Chapter 4-You're my husband

/Chris’s POV/

One thing that’s become ridiculously clear to me was that I’m not going back to my body anytime soon. It’s been two days since I switched bodies with Selena, two days since I was attacked, and two days since I appeared in public because we have no idea how to go on about our lives living in each other’s bodies but we can’t just wait around until we switch back can we? We have to do something and that’s why I decided to accept the situation as it is.

My inactivity could affect the pack greatly, and because I’m not in my body all my duties had to pause for a while, thankfully Selena agreed to my request of feigning illness but we can’t claim that forever.

I felt my throat tighten as I stood in front of my previous room where Selena now stays, with the hope that she will return to her body soon but we can’t just wait around and do nothing can we? I mustered enough courage and knocked on the door which was immediately pulled open by Selena who was now inhabiting my body.

“What…do you want?” Our relationship hasn’t gotten any better since the switch happened. It only got more awkward.

“Can we talk…for a minute?” I can’t believe I had to request this from her, but I don’t have a choice, it’s my responsibility to protect the pack, and to do that I’d have to do this even if I hated it.

“Sure” She replied indifferently moving away from the door to allow me into the room. Her eyes were cold and her face was blank, void of any emotions whatsoever, it made me think I did something wrong, maybe I did but I have been rather well-behaved these days, right?

“It seems we are not switching back anytime soon” I probably should approach the topic gently, the last thing I want is her yelling at me. Not that she would do that though, she seems softhearted, or that’s what I thought.

“Yeah, I can see that” She replied nonchalantly.

“Selena, we have no choice, right now you have to be the Alpha of the pack, you have to take up the responsibilities of the Alpha, it’s the only way we can stabilise the pack” I explained.

“I don’t want to though” But her response took me by surprise.

“What?” I muttered in surprise.

“I said I-don’t-want-to. Why should I be the Alpha when I’m not-

“Selena, you’re the Luna of the pack, and it’s your responsibility to fill in for me when I’m not there-” I was caught off-guard by her sudden laugh.

“Chris…am I really your Luna?” I gulped at her question because if she put it that way, I don’t know how to answer. “Have I ever been treated as your wife more or less the Luna of your pack?” She queried while I felt my heart squeeze in guilt.

“I’m sorry” I mumbled ruefully but she looked rather indifferent, I take back what I said about her being softhearted, she can be really cold when she wanted to be, I concluded.

“I have no intention of being the Alpha of your pack Chris-

“I know you’re mad about how I treated you all this while Selena but it’s not just my pack anymore, it’s our pack” I reminded and she snickered.

“Really? Since when?” She asked and I lowered my head in guilt. “I don’t know how long it’s going to take us to go back into our bodies but we just need to wait until then” And with that, she walked towards the cushion in my room taking a seat while maintaining her cold nonchalant look. I had no choice but to return back to her room but I made sure to take my credit card with me.

Since I would be staying in her room for a while, I think I need to take care of it, it seems so lifeless, I understand her wanting to keep a low profile but she doesn’t have to keep her room shabby, maybe I ignored her all this time but I send her enough money to maintain her room and live a proper life as a Luna, what on earth does she use the money for, by the way, I thought staring at her dark gloomy room, I can’t just get used to it.

And her wardrobe too, she had no proper clothes to wear, all the clothes she had with her were those she brought with her after we got married, what type of life was she living? I wondered staring at the shabby clothes with disdain. I might not be a woman but I’ve been among women all my life to know all her clothes are out of fashion.

Seriously? Do I have to live like this? I wondered bringing out the most decent dress she had since I intend to do some shopping.

“Mabel” I called out to the maid who was getting the lunch ready at the kitchen counter while I slowly descend the stairs and she turned, giving me a strange look.

“What do you want?” I furrowed at her, surprised by how curtly she answered.

“Call me Tina and Jenny” I commanded and she scoffed.

“What’s wrong with this bitch seriously, why is she suddenly acting up?” Her idea of a whisper was a terribly audible mutter that I could hear clearly.

“What did you just say?” I was frowning now.

