Chapter 5

When I opened my eyes the next morning, I was in an unfamiliar space and my head hurt. Once my eyes opened, memories of the previous night flooded into my head, making it hurt worse. I became a werewolf so why did I have a headache?

A grunt came from beside me and I turned to see a man in bed with me. My eyes widened, my mouth fell open and a scream let loose.

“Oh, my god!” I screamed, scrambling out of bed. My feet got tangled in the sheets and I ended up falling headfirst into the ground, slamming my nose.

It was bad but it got worse when I realized I was naked. Then my world flipped on its axis when a confused face peered at me from atop the bed. Dark eyes and tousled black hair, a high bridge nose and red lips. They filled my vision and with time, the confusion in the eyes cleared, morphing into irritation and then anger.

If I was not convinced I was in a book before, then I was now. This man with his finely chiseled jaw and flawless skin could only be fictional. There was no one in the world with such a perfectly symmetrical face and features that all complemented each other and were also amazing when picked apart.

Who else would this be if not the male protagonist? He glowed almost as if the author had made him in a way that he could not be mistaken for a regular character. He had a face and aura that screamed ‘I am the male lead!’

“You've succeeded in seducing me.” Even his tone, filled with irritation and scorn was deep and warm, enough to make a woman melt. “Are you happy now?” That deep baritone stimulated something inside me but the next words brought me to my senses. “Am I talking to a dead rat?”

Yes, he was the male lead. A rude and arrogant son of a bitch!

I died and woke up in a werewolf romance and vowed to stay away from the male protagonist and live a quiet life. How then did I end up in bed with said male protagonist the very next day?

Yesterday, I impulsively went to a party. It was my first time leaving the house since I entered this world, and also my first party in my life both past and present. I got too excited by the noisy and lively environment. There were a lot of people that knew Selene and wanted to curry her favour so there were a lot of drinks being handed to me. I had never tasted alcohol in my life and the drinks offered to me were sweet so I drank and I drank, with no thought of getting drunk because I became a werewolf and werewolves did not get drunk.

My memories were blurry but I remember meeting a handsome man. He was the most attractive man I had ever seen and even my foggy brain realized that. It was like the air around him was brighter and golden so I was pulled in. I remember grinding on him as I had seen people do in videos from my past life and I remember giggling as he took my hand and we both stumbled up the stairs. I remember my clothes being ripped off, me touching his chest –

“Oh my god!” I screamed, covering my face with my hands as if I could block out the memories pouring into my head.

What the heck had I done?

“Are you jubilating right now?” A growl came from above me and my spine stiffened.

“Oh, good day, sir!” My tone was high-pitched and my voice quivered as I greeted him like a boss. Wasn’t he the boss of this world?

“Cut to the chase. What do you want?” His hard tone coupled with those words made me purse my lips. He was treating me like a prostitute. “You’ve managed to seduce me into bed so what now? Will you claim pregnancy tomorrow? Are you going to say we have to get married since I took your virginity?”

Dreadful words spilt from the male lead’s mouth. Baby? Marriage? With this man? Heavens forbid!

“Marriage!?” I exclaimed. “What year is this? Did I go back to ancient times!?”

“It – what do you mean ancient times?” He muttered.

“If it’s not the olden days then what do you mean by marriage because of sex!?” I yelled. All this time, I had remained on the ground and he remained peering at me from atop the bed. “It was just casual sex!” I stood. “I – I do it all the time!”

“Yes, you’ve done it so many times you remained a virgin.” His eyes were not on me while he spoke. No, they were on me but not on my face.

“Where are you looking right now!” Mortification pitched my voice higher than I intended as I grabbed the sheets to cover my naked body. When I pulled the sheets, I ended up with an eyeful of – of him! He casually grabbed a pillow and draped it across his thigh but I could not erase the memories.

Seeing that – thing made me remember the previous night and I – I was ashamed. How could I have fallen right into bed with the male lead even after vowing to put distance between the two of us?

I desperately had to find out what book this was in order to be better prepared so I didn’t unknowingly further the plot that may lead to my tragic end.

“Xander, Xander,” I mulled the name over in my head. Unfortunately, it may not be a name as popular as Liam and Lucas but I had encountered it a couple of times but in what books? It was almost impossible to know where one plot ended and where the other began when everything was jumbled up in my head.

“Are you Xander Stone?” I asked the male lead before me and his expression fell.

“I am Xander Black. Why are you asking me silly questions?”

Black? Black? Seriously!?

The Blacks were the Smiths of the web novel world!

“How old are you again?”

“It – Twenty-one?” His expression closed off and it was no secret that he was angry.

Good, he wasn’t the guy who was cursed with immortality or something of that sort. Wait, I could not be so sure.

“How long have you been twenty-one?” I asked.

“For a day. What’s wrong with you! What are you playing at right now!?” He growled.

Yes, he growled. The sound rumbled from his belly to his throat and made my spine stiffen, my heart race and goose bumps spread on my skin.

“Right, the party last night was to celebrate your birthday. Okay, okay, are you – are you under a curse?” I stuttered and his nostrils flared.

“No! The hell?”

“Are you sure?” I insisted despite my dry throat.

“Of course not. Why are you asking me such stupid questions?”

“Ha, okay,” I sighed, shaking my head. He was not cursed so it was not the book I suddenly remembered. It didn’t matter though. I could not remember for now but until I did, I had to stay away from this guy. “Can you do me a favour?” I asked with the brightest smile I could muster.

“You are finally cutting to the chase, huh,” he sneered at me, raising his chin. He was a picture perfect image of arrogance, one that irked me. “What do you want? Mind you, I will only accept one request and before you ask, no I will never date you nor take you as my mate.”

Selene must have chased hard after him and now he only regarded her as a nuisance, something lower than dirt. But I was not Selene, not really. What I wanted was very different from what the other woman wanted. And for me, this man, no matter how much he glowed, was nothing but trouble, trouble that was not worth it.

“No, I don’t want anything of that sort.” I beamed at him to appear as sincere as possible. “I want you to stay away from me. Far, far away from me.” It must not be what he expected to hear because I read surprise from his stiffened posture.

“When did that become your line?” It was a voice colder than ice, a voice only an overpowered Alpha in a werewolf romance could ever use. “You are the one who needs to stay far from me.”

“Okay! Let’s do that! Let’s stay far away from each other and pretend none of this ever happened.”

“This little…” He stopped but I knew he was about to cuss at me. “Fine,” he growled again.

“Perfect!” I clapped my hands with an enormous smile that hurt my face. “Oh, and I am sorry for stalking you in the past. I don’t know what was wrong with me hahhaha,” I threw in an awkward laugh when his face darkened. “I’m sorry and I promise it’ll never happen again,” I vowed.

“I see.” There was something in that tone that should have worried me but I didn’t pay enough attention. “Okay, then.”

It was supposed to be the end but somehow it became the beginning.