3 - He's my human mate

CHAPTER 3

I hugged him tight as tears threaten to escape from my eyes, and it did because I was feeling too emotional. I soaked his muscular chest with my tears. 

I don't know how long I hugged him, was it perhaps for five minutes? I wasn't too sure but what I was so sure of was that I felt embarrassed. Why? All through while I was hugging Mason, he never did once hug me back, like he did to mum Kayla.

Trying not to show the embarrassment on my face, I untangled my hands from his broad muscular chest and stared at him, deep, like I was trying to search through his soul. Wasn't he also feeling what I was feeling? Couldn't he feel the attraction? Couldn't he also discern that he was my mate and I am his, just as he is mine, already.

After my little heartbreaking yet understandable episode with Mason, he made his way up his stairs to his room which was directly opposite mine. That was one thing I loved about this house, if I was lucky enough I get to be the first person he would see when he comes out of his room and last person he would see before he goes to bed.

As I lay on my bed, I had this beautiful smile on my face, I was filled with so much joy at the realisation that Mason was indeed my mate. Now no one could take him from me. He was mine to begin with.

"Slow down there," Nicky voice encouraged softly but I couldn't, I was just too excited. I wanted to run to his room and hug him again while kissing him senseless and also to thank him for being my mate but something Nicky said made me scared once again, " don't be too overexcited until he accepts us as his mate but I have a feeling that he might reject us."

"Why?" I asked deflected, all the hopes I had finally built up and had almost reached the sky suddenly crumbled and turned to dust. I was being dramatic, yes, I know. I was now scared, scared of Mason rejecting us.

Suddenly someone knocked on my door, and my heart beat wildly in my chest.Was it Mason? Did he come to personally tell me how well he had missed me during the four years? With that teeny little hope in mind, I jumped off from my bed and rushed to open the door, and was masked with a nostalgia of disappointment.

"Oh... Mom," I called her fake-smiling as I tried to hide the disappointment in my voice and facial expression.

I don't know how mom Kayla did it, but I felt she saw the little bit of disappointment in my eyes and smiled at me.

"You think it's Mason, right?" She teased me making my cheeks red, hence I was blushing.

"No." I denied, even a blind person would know that I was lying. I saw as mom Kayla went to sit on my fluffy bed.

"Still have this huge crush on him, huh?" She asked me, I had never told her my feelings for Mason, and I don't know how she knew about it. She patted the space next to hers and I did, I sat down and place my head on her shoulder.

"So? Any news?" Mom Kayla asked me and I knew who she was talking about. I nodded my head and smiled.

"She talked to me in my room before Mason arrived." I replied.

"So what did she say about you finding your mate?" She asked me and I flinched as I once again remembered the moment with Mason and his unreciprocated hug.

"I've found him," I whispered and I saw as she broke into a full smile, as if knowing who I was talking about.

"I knew it! I just knew it would be him!" She chimed happily, "When do you decide to tell him?" She asked and my eyes widen in fear.

"Me? Tell him?!"

"Yes, you do have to tell him, Mason is aware about who you are, don't you know?" I never knew Mason knew who I really was, was that the reason he hated me? Not ever talking to me or playing with me whenever I tried to play with him while we were still kids?

"I'm just finding out now... Never knew he knew."

"He knows everything, just as I usually tell you every of my findings, I also tell Mason too, we are family and families shouldn't keep secrets from each other." As she said that, it was like my heart tore to pieces, I had always hoped that Mason never knew who I was, but all these while, he knew, and never said a word to me.

"Does he know about me finding my mate?" I asked Mom Kayla and she nodded. Oh God, no!

"Tell him today, that he's your mate." She suggested and that made me cringe. How would he react?

"But what if he rejects me? I don't know what I would do mom, my heart would be broken to pieces if he does reject me and I don't think I can ever live with it." I told her my worry, and she comforted me, her hands rubbing my back in a soothing manner.

"I can't promise anything Nicole, but what I can promise you is that I'd always be there for you, you'll always be my little damsel." She said and those words really comforted me.

"Thanks mom."

"Try to bring it up during dinner, for now let Mason rest, he had a long ride."

"I will." I replied and then she stood up and was almost going when she suddenly stopped.

"Your little wolf, greet her for me, what's her name?"

"It's Nicky." I replied and was surprised as mom Kayla knelt in front of me.

"Nice to finally meet you Nicky. I'm Kayla, Nicole's mom." She introduced herself which made my mouth stretch into a happy smile.

"Nice to meet you too, mom Kayla." Nicky replied and emotion welled up in my eyes.

"She said nice to meet you too." I told Mom Kayla and saw as her eyes glistened with unshed tears. 

Suddenly she wrapped her hands round my waist while saying, "I love you both," after that she stood up and left.

"Shes nice," I heard Nicky say.

"Yeah, she is, but enough about that, how do you think Mason would react once I told him he's our mate? What if he rejects us, what will I do?" I asked Nicky rhetorically, I don't know what I would do if Mason rejects us, but one thing I was so sure was that I don't think I would ever survive.