Evelyn’s Pov
I continued to stare, smitten at the photograph. I didn’t know how I loved, or liked or even lust. I had felt sizzlings and great electricity with Jason, I had wanted to make love to him every time my eyes touched his’, that and to also ride around the world in his hands.
What had prevented me from bumping into his embrace was that arsh reality that no matter how it was to me, I didn’t know him. It was only rational that I knew him and I wanted to, was willing and prepared to know him after falling in love.
I mean, I saw people do it all the time when I was a teenager, the distinct memory of me sneaking to the cinemas and watching Rom coms where Julia Roberts found love with the other handsome man in Hollywood.
The whole love at first sight was not foreign to me, I wanted that with him but he felt insulted that I would involuntarily forget all I knew of him.
“Three minutes,” Freddy breathed next to me and I turned to look at him, he had a charming smile on his face and was patient.
“What?” I asked him and he leaned down to my height, his lips mere inches away from mine.
“That’s how long you blacked out, is it my picture or your lover?” He asked me and I tried not to notice the glint of jealousy shadowed in his eyes.
“I was actually thinking how much justice the photographer did to you, he’s so much different from the beast I saw that night. More handsome, more sophisticated, I like this wolf,” I said honestly and found an odd sense of peace in watching the delight on his face.
That was the thing, when I felt maddening attraction for Jason, I felt at peace, a comfortable and convenient sort of connection with Freddie. I craved it, with a baby in tow and literally nowhere else to go. One could say I was settling for my best option but I didn’t think so.
I think if I said I wanted to leave at this point, he would help me, give me lots of money and send me on my way. I wanted to stay, wanted to see where this would lead and it was just like this painting, he was far different from the person I had seen that night in Miami.
I was just unfortunate to meet with an unhinged side of him as a first impression. I believe it made it even better.
“Two minutes. Much quicker than the first time,” he teased and I laughed, grabbing him by his hands for a little bit of support.
“I don’t know how to say this that you won’t think of me as a gold digger, I am starving,” I said to him and he laughed, a tumbling and rich sound.
“Come let’s steal a snack before dinner,” he said and pulled me along with him as he made his way up the stairs. We got to a door at the beginning of the hallway.
I said nothing as he twisted the handle, the room we entered was classy, it had mostly wine decor and screamed classy masculinity.
Was this his room?
“Welcome to my room,” he announced, answering my unspoken question.
It looked so unlike him, wine draperies and dark colored tiles, a rug covered most of the room, equally burgundy. His sheets were white and it looked a lot like fancy red wine.
“Wow, it’s so…..”
“Unlike me?” He helped me and I nodded. “Well that’s the thing, I pride myself on having millions of personality, I don’t know if you’d think it’s a good thing though but I assure you I care for you in every personality” he muttered and pulled me to him, for the first time I didn’t fight.
I allowed him to trail his hand down my cheek and I wanted him to continue because he was making me feel a whole lot pretty than I had felt in a very long time.
“No. Not now,” he muttered and it sounded like he was talking more to himself than me.
I looked at his hands before finally I let my eyes meet his, he had a raw look of want and I felt so great, so beautiful. I was still desirable to someone.
“I have a mini fridge and usually there is some snack in there, maybe some Doritos and even soda,” Freddy was saying as he pulled out three KitKats and handed them over to me, he brought out a soda and my stomach spoke for me, making a rumbling sound.
“I will just give you water then,” he joked and sat next to me, he handed me two of the chocolates and I graciously collected it grateful for the snack.
“Why do you even have these? Are you a closet glutton?” I asked him, widening my eyes in mock horror.
“I have an irregular diet, I may not eat for the whole day and at night I may be hungry. Miss Lu figured it was an okay idea to have a mini store in here,” he explained. I looked at the movements of his hands and the ripples of his muscled arms. I knew he wasn’t anything far from a dangerous man.
He was just a dangerous man with lots of weaknesses, his family, and his anger.
I ate the chocolate bars and stretched on his bed, my hands holding up my head. I looked up at the ceiling and noticed they weren’t just POPs, it was a literal painting, it looked like scratches of paint and a general conflict of paintbrush.
“I mean that’s interesting,” I started but he was saved by the door because more questions awaited him. “Answer it,”
He stood up and opened the door, a maid stood on the other side and it was then I noticed that so much time had passed and it looked like dinner was almost here.
“Red! Are you interested in tea before dinner?” He asked me.
