Macy’s POV
Later that evening, after Liam left to finish up some work, I was exhausted after the fun we had and decided to take a nap.
I did not know how long I slept, but it was getting dark when I woke up, the room was empty meaning Liam was not back yet. I entered the bathroom and did my business, finished I decided to go downstairs, so I packed my hair in a bun and changed the clothes I had on to a short that stopped just above my knee and a T-shirt, Liam’s clothes are super bigger than my body, but they are comfortable to be in so that’s a win-win.
I walked through the corridors of the mansion, this house is so big it can contain, up to five hundred people in a go. Just how much did they spend to put it in place? I asked no one, even the president’s house is not as big as this one, not like I have seen the president’s house, but I mean simply assuming this pack house or whatever they call it is super enormous and gorgeous.
The house servants I walked past all bowed their heads to me in respect, as usual, this is new to me, so their actions are unforeseen as I move around.
I finally came down the stairs, and luckily for me, I found Mrs. Torres seated majestically on a sofa, in a beautiful green dress she had on, looking closely at her, she looked so beautiful I could not help but admire her beauty.
” Macy, honey! How are you?” Mrs. Torres announces the moment our eyes meet. She smiles widely at me, stands on her feet, and walks toward in my direction.
” Hi, Mrs. Torres, I’m doing great,” I beam with a smile too on my face. She stands only an inch from me, places her hands on my cheeks, and taking a few strands of my hair that fell on the sides of my face behind my ears.
” Hmm, I agree, you look better Macy, and I am pleased to see this side of you again,”
” Um, I wanted to apologize for my behavior the other day, I was just surprised by everything,”
” Macy, there is no need to apologize, in fact, we are the ones to apologize, we lied to you all this time, and I apologize for being part of that lie. Nevertheless, it is good we are all clear now.” She declares.
We move back to the sofa and take a seat together on a long sofa that can accommodate us two.
A maid walks in with cups on a tray toward us, the maid serves us, and I realize it is tea. ” Thank you!” I say to the maid, who only nods her head at me before leaving.
Mrs. Torres and I spoke about many things, and I was thrilled to hear some of her stories, after that, we decided to make dinner and that was a tough discussion because I had to plead and persuade her to let me join in making dinner, at least to say thank you for all the love and care I have received from this family.
We arrived in the kitchen in no time and started with the preparations for tonight’s dinner, it is always fun being with this woman. She constantly makes me smile, and we chatted while doing our cooking. I was chopping the vegetables we needed when I heard her voice, I looked up and saw Liam standing in front of the kitchen with his hands in his pockets, I must have lost concentration because at that moment I sliced my finger.
At that moment, Liam rushed to me in fast strides, held my finger up, and anger shone in his eyes.
” Macy, please be careful, you are bleeding!” he says with pain in his voice. Before I could say another word, he instantly puts my bleeding fingers into his mouth and sucks on my finger.
I stared at him with wide eyes, I also tried to pull my hand away, but he held on tight to my hand in his, I tried to speak but is stopped by him,
” Don’t!” Liam mutters.
” Macy, are you alright?” Mrs. Torres, asks concerned as she comes over to us.
” I’m fine, it’s only a scratch,” I attempt to explain to them.
” Macy, I do not want you to have any scratches on your body, so please be careful next time,” Liam says more like a plead,
I see no reason why they are acting up when it is only a minor cut, Mrs. Torres had a sad look on her face while Liam looked petrified,
” Please I am not dying you two, so take it easy,” I try explaining to both of them.
” Macy we are worried about you, and it is my fault, maybe if I did not let you help with making dinner then this would not have happened.” Mrs. Torres says.
” Cutting one’s self with a knife is normal. I mean it happens occasionally in the kitchen, plus I am fine,” I say stressing the last line.
” You have to be careful then, or I am never letting you in the kitchen again,” Liam declares.
I roll my eyes at him, can’t believe he is acting so dramatic because of a simple cut on my finger.
Liam ushered me upstairs and back into his room, leaving only Mrs. Torres alone with the servants to prepare dinner.
After an hour, dinner was ready. We arrived at the dining table together with my hands in Liam’s hold.
Derick sat beside Leon, he did not spare me a glance at all and kept eating his meal. Dinner went well, everybody focused on their meal and in no time we finished eating.
” Derick?” I called out to my boyfriend, or should I say, ex-boyfriend?
Derick paused in his tracks and turned to face me, Liam did too, they all turned to look at me. Mr. and Mrs. Torres stared too, the room was now silent like a ghost had passed by.
Derick had a straight face as he looked at me, and Liam looked surprised at me,
” Can we talk? If you don’t mind,” I said to him,
Everybody’s attention was on us, Liam had an angry look on his face which I could tell was because of jealousy.
Derick did not utter a word but simply stared at me,” Please Derick I just need a few minutes,”
Liam held my hands and brought them to his lips, he kissed the back of my hand before placing a finger on my cheek while caressing my face.
” I only want to talk, Liam,”
I tell him because I know Liam is not happy with me being too close to his brother. He nods his head at me with a half smile on his face.
” Mmm, you can talk to Derick,” Liam says, stressing the talk part,
I smile back at him, before walking toward Derick who was still rooted in his spot.
” Come on let’s go to your room,” I say to Derick, as I walk past him heading upstairs to his room. Derick trails behind me, I look back at Liam, sparing him one last glance.
Derick and I arrived at his room which was so messed up with clothes scattered all around, the bed was not made either, and the whole place smelt of liquor, bottles of different brands of alcohol lying scattered on the floor. His room was a total mess.
” Derick, what on earth happened here?”
He says nothing and moves to the mini-bar inside the room, retrieves another bottle of whiskey and, without a glass, he pours the contents into his mouth.
” Derick, what is wrong with you? Please stop, that’s enough!” I yelled, I walked up to him and pulled the bottle out of his hold.
” Macy, please allow me to drink away the pains that I am feeling, do not try to stop me.”
” Since when did you start drinking away pains, uh? Derick this is not you,”
” Yea, it’s not me, Macy, everything hurts okay! I see you with him, and it breaks my heart because I still love you, I don’t ever think that I am going to stop loving you.”
” Derick, I am hurt too, you know, all of this is so new to me, the feelings, being drawn to him, everything!”
Derick looks away with tears in his eyes, I had started to feel my tears too, none of us deserves this kind of pain.
We both sat on the floor with our backs against the wall,” Liam explained everything to me,” I said.
” About me being his mate and Luna of the pack, He explained why we suddenly became so drawn to each other, and believe me, Derick, it all makes sense now. Nevertheless, I am still amazed why your goddess chose me when I’m human and know nothing about your kind.”
” Well, she’s the moon goddess and does whatever she wants, I never imagined that of all the women in this world that she would choose you, Macy,” Derick says with pain in his voice.
” I am sorry Derick, believe me I am and if there was a way to change things, then I would, I can never live with myself knowing that I hurt this way,”
” Macy please don’t be sorry you have done nothing wrong, it is not your fault, and believe me you have not hurt me, this is just my fate, and maybe my punishment,” he says.
” Punishment? Why would you say that? What have done wrong?”