Almost Rejected

22 | Phase Two

“Okay, but why Bella?” I questioned, playfully furrowing my brows as the white haired witch quirked a brow in question. “It’s not that it’s a bad nickname, it’s just that.. would Bell have made more sense?” I questioned further as Bella rolled her eyes in reply.

“That actually used to be my nickname but I got tired of the Disney princess comments.” She revealed causing a small laugh to escape me, one that I promptly stopped moments later after receiving a very pointed glare.

“But they’re not even spelt the same, I mean; Bell, B-E-L-L and Belle, B-E-L-L-E.” I spelt out each name just to explain my point even further. “Yeah Stefan, I don’t think people think about the way words are spelt when they say them.” She replied sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes “Really?” I joked as I faked a surprised expression. “Whatever.” She scoffed as an amused grin spread across my face, “Anyway, where’s Ade? I never saw him walk in with you.” She stated, looking back towards where I had come from.

“Oh shit.” I said shooting up from the couch, pulling out my phone and glancing at the time; it’s already 7:30? I’ve been talking to Bella for nearly four hours? W

hat the actual f**k. Well it’s a good thing he hasn’t come back yet, I still have time to complete phase two of my plan.

“Okay, question.” I said, slipping my phone back into the pocket of my jeans “Shoot.” She replied, grabbing a handful of popcorn out a bowl I hadn’t noticed was even there.

I sent a questioning stare at the bowl but quickly shook it off, “Where’s Ades room?” She squinted her as eyes and playfully tilted her head to the side as she sent me a questioned stare, “That sounds like a question that’ll get me in trouble.”

“Bellaaaa.” I huffed, sending her a pointed glare as she started to laugh. “Seventh floor, to the left, big door at the end of the hall; There’s no way you can miss it.” She got out through breaths.

I continued glaring at her continuous laughter as I made my way out the room, “You’re a lifesaver!” I shouted as I made my way up the stairs, deciding it would probably be faster than taking the elevator.

When I finally got to the seventh floor I was greeted with the same sign I had run into during my first self-directed tour, proudly stating this was the ‘alpha’s quarters’. I looked down the hall to the left and just like she had said, there were two huge double doors at the end of it; The doors had gold words written in another language stretched along the trim of the door frame, making it look ten times more magnificent than it already did.

After a moment of gazing at the door I slowly reached for the knob, quietly opening it and slipping inside before shutting it behind me. My breath hitched as I turned and looked around the room that was at least half the size of the small cottage I lived in, it almost looked like an apartment with how big it was.”

The room was absolutely stunning and my mates' scent surrounded me as it clung to any and everything in the large room. There was a huge bed to the side that had a fluffy looking blanket with loads of red, black, and gold shapes littered everywhere; In the center of the room was a couch set with one long black couch and two smaller seats in red placed opposite of one another, as well as a giant carpet that matched the blanket and look equally as fluffy.

I ran my fingertips along the sides of the giant flat screen tv that was mounted on the wall facing the entire set up, moving to the dressers and walls as I made my way around the room.

Allowing Leon to slightly slip into control as he happily released our scent into the large room. I slowly made my way to a door against the same wall as the entrance, opening it to find a large walk in closet. I traced my fingers along the lining of the expensive clothing, some plain some not; I wasted no time and nuzzled myself into the soft fabric of as many cabinets as I could, loving both the feeling and the scent of my mate.

After I finished looking through the closet I made my way to another door on the other side of the wall the tv was mounted on, this one was closer to the large windows and when I opened it I was met with an even larger, but extremely empty, walk in closet. ‘This must be for the future Luna..’ I mumbled into me and Leon’s link, a little disappointed I would never be able to live in a room or have a closet like this.

“Oh well.” I shrugged, closing the closet as I finished my tour around the room. I took my time sitting on each cushion of each couch and chair loving the feeling of every single one, they’re definitely better than the couch I have back at the cottage for sure.

I sighed as I forced myself up before promptly collapsing onto the large bed I had been saving for last, Leon purred as we were completely surrounded with the scent of our mate and the warmth of the large blankets. I let out a breath of air, allowing the thick blankets to suffocate me before forcing myself to get up, “This should be enough.” I mumbled to myself as I took in a large breath of air, smiling when I smelt the mixture of both mine and Ades scents.

If he and his wolf have been having a hard time ignoring the mate bond, having my scent all around his room is gonna make it one hundred times harder to do so; Plus it probably doesn’t help that I was just caught smelling like another male. ‘Speaking of smelling like another male.’ Leon said, budding into my thoughts as he let out a small gag at the little bit of Ryan’s smell we still had attached to us.

I groaned as I sniffed at my arm. I guess not even my mate's faded scent is enough to get rid of this bastard. ‘You know.. there’s still one more door we haven’t gone through.’ I shook my head at Leon’s words, the bathroom.

