like the idea, I already promised Killian I would go.

I parked my car in the same parking spot during the pack meeting. The only difference is that my car isn't garbage anymore; it is a brand-new model of a popular car to this day. 

"Hey, beautiful," Kaila took me by surprise when she suddenly grabbed my waist from behind. "Look at you wearing a pretty cute dress. I thought you didn't like wearing dresses," she added and looked at me from head to toe.

"Well, this is a party anyways and a formal one, so I thought I should wear one," I lied to her. 

"You look like a fine young lady now, not the tomboy one. And you bloom to top to that," she said, smirking. "Makes me think that you already found your mate."

"I told you, didn't I?" I replied. "I haven't found my mate yet."

I will stick to that answer until Killian is ready to introduce me as his real mate. 

"Okay, let's go," Kaila took my hand, and she made me follow her inside the packhouse out to the backyard where the main event would happen. I see they built a small stage decorated with flowers and balloons. The tables and chairs are scattered around with blue and pink table cloth. 

"Women will be sitting on pink tables while the men appointed on the blue ones," Kaila told me.

"The decoration is too traditional for a baby shower. Nothing is cute about it," my wolf said, checking out the decorations. "If we are pregnant, we'll ensure that everything looks pretty and cute, not as ugly as this."

I secretly snickered at what she commented.

"Dang, you hate Isabelle that much?" I asked my wolf, using our connection inside my head.

"Who would like someone who stole our mate? And the nerve of her getting pregnant when Killian is not her mate at all! Hmph!" 

"Relax, okay? Killian will be ours as soon as she gives birth to Killian's little pup," I replied to her, seeing her pissed. 

If I didn't stop her from coming out that night during the pack meeting, she would instantly kill Isabelle. A female wolf could be cruel as that if someone took their mate. 

"And she'll vanish away for good. I can't believe why her mate didn't come to look for her or she didn't wait for him because she had her eyes on our Killian in the very beginning?"

"Who knows? Killian is a hot Alpha. Aside from being rich, he is sweet too," I told my wolf, to which she immediately agreed. 

"But Killian belongs to us! Not to some she-wolf she met," she barks at me.

"Hey, ladies," Zander interrupted my conversation with my wolf when he arrived and spoke. 

I was about to smile at him, but I noticed the sweet intoxicating smell of Killian, who was with him. I immediately looked at him, and he gave me a sexy wink followed by a smile that made my heart skip. Lucky for us, Zander and Kaila's back at him, and they didn't notice it. 

"So, this is my sister Rain, Alpha, the one I am talking about," Zander told Killian, who pretended that he didn't know me and looked good at this.

"Hi Rain, it's the first time I have seen you and heard your name. Why is that?" he casually told me.

"You don't have any idea how workaholic she is, Alpha. She chose to work her ass off rather than attend pack meetings. That's why she hasn't found her mate yet," Zander told him. 

"Urgh, Zander," I rolled my eyes at Zander. This idiot has a big mouth. "I told you, right? I'm not in a hurry," I told him, secretly looking at Killian, who seemed to enjoy what he heard because he smiled at me contently.

"It's okay, Rain. Who knows, maybe your mate out there is waiting for you too?" Killian said.

"Oh yeah, Killian. I remember the male wolf who recently stayed in Marty's Inn in the neutral land; I thought that he might be Rain's mate or something," Kaila commented.

I don't know if I heard anything, but I heard a growl from Killian after Kaila said those words.

"Kaila, I told you he's not," I replied, shaking my head.

Kaila shouldn't mention it. She and her big mouth are just like Zander.