Same routine
It took almost an hour before Simon finally let me go. I was surprised by how long he was able to hold me on his lap, but he, on the other hand, didn’t seem so bothered by it. The only reason why he even let me go was just because his beta, Asher, had come in to inform him of some work they had to get done. Otherwise, I would still be there for as long as possible. When I got back into the room, I looked around the place and sighed heavily. I was starting to get sick of the place, having to constantly be in the same house, doing the same routine every day, interacting with the same people, and it really didn’t help that I literally did not have anyone to call a true friend. Honestly, I was just so exhausted at this point, and the thought of my life just seemed so bleak, there was nothing fun or interesting to write about my life and it bothered me so much.
“Ashley!” I heard my name being yelled out from the door, and I turned to await the arrival of none other than Madam Morticia whose voice I was easily able to recognize within no time.
“Good evening, Madam Morticia,” I greeted as soon as she entered the room, and she nodded in response.
“King Lucas has sent for you.”
“Hmm, me? Is there any problem, Madam Morticia?”
“Oh please, why are you asking me that? If you really want to know what is going on and why you are being summoned, do I look like the person that has the answers for you? Besides, you have somehow managed to get both kings to be on your good side, so what else can we expect from you?” She said, and then turned to leave.
“Oh wait, please, where is he? You didn’t mention where he had asked me to meet him,” I said, and she responded without even turning to face me for even a second.
“He’s at the gym.”
“Right now? Isn’t it a bit too late to have a workout, the time is currently 7:46 PM,” I said, looking towards the wall clock as I spoke, and she shook her head. Still without turning to face me, she hissed at my statement, and then moved right to the door.
“That’s your business, all I came to do was to relay the message to you and so I have no interest in answering any of your silly questions,” she said, and then made her way out. I rolled my eyes at her behavior, obviously it wasn’t the first time she would be acting this way towards me and it would definitely not be the last. I however wasn’t too bothered by it since I had slowly but steadily gotten myself used to it.
“Well, I better get going, who knows what Lucas might do if I get there late,” I said to myself, as I moved straight towards the door. The day seemed too long, and I honestly couldn’t wait for it to end at this point. As I rushed towards the gym, I just kept thinking about the silly so-called punishment Simon had given me for not responding to his call early enough, and it further made me wonder what Lucas would do if I actually went to him a bit late. Would he even punish me? After all, Simon did happen to be the more ruthless one between the twin brothers. He was more manipulative, dominant, and hard to depict, while Lucas was more logical, and somewhat friendly. They had their respective differences, but being very dominant, ruthless and authoritative were all traits and more they both possessed.
It didn’t take me much longer before I finally got to the gym, and I quickly walked inside the room. I was met with the scene of Lucas lifting a couple of weights by a corner in the gym. He had headphones on, and so he wasn’t quite aware of my arrival just yet. I had taken a few steps in when he turned towards my direction, and I just couldn’t help but to bite my lips as I felt heated being watched by him with every step that I took inside towards him. He kept his gaze on me till I was closer to where he was, before returning them back to what he was doing. I looked over and found a couple bean bags a few feet away from us, and so I rushed to get one for myself before proceeding to sit down while I waited for him to finish.
He didn’t take up to 5 minutes more with his workout, before finally rounding up with it, and I couldn’t help but to wonder if I was the reason for it. He dropped the weights down and then took off his headset. The music from it could be heard as he took it off of his ears, and as expected, I obviously couldn’t tell what song was playing since I obviously didn’t have any access to phones, laptops, or even any type of gadgets in the house. He turned off the headset, and then carefully placed it around his neck.
“Good evening, Lucas.”
“Oh, good evening, Ashley, how are you doing?”
“I’m okay, thank you. Madam Morticia said you sent for me?”
“Hmm, yes. I wanted to give you something, hold on a bit,” he responded, grabbing his water bottle, and phone which were both on the floor.
“Come on, let’s go.”
“Oh, um, where are we going?”
“Inside, I just finished here and what I want to give you is inside,” he responded and I sighed. Madam Morticia could have just told me to wait in his room for him instead, but of course she made me go over to the gym for no useful reason. Then again, she claimed not to know exactly why he had sent for me, so if she was actually telling the truth, then I guess it really wasn’t her fault. I watched Lucas as he moved, every one of his steps giving so much aura that I just couldn’t resist. Both of them were just too stunning, and now seeing Lucas looking so hot, his muscles tightly hugging his loose outfit which had started clinging to his body from sweating, it all seemed so pleasing to see. Simon and Lucas were both naturally tall, built with the perfect athletic stature, but comparing both brothers with each other, it was quite obvious to point out that Lucas was the more good-looking one body-wise. Simon on the other hand had points higher facially, but this obviously didn’t make any twin less attractive in any way.
