3. What are his intentions? 

3. What are his intentions? 

Aria occupied herself back with her work. She neared the tables with the orders, "Enjoy your order, ma'am." with a bright smile on her face. 

She had long forgotten that she had encountered a scenario where she had almost lost her first kiss as well as the job. Now the way she greeted her customers it did not look like she was even bothered a minute ago.

She worked zealously, accepted whatever tip she received for her kindness and strode back to the counter in order to deliver the orders that were waiting to be dispatched.

"You are too lucky, bitch! I heard the alpha's son barely helps anyone or takes any action against anyone, but he did for you. What exactly did you do in the morning before starting your day? Do tell me as I need the same luck. It has been a long time since I last got laid with an upper class hot wolf." Her twenty two years old, kinky and curvy coworker, Jennifer uttered as she leaned on the counter, her eyes looking in the direction of table number five where Jake sat with his bully friends. 

Aria followed her gaze. She affixed her eyes on his figure and worried her lower lip between her teeth. Her toes curled as heady feelings filled her to the rim. 

Jake resembled a hot model from a fashion magazine with glossy pages. He had a strong well-built body girls loved to drool on. Thick charcoal hair always cascading his forehead, sharp jaw and gait that caused haywire to every girls' system. 

His smile was a killer. His coal black irises had an undefining glint alongside a sharp gaze which could set anyone's heart on fire.

She was quietly staring at him, regarding his features deeply and silently. As if he was aware that she was looking at him, he swung his head in the direction. His lips curved up, making Aria's heart flutter. She could not withdraw her gaze away. 

His left brow disappeared under the shadow of his charcoal hair covering his head as Jake waved at her. Her hackles rose and Aria quickly averted her gaze to her co-worker, Jennifer, whose eyes were narrowed. 

She often had eye-contact with other guys. Yet they never unnerved her. He was different. Different from all. 

Maybe because it was not associated with lust or an urgency to drag her into bed. Maybe just a friendly gaze you would see any kind guy give. His depicted concern. Everything but lust or negative intentions. 

"He isn't looking here anymore. And please, stop acting like he's here for you." Jennifer scoffed as she rolled her eyes. 

"That would rarely happen to you. And only in your nightmares. Don't trust such guys, Aria. They are good charmers and pretty expert disposers!"

Aria blinked her eyes. Jennifer was a girl with a big mouth. She always spurted venom. 

Realizing that Aria was unable to comprehend the meaning of her words, Jennifer shook her head annoyingly. She let out a hiss as she pulled Aria in the corner. 

"You are a foolish human. Has someone ever told you that!" 

Looking down at her shoes, Aria clenched her jaw. She wasn't told that she was foolish. But people often rebuked her calling her a freak in the pack given that she was born a human. 

Although she was eighteen, she didn't shift on her birthday night. Not on the following night or day. Her father was the Hunter in the pack and when he was asked to submit information regarding her first shift and all that followed right after, he disclosed that she couldn't turn. 

She was a human born to a strong fighter wolf. A disguised curse for him and the pack. 

Aria ignored the distress thoughts and focused on Jennifer. 

"They will impress you with such looks and smiles, and when you have warmed their beds and coated their shafts with your virgin blood, they will dispose you off like someone disposing rubbish in a trashcan." 

A shiver of fright crawled up Aria's back. She gulped a knot down her throat as Jennifer acknowledged her anxiety with a smirk. 

"You better stay away from such guys, Aria. Come to think of Jake, he's our future alpha. He'll never want an omega like you." They both looked up at him, laughing with his friend. 

Although Aria's heart skipped at the sight of his laugh, Jennifer's words made frosty fingers of dread close around her throat. 

"Rumor has it that he's found his mate but rejected her because she was an omega. That pretty sums up what he's looking for. He wants a fighter she-wolf to be his Luna. Not anyone like you or me." 

Aria shifted her gaze elsewhere and sighed. She wondered why she was listening to all that. Not that she was a wolf or could be his mate. Or anyone's mate. 

She reached for the new trays of order and resumed her work. She saw him getting up to leave while she was placing the order on the adjacent table. 

'As if I am someone he would be interested in!' A sigh broke from her lips before Aria sported a friendly smile on her face and engrossed in her work. 

~~~~

Outside the resturant, 

With the never fading smile, Jake strutted absentmindedly with his friends. His arm lingered around Neil's shoulders, eyes gleaming golden under the blazing sun. 

"Dude, she is a foolish chick. You can easily have her if you really think she's worth your time. Why do you have to make us play the devil in her life and come save her?" Neil frowned. 

Jake winked and refused to offer a verbal answer. 

"Come on, home. What the fuck is wrong with you!" Neil exclaimed. 

He jerked away Jake's hand as fury overcame him. 

"You have to tell us. I'm pissed at being the bully in this story." 

Dilane nodded in agreement, "I don't even look like a bully. Look at my innocent face." 

"Yeah, very innocent!" Jake snapped as others rolled their eyes. 

"I love to mess around. But Aria? You've got to be kidding me, Ragnar." Kai, his best friend, kicked his ass. "If anything, I want to pet her head. She's as cute as a kitten. Why bother her? What are your intentions, Jake?" 

"Nothing." Jake replied with a smile. 

Frustration marred each of their faces as they stifled the urge to smack him in the face. 

"If it's nothing then why do you visit her restaurant frequently and make us bother her?" Oliver growled. 

"I've seen him stealing glances of Aria during lectures and in the canteen too." Zack announced, widening everyone's eyes. 

"I'm telling you he is in love with her." Neil said. 

His remark made no difference in Jake's expression. Not even a little bit. But that smile, that smile on his mouth depicted there was something. 

"Why her? She's not even a wolf. She is a bloody human, Jake. You can find yourself a stronger and more beautiful girl than her."

Making a face, Jake distanced himself from his friends. 

"I don't like her." 

"Then why do you ask us to bully her?" Kai glared at him. 

Jake parted his lips to say something. But his wolf warned him and he turned his gaze away. 

"I will tell you guys when it is time. Just keep doing it for me."

"Seriously?" They stared at him and Jake rolled his eyes. 

"I swear I'll tell you one day. Can we please go to the soccer match now?" He announced, once and for all, ending the conversation before they hopped into Kai's Mercedes and left. 

Tbc...