Goddess’s Design His Fated Mate

Chapter 35

Willow

A gentle brush to my cheek and a hot breath fanning against my face made me slowly open my eyes. Blinking softly I tried to see everything clearly, a pair of beautiful green eyes appeared in front of my field of vision that did not appear to have gotten even a wink of sleep the previous night and were focused solely on me. I blinked at my position, which was clearly different then when I had curled up on the other side of the bed away from him last night. At the moment, my head was resting on Reuben’s arm, our bodies touching, and our faces were an inch away from each other as he stared at me without blinking.

“Why are you staring at me like that?” I asked in a slow voice, looking into his eyes that were brimming with different emotions.

He gently tucked my hair behind my ear, “You will no longer be staying in this room after today. The mere thought of you leaving makes me restless. I just can not seem to look away from you for even a second,” he whispered, touching my lower lip as he kept his eyes locked with mine. “This bed will be empty and you will not be in my arms. anymore,” a thick layer of sadness crossed in his eyes.

I could not help but silently stare into his eyes. It was indeed my last day in Reuben’s bedroom. Yesterday, I felt worlds better due to his taking care of me and making sure I ate properly. He had stubbornly kept me away from my work and handled children on his own too. We spent the whole time together eating all three meals together, spending time with children, and walking in the garden in the evening before we went to bed that night. The last ended what felt like a few minutes ago, now it was the next morning which meant it was my last day in Reuben’s bedroom.

I looked away from his pleading gaze that was clearly asking me to not go. “This has to come to an end, you knew that from the beginning,” saying that, I tossed the blanket back, and got up from the bed to head to the bathroom. As soon as I took two steps, Reuben wrapped one arm around my waist and the other around my chest as he hugged me from behind.

“You are so cruel, Willow,” he whispered, burying his face on my neck, his pain grated at my heart though our mate bond. I clenched my nightgown at my side and closed my eyes to control my crazy heartbeat.

I opened my mouth and said while controlling my own emotions, “Let go,” my voice was barely above the whisper.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Reuben shook his head, “I still have one day to spend with you,” he murmured in my ear, hugging me tightly, “I will not let you go before that. You are tied to me until then.”

Captured in his arms, I could not say anything to him. I stood still, listening to his. breathing and heartbeat that mirrored my own.

Later that day after, I went to my room to get my laptop once Reuben left to deal with some important pack business. There was nothing to do for me in his room alone, I was bored to death. So I sat on the sofa with my laptop and started going through my emails. There were way too many as I had not checked them for two days.

Scrolling and ignoring the less important emails, I clicked on my assistant Lola’s emails.

Willow, I have arranged a model for you according to your requirements. The model is new to modeling but trust me they are perfect! Please check the attachment in the next email,”

Curiously, I checked the attachment to find the details. Surprisingly, the model was perfect but Lola had not mentioned their name. Well, I never cared about such things as long as the model would fit my designs. Handling the rest of the details was Lola’s job.

“Thank you for making the arrangements, Lola. Please send the model here as soon as possible.”

I replied to her email. The event was growing closer by the day and I did not have much. time in hand to prepare. For hours, I continued to talk with Lola via emails and replied to other emails until someone knocked on the door.

“Willow,” Mia stood in the doorway smiling.

“Hey, come in,” I smiled, putting the laptop aside.

“I have brought Wyatt and Lori back. They got busy playing with other kids in the pack as soon as they got out of the car. I came up here to chat with you. I am not disturbing you right?” She made her way inside the room.

“No, actually I am glad you came. I was getting bored. Please have a seat.”

“Thanks, actually I came to see you so that I could share the welcome party date with you. The pack members want to throw the party over the weekend. So please be free that day and please don’t refuse!” she requested.

“Alright,” I let out a small laugh. “I will definitely come to the party. It will be a good change of pace for Wyatt and Lori too.”

“Correct,” Mia chuckled but slowly her smile became nervous, “Umm… Willow, Ella will be there too,” she hesitantly informed as she continued to gauge my expression.

“It’s okay, I don’t have any problem with that,” I gave her a small smile. Ella was not someone in the pack that they could ignore, so obviously she would be invited as well. At the same time we were in the same pack and encounters could not be avoided.

“That’s great!” Mia’s face lit up. “Honestly, I can not bear the tension between you and Ella. It scares me. My poor heart is too weak to handle it. I just want to dance, drink, and enjoy your welcome home party. So, please don’t change your mind about the party no matter what happens and break my heart!!” She held my hand dramatically with damp eyes.

I rolled my eyes at her theatrics, “I understand, drama queen. I promise even if there is a storm I will come to the party,” I swore as we both laughed at our own stupidity.

“Then I am leaving,” she got up from the other side of the room, “I am glad you are perfectly fine now. The Alpha took really good care of you. I wonder what he did to keep you alive during that steamy night?” she smiled evilly.

“Nothing happened. Keep your mind out of the gutter!”

“Really? Then why is your face so red?” she smirked.

My hands immediately flew up to touch my cheeks that were flaming hot. “That’s only because the room is hot,” I reasoned.

Mia laughed, “Alright, I am not going to tease you anymore. I am going home,” she turned to exit the room. I smiled, watching her leave until she stopped in the door frame and turned to me, “Willow, how did you thank the Alpha?” 