I knew he wouldn’t mind if I said no, but the invitation seemed like it came from his family and I wasn’t going to be disappointing them so fast.
“Yeah sure, can I go the way I am?” I asked him as the girl left the llnp man.
“Do you want to change?” He said and I contemplated before nodding my head in the negative.
“No. I think we’re good,” I responded, straightening my dress and running my hands through my hair.
We had toured most of the house but it still felt new as he took me through another route and we came out at the other end of their vast living room. I walked close to him, clutching his hands.
I could hear boisterous laughter and when we walked into the dining hall another massive feeling of overwhelming impression hit me. I didn’t even try to hide the naivety in my tone when I gasped right in front of them.
The artery in the dining hall was not even what made me flabbergasted, it was the mini feast that beheld me, it looked like it was the dinner for a king.
“Oh you’re here! I was doubting if you’d show up, or if this hungry wolf ate you,” Freyja joked and I looked at her again with a smile on my face, how could one look so much like another person.
Freyja Langdon had all the distinct features that made Freddie special, she took them and refined them. She didn’t look masculine at all, with fine lines and dainty curves but she was a handsome woman.
“Why would I want to miss out on this feast?” I asked her and she laughed, gesturing for me to sit next to her. I did without question, I settled next to her and Miss Lu stood at the side of the table next to where Freddie settled.
“Lu won’t sit at the table, I don’t know why. I mean, I do know why but I think her reason is silly and unreasonable.” Freyja explained and my eyes widened, it meant this was meant for three people?
“Oh,” I whispered because I didn’t know what else I could say that wouldn’t sound stupid or unknowledgeable.
Freddie picked up his fork and knife and I watched as he drew the chicken plate to himself, he spooked a mash potato in his plate simultaneously and I had to commend them for their simplicity being that they were Wolf Royalty.
It took me a lot of mental effort to finally pick up the spoon and dish myself a small portion of the mashed potato. I sighted the apple pie in the middle of the table and I couldn’t help but salivate at the sight.
“You can have dessert now if you want,” Freddie helped me out and I looked at him with gratitude before reaching out and cutting a slice of the pie.
I didn’t want to seem greedy so I took only half of the portion I initially wanted to take. It was silent and only when I sat down did I notice that Miss Lu and Freyja had been staring at me.
“She’s pregnant, why didn’t you tell me she was pregnant?” Fresh asked her brother and I was shocked, was that how obvious I was?
Freddie also looked shocked but what helped me was the fact that she was a doctor, maybe other factors had made her know but I doubted it was that obvious.
“Frey the wiz does it again,” Freddie teased and she beamed at me, so did Miss Lu. I believed, having someone to share her sentiments with made her more expressive about having to care for a child.
Was I going to stay that long?
They were good people and I could stay for as long as I wanted but it seemed like some sort of burden on them would not do well for my brain. I couldn’t even leave, because I was carrying a wolf baby and I didn’t know how to deal with a child with a werewolf gene.
The food tasted bad in my mind and I wondered how I would cope when the actual reality of being pregnant surfaces. I hope he is able to protect me.
“Five minutes, wow Red that’s your highest score,” Freddie joked and I realized conversations had been going on around me.
“I’m sorry, I was cursing out my amnesia.” I responded and he smiled.
“I thought….” Frey has started then stopped.
Freddie didn’t even bother to urge her to continue.
“Red lost most of her memories of the last few years and she has some relations with another pack in Miami. She sparsely remembered anything from the last few years but she is pregnant for an alpha of a pack in Miami. He doesn’t know he has a baby coming in and Red is uninterested in him for the time being,” Freddie said and I thought it was a good word structure.
He said the right things and ….
“Don’t tell me you guys do not know!” Freyja said excitedly and I wondered what it had to do with.
“Frey don’t be unusual!” Miss Lu scolded, sensing my discomfort and curiosity.
Freyja looked excited like she was going to scream anytime from then on. “No I mean, they should know,”
“Know what?” Freddie asked her he looked almost angry, her dragging out the ‘news’ she had was irking.
“Just speak please,” I pleaded and she laughed, a hearty and full laughter.
“It’s definitely not a bad thing. You’re pregnant alright, but it’s definitely not ‘a baby’. You’re having twins, Red!” Freyja said and I stared at her in horror, so did everybody else.
There was no questioning so most probably she was not mistaken.
“Twins? Two babies? In me?” I muttered and they all stared at me as I stared into space.
I was pregnant with two baby were wolves!