Her Chosen Mate

Chapter Seven

When we headed towards the salon, I remembered those days when Zoe and I used to go shopping, clubbing and visiting the latest restaurant/spa in the city; looking at my nails, I realised it's been a long time since I took care of my body. We always loved doing these things together before and after her kids came. Her mate always made time for her to do some girl's stuff. Her kids have never stopped her from taking care of herself, but when the twins came, I refused to go to those places again and made my kids the centre of my world.

Zoe and I have been best friends since we were in our teens. She has always had her way with people, and this has helped her in her work dealing with people in our pack clinic. She was very careful about her body and always liked to look her best.

I can tell she is up to something, I know from the way she was going about this spa of a thing. She continued to chat with me and make everyone in the salon parlour laugh as they busy themselves with making me look beautiful. I just can't make out what she was up to.

" I want my brother to remember how you looked when you started dating him, you had that beauty that makes head turns when you were still without your mate, you were the beauty of this pack every lady envied your beauty back then," She said with a funny smirk on her face, she happens to be two years older than me but we had always been friends and then the friendship was seal by the moon goddess making her twin brother my mate, Finley told me he had nursed the fear that it would change the relationship between Zoe and me but it never changed anything between us.

They were both inseparable as kids when he had his mate. Zoe feared too that his mate would come between them but realized it was me, and I proved to them that I was not going to cause them problems as siblings; I was very accommodating, and this had made the love between Zoe and me grow more.

I must look very awful. That should be the reason Zoe is going through all this trouble in wanting to give me back my past glory. Could it be that Finley has to tell her about our frequent misunderstandings? Did he tell him of my treatment of Hazel? Zoe knows me better, I would not do something to her if there were no reasonable reasons for it. My sudden hostility to Hazel is born out of what I saw her do; Hazel was a child I have given my love to, but who would believe me when I told them I was afraid of a five-year-old child? Yes, what I saw her do was surprising, and it made me wonder who her parents were; they must be some supernatural beings different from werewolves. I have always been a pleasant person who does not discriminate, but I am scared of a five-year-old girl who everyone sees as my adopted child.

What Zoe said brought me back to the present, " Are you telling me I am ugly now? " I said and she smiled before giving me a response.

" You have always been a beauty, but you need to take care of that beauty of yours so you don't get old all of a sudden," Zoe mocked; I know she was right, but she should know that taking care of three children was not an easy task to do.

"You know the twins are a handful and I don't have much time for all these," I complained, expecting her to understand being a mother herself.

" That is not a reason why you should stop living your life, you don't have to ignored my brother too becauae of the kids, you know he love to see you looking good. You make my nephews look like a curse when in truth they are the light in your marriage. You need to take care of yourself too,"

" Some women would ignore their husbands with the excuse that the children need taking care of and forgetting that the first kid in the family is their husband. Things like this are what cause dispute in a family, so as a woman we need to manage both so the other won't feel neglected," Zoe advised, she hope this step will help resolve the dispute between her and her brother.

" Mothers are the link between father and children in a family, we need to make sure that the link stays connected so that harmony in the family stayed intact," Zoe continued when she observed that I was listening to her. So it encourages her to continue with her lectures to me.

" But how is that possible when the kids keep seeking our attention," I asked, I wonder how I was going to handle everything Zoe was telling me. To me, it sounds impossible to do.

"You will discover it is not as difficult as you view it when you give it a go, it makes you earn the respect of your mate and children. It will make them love even more, respect, and obey you," Zoe said to me like she could see what was going on in my mind.

" Hum, I will try giving it a go, are you sure this is what I need to do to bring harmony to my family?" I asked her because I was still in doubt.

" Have you not seen the harmony in my family? I always make sure I give everyone the attention they needed, so I am always the one receiving care from everyone in the family because everyone wants to be in my good book," She explains to me, and she was right because I have always envied her family. They were one great family.

" Thank you for the advice, and lessons learned, I never knew this was your reason for asking me out, I appreciate it," I said to her.

" You are welcome, but my reason for asking you out is not to lecture you, when you are through with the beauty treatment, we will be going shopping," Zoe said to me and I wonder where she will be taking me, I was ready missing my children, and wish we. would just head home.

" The kids are going to give Bob a tough time and there is no one with him to help out, will it not be too much for him to handle," I was becoming reckless when heard I she was taking me somewhere else again after spending two hours already at the beauty salon. Why is she so confident and not bothered about her mate who will be having a difficult time with the children?

" You don't need to worry about him because he told me Finley was already there with him, and he is helping out with the children. Moreover, Bob doesn't have any problems with taking care of the kids, you know he loves them," I see there is no escape from Zoe grip because she came prepared, I think the best thing for is to allow her have a way.