2. Blonde Girl

Noah

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“Why did he have to do that to me?” I finally spoke after crying for about ten minutes. Aiden was patient enough to wait for me until I was done.

“I don’t know, Noah.” He released me from his grip and gestured for me to sit on the counter. It was a little bit high, so I had to jump and I sat facing him.

“It’s been over two years but I can’t seem to get over it. Normal people would heal as time goes by but it’s different with me.” I kept on blabbing and blabbing while Aiden listened and watched quietly.

It wasn’t appropriate talking to him about it but I couldn’t help myself. Aiden had been in love with me even while I was in love with his brother.

I couldn’t imagine myself not being with Dimitri so I never gave Aiden a chance. I was in love with his big brother and I didn’t want things to get messy.

Aiden was always a good friend to me. He was like my best friend, the only friend I had apart from Katie. Even after ignoring all his romantic advances towards me, he was still a good person to me.

He was there for me when I cried throughout the night after being rejected by Dimitri. He didn’t get any sleep because he wanted to be sure I was okay.

Dimitri, on the other hand, completely changed his attitude toward me. He used to be sweet and we would talk about our future together.

But one random day, he came back from one of his travels with his father and brought back a twenty-three-year-old blonde girl, who he claimed was the right woman for him. Suddenly, I was too young for him.

“I, Alpha Dimitri, reject you, Noah, as my mate.” His cruel words always replayed in my head. My stomach churned whenever I remembered that night.

I thought it was a dream but a dream wouldn’t last for over a year. I needed to be a strong girl and let go of him. I still had a tiny bit of hope that he would realize his mistakes and come back to me. But I needed to stop being delusional and face reality.

“Noah.” Aiden snapped his fingers at me and interrupted me from my thoughts. I jerked back into reality and he held me so I wouldn’t fall off the counter.

“I called your name severally, what were you thinking of?” He questioned curiously.

“Nothing.” I shrugged and jumped off the counter. “I should get some sleep.”

He gave me a doubtful look but didn’t ask further questions. “I’ll walk you to your room.” He latched his hands against mine and we walked up the stairs.

Aiden’s room was downstairs. He moved down because he didn’t want to continue bumping into Dimitri and me while we were being all lovey-dovey. Although he didn’t admit to it, I knew that was the reason.

When I first moved to the Lookwood’s house, their father was nice enough to give me a room close to the boys.

He looked after me like I was one of his children because he was good friends with my father. My father died when I was twelve. He and some members of the crescent moon pack were attacked by hunters.

That was the worst day of my life. I didn’t have anyone to look after me because my mother had abandoned me two months after I was born.

I still questioned myself every day why she decided to leave me, but I didn’t get answers. I also didn’t get answers from my dad. He claimed everything was okay between them and she had no reason to leave.

I had no relatives because my dad was a rouge who got accepted by the crescent moon pack. Dimitri’s father was nice enough to accept him into his pack.

My dad was the best and he made sure I felt loved every day I spent with him. Luckily enough, even in the eight years of my living with Lockwood’s, they also made me feel loved until Dimitri switched two years ago.

“Fucking assholes.” I cursed under my breath as we walked past Dimitri’s room. I could still hear sounds of them fucking even with the door closed. Didn’t they have anything better to do?

Becky was doing it on purpose. She always made sure she was loud just to spite me. I never missed the smile on her face whenever Dimitri was being rude to me.

Aiden tried holding back his laughter when he heard my comment. But his attempt to do so failed as he broke into a loud laugh.

“What is wrong with you?” I nudged his shoulder and giggled. His laugh was contagious and I couldn’t help but join.

I opened the door and walked into the room. Aiden walked in after me.

“Should I stay on the couch until you fall asleep?” He asked, slumping into the blue couch opposite my bed before I could even respond.

“You already made your decision.” I rolled my eyes at him and covered myself with my blanket.

He threw a bag of chips at me and I caught it mid-air. I had even forgotten about the reason I had gone to the kitchen because I was angry.

“Thank you.” I mouthed to him and tore the bag open.

Aiden was so sweet and thoughtful. He always did nice things for me. He was also the reason I still lived at their house.

When Dimitri betrayed me, he was the one who convinced me not to leave the house when I had packed most of my things to the gate.

I didn’t even have anywhere to go, neither did I have money to take care of myself. I just planned to stay at Katie’s house until her parents chased me away.

Thankfully, Aiden and his dad stopped me from leaving. Even if I had to go through the pain of seeing Dimitri with another girl, at least I had a place to call home.

“What are you doing on her bed?” I heard Dimitri’s voice yell. My eyes fluttered open, I didn’t know how I had fallen asleep the previous night.

Confused about who he was yelling at, I scratched my eyes and got in a sitting position. Aiden was sitting on the couch while Dimitri stood in front of him, casting him a curious angry look.