Derick chuckles at my question, and he had his head bent down, “Macy I have never been a fan of the moon goddess, all my life I grew up hearing stories about her, and also the mate bond but when I met you things changed,” he explains.
” When you met me, how did things change then?”
” Macy, I fell head over heels in love with you, that’s what happened. When I met you, I did not care for a mate bond, it amazed me that I loved you without a bond or being drawn to you because of your scent! I just loved you and I still do,”
” Then how come you feel that you are being punished?” I asked, curious to know why he feels that way.
” I once said that I do not want a mate because I have you, Macy, maybe she is punishing me because of that,” Derick says with pain in his tone.
” Well, I don’t believe you are being punished at all Derick, Possibly there is a mate for you out there you know, just like Liam realized that I was his, perhaps you have your mate waiting patiently for you to find her,”
” Macy, it’s not that easy, to unlove someone who has stolen your heart, I know you don’t feel what we use to have anymore because of your bond with Liam, but I still do, I still love you whether I have a mate out there or not, Macy you own my heart.”
My heart broke hearing his words, Derick was hurt, and it was all because of a mate bond that affected me so badly. Liam has been super nice to me caring for me, and showing me love.
” Come here,” I tell him and Derick shifts closer to me, I held his face in my hands, and looking at him closely now I could see that his hair and beard had outgrown their normal length, Derick looked rough.
” You need a haircut, Derick,” I mutter with my hands still on his face.
He only shrugs while leaning more into my body, “I will take care of that later, Macy.”
” No, I will take care of that now so get up, you are having a haircut right now,” I argue with him, I stand on my feet pulling Derick up with me,
“Macy, please not now,” he murmurs.
” Yes, right now, Derick have you looked in a mirror lately, you are like a mess so get up.”
Reluctantly Derick followed me into his bathroom, he set out all the requirements for me to cut his hair. This is not a first for us as I often helped Derick in trimming down his hair and every so often his beard too.
He allows me to do my work on him as he lays still, with us in this position it reminded me of the past and how happy we used to be.
Later on, I finished, and he was now looking fresh and handsome, I smiled at my handwork.
” There now you look like the man I fell in love with,” I say while laughing.
” So how did I look then, uh? Macy tell me, how did I look?” Derick says with a playful smirk on his face.
” Like a drunk CEO,” I mutter, and we both laugh hard at my joke, Derick walked closer to me and took back strands of my hair that had covered part of my face, and tucked them behind my ear.
We were so close I could feel his breath on my face, “I have missed you so much, Macy,” Derick muttered while staring into my eyes.
He caressed my face with his fingers and unlike Liam, there was no electric feeling, no pull toward him.
Derick leans in closer to me until my back was now against the bathroom wall, his hands moved to my waist, and before I realized a thing Derick kissed me.
His lips touched mine, and it felt different from every other time we’d kissed. This time it felt numb, I didn’t feel anything like I used to, and I knew the reason.
Derick held me closer, his hands moved to my neck, and he tried to pry my lips open with his tongue, things were starting to get heated, and I knew I had to stop this before things gets out of hand. So, I broke the kiss.
Derick stares at me as we both try to catch our breath,
” Macy, I…I am sorry, but I have always wanted to do that since we got you back, I have indeed missed you,” he mumbles.
” Derick, I think I should go,” I say in a whisper, my heart beating so fast in my chest.
” Mmm, you should, we don’t want Liam waiting too long for you now,” he says, walking out of the bathroom.
” Derick, please don’t sound like that,” I say walking out of the bathroom too.
” Macy, thank you for today,” Derick says as he disappears into his walk-in closet.
Derick sounded hurt and so was I, we are all victims too, and hope one-day things go back to normal.
Liam’s POV
My wolf and I were totally against her talking with Derick, nevertheless, we knew she needed to speak with him, they had things to clarify with one another, and I’ll be making a fool out of myself if I deny her that.
Rage and I waited patiently in our room for her to get back, they have been in his room for more than thirty minutes, and I was beginning to lose my patience.
There was a knock on the door and I knew it was my mate her scent gave her off, she opened the door and stepped inside the room, I sat on the bed watching her closely. Something was off Macy’s countenance, clearly defining that something was not right.
Her hair was scattered and messy, and she had droplets of water splashed on her clothes, her hands looked like they’d been soaked inside water, and she moved in slow strides.
” Come here Macy,” I said to her,
Macy moves towards me still in slow strides, her fingers crossed in front of she looked down at the carpet instead of me.
Finally, she arrived in front of me with her head bent to the ground.
” Are you okay?” I asked concerned.
She only nods her head at me, avoiding eye contact with me. I move my hands to her face and caressed her skin, the sweet sensation of the bond making her shudder a bit.
I stood up from the bed wanting to get more access to her face, I held her head in my hands and moved my face closer to hers when I smelt it, Derick’s scent was all over her not only that, but I could smell his fucking scent on her lips!!
Rage howled out in jealousy, pacing back and forth in my head, he wanted Derick’s blood and so did I.
” Macy, what happened in there?” I asked lowly, not wanting to scare her.
She looks up and meets my piercing gaze, she seems to hesitate before finally answering my question.
” We just talked,” Macy murmurs more to herself,
” And?”
I was fucking losing it, Rage was on a rampage in my head.
” I…I offered to cut his hair, just like I used to, please It was not his fault I wanted to help him to do it, I swear,” she says her voice wavering like she was hiding something,
” You offered to help cut his hair?” I ask her
” Yes,”
At this point, I knew she was hiding something from me, and that pissed me off!
” Macy, what happened between you and my brother?” this time my voice was a little higher than it was,
Macy shakes her head, her eyes wide open as she tries to say some incoherent.
” Liam, nothing happened I promise nothing,”
” Macy, please don’t lie to me because I can perceive his scent not just all over you, but on your lips too!”
” Did Derick kiss you?” I asked her because that was what fucking happened, I knew it.
Macy’s heart was beating so fast I could hear it, she was scared, I saw it in her eyes. She could not say a word as I watched her closely, tears slowly streamed down her face.
” I’ll kill him!” I mutter before walking out of the room angrily.
Macy ran after me holding my hands and dragging me back,
” Liam, stop, where are you going?” she says,
” Let go, I think I have to teach Derick a good lesson before he learns to steer clear of what is mine,”
” No, please stop, don’t do anything stupid, Derick didn’t do anything!” she cried out, her face now full of tears as she cried and watching her broke my heart, but what hurt me more was that she was defending Derick.
I stilled in my tracks as I walked up to her, “Macy, there is no way, you would kiss Derick because of our bond, it’ll never let you want any other man, except if we reject each other or the other person passes away, so I know well enough that whatever happened inside that room was initiated by Derick!”
“So do not try to defend him!” I roared, my wolf clawing his way to the surface, Macy shivered as she took a step backward. My eyes turned to that of my wolf.
Quickly I moved in fast strides toward Derick’s room, which was located in the other wing of the house.