“I’ve had them taken care of, I promise.” I heard him say.
It took a while, but soon my crying eased, and I raised my eyes to Alexander’s, gasping softly when he met me with his own orbs.
It happened so fast, one moment, he was running his fingers through my hair and looking into my eyes, and in the next moment, his lips were slamming against mine in a passionate kiss.
My body heated at the contact, and the sound caused Alexander to run his hands into my hair and pull me closer to himself.
It felt like I was swimming in the pleasure, and when Alexander’s calloused, big hands entered into my shirt and tweaked at my nipples, I let out a soft sigh, adjusting on the bed to give him more space.
I moved to pull off my sweatshirt, but that was the exact moment that a knock came on the door, interrupting us.
“Fuck!!!”
I exclaimed. This person had terrible timing.
Edwina’s POV…
The knock on the door had been so loud and unexpected that it caused me to flinch, and almost at the same time, I was moving in the opposite direction of the room, pulling my sweatshirt down and trying to gather a semblance of organization.
I moved in the direction of the door, ignoring the look of annoyance and frustration that was currently painting Alexander’s face.
The moment I pulled open the door, a maid stood there with her head bowed, and she had a small envelope in her hands.
“I was asked to bring this here.” She said simply when I only continued to watch her in silence, and I furrowed my brows, taking the envelope from her hands.
“Thank you.” I said quietly to her, shutting the door gently without waiting to hear her response. I clicked the lock back in place before turning back around to face Alexander.
The Alpha currently had his brows creased in question at the envelope in my hands.
“What’s that?” He asked as I moved in his direction, holding out his hands which in turn caused me to give him the envelope in my hands.
“A maid brought it in.” I answered simply.
I perched on the bed by his side and watched quietly as he opened the envelope and brought it out, pulling out the paper within and running his eyes through its content. I watched as the frown disappeared from his brows, and it eased my anxiety.
“It’s a reminder for the function tonight.” He said simply, and I let out a breath of relief. For some reason, I had feared that the envelope would hold nothing good.
“We should start preparing. It will begin in a couple of hours.” Alexander said finally, folding the piece of paper before tucking it into the envelope again and tossing it in the night drawer.
I nodded my head in agreement and moved out of the bed to do as he had said.
***
It was hours later before we were completely dressed and ready to go. Seeing Alexander took as much time as a woman because he just couldn’t decide on what to wear.
“You look beautiful.” He complimented the moment we were out of the room and settled in the car that would bring us to the function.
And I blushed to the tip of my ears at the compliment. Grateful for the darkness in the car that hid my definitely red face.
“Well you don’t look too bad yourself.” I replied, teasing him lightly. Thanking the Goddess silently when my voice did not give out to show my nervousness.
“I don’t look bad? Oh wife, you hurt my feelings. What sort of compliment is that? What happened to you, you look so handsome?” Alexander asked, faking hurt.
But even through his words, I could hear the playful undertone to it, and it caused me to laugh, chasing the last of the anxiety that had previously settled in my belly.
“Well who says you look that handsome?” I reiterated, laughing out loud when the man by my side let out a dramatic gasp.
And so a banter began, with Alexander trying to make me admit that he was looking handsome and me standing my ground and refusing to give in to his demand.
The air around us was light and playful, and it helped in relaxing me so much. It turned out that when we got to our locations and stepped out of the car, I didn’t have any knot in my throat or my stomach.
I wasn’t as anxious or scared as I thought I would be, and I even had a smile playing on my lips from Alexander’s last joke before we stepped out of the car. I felt happier and lighter, and the entire atmosphere around me was nice.
We made our way into the large hall that had been decorated tastefully and immediately began to interact with the many people that crowded the space.
Everyone was dressed like royalty. Dark suits, shiny dresses accompanied by very expensive jewelry, well-styled hair, and sweet-smelling cologne, and I was thankful that I dressed up pretty beautifully too.
There were some faces that I could recognize and others that I was sure I had never seen before, but Alexander was really nice and took the liberty to introduce everyone that we stopped by to greet, making sure to include the pack that they came from.
We were met by a group of women that were dressed in sequined dresses and holding beautiful purses. Alexander had just begun introducing them when he was interrupted.
“Alpha Alexander!” Someone called from the other end of the room, and I snapped my head in the direction, alongside Alexander and the women we were currently talking to.
The Alpha squeezed my hand gently and told me he would be right back before wheeling himself in the direction of the group of men that had called out to him.
And it felt like the moment that he was completely out of sight, all the women around me let out a sigh of what sounded like relief, and I frowned in reaction. What was going on?
“How does it feel to be now married to the crippled Alpha?” One of the women asked.
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