Alpha's Return Mate

CHAPTER TWO.

AYITA’s POV.

It happened so fast, I was now seated in a club in Los Angeles wiping the tears off my face and sipping on a glass of tequila offered to me by the bartender.

I left the pack house with the last bit of shame inside of me and it was even more painful because father didn’t even look at me one last time before I left.

Had I known, I would have just embraced my life as a human but I was ecstatic when I found out about my werewolf origin and I wanted to live that life.

Maybe it would have been easier if I didn’t come across Clave or if I didn’t fall in love with him or maybe my life would have been perfect If he didn’t turn out to be my mate.

Maybe he was embarrassed having been mated to a half human like me, he always looked like he wanted to puke at the sight of me but I was too blind to see that, I wanted him so badly that I didn’t see how he didn’t want me around.

The thought of that made me scoff with tears in my eyes and I could see the bartender giving me the side eyes. He was wondering what this lady with tears in her eyes and a glass of tequila in her hand was all about.

“Another refill?” He asked and I nodded. Tonight I was going to drown myself in alcohol and maybe that was the only way to whisk away the pain in my heart because it was too much.

Seeing the man you love fondling another woman In your presence and not even bothering to apologize for it was just so overwhelming and as if that was not enough, he rejected me as his mate and Luna in front of everyone.

If only I didn’t love him so much, I wouldn’t have been so hurt, if only I walked away the day I found out he was my mate. I wouldn’t have to be in this situation but here I was drinking glass after glass while the tears refused to stop.

“Hey” I heard a deep husky voice beside me, I didn’t bother to turn, I was not even in the mood to entertain any stranger tonight. Los Angeles is one city filled with creeps and I was quite aware this was one of them even from the tone of his voice.

“Hey” he called out again and gently pressed a hand on my shoulder and that was when I turned to him, his face made me almost puke and he looked like he was drunk.

“What do you want?” I asked him, “and please do not touch me in such a manner again”

I shoved his hand off and stood up but before I could take a step, my eyes caught the man who was seated in the dark but I knew him. Even if I was dead drunk, I could recognize him in a room full of a thousand men. But how come he was here? The wedding was supposed to happen back at fountain valley, deep inside of that city and it took me exactly seven hours to come to Los Angeles from fountain valley but here he was seated, how come I didn’t notice him since?

I took a step closer to him but I halted when I saw the blonde beside him. Her hand was fondling his chest while her red blazing lips were curled up in a huge grin, he seemed to be saying sweet things to her.

My stomach churned and my heart burned with envy. I was supposed to be seated beside him and fondling him like that but he chose that blonde over me. Was it because she was one of the strongest members of the pack?

For the longest of time, I have known Ebony to be Clave’s assistant, I didn’t know they had their kind of relationship.

My thoughts were interrupted when that creepy man placed his hand against my shoulder again and I jolted. I wanted to whack him hard across the face but instead I walked back to the bar and gulped my remaining tequila before making my way towards the dark corner where Clave was seated.

The moment I got to where they were seated, their attention turned to me and the tears poured out. I couldn’t stop it for the biggest of reasons.

“Who do we have here?” It was ebony and how I wanted to whack that smirk off her face, I hated her with every fiber of my being and it was evident on my face.

Completely ignoring her, I turned to Clave who didn’t even care if I was standing close to him.

“Alpha Clave” I called out to him and that was when he turned his attention to me and my heart skipped a beat.

“Who are you?” His deep and sexy voice reached my ear, “how dare you come at me like you know me?”

“Of course you do” I wanted to scream but instead I kept mute looking at him, didn’t he recognize me?

“Have you come here to sulk at him?” Ebony asked me while moving closer to him, her hand was still fondling his chest, “was the humiliation not enough for you? Have you come here to be humiliated more?”

I sniffed back a tear as the tequila kicked in, I was beginning to get intoxicated.

“Was I not good enough?” I asked Clave whose forehead creased into a much deeper frown at my outburst,

“You led me on thinking you wanted me but you made a mockery of me in front of everyone, you…” my voice trailed off when I felt someone grab my hand and when I turned, it was that creepy man and he had a grin on his face.

“So you have eyes for him?” He asked me, “I have been asking for your attention but you have eyes for another man? Tell me, what do you want? Money?” He pulled me closer, “I have more than enough to give you darling, why don’t you spend the night with me? I can already imagine how beautiful your body is under this dress”

For a moment I looked down at myself, I was clad in a black bodycon dress that was not the most beautiful. I just grabbed anything I could and shoved it down my body before making my way to the club.

“You will look so much better without the dress anyways”

Just as I opened my mouth to speak, I began to feel nauseous and almost immediately, I puked all over the place and that was it, everything went pitch black.

******

I slowly forced my eyes open and a small yawn left my mouth while I pushed myself to a sitting position. For a moment I was trying to figure out where I was, the whole room looked different and I have never been here before.

The frown on my forehead intensified when a certain scent filled my nose and I bet I knew who that belonged to.

I immediately jumped out of bed and rushed towards the bathroom but it was empty. I searched the balcony but he was nowhere to be found.

How was his scent lingering here when he was not even around?

I slumped back on the bed as the incident of the night before wound its way into my head. I couldn’t remember much because I was intoxicated but I remember seeing that creep and Clave.

Did clave bring me here? Did that creep bring me here? I was already in a dilemma but my thoughts were interrupted when the doorbell rang and I immediately jolted to my feet and opened the door immediately thinking it was him but I was disappointed when I saw it was room service.

“Good morning ma’am” he greeted politely.

“Good morning” I answered in an uninterested tone.

“I have brought the breakfast you ordered”

A scowl appeared on my face, I didn’t order anything for breakfast. For the record, I had just woken up a while ago.

“And here” he removed an envelope from the tray and handed it to me, “this is to be delivered to you”

The moment I saw the seal on it, my heart skipped a beat. It has the Herminwood seal on it.

I immediately rushed back into the room and tore it open, my heart was beating with each passing moment but it dropped when I pulled out the paper and it was a bank check of fifty million dollars.

For a moment I kept staring back at the paper uninterested, why would he give me a check of fifty million dollars? The more I thought about this, the more it didn't make sense.

Was he trying to completely write me off? Did he need to do this? He already rejected me in front of everyone so why was he sending me a check?

I turned to the man again who was still standing by the door.

“Who handed this check to you?”

“The CEO sent someone to deliver it to you ma’am” he answered and I was surprised, this hotel belonged to him?

What exactly was happening?

My musing was cut short when the landline by the bed began to beep and I rushed to it before pressing it against my ear, my heart was thumping fast against my chest.

“Hello”

“Take the money and leave, Ayita” his voice filtered into my ear and my heart almost jumped into my mouth.

“Cla.. Clave?” I was surprised to hear his voice.

“Is that not enough for you?” He asked me again but I was mute, I didn’t know what to say. I couldn’t even decipher if this was a genuine gesture from him or an act of mockery. What the hell happened the night before?

“That should be enough for you, Ayita” he continued, “seeing how you throw yourself at every man you come around you. This is enough for a mate I have rejected and someone who he is not fit to stand beside me as my mate and Luna. I have watched your life and let me say you disgust me, now you take that money and leave quietly. I don’t ever want to see you around me or my pack anymore, I will tear you into shreds if I do”

Just as I opened my mouth to speak, the line immediately went dead.

I stood rooted to the spot, my legs were suddenly wobbly and I couldn't move. This was him cutting me off completely, this was him telling me that I meant nothing to him even in the least.

“Ma’am, should I serve breakfast?” He asked but as I opened my mouth to answer, no words came out. Only the tears that blurred my vision.