CHAPTER 120

Chapter 120

Angela’s POV

After what Mason told me, my spirit went down and I suddenly felt cold. He’d left minutes ago and I’d returned to the house to find Reina staring into space. I asked her what went wrong and she said, someone or something was hurt. I asked her what it was and she told me I smelled different.

She went back to her toys and continued staking them up. She didn’t bother telling me more or even sparing me a glance.

I returned to Brittany’s room that I had been using and laid on the bed. Each time Mason’s words came back to me, I would take a deep breath and pull at my hair. How was I supposed to help Krina when I was as clueless as a goldfish?

I didn’t even know what gift she had until a few days ago. Now, we have to keep it a secret and make Reina keep it a secret as well. The thought of asking Reina to do such a thing made me sick. Won’t it be too much of a burden for a child? She was just six

years old!

As I made up my mind to talk to her tomorrow instead of avoiding the conversation, the door opened and Halle peeped in

“Reina said I find you here,”

“Are you okay?” She asked gently. I shook my head.

“I have a banging headache and my chest feels tight,”

She sighed. “As a doctor, I should prescribe some drugs and recommend some tests to rule out migraine and heart attack.” I almost interrupted ber. “but as an old or former friend, I’ll prescribe this,”

She opened the door wide and revealed a bottle of alcohol.

“I’ve heard it helps with heartbreaks, headaches, and sadness as well,”

I laughed. That scenario brought back memories, When we were still in high school, I would sneak alcohol from my dad and take it to school. We would stop at Halle’s house instead of guing home after classes and get drunk. Hours later, I would be finding a way to get rid of the smell so my mom wouldn’t know I’d been drinking

“Good old days,”

“Good old days,”

We both reflected at the same time. We laughed

‘Come in,”

“Thank you,” she walked in with two plastic cups as well and gave me one.

She opened the bottle and poured us some drink. I took a sip. The taste made me realize it’s been a while since I took alcohol. At first, I couldn’t drink because I was pregnant and then, I couldn’t drink because I was breastfeeding and then, I couldn’t drink because it was only Reina and I, and I couldn’t risk getting drunk and letting her out of my sight.

“My drinking career died out a long time ago.”

“Was it by accident or natural death?”

I scrunched my

my nose. “I think it was both.”

She screeched like a banshee and that made me laugh.

“Are you drunk already?”

Smiling sadly, she turned to me. “I think I’m a bitch, Angela,”

1 turned to her. “Why would you say sol”

“I hurt Jude and that made me had a rethink of my life?

I frowned “Who’s Jude!”

“My mate,”

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My heart leaped with joy and I hit her lightly on her arm several times. “Shut up! When? How? Where?

“Do you have time to listen today? Shouldn’t we be talking about you!” She asked.

“Good news or bad news first. I’ll go with the good news and when the alcohol starts kicking in, we’ll talk about my bad news. It wouldn’t feel that bad by then.

“My news is both good and bad,”

I gave her my infamous side–eye. Then, start with the good news”

“So, I found my mate. His name is Jude, he’s one of the warriors and he’s pretty nice,

“But?” I asked cause I could feel it coming.

“Something has been going on between Charles and I

Like a relationship?”

“No! Charles doesn’t want a relationship. He just wants it to be casual sex and I agree because I’ve been in love with him for as long as I could think

of,

“Even when we were friends,”

“Especially when we were friends, she mumbled. She waited for me to say something but I shrugged, meaning I had nothing to say which was true. “And now that Jude is in the picture. In confused as to what to do. Yesterday. Jude and I had sex and it was magical. He hasn’t marked me yet because I told him not to. Stupidly. I kissed Charles after and Jude saw it,”

What

“You’re judging me

“Why would I judge you? Yes, what you did was stupid but I’m not judging”

“That’s still judging.” I shook my head, disagreeing with her ‘Now, I’ve looked back at how I lived my life and I realized, I’ve been a bitch. To you, to Darius, to Jude, to almost everyone who’d crossed my path except Charles.

Thummed

“Let me ask you a question, Halle. Do you truly love Charles or you’re just in love with the idea of him?”

She stared at me without an answer.

“Allow me to explain further, I was being too formal to be in my right senses. I was getting intoxicated little by little. Tve known you for a long time, Halle and I know your ideal man is one with royalty stuck to their forehead or one with something close to royalty and Charles is the picture perfect of exactly what you want.”

Her eyes became thick with tears. Tve thought about it and honestly, you’re not wrong, Angela. But, I think I’m in love with him and also, with the idea of him,”

I took another sip of my drink. “Let me give you a scene that’ll happen sooner or later. You’re here fighting your feelings for your mate. Ler’s assume in the long run, he gets tired of waiting and rejects you. He finds a second chance mate and moves on with his life. You and Charles continue your happy ever after. One day, Charles meets his mate. Do you really believe that Charles would ignore his mate for you? The same man who just wants to fuck you and not have a relationship with you.”

I asked.

She stared at the wall and

wall and I saw the tears falling down her face. I poured more drinks into our cups.

I’m so stupid, Angela,”

I rubbed her back. “You’re not stupid, you’re just stupidly and foolishly in love,

Isn’t that the same thing?” She cried louder. “Your drunk ass is so brutal I want to slap you”

“My mate is a caveman. He’s a real beast. If you slap me, hell stab you right back, here, I touched a spot on her chest “Would it hurt, since Charles already stabbed you there?”

She glared at me. I hate you

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“No, you don’t, laughed. “Okay, I’m getting really drunk,

“Wolves shouldn’t get drunk so easily but this bitchy ass alcohol was made only for wolves.”

“I knew it,”

“Are you sad? About Brittany?” She asked,

“I don’t think this pain will get better, Halle. I think I carry the burden with me for the rest of my life,”

“Don’t let it shape you. One of the mistakes I made was letting my pain shape me. Overcome it, no matter how hard it gets. SHe advised.

“You should also make up your mind and choose between both men with no regrets,”

She raised her cup at me. “Let’s get drunk and forget how pathetic we are right now,

To two sad drunk wonen,

“And the shenanigans to come,

“Cheers, bitch,”