Amber’s POV
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I stayed in bed, fighting with my mind and heart whether to call him or text him. I didn’t want him to think of me like a clingy or desperate person.
I picked up my phone to send him a text when my phone dinged at an incoming WhatsApp message.
“Are you still awake?”
I knew my typing speed was not great but still, I tried to reply to him as soon as possible. “No.”
“Still you didn’t find it important to text me? :( What were you doing then?”
“It’s not like that. I was about to text you. It’s just I didn’t want to disturb you.”, I quickly replied.
I waited for a while for his answer but it never came. Instead, my phone started ringing, showing me the notification of a Video Call.
Without thinking much, I swiped the screen and received the call.
“Wow, you look so different.”, Was the first comment from him.
Shit!
My eyes widened in shock and my stomach dropped. I should have washed her face and would have combed her hair before receiving the call. By observing my messy hair and bare face, he would have got a shock.
“I…I…”
“You look like an angel without makeup and I would prefer your face without makeup more.”
“But I think people look more beautiful in makeup,”, I whispered slowly.
“That’s not their natural beauty.”, He pointed out. “Moreover, I don’t want you to use makeup because I’m not interested in eating tons of powders and lipstick, every time I shower my love on your face.”, He added.
My eyes widened when I realized what he just said!
I started looking everywhere but him and feeling shy all of the sudden.
‘Boss, we’re here.’, I heard the voice of a third person and I realized that it’s time to say ‘Good night.’
“Amber…”
“It’s fine. I understand. Good night.”, I said with a heavy heart.
“Good night. And I will be there soon.”
I smiled resting my phone on my chest. I knew that I was surrounded by my enemies and my mate was also one of them but still, I was falling in love with him with each passing minute.
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“Imagine the face of those people who have hurt you and then attack.”, I heard the loud and angry sound of Lily. I took a deep breath and then started hitting the punching bag as hard as I could, while she was holding the punching bag from the other side so that I didn’t get myself hurt.
“That’s it? Is this what you got?”, She mocked.
She knew that this was new for me. Still, she was being harsh on me. But then, a part of me knew that she was doing this for me.
“I’m done now.”, I said and showed her my puppy eyes. “I can’t practice more than this. I’m tired.”
“No, darling. I have to keep practicing until I will say that you are DONE.”, She said, stressing on her last word. “You’re going to thank me one day for everything because I know you will need this training very soon.”
“What do you mean?”
“I will explain it to you too when the right time comes. Now learn how to throw a good punch so that you can defend yourself.”
I nodded and put my fist up and started hitting the punching bag again. I recalled all the torture and pain which I endured all my life. I recalled how Samantha used to hit me unnecessarily like her own punching bag.
“Good. Now, you’re doing better, Amber. Keep Going.”
One after another, I started hitting hard at that punching bag. No, Lily didn’t tell me about it but I observed that she was using her strength to hold the bag. Once done, she taught me how to dodge the attack to protect myself without getting hurt and using a minimum amount of energy.
I was following each and every instruction of her like an obedient student and I must say that she was an amazing teacher. After a while, I felt my wolf presence. Well, that’s rare.
With the presence of my wolf, I didn’t feel tired as easily as I was feeling before and I could tell that even Lily was surprised about it.
“What happened to you, all of the sudden?”, She asked, when we were getting back to our rooms from the training.
“What happened to me?”, I asked in confusion.
“I mean all of a sudden you started acting energetically!”
“Oh…that! It was my excitement to learn everything.”, I lied, hoping she would buy it. And mentally prepared me to act just like before. After all, I couldn't tell the truth.
“Not bad. I’m impressed.”, She said genuinely. “See you later at the breakfast table! And yeah, I had asked Ms. Potter to bring new dresses for you and to keep in the room. You can use them for now. We will go shopping later”, She added, walking toward her room. I did the same and checked whether anyone was looking at me or not, once I was confirmed that no one was around. I used my top to hold the silver knob of the door and opened it.
Once I was in, I locked it behind me and quicked stripped out of that sweaty clothes. I saw a packet on the bed. I didn’t check the dresses in that packet, I just picked a fresh towel and walked inside the washroom to have a hot shower. I looked around all the things in the washroom closely today. It was filled with all the manly stuff. But then, any woman’s product in his washroom would surely be something I didn’t want to see.
I smiled realizing that I was smelling almost like my mate after using his products.
‘Mate’, My wolf howled in joy when my nose hit his scent and it was stronger. “Mate’s here.’
‘Alex is not here but his things are.’, I said, shaking my head. There was no way he could be here at this moment, right?
After taking shower I wrapped a towel around my body and I came out into the room to check the clothes which Ms. Potter had bought for me but I gasped in surprise when I saw Alex using his mobile and sitting on the bed.
He lifted his head when he felt my presence and I could tell by his expression that even he was as shocked as I was.
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#TBC