"Winner!" the loud computer voice announced.
Bella had thrown the arrows randomly. She had not expected to actually win on a whim! Although, she missed seeing the knowing look Damon threw in the direction of the shopowner with a grin on his face that he quickly hid.
The shop owner, placed two items on the front counter. A huge, fluffy panda, and an extremely gorgeous golden clip with tiny little non shiny diamonds that had flowers and leaves design. She had never seen more beautiful jewelry than it in her entire life.
"You can pick any one of these items." The shop owner said with a smile, "congratulations on the win."
"Seriously?" she murmured, shocked, and immediately picked up the pin in her hand to admire
Damon's POVI just wanted to get home at this point and hide her away somewhere. Everywhere I went, her admirers popped out of nowhere like fucking popcorns. At this point, I was frustrated to the core.We got out of the event area, I had already called Alex to bring the car when suddenly something passed by me with an unnaturally fast speed. The very next second, my hands were grabbed, Bella falling out of my hands.I instinctively jumped forward to grab her. I could not let her get hurt at any cost! But the hold on my arms was impossibly tight, and Bella was nowhere in my sight.My head shot up in shock only to find a man holding her up in his arms.
Bella stepped close to Hunter. Lifting her arms, she wrapped them around his neck, got close, put her lips near his ear and whispered,"Let's stay here for a few days."The surge of happiness that rushed inside me was uncontrollable and overwhelming. I knew she still loved me... she can not leave me.But then, her next words had all of those feelings die just as soon as they had appeared, "I want to see Damon suffer the same way he tormented me in the past."Hunter wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her upright as she struggle to stand straight in her drunken state. There was uncertainty and unpleasant expressions on his face.She turned arou
Damon's POV...The worst thing that has happened to me was when Bella disappeared for three years. I had never thought that something would ever hurt me like I was hurt when my dad and mom were killed, but Bella leaving me did.Now sitting in the pack house with two men beside her having dinner at the dining table and her whole attention just focused on them made me realized why she had left and how much I had hurt her. Keeping Alina under the same roof as her with my relation tied to her must have destroyed Bella from inside bit by bit. I had thought I will make sure she is okay but I did not. And now as she sat with two men in front of me, I felt the same pain that I had made her go through.And damn it hurt like hell.
This must have been the first proper sleep in forever, and maybe the most peaceful one as well.As I stared at her sleeping face, her hair falling on her face and no frown, I realized maybe the tv did not show those sappy shows or movies just as fake as I had always thought.Bella fell asleep while talking about everything. I did not even intend for her to get invested in a discussion about such a small matter but the more she talked about it, even though it was all about business, I felt more... normal and attached.She fell asleep on the side of the bed, her feet dangling down and her head resting on the wall. When an hour passed and I was sure she was deep in sleep, I picked her up to lay her down on the bed, and went on to go sleep next to her after turni
My feet was trampled on by hers, making me flinch."You know physical abuse is not allowed on living beings, right?" I glowered."Stop being dramatic.""Then tell me what I did to you to make you this much angry?" I threw my hands up with a wide grin that I tried to hide, "you are losing your mind over nothing. Or was it that you wanted me to do something to you but I didn't, that's why you're angry?"Her mouth opened and closed like fish, her face contracted in disbelief, "Damon, you are dreaming if you seriously think I have any thoughts about you touching me.""Those I think you definitely have," I smirked, "you are so insistent on it, aren't you? Arguing ab
Bella's POVWhen Hunter proposed to go out at night, I could not refuse him this time. As we went out of the pack house and towards the forest, instead of a usual path that other wolves took to run, Hunter pulled me to an opposite, shorter path."Why are we going there?" I asked him in confusion."'Cause I don't want to be found until I come back with you." Hunter grinned, grabbing my hand to keep me with himself without getting lost.To my surprise, as we kept climbing up the short, narrow path, it opened up into a wider one that was going up towards a hill covered in more trees."Wow. I have never been to this side." I muttered in wonder.
By the time we went down the hill, changed into the clothes that Hunter had brought for the both of us and went down the hill, everything had already gone silent in the dead of the night.I was walking ahead, Hunter just a step behind me. We were about to come out of the woods when he suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me back. I turned to face him, staring in question."I want to do something." he suddenly murmured, his ocean gaze in turmoil, but filled with a warmth that I was trying to get used to whenever he stared at me.I knitted my brows, smiling a little, "Do what?"He was silent for a brief second, but then his hand slipped to the back of my head, his body got closer, and the next thing I knew, his lips we
Searching for Bella, I was eventually led out of the house where I saw her standing by the door, staring toward the blank path in silence. Her back was facing me. I had been worried sick about her being in love with Hunter. Did she feel attracted to him? She had kissed him, this meant she was not completely unaffected by him. Had she... had she fallen in love with him? I wanted her back but not at the expense snatching her happiness. Which only meant that I had to do better and bring her attention back to me. I have to do everything to win her and not let her fall in love with Hunter.I inched closer to her, and placed my head on her shoulder. She did not react. I put my hand on her waist, staring in the direction she was looking at but there was nothing interesting."What are you staring at so intently?" I asked softly