Confrontation
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/-Skylar-/
“Skylar! Where have you been?” Dwayne exclaimed, drawing our attention to the doorway. “I have been looking everywhere for you!”
Mei and I exchanged glances. At first, we were worried that he might have heard our discussion, but the clueless look on his face told us that he had no idea what we were talking about.
I breathed a sigh of relief, but he was already moving, pulling me into a tight hug.
“You just took off, leaving me alone at the dining room. I was worried,” he muttered, and my chest tightened with guilt.
I left in anger because Roman was pissing me off only for the goddess to pull a fast one on me and mate me to the very man I was trying so hard to forget about.
She was probably up there laughing her ass out at the little mess she made of my life.
“I'm sorry I got you worried,” I apologized. It was the only thing I could say. I couldn't offer any form of explanation. What would I even say?
“I'll see you later, Sky,” Mei said and exited the room before I could utter a word. It was obvious she wanted to escape the awkward moment of confrontation between Dwayne and I.
As Dwayne pulled away from me, he cupped my face, staring deeply into my eyes, “Are you okay?”
No… I'm not. If anything, I was far from okay.
I bit my lip, deciding to pose the question just as Mei suggested.
“Did you lie to me, Dwayne?” I asked, and he blinked, stunned by the sudden question.
“Lie to you about what, Sky?” He asked.
“About your rank. You're not a Beta, are you?” I asked, and his eyes widened with shock and then the color drained out of his face, confirming my fears.
My stomach twisted tightly.
He was right. Adonis was f*****g right! Dwayne had been lying to my face for three freaking years! How could I have been so stupid not to notice?
Why couldn't I smell he was an omega?
“How… how did you…” he stuttered, looking everywhere but me. I could keep the anger seeping through my veins. I couldn't tell if I was angry that he lied or pissed that he couldn't even deny it.
“You lied to me…” my lips quivered as the words rolled out of my tongue. I was staring at him but not really seeing him. All I could see was that taunting smirk on Adonis' face. The glaring amusement dancing in those seafoam eyes as I bragged about my boyfriend.
“Skylar… I swear to you, it's not what you think…” he pleaded, and my fists clenched tightly.
“Three f*****g years and all that time you made me believe you were a Beta! Why? For what reason?” My pitch was getting higher with each question and the fact that he was not answering quickly made it a little worse. “Do I come off to you like someone that cares about ranks? Was that your first impression of me? Answer me, dammit!”
Dwayne didn't waste time in dropping on his knees and the action caught me off guard.
“I… I'm sorry, Skylar. I didn't mean to lie to you…” he reached for my hands, but I moved them away from his reach. “It's just that, meeting you for the first time, I felt my breath get knocked away. I had seen something so… pure, beautiful, as you tried to win a teddy bear for yourself. When I finally gathered the courage to come close to you, the first thing I smelled the Alpha blood running through your veins and I… I was nothing but a mere omega…”
My heart tugged as he spoke. I didn't expect to hear something like this from him.
Those beautiful blue orbs met my eyes. “So I lied. It was the only thing I could think of at that time. I knew a girl like you would never spare a mere omega like me a second glance and I really liked you…”
I couldn't even utter a word or react to those words. I couldn't believe that this whole time, Dwayne has been struggling with an inferiority complex.
“Please don't leave me, Skylar. I know I was wrong but please…” his voice cracked as he reached for my hands again. I didn't yank them from him this time. “Please baby…”
How could I not forgive him when he was staring at me this way? Kneeling and begging.
“Please Sky… I know I messed up but please. I love you, I can't bear the thought of losing you please…” his head rested on my hands as he begged.
I sucked in a deep breath, feeling all the anger from earlier disappear.
“Okay,” I said simply, and he looked up. Those misty eyes made my heart squeeze. Didn't I say I would never hurt him? I shouldn't be breaking that because of something so small.
Because of Adonis...
“I forgive you,” I told him, and his eyes widened.
“Really?” his voice raised hopefully as he searched my eyes desperately.
“Yes, but on the condition that you will never lie to me for any reason ever again,” I said, and he smiled out tears.
“Never, I promise you,” he said quickly. “It won't happen again…” he hugged my legs tightly. “Thank you, thank you, thank you…”
“Stand up, Dwayne,” I chuckled, and he stood up, wiping away his tears. “You are such a cry baby.”
“I thought I was going to lose you,” he muttered, drying his eyes. “I'm really sorry.”
He dropped his hands to look at me properly now. I didn't stop him as he stepped closer and wrapped his arms around me.
“I love you so much, Sky. You gave my life meaning. I don't know what I would do without you,” he said and my cheeks colored.
His feelings were not new to me. It was something he said every time. I could hear it all day and never get tired of it.
He leaned in and my body stiffened. “I know you might not feel the same yet, but I know you will, eventually. I am willing to wait.”
He cupped my cheeks gently. “Did you hear me, Sky?”
My lips parted slightly, but no words came out. My heart was hitting hard against my chest. He was so close. Too close. I could feel his breath against my face.
My entire being wanted to move away. Put some distance between us.
“Sky…” his lips were inches from mine and my fingers were getting sweaty. Itchy. To push him away from me. I clenched them into fists.
“Dwayne don't…” his lips crashed on mine before I could complete the words and I froze.
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