I'm still sitting outside the room where they sent Cooper in. His father told me that I should leave him there until someone came outside of that room, but it's been three hours since we got here, and the only person that has been talking to me for a while is Ruel, our driver. I asked him how he got to know Cooper's family, and he told me that his family has been a good benefactor to different orphanages, and they take care of a lot of children. He also told me that when those kids had already reached the age of twenty and no one had tried to adopt them, Cooper's family would offer them a job and let them live on their own as they grew older. He was one of the kids before, and look at him now; he has a stable job with Cooper.
I can't believe that his family did all of that knowing the risks that it might pose to their family at the time, but they didn't care about them. They just wanted to help a lot of kids on the streets, and now I bet some of them are successful people now.
Just then, a woman finally came out while taking off her gloves. I instantly stood up while I waited for her to do something, but when he looked at me in the eye, she scoffed and even smirked in front of me.
"So you are his fiancé, huh?" She asked coldly.
I nodded as I slowly raised an eyebrow. What is wrong with this girl?
She's a bit more skinny and petite than me. She has a curvy body, and her hair is just above her shoulders. Her eyes are pitch black, and her gaze is fixed on me right now; raging like fire. What the hell did I do to her?
"He ought to have been exceptional on the off chance that you weren't anywhere near," she said before she deliberately knock my shoulder with hers.
I jeered in dismay and checked Ruel out.
"What is the issue with that young lady?" I asked frustratingly.
"She's Shaina; she's Cooper's long-lasting dearest companion, however they are not shut any longer after the expert's declaration of his commitment with you," Ruel made sense of, and that made me glower in dismay.
Truly? Does she truly have to do that to me? I'm not even the one she ought to lash out at. Plus, Cooper picked me in any case, so what is her point in getting pissed at me?
An idea came into my head, and I gradually applauded multiple times.
"Pathetic love, huh?" I articulated as I grinned.
Not good enough for her; she happened not to be on the rundown of Cooper's likely darlings.
I failed to remember I's thought process when one more lady emerged from the room. This time, it is a moderately aged lady with a delicate face, however I can in any case detect her. She's a werewolf.
"Might I at any point see Cooper now?" I inquired.
"He'll rest for some time; you can go into the room now and converse with his dad later," she said before she strolled past me.
I, then again, quickly went inside the room. At the point when I entered, I saw him lying on the bed half-exposed, with gauzes on his stomach. It's as of now been dealt with, and I want to believe that he's protected. I sat next to him and held his hand for some time before I covered him with a cover.
"You can lay down with him here," his dad's voice unexpectedly showed up.
I took a gander at my back and saw him remaining by the entryway.
"Much thanks to you," I said.
His dad just grinned at me. I can perceive that I can some way or another see Cooper's face when he progresses in years in light of his dad's looks. They appear to be identical, and it's so good to see the two of them in a single room.
"I'm happy there's somebody dealing with my child at the present time," he said as he ventured nearer to me.
"It's simply the opposite way around," I said as I recollected what happened today and the wide range of various days that we're totally fine.
"I'm the infantile one, while he's the full grown one. I generally get into battles, however he's the one attempting to tackle them by the day's end. He's considerably more sympathetic than I am and substantially more expressive than me — that is self-evident. So I want to say that I'm a lot more fortunate to have him around."
His dad stayed quiet for some time before he posed me an inquiry I never anticipated that he should inquire.
"Have you previously gone gaga for my child?"
My lips separated after hearing that. It's great that I'm not confronting him today, but rather I was very astonished by it. I don't have the foggiest idea what to say, yet I know without a doubt what this sort of feeling is. I would rather not just own it yet, yet here I am confronting judgment before my dad.
Everything will say to him?
His dad abruptly chuckled generously. He then, at that point, tapped my shoulders.
"You don't have to enlighten me immediately; we both know your response, yet we should simply hang tight for expressing it until you're prepared."
After everything his dad said to me, he previously left the room, and I was left with Cooper, who was dozing soundlessly. Since he's as of now dozing I'm actually wearing simply my games bra — that is not really self-evident; it looks like a bralette — I began to take a gander at the cupboards to track down clean garments. I promptly got the garments and cleaned up in his restroom. The plan of his room in the penthouse was not the same as here. Here, his room is white and blue; perhaps it's been his room since he was a youngster, and since he moved out, he never had the opportunity to revamp it.
