REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

”I don’t show my face to people from the club.” I muttered out firmly and held her gaze with an irritated look. “And any day you ask for such privilege, be sure that I will cut whatever ties I have with you.” I expressed those words as a warning, still holding her gaze.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to offend you.”she quickly apologized while she lowered her eyes and looked away.

I groan not for what she said, but for the way I reacted.

We drove in total silence, and none of us said a word until I parked in front of one of my bars. “We are here.” I announced while getting out of the car. I walked to her door, but she had already opened the door herself. She turned around and stared at the place with so much curiosity and anticipation before meeting my gaze. “Where is this place?”she inquired, still staring around.

“Come in, and you will see.” I said, and led the way. She beamed happily at me as she walked side by side with me.

We got to the door and the door was already opened by the doorman, “Good morning sir, good morning ma’am.” He greeted, lowering his head in respect as we both walked in.

I noticed Victoria stared at the doorman for a second before she glanced at me with curiosity. It was obvious she was wondering who I was. Only if she knew.

We walked into the bar and I saw the place was arranged just the way I wanted it. Since I was putting on a mask, the thought of going out to a public place didn’t bother me, but I knew Victoria might not be comfortable with people staring at us, so I decided to close down one of my bars for the day.

I stared around the room and saw a dining table was set in the middle of the room, while PS5 games were arranged in a corner. Another corner was a big couch and a big flat screen for movies.

She moved away from me, still staring around the room with stunned and bewildered eyes, before locking eyes with me. “You own this place?” she asked, staring at me with curiosity.

I wanted to say yes to her, but then I remembered she might look for me and realize I was Eric. “No, I rented it for the day.”, I stated firmly,

“Wow.” She exclaims happily and stared around, “You made this place like this?” She asked, thrilled.

“Yeah.” I murmured proudly.

“This is excellent.” She beamed a grateful smile at me, which made my heart flutter with excitement, and I knew I was losing it to this woman.

Quickly, I cleared my throat and took a step closer to her, “Where should we start?” I asked while avoiding her gaze.

She smiled at me and stared around before pointing to the PS5 game station,

“Let’s start from there.” She suggested, while moving closer to the game station. She sat on the couch and picked up a pad. “Do you know how to play this?” She asked while operating the pad like a true professional. “Yes” I responded and picked up the other pad. “I bet not as good as me.” She teased and selected her team so easily.

I stared at her and realized her eyes were fixed on the TV and fingers moving freely on the pad. Indeed, she was a true professional.

“Choose your team.” She urged, tapping her fingers on the pad.

I took my gaze off her and began selecting my team. “Don’t pick that guy. He isn’t good, I don’t wanna win you that easily.” She teased and winked at me playfully before moving her gaze to the TV.

If only she knew who I was.

I selected a team, and we started playing.

“Aunt and I used to play this every day.” she giggled after winning me for the seventh time.

Disappointed at myself, I groaned and kept back the pad. “I’m not good at this.” I grumbled. “I noticed it.” She smiled and kept back the pad.

“Are you hungry?” I asked while getting on my feet.

“Yes please.” She replied with a smile. Her smile was so charming, that I wanted to return the smile, but I didn’t know how to. “Let’s go.” I led the way, and we walked over to the center of the room where our food was already served on the table.

“Are we the only ones here?” she asked, staring around with curiosity, “Yes, Sit.” I said and drew out a chair for her, “Thanks.” She flashed me a cute smile that weakened all the bones in me before taking the seat.

“Are we going to eat all this ?” She asked with excitement like a little kid while staring at the different dishes on the table.

I nodded my head as a response and glared at her childish behavior. She was indeed cute, and I wondered why she never showed this part of herself to Eric.

“Let’s eat.”

She nodded her head and picked up the cutlers. I watched her put some food into her plate and began eating slowly before meeting my gaze, “Aren’t you eating?”, she asked while staring at my empty plate.

Without saying a word, I picked up the cutlers and put a small portion of the food into my plate, since I wasn’t hungry. We ate in total silence and none of us said a thing for a while until she spoke up,

“What do you do ?” She asked, not meeting my gaze,

“I’m into business.” I replied firmly and took a sip of my drink.

Victoria’s POV

I nodded my head and continued eating.

