Taya thought about it for a minute, then replied. [It takes a lot to make me feel this worn out.]
Maybe he would think she had slept with Jackson too many times and would not want to touch her again.
After she sent the message, Greyson didn’t reply.
Taya couldn’t help but smile. She put away her phone and hurried outside.
Harper had parked the car and was getting things out of the trunk.
“Harper!” Taya hurriedly walked over and gave her a big hug from behind.
Harper turned around and smiled at Taya.
“Did you miss me?”
“Of course!” Taya hugged her tighter. “I missed you so much!”
Harper smiled and patted the hand around her waist. “All right, all right. It’s only been a few days. There’s no need to be like this.”
Taya smiled, let go of Harper’s hand, and asked, “Where are the gifts you brought me?”
Harper turned around and pointed to the ground. “All this.”
Taya looked at Harper in surprise when she saw the pile of gifts.
“Why do you buy so many things?”
“You know how I love to shop and spend money.”
“You bought so much. How many nights will you have to work to make up for it?”
Taya’s heart ached for her friend.
However, Harper waved Taya’s concerns away. “They’re all skincare products and tonics. I promise, I didn’t spend a lot.”
Harper picked up a box of goodies and walked toward the house.
As she walked, she turned around and said to Taya, “Don’t just stand there. Hurry up and help me inside.”
Taya hurried to grab the rest and keep up with Harper.
The dining table was full of the things that Harper had brought back. She seemed afraid that Taya would not have enough, so she bought too much.
Taya shook her head and sighed, but Harper opened the refrigerator to check if she had eaten well.
Seeing that the refrigerator was empty, Harper did not nag at Taya because she a*sumed Taya had eaten it all.
When Taya received the news that Harper was returning, she had already thrown away everything that had gone bad in the refrigerator.
Fortunately, she had started wearing lo oser clothes before Harper left, so her friend wouldn’t notice that Taya had lost even more weight.
It wasn’t good to keep it a secret from Harper. Taya wanted to find a better time to confess everything. She just dreaded how poorly Harper was going to take it, thought. Wolf shifters were rarely confronted with mortality.
After Harper sorted out the things on the table, she took out her phone and called Damian, asking him when he would be done visiting his family.
He’d brought home a lot of presents for his family, and while Harper had wanted to see Taya as soon as they got back, he wanted to go see his family.
“Why didn’t you go straight to his pack lands with him?”
Harper shrugged. “He said that the environment at his parents’ house was bad, and he told me not to come with him.”
But Harper didn’t care about whatever was happening at his parents’ house. Growing up in an orphanage had exposed her to plenty of different things; she had a thick skin.
Taya glanced at Harper. “You’ve never been to his parents’ before, have you?”
“Nope. Originally, I planned to visit his parents on their pack lands before getting married. But before I could go, his parents came to Arcadia to see me.”
Taya was a little worried about Harper.
When Damian heard that Harper wanted to return to his pack lands with him-not the pack houses in Arcadia they had, but the farther-away lands-he tried his best to stop her. Even his parents tried to dissuade her. They said the rural environment was poor and feared that Harper would not be used to living there.
Taya was worried that Damian and his pack might be hiding something, but Harper felt they respected her and worried that she wouldn’t like their pack lands because they were so different than that city. They worried it might affect her relationship with Damian.
So, Taya didn’t say much. It had become clear that nothing she said would matter. And who was going to listen to a human anyways?
But now that Harper and Damian were married, why wouldn’t they allow their daughter-in-law to visit?
Taya thought it was a little strange, but Harper waved off her concerns. “Who cares? Anyway, I don’t want to live that far away from the city. Damian and I will stay here in the pack house he bought us in their pack neighborhood, and his parents will stay on pack lands. Plus, them wanting to stay out there means that I won’t have to live with my mother-in-law in the future. I couldn’t be happier.”
Taya swallowed what she wanted to say.
She must be overthinking everything. After all, Damian’s parents were very enthusiastic about Harper. When they heard that they were getting mated, they immediately took out the money they had saved for many years and gave them a small down payment.
Although Harper paid most of the money, at least Damian’s pack had showed some sincerity.
In addition, Damian’s parents didn’t have much income from farming on their pack lands. They came from a simple pack. They had done their best to give Damian and Harper what they had.
Perhaps it truly was that they were embarra*sed about living so simply and didn’t want Harper to be unhappy there, to think that the big city she-wolf had married beneath her.
Taya calmed herself down and linked her arm with Harper’s. The two of them went out to the supermarket, talking happily.
When she went downstairs and got into the car, Greyson sent her a few WhatsApp messages. She picked up her phone and took a look.
[You are so cheap.]
[You slept with me, but you still slept with other men. Are you that desperate for men?]
[Bitch, I can’t wait to strangle you to death.]
Taya was so angry that her whole body trembled.
Who did he think he was? What right did a rapist have to scold her?