Chapter 7

Leela's P. O. V

"I enjoyed my time with Asher, last night, he was surprisingly humorous. We shared things but the one that made me laugh my eyes out was one about his ancestors.

According to Asher, his ancestors became Alpha after the first female Alpha bestowed her blessings on his ancestors, named Accalia.

“How did the first female Alpha do that?” I asked, picked with curiosity.

“Okay, it is a corny legend. So you have to promise not to laugh.”

“Yes, I promised” I said, wondering why I have to promise not to laugh.

Okay, so the first female Alpha, was tasked to look for a mate and be marked before the Luna celebration, but since she was the Alpha, no man would be able to do that, so she just picked a random man from the pack and they mated. That random man turned out to be my ancestor, Accalia. 

The man has to be strong enough for them to be able to mate, if not, he will not be able to shift into his wolf form, he will lose all his powers. But surprisingly, he's almost stronger like the real female Alpha, so their mate bond became stronger over the years and he becames an Alpha.

After hearing the most corny fairytale of all time, my face expanded and became red. I was trying so hard to suppress my laughter, even after clamping my lips with my fingers, I wasn't able to hold the laugh in.

“Valentina, you promised not to laugh?” He said, with a smirk.

Holding my stomach, I laughed to my heart content.

“Sorry, I broke the promise. Who, in his right mind, won't laugh after hearing this for the first time?” I said, still laughing my heart out.

“This is the corniest story I've ever heard in my whole existence” I said, trying to stop the laughter brewing inside me.

“But it's true, that's how my ancestors became the Alpha of my pack” he said with his charming smile.

“Okay I believe you, but the legend is corny as hell, I won't lie” I said smiling.

“Yes it is.” He said with an Intensity in his gaze.

 “Your laugh is beautiful and pleasant, Valentina.”

“Thank you,” I said as I smiled at his compliment.

Asher is a charming young man, and he is humorous too. I'm sure I'll learn to love him back.

I looked around my small but cozy room, clothes were scattered at every corner of the room. 

“Eish my room is a mess”

After I finished cleaning and placing my clothes in the wardrobe, I got ready for my morning job. 

I hopped into the Uber and made my way to my workplace.

I looked at the restaurant that I've worked at for almost four years The owner was also an old werewolf, who left his pack after an incident he doesn't like to talk about.

“You are early today, Valentina,” he said, smiling as usual.

"Good morning boss, I replied while sliding the apron on my body.

I took my place in front of the coffee maker. The coffee maker is jammed, I gave it a slight push, then it came back to life.

Judith, my co-worker and probably my only human friend, came over to the counter.

“Girl, you look happy today, what's the secret? She asked, smiling sheepishly.

I didn't even notice I was smiling. I guess Asher's ancestor's story is still on my mind.

“Nothing Judith,” I smiled at her

“Okay then, 

the washing machine has not been repaired, we will have to wash the plates ourselves again. Although the boss is still paying us extra for that, it's really exhausting,” she said with an obvious frown on her face.

“It really is exhausting, but we need the extra money, so let's just do it” I sighed.

“I guess I'll be leaving late then” I said to myself.

After an hour of serving customers, I became weak and tired which is not normal, and the temperature of my body keeps on rising by the minute.it almost felt like my body is burning from within.

“Are you alright?” Judith asked with a worried look on her face.

“I don't know, I'm confused too, please excuse me” 

 I excused myself and entered the restroom.

The last time I felt this was five years ago. “This shouldn't be happening, unless Mikhail is close by!”

My eyes widened, and my heart jumped a bit. “No he can't be in London himself, I should stop thinking about Mikhail, I have Asher now.” I tried to convince myself.

But deep down, I know that it's the mate bond that is causing the hotness my body is undergoing.

“Even if he's close by, he's definitely not in this shabby restaurant, so I should just focus on my work.” With that, I took three deep breaths and exited the restroom.

I went back to my counter, and I met Judith at the coffee maker.

“How are you doing now, she asked” 

“I'm better, thank you”

“Good to hear. So immediately you left, an aloof beautiful man stepped into our restaurant. Yes, I said beautiful because handsome is an understatement.” She said with a twinkle in her eyes.

My heart started beating fast and immediately I heard what she said.

“Please don't be Mikhail, please don't be Mikhail,” I repeated that sentence in my head, hoping that after saying it, it will turn out to be true.

“I can't be more wrong!”

She continued," the beautiful man is sitting at the far end of the restaurant, she pointed and do you know what? He asked for Valentina Montane." She couldn't hide the excitement in her voice.

My mood became sour at once. The hotness I felt before tripled and i'm sure if Judith paid a little attention to me, she would notice the change in my skin. 

With mixed feelings, I craned my neck to the place she pointed and to my greatest dismay, Mikhail was definitely sitting at the corner of the restaurant with an aloof and icy facial expression anyone can ever conjure, sipping his coffee with one leg crossed over the other.

And my God is he beautiful!

He let his jet black hair fall over his face, almost covering his right eye. 

Damn, black is truly beautiful! His black suit perfected his already perfect structure like a runway model. 

He's wearing all black, from head to toe, even his wristwatch was black.

He is effortlessly beautiful!

He raised his head from the coffee he had been sipping like he knew I was gawking at him and our eyes locked. My legs turned jelly immediately.

No! I shouldn't let him have that effect on me even if he has that effect on me, I will never let him see it.

I peeled my eyes from his gaze, which was a very hard thing to do and landed it in Judes.

Judes was looking at me, with a sly smile. Her smile can be translated as' I know what's going on '

But she doesn't and it is dangerous if she does. I cleared my throat and braced myself to face the only man I have ever loved and hated at the same time.

I left the counter and walked in the direction of Mikhail Arthur, “the bane of my existence.”