Chapter 8
"Shoes off the table!" Ancia said.
The man sitting in front of her grabbed her purse in mid air and gave a low chuckle.
"Now Now.. It's not good manners to throw things at your beloved brother, isn't it." said the man.
Ancia rolled her eyes while taking off her jacket and gave out a long sigh.
"Just when I was convinced it's a good day." she mumbled to herself. The man clearly heard her mumbling and with an amused smirk asked
" Seems like something good happened in my absence."
"None of your business" said Ancia and opened the door of her refrigerator to look for something to make.
"Don't be like this. I travelled across half the world to meet you after all. Be a darling and tell me the deets." said the man while making an expression of a teenage girl.
"....Make some salad while I make the dinner." said Ancia as she passed the man a basket half filled with vegetables.
The man finally gives up and starts to pout while properly washing and slicing the vegetables to make the salad. After about 10 minutes, Ancia finally breaks the silence.
"Why are you here? Weren't you supposed to be in Egypt?"
"I was missing you so I rushed to meet you. "said the man with an innocent smile but his fangs weren't helping him much.
"Josh. What is the real reason."
"..."
"Joshua. I don't like to repeat myself."
"...Father is coming to visit us."
Ancia's movements stop. She puts down the knife.
"When...?"
"..probably this year."
"...it's going to get nasty again."
"True. I wonder how many people will die this time." said Joshua as he chewed on a slice of tomato.
The next morning
Drake wakes up quite early in the morning and finishes up his usual training with the pack's warriors and his other alpha duties. Drake was extremely excited for his lunch date with Ancia today. He had already asked her mother's special sandwich recipe to prepare for the lunch.
After about an hour he was done and got ready to meet his mate. Drake was happy. Even a blind person could see this.
"Edward. If something happens unless it's extremely important, don't call me, buddy." said Drake to his beta while showing him his canines.
It was a smile that screamed 'I mean it! So don't you dare disturb me unless you have a death wish.' which not only made Edward but also Rick nod vigorously.
It was a 25 minutes long drive in his car from the pack. Drake opens the door to the flower shop, the bell chimes again. Ancia had a messy bun with a strand of hair loosely kissing her face on the left. The moment she felt someone entering the shop she turned to welcome the guest but freezes on the spot seeing Drake. On the other hand, in Drake's eyes her appearance was that of a goddess. She was wearing an A-line yellow summer dress which was reaching just below her knees. It was his first time seeing Ancia like this ,her raven black wavy hair looked so perfect even if it was in a messy bun , her midnight blue eyes were glistening in the light and her pinkish lips were looking so kissable right now that Drake had to bite his inner cheek to stop himself from pouncing on her. It was such a simple yet mysteriously seductive scene that Drake was enchanted.
On Ancia's side things were a little chaotic. Ancia was totally not expecting to meet Drake like this. It was only 12:15pm and she was just doing the usual things in the shop. Ancia herself knew that usually her appearance is very pretty but right now, In Ancia's eyes she was a mess. Before Drake walked in, Ancia was chopping off the dead bottom part from the stems and was wearing a dowdy "hello kitty" apron with pink rubber gloves on. She tied her hair carelessly in a bun without giving it much thought and the loose strand on the left side of her face was the proof of it. So, she freezes the moment she is caught like this by the one man she never wanted to show her bad side to.
"This is a nightmare."
"She is a fairy."
Both people were having completely different thoughts at the same moment.
Drake was the first one to return back to reality and with a bright smile he greeted her.Ancia would've melted the moment she saw his beautiful smile , if only she wasn't freaking out over appearance right now." with a slight nod she greeted him back.
"You are early." said Ancia while putting down the huge scissors and flowers.
"Is it?" Drake asked as he looked at his watch. Only then did he realize that he was early , not by much, just about 2 hours. An awkward laugh came from both sides.
"Give me 5 minutes and then we can leave." said Ancia as she hurriedly took off the rubber gloves and undid her shiny wavy hair.
"Sure." replied Drake with an embarrassed face. Drake had no plans to inconvenience Ancia's work and that was why he asked her for a lunch date because usually her store is not busy during that time. But in his excitement he came early and disturbed her during her working hours. Not like he regrets it because thanks to this he gets to witness Ancia in such a beautiful look.
After 5 minutes both leaves for the central park to have their lunch date. It was Drake's idea to have their little picnic there which Ancia gladly complied. They both took a spot under a tree in somewhat the center of the park because it was a weekday there were not many people present. Ancia and Drake enjoyed each other's company while having long fun conversations, soon both of them opened up and even started messing with each other as if they have known one another for ages. Maybe it was the mate bond or maybe this was how it is supposed to be.
"And here I thought you were a shy girl but you turned out to be someone with such bizarre fantasies."
"Just how exactly was it bizarre. It was just a small misunderstanding.'
"LOL. Misunderstanding?... Your misunderstanding gave me a heart stroke. Me and Ed. Disgusting!"
"..It wasn't my fault. You guys seemed so close and then he said he wanted flowers for "the bedroom"...let me say it again "OUR bedroom". Isn't that obvious that I will have doubts. On top of that you were taking your sweet time , so i thought…." said Ancia while making a very sweet face.
It made Drake want to kiss her on the spot and he even started but stopped the moment the back of his hand touched her cheek.
"I don't want to rush things but a little...just a small peck on the lips won't hurt ..right?" Drake thought to himself but soon gave up and he just caressed Ancia's cheek with his hand.
As he was about to take his hand away and turn his head around, Ancia closed the distance between the two and kissed him on the space between his nose and the lips.
Her face turned red realizing her clumsy mistake. They looked into each other's eyes waiting patiently for the next step and then Ancia closed her eyes .It gave Drake the needed permission that he was desperately craving for and soon his hand touches the back of her head to pull her close towards his lips. He was moving her head very slowly in order to preserve the image of this moment...their first kiss.. forever in his memory. Who would've thought that the crafty Alpha was actually a romantic man underneath. As their lips met briefly, Ancia opened her eyes in question because it was only a small peck. Drake had an amused smile on his face and he whispers
"You should stop making this lovely expression"
Ancia tilts her head in question again.
"It's not a place where you will be able to withstand the consequences." said Drake with a wink.
This made Ancia's poker face return but this time it started crumbling down as she was unable to hide the emotions that were bubbling inside of her and she had to turn her face away from him. Drake could still see the tip of her ears getting red and chuckles .
"Just how much more cute is she planning to be." Drake thought to himself.