‘No, absolutely not.’ I said, shaking my head as I turned in headed towards the exit ‘C’monnn Stefan..’ he whined earning nothing but an annoyed eye roll in reply ‘Ade could get here any minute.’ I pointed out ‘Then we’ll just have to be super quick.’ He argued. ‘Leon-‘

‘Do you really want to be stuck with Ryan’s smell? Or even chance bringing it home?’ He questioned, completely cutting me off. I sighed as I thought over his point. 'Fine; But it’s just gonna be a quick in and out so don’t go around trying to sniff his towels.’

‘What the hell?’ I laughed at how offended he sounded as I made my way to the bathroom. The bathroom was as large as my living room with a shower separate from the hot tub sized and shaped tub, and the both of them separated by a glass tiled wall with little designs etched onto each square.

I made my way to the shower, deciding it would definitely be way quicker than a bath. I found a small towel In the drawer of the cabinet and used that to bathe myself, as well as Ade body wash, loving how the strong scent reminded me of my terrible excuse of a mate.

When I had finished my shower I slowly stepped out, wrapping my already shivering body in the large towel I had stolen out of the tall cabinet placed beside the sink. The towel felt surprisingly soft around my waist, and I smiled gratefully at the feeling.

“Shit.” I cursed when I looked down at my clothes that had now become soaked after I left them too close to the shower. “I should’ve put them on the damn counter.” I grumbled as I glared down at the wet clothes and let out an irritated breath.

‘Guess we have no choice but to wear mates’ clothes.’ Leon purred into my head, not even trying to hide his excitement at the thought of wearing Ades clothes.

‘You could at least try and sound a little upset.’ I replied, picking up the wet clothes and ringing them out over the drain of the shower. ‘Oh nooo! Looks like we’re going to have to wear mates’ clothes.’ He repeated, in a concerned tone that was clearly fake.

I rolled my eyes as I walked over to the half full dirty clothes hamper in the corner of the bathroom, silently standing over it before, after much consideration, deciding to move the clothes around so I could put mine at the bottom; Hopefully completely hidden under his.

I quickly dried myself off with the towel, re-wrapping it around my waist as I remember I would have to exit the restroom to find clothes to wear. I quickly made my way into Ades closet, shivering as the cold air of the room hit my exposed and damp skin.

I absentmindedly skimmed through the clothes, my senses becoming more and more on high alert the longer I stayed in the room. I was brought of my thoughts by Leon as he let out a happy yipp, I promptly looked down at the sound, analyzing the red hoodie sleeve I had punched between my fingertips, ‘You want to wear this?’ I questioned with a raised brow, causing him to let out a happy purr.

I scoffed at his lack of words but still picked out the red hoodie he wanted. I quickly put the large hoodie on, making my way to the bathroom and catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror as I placed my towel at the bottom of the hamper with the rest of my clothes.

There was nothing special about the hoodie Leon picked, it really was just a plain red hoodie. The hoodie reached all the way down to my mid-thigh with the sleeves completely passing my hands. Honestly he probably only picked this because of Ades scent, out of all the clothes his scent was the strongest on this one.

I mean I’m definitely not complaining, it’s a pretty warm hoodie and has the comforting scent of my mate without the dumb attitude.

I frowned as I looked through the few pairs of pants he had hanging in the closet, I walked out the closet and continued my search but this time through the drawers of his dressers hoping maybe he kept old clothes he had grown out of in there, but all I found was more of his bottoms that I wouldn’t be able to fit.

I went to one of the smaller bedside nightstands by his bed, opening the drawer to see it was full of different kinds of boxers. I really don’t want to wear his underwear, not because I don’t want to but because that is a big line to cross for two people who aren’t together, mates or not.

But they aren’t as big as his other clothes and could probably fit me as loose shorts depending on which one I choose.

I quietly groaned before eventually taking the boxers and slipping them on, one again going back to the bathroom; This time stepping onto my tip toes in order to see how the boxers looked and just like I thought, they look like loose shorts. The ‘shorts’ went to my mid-thigh, just a little longer than the jacket so I could still see them underneath it.

I ran my hands down the front on the hoodie, letting out a shaky breath of air; Putting the hood of the jacket over my head as I opted to sneak out the house and hopefully shift and run home before anyone noticed what I was wearing and where I was leaving from.

My feet became frozen to the ground as I heard footsteps approaching the door, the quick thought of shifting and hiding under the bed popped into my head but as the door started to open, I figured I wouldn’t have enough time since he was already coming through the door.

I watched as my tall and dreaded mate walked into the room still looking just as pissed as before, if not more. He froze as soon as the door shut, he wasn’t really looking up so I’m assuming he stopped because of the scent.

He took small breaths, his eyes shutting as he slowly moved his head around the room, opening his eyes once he was facing my direction. His brows furrowed, looking me up and down as he visibly swallowed, “Stefan..?”

I lifted the hoodie a bit so I could see better, forcibly clearing my throat as we made eye contact, “Hey?” I replied, sending an awkward half-smile in hopes of lightening the tense mood.