“Thank him for what?” I cocked my brows.

“Girl! Don’t you know that he ran to my house in the middle of the night to get me to come check on you the night you were sickest?!”

My eyes widened, “Reuben came to get you that night?”

“Yes, I was absolutely petrified to see the Alpha at the door too. The Alpha doesn’t show up at any pack member’s house but he did when your condition had worsened that night. I checked on you and suggested he use some home remedies to get your body temperature back up. He spent the whole night feeding you medicine, checking on you, and warming you. That’s how your condition was stabilized.”

Mia exposed a truth that I was unaware of. I did not know Reuben had so much for me that night then in the moming he did not breathe a word about any of it. "He really want through a lot for you. I even saw a deep cut in his left arm. It would be great if you thanked him, Willow," Mia smiled and left.

I sat on the sofa surprised as my heart raced like crazy in my chest, "Why did he..." I bit my lip.

"The fire that consumed the Shine Moon Pack territory has finally been put out completely this morning. I am ready to enter the territory with your permission," Bix informed me as I put the Bluetooth in my ear and entered the packhouse.

"Be alert when you enter the territory. Even though it is burnt, we can't take any risks. It have sent Oran to help you," I replied, glancing through the living room window at Wyatt and Lori playing with the other children in the far garden.

"Actually, Oran already arrived but I sent him back sometime ago."

"Why?" I frowned, resuming my walk.

"As soon as we met up, he received a phone call from Blue Heaven Pack's Beta. After the incident with the Shine Moon Pack, they changed the date of the Alphas meeting. The meeting is being moved up to this evening. Oran is on the way to pick you up," Bix explained.

"Fuck!" Frustrated by the news of the meeting. I glanced at my watch. I only had two hours at best and I wanted to spend that time with Willow. I wanted to eat dinner with her, talk to her, look at her, and sleep with her in my arms.

My head was ready to explode when this sudden meeting ruined the precious planned time I had with Willow. It was not easy for me to get close enough to kiss her, nevermind get her to sleep in my bed. Even though she did not kiss me back, even she had her walls up, I was not going to give upl

Just as my mind was boiling with anger, a familiar smell entered my nose instantly calming my mind. My legs immediately walked into the kitchen where I found Willow making the tea that she only ever made just for me six years ago. Surprised, I continued to close the distance between the two of us. It did not matter if a thousand years had passed I would never be able to forget its smell. She used to make it for me whenever she wanted to thank me.

Was she...making it for me? Happiness and excitement flooded my entire being. She looked at me and walked closer. "Give me your hand."

She took my hand in her own, rolling up my sleeve a little to find a deep cut on my wrist that I had gotten two days ago at Wade Moon while searching for her. I normally did not bother to heal such trivial wounds. However, Willow's expression changed into one of guilt at the sight of the wound's condition. I pulled my hand away, "It's nothing, don't worry about it," but she took it back, pulling out her beautiful and soft handkerchief.

"Heal it before it gets any worse," she murmured, wrapping the handkerchief around my wrist.

My heartbeat raced like a galloping horse to see her caring for me. She noticed my expression and said dryly, "Don't overthink

this. I am only doing it due to the fact that you got hurt because of me. I don't want to feel like I owe you," she explained but it only deepened the smile on my lips.

Before I could tease her, I got a mind-link. The tea water had yet to boil so I quickly made my way up to my office so that I could retum to have it with Willow.

"What's the matter Ella?" I hastly entered the office.

"It is about the treaty papers that we have to review together," she explained.

"Whatever it is, get on with it quickly," I took the papers from her hand as she pointed out the problems. I answered all of her concerns and pointed out the part that I did not agree with before returning the papers to her. However, she remained standing beside me in the same position. I looked up at her to find her staring at me. "Is there something else?" I raised my brows.

She smiled softly, "Yes, actually Alpha Jones asked me out for a date."

I cocked my brows, "Why are you telling me?"

"I thought you would want to know," her voice shook slightly

"Why would I? Date whomever you wish," I remarked, straightening some of the on my desk.

Ella suddenly took a step closer to me, "I thought you would be jealous."

"Why would I?" I frowned at her strange behavior.

"I am your fiance," she remarked, suddenly touching her lips to mine. My eyes widened,

I was totally caught off guard for a second. "I love you Reuben," she confessed.

What the fuck!" I snapped, pushing her away. Why did she kiss me all of a sudden? That was when the sound of a cup dropping attracted my attention to the door.

"Willow..." my heart was in my throat at the sight of her standing there. She took a few steps back before turning and running out of there.

Fuck! She saw Ella kissing me! She saw everything yet misunderstood it all!

"So what if she loves me?" I grabbed her hair and pulled her face closer to mine. She looked at me with wide teary eyes, feeling betrayed. "Willow..." I ran my thumb under her eye where her tears flowed freely. "Does it really matter who loves me when you are the only woman that I love?" I whispered, looking deep into her eyes. More tears rolled down her cheeks at my confession. "What do you mean?" her voice shook.

"Nothing else matters when we love each other, right?" I lifted her chin and kissed her tears away, "Reuben has always loved Willow and will continue to only love her until his dying breath," I whispered, nipping the corner of her lips. "Can't you trust me this once?"