18. Feels So Right

Alpha Callum was still wide awake despite it being already past midnight. Clarice was in a deep sleep beside him, snoring softly. Despite the bliss he felt after Clarice pleasured him, he couldn't sleep. He was supposed to avoid getting bewitched by Clarice's charm. But since they are fated mates, he couldn't ignore the irresistible pull they feel for each other. It is indeed a big mistake to stay in the same room with her. Their mate bond is very strong, and it consumes them both. And now they have made the biggest mistake of their lives, getting reconnected again. It will be very hard to avoid each other from now on. He stared at the ceiling, wondering how to solve this problem? If he confessed to his wife that he had reconnected with his fated mate lately, and they had a son together, would Viviana accept Clarice? He was not sure about that. Given his wife's feisty attitude, he was afraid Viviana would not be as understanding as Clarice. He feels guilty right now. It was the first time he cheated on his wife with his fated mate. As much as he wanted to inform his wife about Clarice and his son, it was not yet the right time for confession. With a heavy sigh, he slowly got up from bed. He turned off the light, returned to bed and closed his eyes, attempting to sleep even for just a few hours. He slowly drifted into dreamland and woke up at 5:30 a.m. He planted a kiss on Clarice's head and left the bed. He stood beside the bed, staring lovingly at her face for a few minutes. Done looking at her, he teleported back to the farmhouse. He appeared in the living room of the farmhouse and settled on the sofa, not bothering to join his wife in their room upstairs. He heard a sound coming from the kitchen. He went to check who was awake early in the morning. He found his grandfather in the kitchen, making coffee. He joined him at the table. Grandpa Eliezer looked at him with a raised brow. "Why did you wake up early?" Alpha Callum eased into the chair, breathing deeply. "My wife and I had a quarrel last night. I slept somewhere..." he explained, avoiding his inquiring gaze. Grandpa Eliezer made another cup of coffee and placed it in front of him. "Here, have some coffee," he said. "So where did you sleep last night?" He kept his mouth shut. He couldn't tell him that he had spent a night with Clarice in the rental house. They were intimate and it felt so right. Grandpa Eliezer sank into the chair, and sipped his coffee. "Fine, no need to answer me about where you slept last night. Why don't you join your wife in the bedroom upstairs and make up with her?" he suggested. He shook his head. "No. I'm sure when she wakes up today, she will continue nagging me, so I will just go home and perform my Alpha duties. I'll just return in the evening after she mellows down," he said. "I can't stomach her nagging me so early in the morning. It gives me a headache," he added with a grimace. Grandpa Eliezer nodded his head. "OK. I'll tell her you will return tonight." "Thank you, Pops." Alpha Callum sipped his coffee, wearing a brooding expression on his face. Grandpa Eliezer studied Callum's face the whole time. After Alpha Callum finished sipping his coffee, he stood up. "Thank you for the coffee, Pops. I'm leaving now. See you tonight." Grandpa Eliezer nodded his head. "OK. See you tonight, son." Alpha Callum returned to the living room, and from there he teleported back to his mansion. Grandpa Eliezer was left alone at the table, sipping his coffee, wondering where Callum had slept last night. He suspected that he had visited Clarice in the rented house and spent the night there. He shook his head. Storms are indeed brewing in the distance. After he finished sipping his coffee, he left the kitchen and went outside to water the vegetable garden that he and Lorey started cultivating a few weeks ago. Three hours later. Luna Viviana woke up alone in bed. Her face darkened, annoyed that her husband didn't sleep with her in the room last night. Another day had just begun, and her husband had already made her angry. Damn him! Where did he sleep last night? Nostrils flaring, she got out of bed, entered the bathroom and performed her morning routine. Afterward, she left the room and went downstairs to find the old man. She will interrogate him today. Maybe he knew something about her husband that she didn't know. She found the old man watering the rows of vegetable garden located a few meters away from the house. "Grandpa, good morning," she greeted him cheerily. "Good morning," Grandpa Eliezer replied with a smile. "Um, where is Alpha Callum? Did he return here this morning? We quarreled last night, and he left me alone," she explained morosely. "Yes. He came here early in the morning and had coffee with me. Then he wants me to inform you that he will go back to the mansion to take care of important matters that need his attention. Then he will return here in the evening to be with you," Grandpa Eliezer replied. "OK." Luna Viviana bit her lip furiously. She had to ask him now. "Um, did my husband bring a woman here? Did he mention someone's name lately? Like a woman's name?" she asked, fishing for information. Grandpa Eliezer shook his head. "He didn't mention another woman's name every time we had a conversation. Why? Are you suspecting him of having an affair behind your back?" he asked, feeling guilty. Luna Viviana shrugged. "I don't know. Lately, he seems preoccupied with something. I noticed some changes in him that I can't describe in words. That is why I'm asking you if he brought a woman here? Or did he accidentally mention a woman's name to you? I'm afraid he was seeing another woman behind my back," she declared in a wretched tone. Grandpa Eliezer quickly avoided her observant gaze, kneeling on the ground, pretending to remove weeds from the crops. "Ask your husband tonight after his return. I can't say anything to you because I don't know anything. I'm sorry, dear." "No need to apologize, Grandpa," Luna Viviana said, heading back to the house. "I already prepared your breakfast in the kitchen," Grandpa Eliezer said aloud. "Thanks," Luna Viviana replied and went to the kitchen to eat breakfast. While sipping her coffee and munching the bread filled with ham sandwich spread, she was asking herself about what to do to appease her anger? Ah, she will just go swimming in the lake to cool down her bad mood. Half an hour later, she left the house. "Where are you going, dear?" Grandpa Eliezer inquired. "I'm going swimming in the lake," she replied. "Be careful. Avoid swimming in the deepest part of the lake, you might encounter an accident," Grandpa Eliezer reminded her. "If I get drowned in the lake, please tell my husband it's his fault for abandoning me," she replied in a wretched tone. She turned around and walked briskly on the path leading to the lake. Shaking his head, Grandpa Eliezer watched the distraught-looking woman fade away from his vision. "Life is indeed full of surprises," he murmured to himself as he continued removing weeds from the roots of the plants.