All Chapters of DEMON ALPHA'S MATE: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Ariana's POVTwo weeks later, I stepped out of Alpha Derek's office with a smile on my face. I didn't think I had ever smiled at anything concerning Alpha Derek but this was a first. As most people usually said, there was a first time for everything and today was the first time I was smiling at something Alpha Derek did.After dinner, I had gone to the Alpha's office as usual because he always had some work or two for me to do every day. When I entered into his office and greeted him without making the dire mistake of letting my eyes meet his, he had immediately spoken without even responding to my greeting but that was normal. I had come to expect it. In fact, if he had responded to my greeting I would have been more surprised than if he hadn't. That was what I had come to expect from the Alpha. No more, no less.Alpha Derek immediately told me -without wasting any time- that he would longer be needing my services today again and that I was to go back to my room immediately. I thanke

Ariana's POVAs I nodded to Henry, he smiled and his eyes sparkled with joy. He dipped his head toward me and then looked me in the eyes, asking for permission again. I nodded for the second time and his lips turned up in a small smile. He dipped his head down further until his face was only few inches from mine. He looked into my eyes and I looked into his too.What I saw in his eyes was refreshing in its simplicity. I saw joy there. I saw longing there also. And there was love in his eyes too as he gazed at me tenderly. Just as he dipped his head down completely and he was about to kiss me, I turned away but this time, his lips did not meet my cheek. It didn't because I moved away from his side almost immediately after that.I walked over to the other side of the room, desperate to put some distance between us and the attraction I was feeling toward him. I couldn't do that. I couldn't feel anything toward him. He was my friend's ex boyfriend for God's sake. I couldn't do anything wi

Ariana's POVAs I made my statement, if I expected Henry to be shocked, then I too was met with a surprise of my own. He wasn't surprised even one bit. No shock showed on his face like I thought it would. If so, then ever since I had started speaking earlier on, he had prepared himself for something like this. Maybe that was the reason he wasn't surprised by my speech at all and his next words told me as much. "By your reaction toward my own reaction, I know that you were expecting me to act shocked toward your pronunciation but I am not at all surprised by it. When you started talking, I already knew that you would choose Claire over me. And why wouldn't you? She is your friend and as for me, I'm just someone who is trying to be your friend. So I did the math and figured it out easily. If you don't know, I am rather good at math.""Well," I started. "I rather expected you to feel hurt or betrayed in some way but what I didn't expect was for you to take it calmly as you have done. Wh

Ariana's POVI stood in front of the door to the culinary school with tears streaming down my face and snot coming out from my nose. I didn't even try to wipe them off. I was beyond caring at that point. I just wanted to relieve the good memories that I still remembered and cry because of what I had lost and who I had lost; the life of joy, comfort and happiness I lived and my parents who loved me so much, even more than they loved themselves despite the fact that thier love went to the moon and back and the fact that they were pre destined mates.Tears dropped down my cheeks as I sobbed, my voice echoing in the silent hallway. I couldn't go into the culinary school like this. I had to stop crying, calm down, wipe my tears, clean my face and get rid of any trace of crying from my face before I could go inside because I didn't want anyone to see me like this, at my most vulnerable state. I couldn't let them see me like this or else they would consider me weak and they would try to beli

Ariana's POVSix months laterMy friends and I gathered around as we walked to somewhere because we wanted to celebrate a special occasion. I didn't really know where we were going to because I had been blindfolded by Diana and now, one of them held my hand as we all walked together to a place where all of them had been speaking of for these past one week with joy. They all couldn't wait to go there and I myself couldn't wait too.They had been planning a surprise for me for a very time and as the long awaited day arrived today, they were taking me to the place they had prepared for my birthday party. My mind raced in excitement as we walked along and they guided me so that I wouldn't misstep and trip. They couldn't allow that to happen to the birthday girl.I was putting on a black dress. The dress was made entirely of lace. It was a floor-length, off the shoulder dress with beaded straps that fell to my shoulders and a square neckline that showed a little bit of cleavage. The whole