I don't see my husband at all while I make the rounds around the party saying hi to my guests, the ones I know and the ones I don’t, but then dinner time comes and I have to go back to our main table. With him.
He holds my hand and helps me up the three steps like a true gentleman, then he opens a chair for me and helps me with my dress so I can sit down. How kind of him.“Where the hell is your mother?" Jae asks as he sits down next to me, "She didn't come.""I sent her on a trip she always wanted to go on. It's not like she's missing anything meaningful around here," I answer, which I think surprises him a little, because he looks at me and then lets out a small laugh."Maybe someday you can have a real wedding, right?""I hope so," I admit, looking at him, too. At how damn handsome he looks right now, "Do you want to get married for real?""Fuck no, this little show was good enough to last a lifetime. Weddings suck," he mutters, but then shuts up when the waiter comes over with our food and puts it in front of us, "What is this shit? I don't like lamb.""Oh, really?" I ask, feigning a gasp. I already knew that, his mother told me, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know that.""Strike number one, wife," he mutters in annoyance, giving me a dirty look, but he starts eating anyway, with a displeased grimace. I try to disguise my smile and pick up my own fork to do it too.I don't like lamb either, but it was worth ordering it, just to spite him.When we finish eating, they bring out the humongous cake I ordered and they motion for us to walk over to it so we can cut it. Jae moves first, he helps me down and then we walk hand in hand together until we get to the deep red, six tier cake.They give us both knives, but Jae decides not to take his. Instead, he stands behind me and covers my whole body with his, leaving me paralyzed for a couple of seconds because I didn't expect to feel him like this: so warm and so big, covering my whole body with his chest.He wraps one arm around my waist and with the other he holds my hand with the knife so we can cut the cake together. I have to use all my concentration to ignore the big body behind me and his hand covering mine, but it’s so damn distracting.By some miracle, I manage to cut a piece and put it on a plate, but before I can do anything, Jae sticks his big fingers into the piece of cake I just cut and brings it to my mouth. I have no choice but to open my mouth trying not to look so confused when Jae pushes the piece of cake inside... along with his fingers. I'm tempted to bite into them and chop them off, but in my confused state I can only take what he offers me and listen to everyone go crazy over this fake display of warmth on his part.Afterwards, I have to do the same. I grab a small piece with my fingers and I turn around so I can slowly pop it into his mouth.Before my fingers even come in contact with his mouth, he playfully growls and brings his mouth closer to bite my fingers, making me let out a squeal of pure terror, but everyone just laughs.For some reason, they are really loving this.Eventually, Jae eats the cake and he even licks my fingers, but he doesn’t break them off, thank god. Now I can finally get away from him."Lovely couple, incredibly lovely," Healer Ruby says when I accidentally bump into her in my escape, "I can feel something real between you, I'm so excited for your future.""Sure… thanks," I fake a smile and continue my escape, shaking my head. She's not a very good healer if she can't figure out that this is completely bullshit. I snort a laugh at the thought and walk straight to one of the waiters, "Can I have a drink, please?""Umh... how old are you?" he asks, unsure."Old enough to get married, clearly," I answer and he looks around as if looking for help, but in the end has no choice but to let me have a drink.For a second, I manage to slip under the radar while everyone is eating cake. I sit down with my glass of champagne on my table and I just watch.I find Jae immediately, which is normal considering he's probably the biggest man here. Not just by height, but by presence as well.I'll be honest, I'm really surprised by his ability to fake it.He was so against this whole ordeal the last time I saw him, I never imagined he would act like this today. I guess being political is in his veins, after all.Right now he's laughing with a group of guys about his age, but one of them in particular catches my eye. It's Austin Reed, the Alpha of Ramada, our neighboring pack.And the other guys... I don't know them, but they all look young and equally powerful. I guess they're part of the Alpha council.Jae is not yet the Alpha of Elington, but I guess no one doubts who will win the challenge."Where's my bride?" Jae suddenly asks and looks around, searching for me, "Hey, has anyone seen Anya?”I get up before anyone can come after me and head straight for him, plastering a huge fake smile on my face.As soon as I reach Jae, he wraps an arm around my waist. "Darling, these are my future fellow council members," Jae begins in a pleasant tone, "Isaiah Wayber, Austin Reed, Christian Monroe and Thomas Dandy. Guys, this is my wife Anya Kyung. My love and the owner of my whole life from now on.” What the fuck? "I never expected you to be such a romantic," one of them laughs and shakes his head, then takes my hand to place a soft respectful kiss in there... then the rest all do the same. Having a bunch of Alphas respectfully kiss my hand is a little surreal, but I force myself to look normal and even make conversation while smiling like a pageant queen, happy to show Jae how good I am at this. And I don’t even know why, but I’ve always been like this, social interactions are my thing. It’s definitely coming in handy now. We chat with the Alphas for a couple of minutes until my aunt and uncle come to my rescue, so I excuse myself and almost run to them. "It's late, we're leaving now
{Jae}Fortunately for Anya, she's not as stupid as she seems at first. She knows how she should behave when I introduce her to the rest of my friends and that surprises me in a good way. She also behaved very well when I introduced her to my council colleagues. Anya is all smiley and polite, she laughs when is necessary and even makes a couple of jokes that put my friends at ease. Except Rogan, of course, he still looks like he has a stick up his ass. I'm still bothered by the fact that her friend Remington knows we have a fake relationship and probably even knows about the slap I gave her. That could snowball into something I don't need, but I'll trust the little guy. I would tear him apart if it came to that and he knows it, so I don't think he'll risk it. Still, Anya needs to keep her mouth shut from now on or I'll stop being so nice to her."I have to go say goodbye to the rest of my friends, but I hope we can see each other soon," Anya says a few minutes later, still all smile
