The Beta’s Regret

She was wearing a long pencil skirt and black shirt and had a pen in one hand while a file in another

When she looked at me, the smile almost disappeared from her face

“Oh, hi there,” She said, and I nodded, increasing my pace because I didn’t want to talk with her.

“Did you see the Hybrid King?” She asked, while returning her attention hack to the file. But then she abruptly looked at me again, as if noticing me for the first time.

Or maybe the shirt I was wearing. She looked intently at it

I forced myself to speak “Yeah, I believe he just went to freshen in his room.

“Freshen up?” She asked and I couldn’t help the smug that coursed through me as the raised an eyebrow. Her facial expressions changed so much that I could easily guess how she was trying to connect the dots. From NôvelDrama.Org.

I wished I had some mind reading power to look into her brain and see all her worries and insecurities laid bare

I wished I could gloat about how Eros had spent the night with me, kissing me and wanting me when she kept throwing herself at him and he never touched her.

“Yeah, the night was quite tiring. I added with a smile, and loved the way the color drained from her face.

She tried to keep a straight face, but I saw the way her fingers dug into the file, almost wanting to tear it out.

Gosh! Tiara was really back and I was loving this side of me. I wanted to torment her some more, but then a voice iterrupted from behind me.

“Eden, where have you been?” I turned around to see Arthur smiling at me. He had a bag slung over his shoulder but looked tired.

I smiled brightly at him and dashed down the stairs.

“I should be asking you that question,” I said, when he pulled me into a hug effortlessly.

Arthur’s presence was warm and inviting, and whenever I saw him, he always made my worries fade away. It was as if he carried his own light everywhere, brightening everybody’s day by jut showing up.

He pulled me into a hug and smiled radiantly at me. “Pack duty first, Miss Eden. Everything else comes later,” He murmured as I stayed in his embrace. It felt nice to have him around again.

“Wait, why are you even awake at this hour? Your training starts in 2 hours or so, right?” He looked at me with furrowed eyebrows, and I flashed him an excited smile.

“Yesterday was a full moon, Arthur,” I said, and he kept looking at me in confusion.

“Yeah, so?” He asked, and I kept grinning at him. If there was one true friend I had made in this life and wanted to share my joy with, it was definitely him..

His eyes went wide, and he stared at me with surprise.

“Oh, my goddess, Eden. Did you really?”

I nodded my

head frantically and he let out a big laugh and even whooped in the air. I began laughing too and jumped up down with him. He grabbed me by the shoulders and turned us around in a circle.

“That is so great, Eden. I knew it. I knew you could do it” 1 let his contagious joy affect me and we both started dancing like idiots on the floor. Hearing the commotion, a few servants came to the hall to see what the fuss was about,

Arthur dropped the bag and scooped me up in his arms as he told everybody. “This Queen is no longer woltless girl. She’s awakened her wolf!

Soon, everybody started cheering and clapping while Arthur beamed happily. And truly I felt happy to see the flicker of respect in everybody’s eyes.

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1:08 PM d

Suddenly another voice boomed through the large hall “What is going on here?”

Hlooked up to see Eros appear on the first floor, just beside Olivia. He had showered and changed and was wiping his hair with a towel Apparently, Olivia had never left and was watching what was going on with keen interest.

I saw Eros’s gaze fall on Arthur and the way he was holding me up. Eros was quite far from me, but I could clearly recall the way he had held me up a few hours ago, just like this.

Arthur was simply cheering me up and doing nothing else, but the way Eros stared at us made me think as if we had been doing something scandalous.

The servants quickly returned to their work of seeing Eros after hastily bowing to him.

Meanwhile, Arthur lowered me and stepped aside to maintain some distance from me “Uh, nothing, King. I just heard an exciting piece of news. Our newest pack member is no longer wolfless.” Arthur answered before bowing to Eros politely.

“Yes, so nice,” Eros answered while glaring at me.

Olivia took the opportunity to tear her gaze away from us and look at Eros. She gave him a bright smile and stood near him, almost pushing herself upon him.

“I waited for you in the office but didn’t know that you were in your room.” She batted her eyelashes, but he only continued to wipe his head

“The meeting of the alphas went quite well. I made a few changes to the clauses and have brought the final draft for you to go through. Eros took the file from her and she pointed her pen at the page she wanted him to read through.

I only smiled at Arthur and whispered a thanks to him. He had given me a small celebration.

Arthur put a hand to his heart and whispered, “My pleasure”

“Why is he suddenly so cranky?” I asked Arthur while sneakily pointing at the first floor. Eros was turning the pages so rashly

that he might as well tear them off along with the entire file.

“No idea. Alphas always annoy him with their odd requests” Arthurshook his head and asked me to stay put while answering

ine.

But I was not convinced. Maybe seeing Olivia’s face made him lose his good mood. That could probably be a very strong

reason

I thought to myself and couldn’t help but chuckle. From above the first floor, a loud, snapping voice resounded. I looked up to see Eros shut the file and look at me evenly.

“What is so funny about it?” He asked, and I hastily lowered my head.

“N–nothing. King. She is just happy about last night, Arthur answered on my behalf, and Eros scoffed while leaning on the railing.

“Of course she is, he said, and I looked up to see that damn smirk return on his face. His gaze challenged me to counter his words. I tried to quash the shiver that ran up, my spine on hearing the way he said that line.

How could he look so annoying yet captivating at the same time?

eyed,

“You see, the shirt she is wearing, that’s mine,” He added and closed the file he was reading, leaving me staring at him wide-