Chapter 5:I love you
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Like every morning, when Ashton woke up Taylor was already up and looking at her laptop,.
She works as an accountant at her father’s company.
“Good morning Ash, you have an hour to get ready for work and I am leaving now… I have a breakfast date with my brother,” said Taylor as she kissed his cheek before leaving.
He looked around and saw that she had already made his breakfast and a lunch box.
She is a tough and powerful person but when she cares she shows it.
He got ready for work also and left, Bryan was waiting for him in his office.
“Give me your lunch box” was the first thing he said.
“Why should I give you my lunch box?” asked Ashton.
“Because you are the CEO of a multinational company and you shouldn’t be carrying one,” answered Bryan but they all knew the real reason why he was asking for it.
“Come during lunch and we can have lunch together. She packed enough for both of us,” said Ashton before kicking him out of his office.
Bryan wouldn’t mind if Ashton married Taylor because the woman can cook.
During lunch, as they were sitting in Ashton‘s office he finally said what was on his mind.
“I think I am ready,” Ashton said with a confident smile.
“Ready to lose your virginity?” asked Bryan before laughing.
“No, I am ready to tell Taylor that I love her, I am ready to say it,” he said but looked at his friend for assurance.
They have known Taylor enough to know that she hates the word Love.
Hell, she calls it the L word and now Ashton wants to say it out loud.
He wanted to tell her because he loves her, loves her more than he thought he could.
He didn’t even know that he could love someone so much that all he wanted was to see her happy and fulfilled. And she deserves to know that, he has been meaning to tell her for years now but it was never the right time.
“I don’t know how she will react though,” he said looking at his best friend and beta.
“It's Taylor, you never know how she is going to react. But that is one of the things you love about her, I say tell her how you feel,” he said as they continued having lunch.
That day he left early so he could organise a romantic dinner.
Roses all around the room, scented candles, and the works.
When Taylor comes back to Ashton’s apartment where they are practically living together,.
She has most of her stuff here than at home and spends most nights here.
When she got home, she saw the romantic setup that Ashton did.
They do have romantic dinners, but it was like today he went all out.
He wasn’t going to propose to her, was he?
Not that she didn't want to be with him.
She just didn't want them to promise each other forever when they knew it's not meant to be.
She went in reluctantly.
“Come on, it’s just dinner I am not going to ask you to marry me,” he said with a smile and when she relaxed it sort of hurt his feelings.
He knew her very well now and could tell what she was thinking.
He pulled up a chair for her and she sat down.
“So what’s with dinner?” she asked and he just smiled forgetting everything else.
“I just wanted to cook you dinner, do I need a reason?” he asked making her frown looking at the food in front of her.
“If I am going to be eating your horrible poop like the food I need to know why,” she said making him laugh,.
The food really did look like poo,p especially the soup.
“That is why I ordered pizza,” he said with a smile removing the food from the table.
When they were finally eating pizza he finally spoke.
“I wanted to do something nice for you because I am ready,” he said and she just looked at him confused.
“Ready for what? To lose your virginity?” she asked before laughing making him frown.
Taylor and Bryan really are a little similar.
“Why is everyone asking me that?” he asked with an amused smile.
“Because the way you say it, it's like you are a virgin saying that they are ready to lose their virginity,” said Taylor while stuffing her face with pizza.
She wasn’t like most girls, didn’t eat to watch her figure.
Maybe it was because she was a fitness freak who always went for a jog or run every morning.
Constantly training him and Bryan hence she is always physically fit.
She probably burns off all these calories excising.
“Then what are you ready for?” she asked looking at him.
“I am ready to say the L word,” he said with a smile but her expression changed.
She didn’t want to hear him say it.
She knew that one day whatever they have will come to an end when he finds his mate.
She doesn’t want to find herself in a dark corner thinking about how much he said he loved her.
He has shown her that he loves the same way she has shown him that she feels the same.
But saying it out loud leaves no room for doubts.
He will find his mate so it is better for her not to hear it.
“I love, ” but before he could finish, she was standing.
“What’s wrong Taylor? You didn’t even let me finish,” he asked.
“Because I don’t want you to, I don’t want to hear it,” she said while taking her handbag and heading for the door.
He used his werewolf speed to block the door, “why don’t you want to hear it?”
“Because Ashton, you will say it and perhaps you will mean it but the moment you find your mate you will be following her like a lovesick puppy. When you do find your mate, I am the one who is going to get hurt and maybe it would hurt less if you don’t say it.” she said before pushing him out of the way.
“I will reject her,” he said making her stop and turn around.
“I don’t expect you to do that, you said it yourself, a mate is your other half, and I am just your quarter… I don’t want you to reject someone that you were destined to love just because you don’t want to hurt me,” she said.
He went to her side and took her hand in his.
“I won't be doing that because I don’t want to hurt you. But I will be doing it because I love you, anyways I don’t have to reject anyone. I want to tell my parents about you but after the ceremony,” he said.
She looked at him wondering if he was just kidding.
His telling his parents that he doesn’t want his mate but wants to be with Taylor is like telling them I don’t want to carry on the family bloodline.
Werewolves are so obsessed with purebreeds.
Especially when it comes to their Alphas and future leaders.
“What are you saying, Ashton? Do you hear yourself? Charles can't be the future Alpha King and if you tell your parents that you want to be with me they will make him instead of you,” she said shaking her head.
“That is why I will be telling them only after the ceremony. Once they have announced that I will be the future King… then I will tell them that it’s you I want to mate with that way I wont have to reject whoever my mate might be,” he said with a smile hoping that she would see that it’s a brilliant idea.
Even if he meets his mate after mating with Taylor then he won't have a problem because he won't even know that it is his mate.
After one has mated with a person the bond with their actual mate gets severed.
“Are you sure about all this?” asked Taylor with a sig.
she didn’t want to show it but she was happy that Ashton wanted to choose her.
All the time in their relationship she has always been scared that one day he will find his mate and leave her but after what he said she isn’t afraid anymore.
“Well then if you put it like that, let go of my hand we have a pizza to finish and a conversation to continue plus there is desserts also,” she said with a wink.
They sat down and looked at each other.
Its that look that tells you everything you need to know.
“I love you Ashton.” said Taylor to Ashton making him look at her surprised.
He always thought that he was the one who was going to say it first, wait he did…
“I said it first,” he said making her frown.
“No, I just did,” she answered back.
“I was the first one to say it outside when you were about to leave,” he said again.
“I didn’t hear you,” she said, and they looked at each other.
“I love you,” they said at the same time.
“You hear that I said it first.” said Taylor but Ashton didn’t agree with her.
“Nooo, I said it first.” he said, as they were arguing they heard a chuckle.
“Taylor said it first.” said Bryan from the door.
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