As I finished taking a bath, I already got out of my room only to see the girl from earlier holding Cooper's hand.
I raised an eyebrow and spoke.
"What do you want this time?" I asked.
I saw how she took a glance at me, but she just ignored what I asked. I rolled my eyes before I put away my dirty clothes on the rack. I'm finding a comb while I'm observing her every move. She instantly noticed what I was doing, so she stood up and looked in my direction.
"I'm Shaina," she introduced herself. Gosh, no fucks were given to her.
"So?" I answered.
"I'm his friend," she said shortly.
"Are you sure you just view him as a friend?" I said it just to trigger her.
I saw a hint of anxiousness in her eyes that she's trying to fight. Honey, you can't just fight the feeling if it is not reciprocated for a long time.
"Stop making some shitty assumptions—"
"Then stop coming near him," I said as I crossed my arms over my chest.
Her lips parted, and she eventually bit them to keep herself from falling apart. I can see through her that she's trying to pretend that she's okay.
"I don't want to fight with you," she said as she moved away from the bed while I was walking slowly towards her.
"Who says you're fighting with me?" I said like a clueless one.
"Then stop making assumptions about us!" She almost yelled at me.
I laughed at her obvious denial. I can't believe that this girl was even more petty than me at some point.
"Us?" I asked sarcastically. "You don't even exist in his world; you're just basically not on my level."
That is the straw that broke the camel's back for her before she pulled my hair and, surprisingly, pulled beyond the room. I hit the floor as she pushed me hard, and when I was as yet not standing, she had the opportunity to change herself, and she stepped on me. She scratched my face with her sharp paws; I just let her hurt deliberately, and she was going to go after me through my chest when somebody halted her.
"No more!" Cooper yelled energetically to prevent her from going after me. She changed back while I stood up and helped Cooper.
He's actually throbbing and moaning from what has been going on with him.
"Shaina, don't hurt her," he argued.
"She's the person who began it!" Shaina dissented.
Others came in to move toward us; even Cooper's dad came to see what's happening, and as they took a gander at me, they out of nowhere felt sorry due to how Shaina treated me.
"Please accept my apologies for the difficulty." I was sorry for what occurred. I ought to have realized better that this would occur assuming I set off that young lady. However, I have this fulfillment in my mind that I got to let her sentiments out so abruptly that she even hurt me since I prodded her before him.
"You're such a phony!" She shouted and was going to go after me again when Cooper impeded every one of them.
He even held my hand firmly before he talked.
"Will you leave the two of us only for this evening? We had a drawn out day in the city," he said delicately, and they in the end moved back from us, however when I attempted to see them, Shaina's puncturing eyes were all the while seeing me like she was prepared to kill me whenever, anyplace.
Cooper unexpectedly pulled me inside, and as he shut the entryway, he pushed me back against it and kissed me. I figured it would be only a smack kiss like what he used to do, yet as he began to move, I did as well. It felt at such a leisurely pace and enthusiastic. He push his tongue inside my mouth, and I invited it. I kissed him back much more, and he developed our kiss as he pushed my head against the wall.
I pulled out of our kiss as we were both gasping. I laid my head on his chest while I could feel him breathing on my shoulder.
"Will that be sufficient to let you know that I'm just for you?" He asked like a child.
I moved away and looked at him without flinching.
He just admitted his sentiments to me, and I don't have the foggiest idea what to say regarding it. How might I respond? Would it be a good idea for me to kiss him considerably more? Will that do?
"Did you simply let me know you like me?" I asked without holding back to ensure I wasn't dreaming about this.
He felt quiet for some time, however at that point he gradually gestured. I grinned at its prospect and just embraced him while I was resting on the wall. I was unable to try and face him at the present time. Since what I felt was an extraordinary risk for the two of us.
I thought this would be an arrangement for both of our families, however I can't really accept that that even I failed to remember my main principal guideline in my life. I abruptly felt tears in my eyes. I don't have any idea what it implies, yet all I can feel is that I'm terrified. I'm stressed over what will occur on the off chance that we forge ahead.
"I'll be pausing," he murmured in my ear, and that made me much more miserable.
I realize I like him, yet I can't force myself to let him know how he affects me. This will be our shortcoming. This will annihilate, and assuming individuals had some awareness of it, they would utilize it against us. I suspected as much when I heard him express those things.
He pulled me away and kissed me once more. He measured my face to wipe away my tears, and what I heard next was him giggling at me while I was crying.
