I wake to find the bed next to me empty, and Lola not upstairs. How had I not heard her get up? This is odd. I quickly get out of bed and grab some shorts to throw on after going in the bathroom and head downstairs.
As I approached halfway down the stairs I spot Lola, already dressed, in yoga pants and a crop top, her hair twisted up into a small bun on top of her head. She appeared to be busy cleaning the house. But why?! It wasn’t even messy. I don’t get this.
I headed further down the stairs, to be hit by the smell of food cooking and coffee brewing. Don’t get me wrong, it smells amazing, but why is she doing all this? I get a sinking feeling I know where this is coming from, and it bothers me. A lot. I do not want this from my mate? She does not need to be doing all this for me.
I feel like she seems to think I expect her to be like a housemaid for me, as that is certainl
Waking up I was so sleepy,after very little sleep. I went to roll over and my arm was dead. I went to lift it and couldn’t feel it, it was only then I realised Esme was lying in bed with me. How in the hell had I forgotten that she was with me?! I swear I am losing the plot! My mate was with me! We had slept together! Re-marked one another! And my crazy ass brain had completely forgotten she was laid next to me in bed, despite the fact I have been snuggled up with her all night in between our fun and fumbles. Not quite sure just how much sleep we actually got. But how I had forgotten she was there I do not know. Maybe being in the hospital had sent me insane or something. I turn myself to look down at her, watching her sleep. She is perfect. She was still snoozing, her face so sweet and innocent looking when asleep. Haha, though I know now, after the many times last night, she is far from
I sit in the lounge desperate to get up and continue cleaning, but Manuel has told me I don’t need to. The house isn’t that bad, but if I am sat around doing nothing, then it looks like I am not doing my job as a good mate, taking care of our home. Especially when our home is one as nice as this. Manuel has built a beautiful home in preparation for when he found his mate. Ready for his mate and himself to build a family. It is only right, like I have been taught that I should do the right thing and clean it, take care of it. He is the man in the house. I have to take care of him. He provided me with the house. I have to look after him, make sure he has all that he needs at home. That is what I was taught. I keep reminding myself. Though when I follow the things we were told, he seems to get frustrated. Says it isn’t like that here, but that is not what we were told. We were
I lead Esme proudly through the pack by her hand. Yesterday we had spent the afternoon speaking with the tutors at her university to get the paperwork needed to catch up with what she had missed. She seemed confident that she would be able to catch up, and listening to her tutors talking, they seemed to think highly of her and believed she would be caught up in no time. I left the room feeling so proud of my mate.Plus, we had spoken to the receptionist and got the payments set up again for her course thanks to Knox. So she was good to get back to her course. I was so glad to be able to do this for her. I knew how much this meant to her and did not want being with me to be something that held her back. Knowing that she was working toward her dream made me so incredibly proud of her, and knowing she would be one of the Drs at our pack hospital is mind blowing to me. Not only did the moon goddess bless me with a beautiful mate, she blessed me with a
Lola and I spent the evening with her parents and brother Luis as they settled into their new homes in pack. Luis had decided on a room in the pack house, which didn’t surprise me given his age. He was definitely not wanting to be living with his parents now and had lived alone at their previous pack too so it only seemed right to sort the same here. And Knox was happy to sort him a seperate room. I think he was doing the same for Esme's older brother too. It was what Gabe and I had done as warriors too as soon as we reached 18. My Dad had told Eduardo that he and my Mum would show them around the pack in the coming weeks. And help get them settled. I have no doubt that is true. No doubt Uncle Mateo and his wife Auntie Eden would be joining them. Plus Esme’s parents once they arrive. But today we headed to the welcome BBQ for the girls. The first of many, no doubt. Time to see what they thought of the rowdy, crazy group I get to call my family. There were plenty of them, and t
We are surrounded by family. Esme is by side and she is smiling. Everyone is being so kind and welcoming to her. Abuela was teasing when she first met her. We walked to the house together. She had said she thought she had sense and was going to keep running not come back for me.Esme initially looked shocked by her, but then I think she realised she was joking when my Abuela ruffled her hair. She was already treating her like family despite it being the first time she had met her. And I have to say, I loved it! Esme seemed to too, as she joined in with the joke and responded to my Abuela by saying she couldn’t keep running as she had work on Monday, to which Abuela was laughing. Telling Esme she knew where to come when she was poorly now. That it was about time we got a clever one in the family! As my Mum and Dad spoke to Esme, Abuela gave me a lecture on
We had decided to have a little get-together at our house to welcome Lola and Esme to the pack. We knew they had been to Gabe’s parents' house yesterday for a big family BBQ, so no doubt that would have been hectic, so we had gone for a pizza and beer night at our house.Or a pizza and Diet Coke night if you were Indie as her pregnancy bump got ever bigger. She was so desperate to have her little one now, and to be honest, I couldn’t wait to meet my little niece or nephew. Ok, they may not be that by blood, but they would always be considered family. Knox was busy sorting the house out while I saw to Kai. He was so grumpy today with teething. As I wandered up and down the hallway trying to settle him, Manny and Lola walked through the door. “Hey Angel” Manny was instantly by my side to give me a hug “Aww he not feeling too good?” “Hey Manny, no he is g
Wow, our house is full now, with friends and now two more friends to add to the group with the fact Gabe and Manny had met their mates. I watch as Gabe pulls Esme to his knee when he sits down on the sofa next to Lilah and I. They look happy. Such a change to a week or soago! Then I look to Lola and Manny, they look loved up and happy too. But differently I think. I don’t know how to explain it. I guess they are well matched. Lola seems quieter and maybe more sensitive. She fits well with the personality of Manny. Yet Esme and Gabe are both quirky, funny and seem to spend a lot of time teasing one another and joking around. Yet totally seem to click. They just seem to work and they definitely make each other happy, that can be seen a mile away. “Did your family get settled ok Esme?” Lilah asks. “Yeah they did than
I loved tonight at Lilah and Alpha Knox’s house. It was mayhem, I have to admit, but in such a fun way! They are such a lovely family. And I love Manny’s friendship group. They seem to gel so well and are forever laughing. It is so funny. Gabe definitely seems to be a big reason for a lot of the teasing, which I have to say at times reminded me of his Dad when we were away, but it also had me in stitches. I don’t know how Indie didn’t run out of the the room in embarrassment when they were discussing the costume after she mentioned Dan wearing Lycra! Oh man, that made me laugh so hard I was near crying. I loved seeing Manuel with baby Kai. He was so gentle and caring with him. He surprised me when he offered to take him from Lilah to give her a break. They seem really close, which I have to say I find really difficult to cope with. I saw that on the night we met. I have heard Manny talk about her so much. And I know they are friends, like the best of friends. So wh