“Why do you want me to call them-

“And why do you need to know, your duty is to answer to my needs not question me for them” She flinched at my sudden outburst. I’m trying hard not to grab her by the hair and force her into submission but I can’t even do that because I’m not in my body.

“Look here, just because I’m being polite right now doesn’t give you the right to be rude…Luna” This bitch. I balled my fist trying hard to calm my raging nerves, is she for real right now?

“You call that being polite? Do you seriously wanna get fired, Mabel?” I’m very sure none of my words were funny but that idiot had to laugh making me look like a fool.

“I wonder what makes you think you can fire me, who do you think you are? The Alpha?” Her question reminded me once again that, right now, I’m not Christopher Hawkins but Selena Willow.

“I can make him fire you-

“Why don’t you give it a shot Luna” She taunted, putting stress on Luna in a way that sounded like she was mocking me. I can’t believe I’m facing this much humiliation from a mere maid. Worse, an Omega maid.

“Chris!” I called at the top of my voice, unable to control my anger any longer. Selena leisurely sauntered out of the room wearing a rather tired look.

“Why are you yelling?” She looked annoyed but we’ll deal with that later.

“This omega” I pointed to Mabel, as I gritted her name while glaring at her. “We’ll be deducting her pay-

“Why are you getting me involved in this?” Selena contested and I felt my heart sink especially after I saw the smirk on Mabel’s face.

“Because…you’re the Alpha, and you’re my husband,” I stated through clenched teeth feeling irritated at how indifferent she looked about this. It also served as a reminder that in this situation she was supposed to help but he had a rather bored expression on her face.

“Oh right, just do what you want, it’s not like I’m the one who employed her anyway” Mabel turned pale and now it was my turn to smirk.

“What?” Mabel exclaimed shock. “But sir-

“What?” And now Selena was glaring at her, with an obvious hatred visible in her eyes. I guess she really hates Mabel.

“Mabel…your pay will be ducked by 50% until you learn your place because it seems you need education on that” I grinned in satisfaction while Selena just turned to leave.

“Alpha!” Mabel called out in alarm wanting to stop Selena from leaving but she ignored her and left. “You!-

“Talk to me in that tone ever again and you’ll really be fired this time” I grinned at her while she trembled in anger unable to do a thing. “I thought I asked you to do something, why are you still here by the way?” I asked seeing her tremble.

“I’ll do so right away” She turned to leave but I stopped her immediately. “I think you’re forgetting something, it should be yes…Luna” I reminded her and saw colour drain out of her face, she really looks like she was gonna cry, did I bully her too much? But she totally deserved it though, I can’t believe she’s been treating Selena this way.

“Yes Luna” She finally replied disappearing immediately then I walked over to the sitting room heaving a heavy sigh as I lowered myself to the sofa in front of the huge TV screen. While I begin to think about things Selena’s room was lacking.

“I’m totally doing this for myself, yeah…I’m doing this because I’m uncomfortable sleeping in her shabby room” I reminded myself while I waited for Mabel to show up with the other two girls I called for.

Tina is a gamma warrior of the pack while Jenny is just a normal omega who I assigned to tend to the Luna’s needs, since I might be going outside the pack lands to get all the stuff I want, I’ll need to have the two with me.

“Luna” I raised my head in the direction of the door as Tina and Jenny appeared with Mabel.

“Oh, you’re here. Come in” I beckoned. “Mabel, you can return to cooking now” I turned towards the other two who had an odd look of annoyance on their faces. Don’t tell me these two aren’t treating Selena properly as well, does she even have any friends?

“I’m going out shopping” I announced and their eyes turned dark.

“And where did you get the money to do that?” Why is Jenny even asking me that? She was in charge of taking care of the Luna’s expenses. I release money monthly to her to give to meet  Lena’s needs, but why on earth is she asking me where I got the money when she knew?

“Didn’t Chris give you money for anything I might need?” I questioned and she flinched in surprise. Her reaction was rather unexpected.

“What? The Alpha? Money? What on earth made you think that?” Oh crap!

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