Chapter1
*Slap*
The entire room gasped, snickering and laughing, pointing their fingers in ridicule to me.
“Hahaha! She is so done for today." Someone said,
“Honestly, she is just a pain ." Another person said.
“I honestly don't understand why the last Alpha spared her a glance.” Someone else sneered… their voices dropped into my head with venom. Their words sliced through my heart, painful just as always.
I felt it, hard and burning, stinging my cheek. My vision blurred with tears, tears threatening to escape my eyes as I held my cheek.
I lifted my face to meet her gaze, Kelly… Jax's younger sister who I was clearly older than, standing high and mighty. Her eyes staring down at me with pure disgust.
I stood up straight, turning to search for Jax, he was sitting on his throne. He casually scanned me, a hint of care in his eyes but he took his eyes off me.
(He doesn't even care)
I took a deep breath to calm myself, looking at the ground.
“You wrench! Why did you get me pork meat when I asked for sheep?!" She screamed, poking my forehead aggressively, continuously, in an attempt to push me down. I kept quiet, still facing the ground.
She stared a little longer, trying to catch if I would drop a reaction but I didn't.
It seemed like my silence made her bored and caused her to go away. When she left, I walked to the kitchen sitting with the maids.
Only they understood me in this entire town because I am being treated like them.
" Hey Maya.” Rachel called out, her voice soft as she walked up to me with a piece of cake, dropping it in front of me. I tried to smile but my cheek was swollen and so it was hard.
" It's okay. I'm so sorry about what happened out there.” She said dipping her hands into her apron pocket.
" Thanks, it's okay." I said biting into the cake.
“ Girl, it is not okay, it actually isn't okay.” Natasha said, wiping the table, anger evident in her voice. I knew it wasn't okay but what could I do? I love Jax and he loves me too…it is just hard for him to express his love.
“ Natasha?" Rachel called out, her voice in a warning tone.
“It's okay Rachel… she's actually right.” I said taking the last bite of the cake staring at the window. Natasha looked at Rachel with a ‘ I told you’ look.
" But what choice do I have? I love Jax… and I'm sure he feels the same too.” I said silently hope but the doubt that crept in my heart was much louder.
The ladies exchanged looks and slapped their heads in unison.
“They have all forgotten so soon who the Alpha of this clan was." Natasha said disappointment, sitting on a stool by my side.
A tear slid down my face , I bit down the inside of my mouth, trying hard to fight back tears and muffle my cry.
Rachel held me as I cried, patting my back to calm me down.
“Maybe you should go to your room and take a nap. Don't overthink it.” Natasha said is a small voice, I nodded and left the kitchen.
I walked to the room they had reserved for me only after I lost my dad. A cramped space next to the toilet, which was supposed to be a storage room.
I collapsed on the tiny bed and tears streaming down my face, it has always been this way, since my father died and left Jax as the Alpha just so he can marry me as his fated mate but Jax… is nothing but harsh to me.
I buried my face in pillow, hearing voices on the other side of the room. It sounded like Jax's voice.
“You don't get to treat Maya that way." He said.
“Why not? I told her to do something so simple but she couldn't! She's incompetent!" The other voice which seemed to belong to Kelly said angrily.
“Why would you send her to get something for you? She's not a maid!" Jax's voice was rising with impatience.
“Neither is she one of us!" She retorted.
“You don't get to dictate that! Don't treat her like that, if you need to get something call one of the maids but not Maya!" He said then I heard a stomp on the ground.
He was defending me! Maybe he has been defending me all this time and I have overthinking it all this time, I wiped my tears, smiling to myself.
I knew he felt something for me
. I thought as the door flung open.
It was Jax but he looked angry!