When we got into the house, the place was already starting to get quiet, and this made me wonder where most of the maids could have gone. Normally, a couple of them would be around the place cleaning, and getting a few other things done for the night, but the number drastically reduced this time.
Just as if he had actually been listening to my thoughts, Lucas said, and I was obviously caught off guard by the timing with which he spoke up.
“There are obviously not too many maids tonight since they might have all gone to unite with their mates. This is something Simon and I get ourselves acquainted with every year since this season can make any and every wolf do the unimaginable.” We mounted the stairs, and started making our way upstairs. All through the years, I didn’t experience anything relating to the mating season since I was so far away from both Lucas and Simon back where I was, so I just couldn’t tell how this urge actually was. In fact, I had expected things to be so heated since this was the first mating season I would be celebrating with my mates, but so far, although things had changed, it just wasn’t as how I had expected it to be.
We got into the room, and Lucas offered me a seat on the bed. I gracefully sat down and then waited while he made his way into the bathroom.
“Give me a second, I’ll be out before you know it,” he said before making his way straight into the bathroom. I sat down very quietly and waited while I heard the sound of running water coming from the shower. He didn’t take too long, but he also wasn’t too quick inside the shower as well, but after waiting for a couple of minutes after the sound of water had finally stopped, I then started wondering what was going on with him.
“It’s been a while since the water stopped running, why isn’t he out yet?” I said to myself, as I tried looking towards the bathroom.
“Um, Ashley,” I heard him call from inside the bathroom, and I instantly responded.
“Yes?”
“Well the thing is that I need your help.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Could you please help me check my closet for a towel, I honestly thought I had one in here, but now I’m just seeing that there’s none, and if I had known, I would have just come in with it.”
“Oh, um, okay,” I responded as I made my way towards his closet. I grabbed one of the many towels there, and with every step that I took towards the bathroom, I just kept trying to prepare myself to have my face looking upwards and not going down for any reason whatsoever.
“Oh um, I’m coming in right now,” I said as I knocked on the bathroom door and carefully got it to open. Just as I had practiced, my face was looking up to the ceiling the whole time as I tried to look for him where he was.
“Here, I’m right here, just follow my voice,” he said and I used his voice as a guide to help locate him.
As soon as I felt my hand touch his bare chest, I quickly handed him the towel, and he took it from me almost immediately. Turning my back to face him, I slowly started making my way out, but he stopped me.
“Wait,” I didn’t move from the spot as I waited for him to finish what he wanted to say, but there was silence in the bathroom for a while. I didn’t know whether to look at the back or not but before I could think of anything else, I felt his hand carefully grabbing my waist from behind. From the look of things, his upper body was still bare, and the only piece of clothing he had on was the towel I brought him. He had wrapped it around his waist, but I wasn’t too confident about whether it would actually stay or maybe even fall as we stood like that.
“Thank you,” he whispered to me very softly from behind, and I shivered from the warmth of his voice on my neck. This feeling instantly reminded me of how it was with Simon as well, and as expected it made me feel extremely fuzzy inside.
“Y.. you’re…. welcome! I’ll just go wait for you inside the room then,” I said with the little bit of strength I had left, quickly running out of the bathroom as soon as possible. I sat on the bed and tried to contain the excitement I was feeling, but I guess it was just too much for me to hold in. Smiling ear to ear, I kept thinking about what had just happened in the bathroom, and the more I brooded on it, the more butterflies I got in my tummy.
When Lucas finally came out, he went straight towards his closet, and within no time, he was fully dressed for the night. He went towards his table and then brought out a shopping bag from underneath it.
“Here,” he offered, as he handed over the bag to me. I looked at it and soon realized that it was a dress that was inside.
“Tomorrow I want to take you out, wear this and don’t be late, it’s for 10:00 AM,” he said, and I raised my eyebrows in surprise.
“Well, I’m guessing the mansion has been a bit too suffocating for you so I thought you’d like this offer.”
“I absolutely love it, thank you so much, Lucas,” I said, as I smiled very gratefully.
“Alright then, till tomorrow I guess, good night.”
“Good night,” I smiled one more time, before leaving the room with a wide smile on my face as I eagerly looked forward to the next day.