Beast Alpha and His Cursed Luna
Chapter 146: Chosen me?

Chapter 146: Chosen me?

VALENCIA’S POV

I knew it was going to be hard, facing him and taking all the scoldings but I didn’t know he would act like that when I saw him.

I had expected Dylan to lash out at me, but to my surprise, rather than scolding me about things, he held my hand and pulled me in for a hug, stuffing his face in the crook of my neck.

It has been 5 minutes since he has been hugging me and I don’t know what to do anymore.

It is always easy for me to get around whenever anyone scolds me because that’s exactly what I expect them to do, but when they act like this...

My body was finally relaxing in his embrace and my heart was starting to find solace as he tightened his hold on me.

"I am sorry," I finally muttered the words.

I had no plans to apologize. It wasn’t my fault, but Dylan didn’t deserve it either. He has been anything but good to me ever since we met the first time he came to look for me because I was a lantern and he needed to check up on me in the name of customary check of lanterns.

"I will never forgive you if you ever leave like that again. This time I had a vague idea where to find you because of the last conversation we had and you mentioned your interest in coming here. What would I have done if you had gone somewhere else?" Dylan said.

A sense of guilt washed over me before I sighed.

"Whatever," I said, not wanting to admit that his words were making my heart feel warm.

He smiled into my hair before finally letting go of me, and before I could react, he smacked my head, making me scowl.

"Hey!" I glared at him.

"This is for worrying me and causing trouble whenever you go. You didn’t even leave Lycans," Dylan said, and I grinned a little, making him shake his head at me.

Dylan looked into my eyes for a few seconds and I knew he wanted to talk about something.

I shook my head at him.

There was no way Maverick was going to leave us alone for some time and he nodded at me gently to let me know we would have this discussion later.

"If you guys are done, shall we leave?" Maverick asked.

Leave? Leave where? Back to the pack?

"I am not leaving. Dylan, tell him," I said, squinting my brows hard to let him know I was serious about this.

"You don’t have a choice in this. You are under investigation by my pack and what I say will go," Maverick looked at me, his gaze telling me he would resort to force and probably throw me on his shoulders and take me away if that was the only option left.

As much as I would love that because I was a fan of dark romance, this was neither the time nor the occasion for it.

"I am not leaving until my work is done," I said firmly.

"Dylan, can you leave us alone for a few minutes?" Maverick said and I looked at Dylan, who left without looking at me again.

Seriously? He betrayed me too? Why was everyone around me siding with Maverick suddenly?

This wasn’t fair at all.

"Look, if you think -"

"Let’s leave for sightseeing. I heard it’s a beautiful place," Maverick interrupted me.

I looked at him, confused.

What did he mean to go sightseeing?

"I realized from the moment we met, that we haven’t actually spent quality time together without you going through one thing or the other. How about now?" He asked me, backing me into the wall.

I raised my brows at him.

Since the moment we have met? Why was he acting like I was his mate or something?

As if he read the thoughts in my head through my eyes, he smiled and touched my chin with his knuckles, rubbing my skin softly.

"Don’t you get it? I have chosen you," He leaned and whispered into my ears.

To say I was surprised would be an understatement. No matter what kind of thoughts he was having in mind while saying these words, I wasn’t stupid to not understand the underlying meaning and I gulped.

What the hell? This wasn’t how things were supposed to work.

He and I were worlds apart, for god’s sake.

It was true that I was attracted to him and wouldn’t have a problem with having a fling with him, but that was that. There was no way I was going to trust an alpha for my life, definitely not the one who hated my kind of people, like the rogue and liar I was.

"You have lost your mind, Alpha Maverick. Chosen me? Chosen me for what? I don’t want to be chosen for anything or by anyone. If you think I will -" I couldn’t complete my sentence when he pushed me against the wall, his knees parting my legs.

A gasp left my mouth when his knees rubbed against my womanhood, and I looked into his blazing eyes with dark ones of my own.

What was he trying to pull here?

"I don’t remember the time when I was given the right to decide who I choose to like and care for," He whispered, brushing his knuckles on my cheeks.

He smirked at me, the kind of smirk that tells one person there was no escape for him.

"Alpha Maverick, you don’t understand how things work with me. I can’t be -" Before I could complete my sentence, he placed his forehead on mine.

I stopped speaking, something telling me it was the right thing to do, and let him speak this time.

"I don’t expect you to love me, Valencia. I am ready to fall for you one-sidedly. Do you think it’s easy for me? As the alpha of a pack, of course, I considered everything before saying these words to you," He said.

Aurora sighed happily in my head. I, on the other hand, didn’t know if this was really the right decision for him.

"Look into my eyes," he said, and I did as he told me.

His eyes which have always appeared beautiful and mysterious to me held such deep emotions for me that it scared me for a second. I tried to avert my gaze but his hand stopped me from looking away.

"Do you think I would lie to you? What are you really afraid of?" He asked and I shook my head.

Tears brimmed my eyes for some unknown reason as he scrapped the part of my life that I didn’t want to discuss with him right now.

What was I afraid of? I was afraid of trusting someone and being let down again.

I was afraid that I would fall in love with him and the moment he found out I was a rogue who does off jobs to earn my living, he would kill me, or worse torture and reject me.

Though his rejection won’t matter to me because he wasn’t exactly my mate, what about my heart that was starting to lean towards him?

Just because I haven’t said I like you to him doesn’t mean I wasn’t getting used to his presence around me and that he was starting to become my weakness, something that was lethal for a person like me.

"I am not afraid of anything," I said and he smiled at me. He smiled as if he could see right through my facade.

"If you are not afraid of anything, I guess you won’t have a problem letting me stay around you," He said and this time I couldn’t say anything at all.

This fucking cunning Alpha. He definitely has ways with words. He knew I would say I wasn’t afraid of anything. It was clear in his eyes and he used it well against me to -

"I really really like you, Valencia," Maverick said.

My heart stopped for a second. It was almost as if it was too hard to breathe as I looked into his eyes that looked at me with a smile. Yes, his eyes were smiling at me, if that was even possible.

"I..."

"Shhh, I don’t need your answer or anything. This is something I wanted to say and I did it. You have no idea what kind of obsession I have with you, and I hope that I don’t scare you with it," Maverick said before he kissed the corner of my lips.

He didn’t remove his lips from my face as he mumbled softly.

"I want to live with you. Even if I am lost, I want to be lost with you. I am thankful to the moon goddess for letting me meet you even if it was for some time and was a chance encounter. Allow me. Allow me to prey on you, Mitsuki," Maverick said and I felt my lips twitching at the last part of the sentence.

What was he saying?

Let him prey on me? Seriously? Wasn’t this way of proposing to stay with me a little too casual and funny?