**Veronica**
As if I were possessed, I walked over to the table where this guy sat, drinking a glass of wine. I have never been this loose, but at this point, I'm not in my right mind and I guess it wouldn't hurt to be flirty for a day.
“Hi, would you like to sleep with me?”
Suddenly, he coughed out, spilling the contents of the wine he was holding on his suit.
“Oops! Did I take you unaware?” I asked between chuckles.
He raised his head up at me and, for some reason, I felt this powerful pull I'd never felt before. His eyes were dark green and sexy. He has a well shaped nose and his lips. I don't know if he perhaps uses lip gloss, but they were smooth and shiny.
While he looked at me, I noticed he wasn't moving. I wonder if he felt the same way I did.
“I can pay you handsomely if you like. So would you like to sleep with me?”
“Is that what you want?” It was the question he asked next.
I leaned into him this time. I'm perfect at seduction, even though I've never been this loose in my entire life.
“Yes. Do you think you can give me what I want?” I whispered into his ears. I noticed he clenched his jaw, even though he did not give me a reply at the moment.
“If that's the case, then what are we waiting for?” He replied.
This made me smile brightly. Finally, I was able to use my charms on him.
The next minute, we were kissing hot and undressing one another. He pushed me to the bed and climbed right after.
I can't even wait for him to take off his pants. My whole body was on fire. I thought I could only do this with that bastard, Lawrence. I can't believe I'm burning with desire for a stranger.
Just as I was about to kiss him, he suddenly pushed me down on the bed by the shoulders.
“Sure, you will not regret this?”
What is he saying? Why on earth will I regret what I initiated?
“You don't have to worry, it's only for tonight. By tomorrow, I'll be gone, and I'll not even remember your face,” I uttered longingly.
“Then, we'll see about that,” with that he said, he leaned into me and took me.
**
# A week later
"I stared in the mirror and at my black dress. Though the dress fits me, I don't see how it makes me look beautiful. Now I understand that what makes a lady beautiful isn't just the dress they put on, but how happy they are.
The majority of the time, happiness is the reason women look beautiful. For someone like me, the dress looks good on me, but it doesn't make me look beautiful.
I didn't even bother to apply makeup on my face. All I did was wear lipstick, so I wouldn't look outdated. A knock on the door made me turn around towards the door entrance.
“Come in,” I stated. The door slowly pushed open.
“Miss Veronica, the visitors are here, and the Alpha wants you at the dinner table in ten minutes,” Kira, who happens to be my personal maid, informed me.
“Must I go?” I asked, turning my gaze towards the mirror.
Kira quickly rushed over to meet me, and helped me zip the dress from behind.
“Miss Veronica, I can tell you are not on good terms with your father for a week now, but today is his birthday. You should at least keep your misunderstandings aside. You know there are guests, and it wouldn't be nice. Heard the Alpha king is here as well.”
“What? He invited the king?”
“Well, everyone knows the king is the elder brother to the present Luna.”
That b***h! She dared to invite her brother to my father's birthday? What is she trying to prove now? That she is loved by her brother now?
I clenched my fist in anger.
Speaking about the Alpha king, good thing I didn't listen to Daisy's advice by going for any of Tatiana's goddess forsaken brothers.
Just then, the thought of the stranger clouded me. It's been a week and I still find it difficult to forget the night of passion we had.
I still remember telling him I'd forget everything about him, but that was a filthy lie. I could literally still perceive his scent, my lips still stung from his kisses. I can still remember how I moaned in hopeless abandon.
Immediately, I gave a hard slap to my cheeks.
“Get it together, Veronica! You can't afford to think about another man after what you went through,” I cautioned myself before walking out of the room.
I headed down to the dinner table just as Kira had informed me. Getting to the dinner table, I was shocked to see the large number of people gathered at the dinner. Wait a minute, why are there so many people? This isn't the first birthday my father had celebrated, and hence I haven't seen so much crowds as I see now.
Just then, I caught sight of Tatiana, feeding my dad a portion of cake with a smile on her face. And my dad… I shook my head in disappointment. I have never seen him so foolish in love before. In anger, I marched towards the dinning and sat down on the vacant chair next to my father. If not for his birthday, I wouldn't even want to see his face.
“Oh, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my daughter who just came in now,” my father introduced with a smiling face. Everyone at the table applauded, and I just smiled, even though it was all pretense.
“It's nice to see you again, Veronica.”
That voice… I quickly raised my head up and, to my greatest shock, it was him. How can I forget the face I have been dreaming of and imagining for the past week now? But how did he get here?”
“Do you perhaps know my daughter, Your Majesty?”
My father asked and this further made me gasp in a low tone.
Did my dad just refer to him as, “Your Majesty?”
“Yes brother, do you know her?” I turned my gaze towards Tatiana, who asked him the same question. Wait a minute, what's going on here? Am I dreaming? Is he Tatiana's brother? Someone wake
me up from this nightmare!
“Yes, I do?” He said the words while staring at me without blinking.
“So, Veronica, should I tell them how we met?”
He asked, the corners of his eyes twinkled in amusement. That very instant, the spoon I was holding fell off my hands shakily. I'm so dead!