Anna stormed out with not much to say. She was unable to hold back her tears and didn’t want to cry in front the two. Especially to the man she was madly in love with.
She walked back straight into her room and locked her door, no wanting anyone to chase after her.
Not after what she had just seen.
Hope sighed out as she shifted her glance towards Harley who was still stating at the empty door with brows knitted together, seeming very bothered.
“That was… unexpected.” Hope chuckled nervously as she held her hands behind her back and tilted her head to the side. “but the good news is that we won’t need to tell her now.”
“tell her what?” he asked as he shifted his gaze towards Hope who smiled slightly and chuckled.
“that I’m going to be yours.” She winked, getting his cheeks to warm up a bit out of a natural reflex. “and you’ll be mine.” She bit onto her lower lip as the thought of Harley becoming her mate clouded her thoughts.
The mere thought of becoming her once best friend’s mate was overwhelming. The kiss, alone was so intense for her, none that she had ever felt before.
So, as her thoughts shifted to the fact that they would be intimate together made her entire body shiver in anticipation.
Harley…. Mating….. Hope?
She squirreled as she threw herself onto the bed and covered he gave with her palms, feeling as though her face would melt away the skin on her palms. She shook her head as she laid face down on the bed, still trying to remove the image that didn’t want to leave, making her entire body shudder.
“Hope, are you okay?” Harley asked worriedly as he noticed her clenching onto the beddings and groaning into the bed, laying faced down. Almost as though she was in pain when she was simply groaning to the fact that the thought of Harley and her mating didn’t want to leave her.
“I’m okay.” She whispered in the bed before sitting up and removing her face from the beddings. “c-can I sleep here tonight?” she asked as she laced her finger and pressed her lips together in nervousness.
“um…. If you want…” he cleared his throat as he walked towards the door and closed it slowly.
As the door clicked into place, a shakily sigh escaped his lips as the thought of mating with Hope also creeped into his mind.
He shook his head in denial, not wanting to have such perverted thoughts about her already. He had to take things with her slowly. After all, Hope’s love for him was still questionable. It was a sudden unexpected thing.
For all he knew, she could be running back to Ace the next day.
Hope watched Harley hesitating at the door with his back turned to her for a moment. She sighed out as she crawled over the bed and finally got under the thick covers, instantly scavenging for some warmth.
“won’t you get some rest?” Hope asked after a while as she still noticed he was at the door.
“I’ll be right there.” He sighed out as he ran a hand through his hair. He took in a sharp breath, letting it out as he turned back to the bed.
He crawled under the covers, laying at the edge of the bed and away from her as he took in a sharp breath and sighed out shakily, closing his eyes as he clenched onto the covers.
Hope stared at him from where she was, laying with her head nearly buried in the large pillow as she stared at him with a slight frown.
She knew Anna walking in on them would somehow change Harley’s reaction in one way or the other. Mostly because despite wanting her to finally look at him the way she was doing now, he was a very sympathetic person. He always put others before himself, that was why him and Hope ended up becoming closer than she had thought they would. Hope he’s to be a very stubborn and short-tempered little girl and Harley was just always smiling even when she yelled at him when she was mad.
He had always let her have her way and if she crossed the line, he would step in and try to tell her in a calm way that she was wrong.
That’s why Hope had grown attached to him. He became her shadow and her other piece. Without Harley, she was an incomplete puzzle.
She didn’t really think about it that way and always though she needed some time away from Harley to catch up with her ‘romantic’ life with anyone she liked. Since Harley was always glued to her, a lot of guys found it uncomfortable when he would also end up showing up even when it was supposed to be just Hope and the guy she was meeting. She found it annoying at first, no wonder she got angry and yelled at him after he showed his distaste for Ace. She wanted some distance from him.
However… after seeing Anna ad Harley get so close together…
Hope felt insecure and she felt alone.
“Harley?” Hope asked in a whisper as she remained where she was, laying on the bed with her head on the pillow.
“I’m fine.” Harley sighed as he ran a nervous hand through his hair and turned away from Hope who frowned slightly. “I’m really tired. You should sleep too.”
“you didn’t do anything wrong.” Hope continued to say as she sat up and stared at him. “you didn’t love her anyway. You even made it clear to her.”
“Yeah but… I promised to make her my mate.” He whispered as he frowned deeply whilst string at the wall ahead of him. “I even promised Ace I would leave you alone. I was determined to go through with it… but I always end up getting really stupid around you and I can’t seem to help it.” He bit onto his lower lip as he clenched onto his pillow with his hand already laying on top of it. “I wanted you to leave but a part of me wanted you to stay.”
“You’re not stupid.” Hope chuckled as she suddenly wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned onto his back, startling him since he really didn’t hear her move from she spot. “you’re my best friend, and soon to be my mate.” She whispered as she stared at his back instead, feeling her stomach curl at the mention of the word as she referred to him. Her cheeks hated up as she envisioned the life she would love with Harley as her mate and not the man she thought she would end up with. “Will you be my mate, Harley?” she asked as she stared up to his tensed muscles.