{ Anya }We say goodbye to the last guests and it's finally time to leave… with my new family, the Kyungs. Because that’s what I am now: Anya Kyung. This was part of our deal. After the wedding, Jae and I have to start living together in the house his parents bought for us and start acting as a real marriage in public. But once again, this is the first time they tell Jae about their plans. Right here in front of me."What the fuck? I already have a house!" Jae growls as soon as he gets the news, angry and still drunk, "Damn it! What more do you want from me!""Do you really think that man cave is good enough for a married man? You think you can start a family in there? Did you really want Anya to live with you and Rogan? Come on, Jae, be serious, "Alpha Riku says, raising a hand to massage his nose, "You’re not a kid anymore, you can’t keep living like that.” "Fuck you," he blurts out. I close my eyes and try to disappear, "Literally, fuck you all.""Stop it," Luna Vivian pleads, "
There are several rooms upstairs. The main one of course belongs to Jae and although I don't dare go inside with everyone else to inspect everything, I peek in for a little bit, just to have a quick look.Everything is black and mostly empty, which goes perfectly with his personality. "It's not horrible, I guess," he mumbles after inspecting if it is to his liking. There are five other rooms on this floor and they are all conditioned for any guests, which I doubt we’ll have. There's also a gym that spans the size of two rooms and has mostly weights, huge barbells and stuff like that."Hm, alright. This place is just mine, by the way. You can't come in here," Jae tells me, shooting me a quick look."I knew letting him be an only child would be a problem," Vivian mutters, shaking her head. I just shrug my shoulders. It's not like I mind not being able to be here, I don't think I could get much use out of those weights and I'm not very active anyway, so it doesn't bother me.The rest o
{ Jae }On the fifth day of my honeymoon, I wake up with a hardcore hangover and an annoying sound bursting my eardrums. I groan and get out of bed to look for what's making that noise.It's my phone. My mother calling me. "Yes?""Where are you?" she asks in that particular tone she uses when she's asking something she already knows and just wants to confirm. She must know I left the pack, but I don't think she knows my exact location."Bora Bora, why?" I ask, looking at Jessy's naked body, still asleep on the bed. I leave the room so she doesn't overhear the conversation. I walk out through our balcony and down the stairs to the private beach, "If you need me for something regarding work, talk about it with my assistant.”"You left Anya a prisoner in the house while you're on a fucking vacation?!" She exclaims, sounding angrier than I expected after I've agreed to everything they've asked of me."Well, yes. I need people to think she's with me," I explain and walk over to dip my fee
{ Anya }"Tomorrow, once I get a tan, can I leave the house?" I ask again. I really need to get out of here before I completely lose my mind, if I haven’t already."Sure, whatever," he mumbles without up looking at me. I take advantage of him being distracted to steal a deep look at him. He looks tan now, his nose has more freckles than before and he has two visible hickeys on his neck.What a great husband. I had to spend fourteen days cooped up here with nothing to do but fill my emptiness with online shopping, picking out the things that were going to annoy him the most, while he was in paradise, tanning and fucking. "So, you're going to cheat on me the entire marriage?" I ask, trying to keep the venom out of my voice. Jae puts his phone away and laughs at me."The word cheating implies some kind of relationship, which we don't have. But I'll always do what I want and that involves fucking whoever I feel like fucking. So yeah," he shrugs without any remorse. "And I can do the sa
I don't know what to do. Should I just wait for him lying on my bed and stay there motionless the whole time like a starfish? I mean... yes, that's probably the best option. That way it will be impersonal and respectful to both of us... even though I already know he's out there jerking off, which is making this no longer impersonal. I’m surprised he was respectful enough to do it away from me, though. I take the towel off my hair and I try to decide if I have enough time to get dressed, but I think I've spent too much time freaking out and overthinking because the door opens again a few seconds later, making me gasp. Jae walks straight towards me, still dressed although I can see his erection lifting the front of his shorts. He looks almost bored, but impatient. "I don't want to waste any more time," he says and grabs my arms to throw me onto the bed without any care and without giving me any warning, which is fucking crazy because my robe slides open as I fall there on my back, le
Now I'm not only wet, but I'm also starting to throb with need. I’m scared, but I need... I just need. "You smell like you have a lot of respect for me right now," he teases, and his naughty little fingers continue caressing down my body, touching very very lightly above my stomach, until he reaches my still exposed pussy. With just a little brush from his fingers, my body jerks like it was electrocuted. Now I can feel myself dripping.Fuck. I really need something. Jae looks intensely into my face while his hand is down there, his fingers right at my entrance."If you want more, you'll have to ask for it," he says, making an incredibly light circle near my clit that makes my whole body jerk again. I reach my hands up to grab onto his shoulders, just because I need to get a hold. Especially of myself, "Ask for it.""No. I just want the fucking mark," I manage to blurt out. My voice sounds breathless and shaky and my eyes are starting to blur.But I can't forget this is the enemy.