"Such a child," he laughed after saying that.
"You're the person who made me like this," I whined before I created some distance from him and advanced toward his bed. He then, at that point, went along with me, and we quietly nestled for some time before I talked once more.
"Shaina should be so frantic at me at this moment," I said truly.
"How could you say as much?" He asked inquisitively while he stroked my back.
I drew nearer to him and laid my head on his shoulder before I talked once more.
"Since she can't move forward to my level," I expressed, attempting to befuddle Cooper, yet he quickly got what I implied.
"Try not to express that to a companion," he said as she unexpectedly squeezed my cheeks.
"You realize she enjoyed you even previously, right?" I expressed it in a dubious tone.
He gestured and kissed my head.
"She conceded that she loved me previously, however I didn't realize that it would in any case be there as of recently. I simply thought before that assuming she moved away from the agreement, perhaps she'd forget about it and we'd turn out to be old buddies once more, yet it didn't change by any means."
I sulked as I heard the story. So Shaina has been faithful to him from that point onward; in the meantime, I just emerged from the image out of nowhere and started to demolish everything for her. I out of nowhere felt humiliated at how I had treated her before. I set off her sentiments and prodded her significantly more by making statements I shouldn't have said.
"You're now regretting what you did?" He asked all of a sudden.
It looks like he read my mind, and now I've creeped into his side and just hugged him.
"Don't do that again, alright?" He said it was like he was lecturing a child.
I hope I can say sorry to her after what I did.
Midnight comes, and I am a bit startled upon hearing the loud sound coming from Cooper's pact. I totally forgot that I was here in their mansion. I finally got to see how they played outside under the moonlight. It's not a full moon today, but the light coming from the moon was brighter than usual.
I got out of bed and opened the window to see them up close. I can see young ones playing down there on the front lawn while the adults are resting in the hill just about a few meters away from here. I didn't realize that their mansion was literally located near a mountain. maybe because this is their natural habitat. I watched them as they became so aggressive.
"You wanted to go there?" Cooper suddenly asked as he saw me watching them from afar.
"I just found them so free from the world," I said before I got back to the bed.
"You don't feel like you're free right now?" He asked.
"We both know the answer to that question," I said before I covered myself in a blanket.
He didn't answer anything, and I just felt him hugging me from behind.
I keep telling myself all the time that I'll be okay if I start to like the person whom they want me to marry, but now that I already like Cooper, I started to think about the things I could possibly do if I didn't let them agree to this.
What is happening to me?
There's no need for me to get confused, right? But why do I suddenly feel like something will happen if I keep this going?
What is happening to me?
…
The next morning, I woke up from something that was bouncing around me. When I opened my eyes, I saw two young kids jumping just beside me. There's no sign of Cooper, and all I can hear is these kids singing to me.
"Do you know Cooper?" I asked as I sat up.
The little girl nodded and looked closely at me. She suddenly gasped, which made me startle a little.
"She's a vampire!" She shouted, making the other kid hear what she said. They both looked closely at me this time, and they both gasped at the same time.
"You're a true vampire!" They both shouted, and I just laughed at their expression.
"I'm Adriana," I introduced myself.
"You're Ysmael's love, right?" The young boy asked.
I nodded at him.
"You look so pretty," he shyly uttered.
"Thank you for your compliment," I said, and I pinched his cheeks.
Meanwhile, the excited little girl pulled me out of bed, and she told me that I should meet their family and even her friends in the dining hall. Based on what she said, it seems like this mansion was built for their whole pact. Maybe Cooper's father is really great at leading people; that's why he managed to do this kind of thing for his people.
Lila, whose name means "flower," pulled me even more downstairs just to let me eat because she noticed that I'm a bit skinny. As we are almost there, I already hear loud voices, and there's even someone who's singing out. As Lila opened the door for us, everyone got silent as they looked at me.
Everyone looked so surprised at my calm reaction, and moments later I finally saw Cooper, who was serving some of the little kids on the left side of the room. He also realized that everyone had gotten quiet, so he looked in my direction and just smiled a bit. He walked toward me and held my hand before he spoke.
"Everyone, this is my fiancé," he said.
At first, everyone didn't say anything, but as I heard a clap from the crowd, what happened next was even more overwhelming. They clapped and cheered for us. Some even congratulate me for tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
I almost forgot.
It's going to be my wedding.
Gosh, it sucks.