Once I’m outside, I make the left that will lead me to the bakery.
As I make my way down the street, I feel like I’m being watched. My heart starts to race with fear that they have found us. It doesn’t make sense, but could it be true? Could it be Reese or Bryce? Did they send Cain?
Will they force me back to the pack in front of humans?
I look around, and I don’t notice anything out of place. I take some deep breaths trying to get my nerves under control. The door to the bakery is just a few yards away when I notice a truck with a familiar logo on it pull up next to the sidewalk. My eyes meet Beck’s for a brief moment before I turn away from him. I make my way to the back entrance of the bakery and I don’t stop even when I hear him call my name.
I push open the door, quickly closing it behind me. Charlie looks startled when he sees me. He moves toward me like he’s approaching a wounded animal. “Rose, what happened? Are you alright” he says, looking me over.
“Sorry, I’m fine. I didn’t mean to scare you.” I can see he wants to press the issue, but I’m grateful when he doesn’t. A few minutes later, Holly steps into the room and she looks pissed. “Rosalyn, Beckham Forester just walked in.
He is asking to speak with you. This is a place of business, not a place for you to socialize with customers.”
“I’m not sure why you’re saying that to me. I didn’t ask him to come here nor do I want to speak with him. I know this is a job and that’s what I am here for, so you are welcome to tell him I won’t be speaking with him today or any other day,” I say.
“Good, I’ll let him know you are busy and that you aren’t interested,” she says. I resist the urge to roll my eyes. She turns leaving me and Charlie alone. “He wouldn’t have anything to do with how panicked you looked when you got here earlier, would he?”
“No, I swear I’m fine Charlie. I think I’m going to make the cupcakes into dogs today.” “Nice try to change the subject. I’ll let it go for now, but if you need to talk, I’m here. I think the customers will love dog cupcakes,” he says with a warm smile.
I pick up the piping bag and start to swirl brown icing on the cupcakes.
I try to focus on what I’m doing, but my mind keeps wandering back to what Beck wanted. Did he come here to reject me? Does he want to apologize? Does he want to be mates? As much as I wish the latter was true, I’m sure it’s not.
I can’t keep doing this to myself. The more I think about it, the more I think rejecting the bond and finding someone that I love and that loves me is what I need to do.
Beckham POV
I watch her step out of the apartment building and my breath catches in my throat. She is so beautiful. I follow her at a distance and notice her looking around. Does she know I’m watching her? Can she feel me like I can feel her?
I need to talk to her. I need her to understand that she is perfect. I am not able to be the mate she deserves. Pain blooms in my chest at the thought of another man touching her, loving her.
“That’s because she is meant to be ours. You are going to be sorry if you don’t get your head on straight,” Gideon says with a growl. I pull up to the sidewalk and her head turns in my direction. Our eyes meet, and I feel like I can’t breathe. She is suffering because of me.
As soon as she starts to rush toward the bakery, I jump out of the truck and call her name. She doesn’t even turn to acknowledge me before she ducks inside the back door.
She heads to the back but returns quickly. “Sorry, Beck, she is busy and doesn’t want to speak with you. Just between us, I think she has the hots for my cousin, so you’re out of luck if you’re interested in her, but I’m very interested in you.” Gideon is ready to lose his sh*t, and I’m not far behind him. No f**king way will she be with Charlie.
She is ours. Gideon sits back on his haunches and I swear he is smirking. “She is ours. Now the question is what are you going to do about it,” he says smugly.
Watching Beck’s reaction to Rosalyn’s touch, I know immediately that she is his second chance mate. I have prayed to the goddess every day since we escaped that awful f**king pack that he would find peace and happiness. That the goddess would bless him with a second chance to love and be loved. I know that is what Debbie would have wanted. She would never want him to feel guilty about sharing the mating bond with Rose.
The day that Beck claimed Debbie was the happiest day of her life. Despite the a**holes in our pack Beck never wavered in his love for her. Watching my sister love and be loved is a gift that I wouldn’t change for anything. Seeing her with Lily for those few fleeting moments was worth the pain of losing her. She always dreamed of having her mate and a pup when we were little girls.
Hell, if I know her, she probably picked Rosalyn for Beck. “Auntie is daddy mad? Why did Rose leave? Did I do something wrong?” Lily’s questions bring me out of my thoughts.
I stare across the table at my beautiful niece. “No sweet girl, daddy isn’t mad. Rose just wasn’t feeling well. You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Let’s get you cleaned up and auntie will read you two books.” I lead Lily to the bathroom and set her on the counter. While the tub fills with warm water I pull my phone from my pocket. I dial Beck but the call goes right to voicemail. Despite my irritation I don’t leave him a message.
I pour the lavender bubble bath in the tub and help Lily out of her clothes. “Auntie I really like Rose. Do you think she will come play with me again” she asks and my chest aches.
Lily doesn’t realize it but if Rosalyn is Beck’s second chance, she is meant to be Lily’s mother. That doesn’t take anything away from Debbie but Lily deserves to have love from both the woman the goddess chose to be in her life. “I hope so Lily. Now let’s get you in your unicorn pajamas so I can read you those stories.”
Once she is dressed, I tuck her into her princess bed and lay down beside her. She snuggles into my side as I read about unicorns and happily ever after’s. I smile when she only makes it half way through the second book. I slide out of her bed and press a kiss on her forehead. Once I’m in the hallway I try to call Beck again but it goes right to voicemail.
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