The Man At The Bar

 Amelie's POV.

 Gwendolyn's birthday party was exhausting. Luckily after successfully escaping from Alpha Rexton, he never approached me again.

 After returning home from the party I immediately fell asleep until the afternoon. I woke up hungry and found Matilda in the dining room who had just woken up from sleep.

 "It turns out you know Mr. Jeremy?"

 I frowned, then shook my head. "No."

 "Didn't you come to her daughter's party last night?"

 "Oh." I just realized something. "Gwendolyn is my college friend."

 "Didn't you see I was at the party last night too?"

 I frowned again, pretending not to understand. "Did you come there too, Matilda?"

 "Hu-um, I came with Rexton. I sat in the front seat at the very end on the right. You really didn't see me?"

 "Oh my, I didn't know you were there."

 "You stupid little sister!"

 I chuckled at her curse. My hands were busy opening sardines and heating them first before eating.

 "If I knew you were coming too, maybe I would have asked you to leave and come home with me." Matilda could be heard sipping her drink. "What time did you come home last night?"

 "I think Gwendolyn will be dropping it off at two o'clock."

 The sardines that were being heated were almost cooked, the aroma was getting more and more fragrant, teasing my stomach, which was rumbling because I hadn't had any food for almost a day.

 From where I was standing, I could hear my cell phone ringing. Nonetheless, I transferred the sardines to a plate first.

 "There's a message on your smartphone, Amelie."

 "Just leave it, I'll be done in a minute."

 A plate of delicious sardines was brought to the dining table. Before eating it, I checked the messages that came to my smartphone first.

 An account named Rylee Graciela is displayed on the screen. He sent a short message to my social media account.

 "Hi, Amelie."

 "Hi, sorry, who is this?"

 "I accidentally saw your account and just wanted to send a message."

 "Did we know each other before?"

 "No, but I saw you at the bar once. Is the guy you met that night your boyfriend?"

 Of course I frowned when I read the message. He saw me at the bar approaching Alpha Rexton, but he didn't seem to recognize who the guy was.

 "No, I don't even know him."

 "Oh, then where did you go with him? I saw you two."

 The reply message from Rylee Graciela made me frown even more. "Were you at the bar too?"

 "Yes."

 "Why do you know my social media accounts?"

 I find this very strange.

 "As I said before, I accidentally saw your account. By the way, do you have time to meet? I want to get closer to you."

 Actually, I'm not used to meeting strangers, especially those I meet on social media, but right now I'm quite curious about who is behind this account.

 "What if we meet again at the bar?" Crowded places may be safer to meet.

 "We meet tomorrow at eight o'clock at Venus Bar."

 After reading the message, I went to put the dirty dishes in the sink. Not only that, I also took a glass of water to drink. While the smartphone was still on, I just left it on the table.

 The night was getting late, because I was no longer sleepy, I decided to reply to every message sent by foreign accounts on my social media. After chatting for a while, I felt quite comfortable and the responses he gave were always the same as I thought. I felt there was a connection between me and him.

 ***

 It was seven in the evening. I deliberately didn't go home first after work. Besides, from four in the afternoon until the time I meet a stranger on social media, it's only a few hours, I don't think it's that long.

 While waiting for the time to meet to arrive, I decided to stay in the office. I chatted with several people and I also learned several things that might be useful while I was working.

 "Why aren't you home yet, Amelie? Are you working overtime today?"

 I shook my head. "No, I have something else to do so I decided I didn't need to go home first. By the way, I have to go now."

 "Oh, okay. Be careful on the road!"

 "Yeah, you too."

 This building, shaped like a pyramid that tapers upwards, is still busy even at night. There are still lots of people in there doing something or just joking around with friends.

 Exiting through the glass door which opened automatically, my two feet headed towards the bus stop which was not far from the office. There were quite a lot of people waiting there, most of them were office workers who had just worked overtime or their leaving work time was di this time.

 Having no more place to sit, I decided to stay standing. Luckily the bus I was going to take arrived not too long after that. Everyone at the bus stop got on the bus one by one. There weren't many people on the bus so I could choose a seat directly next to the window.

 "I'm on my way to Venus Bar." I sent a short message to that social media account.

 There's a feeling of happiness inside me, I don't know. It's been a long time since I felt in love and this is the feeling I'm looking forward to even though I don't know who the person I'm going to meet tonight is.

 The journey to Venus Bar will take quite a long time because of the long distance. The building where I work is close to the border. From home, I can travel for half an hour. If I get to Venus Bar, which is located in the city center, it will probably take an hour. Hopefully he won't be there when I arrive.

 Getting off the bus I immediately walked towards Venus Bar which was about a hundred meters ahead. As I got closer, I smelled vanilla combined with strong wood. I really recognize this smell.

 "Is Alpha Rexton here too?" I whispered before walking in.

 "Hi, Amelie. Finally you've come. You know, I've been waiting for you all this time."

 "A--Alpha Rexton?"

 "Amelie, what are you doing here with him? Is he the one sending you text messages? What relationship do you have with him? Answer me, Amelie!"

 Her beautiful face was red, her eyes were wide open and the muscles in her jaw were clearly defined.

 "I--I can explain, Matilda--"

 "She is my mate!"

 I turned to Alpha Rexton, his words just now only made the atmosphere worse.

 "What?!" Matilda could no longer control her anger. "Tell her if you rejected her, Rexton!"

 "Amelie, I'm sorry." He took a deep breath. "I, Rexton Rylee reject you, Amelie Chyntia as my mate!"

 The wolf in me feels like it wants to fight for its rights too, but I try to hold it back as much as possible. When the words of rejection came out, it felt like there was a wide open wound inside me. The wolf in me cried and roared, I ran as fast as I could without direction or purpose. Alpha Rexton has completely rejected me as his mate and he chose Matilda as the real Luna.