When I came out of my flat I was so excited to see him, at least he wouldn’t be putting on his mask, but I was a bit disappointed when I saw him with his mask on. He was incredibly hot even without me seeing his face.

Hearing all he said after I asked why his mask was on, I came to realize that I had to drop the issues of seeing his face, and to think that I had already fallen for a man who I hadn’t seen his face was something weird to me but also exciting.

“Why are you not eating?” his cold voice took me out of my thoughts,

“I am.” I responded with a smile, which he did not return.

I kept eating and decided to ask him some few questions. “Do you have siblings ?” I asked, curious. “No.” He replied quickly like he was expecting the question from me. I nodded my head and continued eating before another question popped into my head. I bit my lips nervously and took a deep breath before speaking, “Are you married?” I asked, pretending I did not say those words.

He kept his spoon on his plate and raised his eyebrows at me, staring at me with amusement. “I have rings on my fingers, but there is no ring on the finger for marriage, doesn’t that answer your question.” He replied, giving me a serious look.

“Not putting on a wedding ring doesn’t mean you are not married, you can decide to leave your ring at home. Most men do that.” I blurted out and nipped my lower lip when I realized what I had just said.

“So you see me as that kind of man ?” He asked, angered by my words.

In just a second, his mood changed.

“I’m sorry.” I apologized while I lowered my head and stared at my almost empty plate, cursing myself for blurting out rubbish.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

I heard him murmur, picked up his spoon and continued eating. “I’m not married, and if I am, I won’t hide it from anyone and especially not from you.” He spoke firmly and continued eating.

I smiled at him, and we ate in silence until we were done. “Thanks for the meal.” I thanked him, while he nodded his head and stood to his feet. I watched him unbuttoned his buttons and took off his jacket, leaving him in just his shirt.

I stole a glimpse of his body and noticed he reminds of a certain someone, someone I wish not to remember.

“Let’s go watch a movie.” he said and left me at the table. He went to the big coach, sat on it and fixed his gaze on the big TV screen.

I followed him and sat beside him, but made sure I gave him enough space.

“What movie do you wanna watch?” He asked while picking up the controller.

Alpha Eric’s POV

“Any movie of your choice.” she responded while twisting her fingers, it was obvious she was nervous.

“Have it.”, I handed the controller to her, “Just type for the movie, and it will display on the screen.” I said and relaxed on the couch. Watching movies and playing games were never my thing, but I had to do it for her.

She beamed at me before typing the name of the movie on the controller and the movie displayed on the screen.

I stared at the screen and I realized she was watching a romantic movie, which made me groan and look away.

“Aren’t you joining me?” she asked with her gaze still at the TV, “No, I don’t watch movies.” I stated truthfully. “Why ?” She asked with her two curious eyes on me. ”Because I don’t have time for things like that, my time is really precious to me, so you should know how lucky you are that I agreed to spend a day with you.” I spoke proudly.

Those words from me made her fix her gaze on me for some seconds before looking away.

Silence filled the whole place as none of us said a word. I stole a glimpse of her and noticed she was intoxicated by the movie and all her attention was on it.

I stared at her and noticed she was indeed pretty, and I wondered why I couldn’t see this earlier. I stared at her lips and the urge to kiss her again rushed through my blood and I tried my best to hold it.

“Cold.” she whispered softly and rubbed her two hands on her arms. Without saying a Word, I took my jacket from the chair and handed it over to her,

“Have it.”

She smiled and took the jacket from me. “Thanks.” She put on the jacket and went back to the screen.

I nodded my head at her and tried to focus my gaze on the TV, but I couldn’t, I was so drowned to her that I couldn’t keep my eyes off her even for a minute.

“Beautiful!.” I muttered to her hearing which made her beamed at me and nervously tucked in her hair behind her ear, revealing my mark to me.

“Mate.” my wolf howled in possession, causing me to take a deep breath and tried to control myself because all the organs in me were screaming for me to pull her to myself and ravish her body like a hungry wolf.

“You are sweating profusely, are you okay?” she asked, moving closer to me.

That was it, that was how I lost control of myself and pulled her to myself.

“I’m not okay.” I muttered out those words while holding gaze with her two sets of brown eyes that triggered everything in me.