Alora’S POV.
There were so many dresses to try on. I had no idea where to start from. Tania and the fashion crew were so nice to me that it didn’t even feel like I was doing a mass shopping for the very first time of my life. When I told them that was my first time getting new clothes, I had expected them to laugh at me, or throw derogatory side comments, but none of them did any of that. Instead, they went ahead to tell me all about shopping, various famous clothing lines and shoe brands and right now, with all the knowledge I learned today about fashion, I feel like I’ve been shopping my entire life.
Uh.. no.
I feel like a fashion designer.
The entire experience was exhilarating. I couldn’t contain my joy.
After my talk with Alpha Jayce that morning, I had set my mind to pick ten outfits, but Tania and the fashion crew members, especially Cynthia, were not having it. At the end of the day, almost a hundred different outfits were taken into the bedroom, with shoes and tones and tones of jewellery. Cynthia even told me after the coronation, she would teach me how to do make-up and every other lady-like stuff. She was so sweet. They were all so sweet. I’m lucky to have them by my side.
Right now, I’m sitting on the bed and my eyes keep flicking to my wrist watch to check the time. I’m impatiently waiting for Alpha Jayce to return from work so I can tell him all about my day and show him the things I got. I can hardly keep my butt on the bed. I keep standing and sitting.
I’m elated.
When the sound of a knock on the door breezes into the room. I yelp in excitement and run to the door to open it up.
“Alpha Jayce!” I call, almost breathlessly as I look up into his sparkling eyes.
“Heyyyy, baby.” He greets me with a light peck on my cheeks. I step away from the doorway and rush into the bedroom. I can’t contain my excitement. I’m smiling from jaw to jaw and he’s looking at me in amusement. He must know why I’m excited.
“I take it that the shopping went well.” I squeal and wriggle my body. I’m shaking my head so hard that by the time I stop, my hair is all over my face and I’m breathless.
Alpha lets out a calm, soft laugh and walks towards me.
“It was the best thing I’ve ever experienced.” I start ranting. “Cynthia and the other girls were so helpful. After we spoke on the phone in the morning, I intended to choose just about ten outfits, but the others didn’t agree to that. They made me try on all the outfits and even though it was exhausting, I loved it. At the end of it all, almost everything was brought upstairs. And the shoes…. Oh… the shoes! I’ve never seen anything so pretty before … the jewellery… I… I didn’t know what to take and what to leave. They were all shiny and … and…and…” I burst into tears.
I burst into tears because I’m too excited. Because I am still trying to understand what’s going on.
One moment I’m a wretched soul and the next I’m a queen.
How can life be this unpredictable?
“Baby… baby… ” Alpha Jayce walks over to me and takes my hands in his. “Look at me.” I look up at him with teary filled eyes. He’s smiling and his eyes are sparkling and my heart is doing somersaults in my stomach. More tears spill down my cheeks, but he keeps brushing them off with his thumb. Those gentle strokes are sending electric current down my spine. They are making my brain explode in my head.
“Don’t cry.” He takes me into his arms and I wrap my arms around his waist and bury my head in his chest.
He smells so damn nice.
The smell of his cologne is assaulting my senses.
“You had a great day, didn’t you?”
“The best day of my life.” I mumble in tears and he chuckles softly and gently pulls me out of his arms to look at my face.
“Then why are you crying?”
“Tears of joy.” I sniffle. He chuckles so hard, I start to laugh. This is such a bitter-sweet moment. My heart is almost bursting with all the emotions swimming in it. Our gazes lock and my entire body heats up. God his eyes are so beautiful, it makes me insecure about mine. Does he think they are beautiful?
“Your eyes are so beautiful.” I say out of nowhere. I don’t know what got into me.
“Goodness Alora, if you keep acting like this I’m going to kiss you on your lips.” He plants a gentle kiss on my forehead and walks away from me. I almost tell him to kiss me. Thank God the words have been stitched to my tongue. I clear my throat and keep looking at him.
“You were telling me something about your shopping spree.”
“It was indeed a shopping spree. I’ve never done anything so exciting before.”
“If it makes you so happy, you can do it everyday.” I cackle.
“You’re going to be a terrible dad! You’ll spoil all the kids.”
Kids?
Kids?
What the hell is wrong with me?
Where did that come from?
All the colour has drained from Alpha Jayce’s face. My hands fly up to my mouth when I notice what I’ve done. I quickly look away in embarrassment. Why the hell did I have to say a thing like that?
“I’ll spoil our daughters.” Lord help me. I’m on fire. I almost melt when I hear his footsteps approaching me. “You’re gonna have to be the one to discipline them because I won’t have the heart to scold them even once. But for our sons, you can leave them to me. I learned a lot from my dad about how to handle sons.” He’s standing in front of me and I can’t bring myself to look him in the face. “Don’t be shy Alora, look at me.”
I don’t.
I can’t.
My entire face is red from blushing too much.
“Baby.” The way he calls me baby heats up my insides. I finally look at him. I’m chewing on my bottom lip. “Stop doing that. You are tempting me.” He growls and I feel like I’m looking at a different version of Alpha Jayce. The version that wants something more than just hugs and light forehead kisses. I can feel the heat of his stare on my lips. I almost moan when he strokes my cheek with his thumb.
He has no idea how much I want him to do what he wants to do. But for some reason, I can’t tell him because I’ll feel too embarrassed.
“Do you want me to try some of the dresses for you to see?” I step away from his intoxicating presence and point towards the closet. He lets out a deep breath and shoves both hands in his trouser pockets.
“I want you to try on all the outfits except the one you’ll be wearing for the party. I want it to be a surprise.” I smile so hard, my cheeks hurt.
“Sure. I will be right back.” I run into the closet to cool off. The atmosphere in that bedroom is becoming too hot for me to handle. I have no idea how I’m going to survive tonight.
I walk over to my own section of the massive closet and pick out a dress.
We spend almost the entire night on this activity. Me trying on the clothes and Alpha Jayce giving comments and compliments. At the end of it all, we are so exhausted that I fall asleep in one of the new dresses while he falls asleep in his work clothes.
It was a blast.