4. The magazine

4. The magazine.

Enjoying the view as the sun sat half above the horizon spreading orangish hue on the land and building, Aria merrily walked by the side of the street with a happy smile.

She got a tip of a hundred dollars and that was like the biggest she ever got in a day. The money was going to be used for new magazines as she loved them and the pictures they held. Precisely the pictures of... Shhh, it is a secret.

Aria maintained her smile, her long pony tail swung left and right like a pendulum in force as she hopped happily. A lot of things happened today. 

Her co-workers who never spared her a glance spoke nicely with her today. They offered her to have lunch with them and the manager allowed her to leave before the end of her shift. All of these happened because of Jake. 

Coming from a low class also brought about a lot of drawbacks and barriers that she faced since her childhood. And she was overwhelmed to know that a small encounter with Jake would make her popular in the restaurant already. 

The owner had been reluctant about granting her two days leaves for a school trip. He always exploited her and acted rudely. 

But one small meeting with Jake and the owner happily accepted her request of leave saying that. 

He also provided her a free meal and a large glass of coke which was totally unexpected of him. Being a stingy owner who only cared about making more and more money, he never allowed or granted such leaves to his employees let alone give them free food. 

Aria couldn't put the smile away. She was happy and it reflected on her face. Though she was a girl with a positive attitude, one who loved to greet everyone merrily and take their bullshit quietly. Such treatment was otherworldly for her. She was on cloud nine. 

Jake and his thoughts clouded her brain. His smile. His sparkling eyes. His body. His soft hair. His jaw and everything else kept roaming before her eyes. 

There were many guys whom one can call handsome yet not all of them were epitome of perfection like Jake. She had heard he was  generous and treated the omegas with respect. People described him as too good to be true. 

He did have girlfriends but never acted a jerk to them. He did flirt with others' girlfriends but never crossed his limits. He did enjoy seeing the Bullies bother his fellow schoolmates but never let them do anything beyond acceptable. All in all... He was just one of his kind. 

A kind Aria liked. 

With his thoughts, she entered a bookshop. It scarcely had visitors and most of them read while standing near the shelves. The fifty year old owner with a wrinkled face and shaky hands didn't seem to mind it either as long as there were people visiting him and keeping his shop occupied. 

And Aria loved this place. It was quiet just like her. Filled with emotions aka variety of books just as she loved them. She definitely empathized with the old shop owner for not having enough customers but the fact that it was visited with limited to no people was why she admired this place so much. 

There was no one who would look at what kind of magazines or books she bought. No one observed what pictures or images she stared at. No one suspected her actions while she silently chuckled and bit her lips, looking at those photos in the magazines. 

She stopped at her favorite stall in the center of the book shop which held magazines. Aria trailed her fingers to various of them until she stopped at one she had come here for. 

Star and Sunshine was a magazine which mostly shot pictures and images of significantly famous people in the pack. And believe it or not, every month in their new issue, they dedicated five whole pages to Jake. Five glossy pages printed just with his exclusive pictures shot at different places and from different angles, and definitely with different girls. 

It was a one place destination that provided information about what went in his personal life. 

"Here... This is... What I needed!" Aria squealed as she opened the magazine directly to the middle of it where the two silver stapler pins sat, holding the pages together in a bound book. 

Her lashes flickered when her gaze fell on his pictures. The magazine publisher was obsessed with the Alpha's son and what he did with his life. 

Jake had gotten multiple offers for shooting for human magazines and for advertisements. Many companies approached Alpha Killian to let them take his son as their ambassador. Several fitness organizations requested Jake to do a photoshoot for marketing purposes as well. 

This guy was an exclusive piece of attraction. That being said, this magazine dedicated certain pages to Jake and featured his exclusive photos. Photos that Aria collected and got excited whenever there was a new issue available. 

She had eagerly been waiting to grab her copy of the magazine as she had heard the girls in school talk about them in the canteen. She had overheard them discussing Jake and his breakup with Veronica. But she didn't believe them since she hadn't seen the magazine herself. 

Aria rubbed her hand on one of Jake's pictures where he was smiling at the camera. 

"You are so gorgeous. Will I ever be lucky enough to get to know you personally?" A sigh escaped her mouth while she resumed caressing his pictures. 

She would have loved to do it a little longer had she not heard his pissed voice coming from the entrance of the shop. 

"Trust me I will have that magazine banned in the pack if what you said is true." Aria's heart climbed up her throat for Jake was here. 

"Someone seems pissed off!" She heard Kai. 

"I sure am. And why shouldn't I be... They literally wrote about my break up with Veronica. Damn it!" Aria peeked from behind the shelves at Jake. 

Seeing him for the second time in a day filled her chest with amazement. Except that a shiver quaked up her spine because he was accompanied by his friends too. The bully gang. 

And assuming what Jake said, they were here to see the magazine.

Tbc...