SHOPPING SPREE

VALERIE "You are right Val, this thing isn't good." Evie says jumping on the woolen mattress that I have placed on my newly arrived bed. "The shopkeeper was right after all." I say sighing. Damn, I should have listened to the poor guy, instead of scaring him. The shopkeeper was continuously babbling about how good cotton mattress is but I wanted woolen, which isn't comfy at all. Back at home, the woolen mattress that I use is best but somehow I didn't feel that comfortable when I lied down here. "Go and exchange it now. Then you will have a brand new room for yourself tonight." Evie says still jumping and clapping excitedly. The day is spend in designing and decorating my new room. We paint the room white in the morning hours and new furniture such as the closet, bed, dressing table are arranged. The problem lies only in the mattress. "Fine, I'll go. Will you come with me?" I ask her. "No, I..... I uh, I have to go somewhere" Evie says to me and the way she's avoiding eye contact with me and her cheeks turn pink, it confirms to me that she's going to meet Jasper. "Some friend you are." I tell her, pinching my lips together. "You love me sweetie." She says mockingly and runs out of the room. I guess I have to do it alone. I get the cotton mattress and even apologise to the salesman there. Then I go to the mall and now I'm waiting in the queue to pay my bills. The ladies around are staring at my cart which is full as if they don't know how much werewolves eat! But the items in the cart are all my Pack's orders. Lazy people gave their lists to me to run their errands for them. Only two packets of oat biscuits in the cart are mine. After paying my bills, I push the cart towards my car. "Do you need some help?" I hear a rough male voice asking me. I look around to see a guy walking towards me with a smug smile on his face. "No thanks." I mutter and walk away from there. He's a human. "You know for someone as slim and sexy as you, that's quite a lot of things in your cart." He says from behind. I turn around to look at his smirking face. He will surely suffer if he doesn't leave quickly. "I can carry my things. Take the hint and leave." I warn him. However, he doesn't take it as a warning because he walks closer to me. "Beauty and boldness in one package, I like it." he says licking his bottom lips and I don't know whether I should laugh at him or punch him. Anyway, I don't do either of it because I feel my wolf getting unsettled inside me until the breeze brings his wonderful scent to me. I look around and see Shawn storming towards me and my wolf yelps happily. He's wearing blue jeans with a light blue shirt and a white t-shirt underneath it. This time I'm also glad because I want to talk to him. However, he has a murderous look in his face. "I've never come across someone like you." The human guy in front of me says and I realise he's still standing there. "I would love to know everything about you." He says, smirking. "Then also know that she is mine." Shawn says while growling angrily. "He's the boyfriend?" The human guy asks me pointing at Shawn. Before I can answer him, Shawn throws a punch at the guy and sends him flying and landing on a hood of a car. 'Wow!' I think to myself as I look at the knocked out guy. I look at Shawn whose eyes are pitch black. "Get in the car." He says while growling at me. What did I do? Oh yeah, I ran away from him last night and he is pissed off right now! "I have my own car." I say, pushing the cart towards my Arrogant. Shawn just lifts the cart with one hand and carries it towards some white car. It's a sports car and it looks expensive than my arrogant. Lamborghini. "I said I've my own car!" I insist when he messily dumps the items in his car. He turns to glare at me and I gulp looking at his dark eyes. I decide to keep my mouth shut after that. He opens the passenger door and he's waiting for me to get in while I'm busy scowling at him. I glance at my Arrogant and decided to ask one of the boys to get it back. Still scowling at Shawn and making it obvious, I get inside his car. We drive in silence. Looking outside the window us useless because my fuming mate is driving the car horribly fast making it slightly difficult to see anything clearly in the dark. So, I just stare ahead. I peeked at Shawn from the corner of my eye and see him gripping the staring wheel real tight. I want to talk, scream, yell at him, however I decide not to do any of that because then, I'll end up destroying his car, which I kind of like! A few minutes later, Shawn slows down and takes a U-turn. We are now driving through a road that has trimmed grass stretching beside it. There are a few trees in between those green pastures. This isn't the road to the Pack House! My eyes widen when I look at the small mansion in front of me. It's beautiful. The walls are white and the roof is grey in colour. Shawn stops the car but I'm busy staring at the house. This mansion wasn't there the last time I was here. "It's my place." I hear him saying before he gets out of the car. His place? He owns such a big house? I get out of the car and start following Shawn who is walking towards the house. I smell lime and notice the lime tree that is right next to the patio. It smells good. It's a little late when it flashes to me that I have entered Shawn's house without even thinking. I'm now in his living room, looking around. Impeccable taste, that demarcates him. Every small point, every minute corner of the room has been carefully attended to. The theme of the room is silver. The air in the room is laden with the aura of power and success. I'm standing inside his house, envying his neat and perfect living room. I'm looking around and I pause when I notice that Shawn is watching me with a smirk in his face. Why am I here? Even I do not know the answer! "Nice place." I tell him, starting a conversation because the silence is killing me. "Thanks. I had it done after I took over." He tells me. "Why am I here?" I ask him, running my fingers through my hair. "Because I want you to be here." He tells me while shrugging. Huh? "Why did you run away?" he asks me. Ooh, straight to the point, no beating around the bush. "Why did you run away?" I ask him back. He ran away the first time. "You were crying." He tells me. "You were about to mark me." I tell him honestly. "And that's a bad thing?" he asks me through his teeth and I notice that his eyes are turning black. "I don't want you to mark me." I say quickly. "Why?" he asks me, grinding his teeth. "I have a commitment towards my Pack." I tell him hoping that he'll understand but to my astonishment, his eyes are dark now and his hands in a fist. "You are my mate Valerie, you belong to my Pack!" he says in a condescending tone. I feel my Alpha power rising inside me; nobody talks to me like that! "Do not use that tone with me. You are not my Alpha, I respond to-" none, I'm about to say but have to bite my tongue to change it. "I respond to my Alpha, Oscar." I tell him gritting my teeth in my Alpha tone and a thunderous growl escapes from his chest. I swear, I see the windows and chandelier vibrating. Of course, it doesn't work on him, the same way his tone doesn't work on me! He closes the distance between us, wrapping his arms around my waist. "You are mine." he says before crashing his lips onto mine, making my breath hitch in my throat. His lips are moving forcefully against mine because I'm not kissing him back. Instinctively, I start kissing him back and wrap my arms around his neck. He yanks me closer to himself and I jump up, wrapping my legs around his waist still kissing him. My wolf is enjoying this very much and I feel her purring inside me. I feel him walking towards the couch and sitting on it with me, now straddling him. I grumble a little when he pulls back but he nestles his nose on my neck. I close my eyes and inhale his wonderful scent. "Why do you smell so good?" I whisper and bit my tongue after I realise what I've just said. Stupid, stupid Valerie. I hear him chuckle and raise his head to look at me, but I won't let him see my embarrassment. Therefore, I grip the collar of his shirt tightly and bury my face into the crook of his neck. He somehow manages to pry me off him and makes me look at him. I see him smirking at me, while I'm frowning at him. He bends his head and places his forehead on mine. "You are beautiful." He tells me and kisses the tip of my nose. Tingles spread through my body and I am sure my cheeks are red now. I smile at him, lean forward to kiss him but hear Edith's voice in my head. A loud growl comes from my chest after I hear what she has said and immediately get up from Shawn's lap and run towards the Pack House.