Chapter 27: What Was He Sneaking Around For?

Dante was stumped.

He blinked.

"Jealous?"

Meris hurriedly grabbed his hand. "I’m your mate, Dante. I know that when two mates spark and recognize each other, they can only see the other. But doesn’t that also mean we’re territorial?"

"Meris—"

"I shouldn’t be like this, I know." She didn’t let him speak. "I shouldn’t be jealous of another woman, I know that, but I am. You are my mate, I can’t help but dislike another woman being close to you. Is that so wrong? If another alpha came close to me, wouldn’t you feel this way?"

Dante stared at her.

His eyes narrowed, because he’d suddenly realized something. In all times he’d been with Meris, never had he felt territorial about her, not even his pwn wolf had. And many Alphas have approached her.

She was a beautiful woman after all.

Why was that? He couldn’t really understand.

She was his mate, his natural instinct should always be there. Why was all he felt often came, no matter what alpha it was that came close to her?

His eyes flickered.

His thoughts had shifted.

Selena...

Why had he felt so territorial over that woman? Why was his wolf so obessed with her?

She wasn’t his mate, yet he kept reacting this way towards her.

It wasn’t right.

What is wrong with me? Am I going crazy?

"Dante?" Meris pulled his arm. "Dante, are you listening to me?"

He snapped back to his senses. He looked down at her.

"That is understandable," he said to her. "But never try such a thing again. Selena is not my prisoner. She is a trust treaty, a woman I will return to her father, safe and sound. She is a guest here, treat her like one."

"Okay."

Meris rapidly nodded her head.

"This won’t happen again. I’ll treat her better. I will...control my jealousy."

"There is no need for that. We are not close," as he said that, he turned around and walked away to his master bedroom.

He shut the door, and approached his bed where he sat at the edge.

He stared at the wall.

"Am I sick with something?" he muttered to himself.

He had a mate, yet all the things he should feel for his mate, he was feeling towards another omega.

How could he feel that territorial over Selena, yet not once had he ever felt that way towards Meris?

If someone heard this, wouldn’t they think Selena was his mate, while Meris was just...

Dante shook his head.

"Our priority is misplaced."

[I don’t like her!] His wolf grumbled.

"Meris is our mate. Not Selena. Behave yourself!"

[That girl draws me in. Everything about her draws me in. Do you not feel it? Those things you feel, do you feel it with that woman?! Sometimes I wonder, is she truly our mate?]

"You’re crossing a line! She is our mate—"

[Then why do you feel nothing, Dante? We are the same. I feel what you feel, and I know what you feel and think. You are beginning to doubt things, I know. Stop convincing yourself...Dante. That woman Meris...]

[...She isn’t ours! I don’t want her!]

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Selena sat up from on the large sofa in the living room. She glanced at the slightly parted floor length window.

The early morning sun was barely out. It was still too early.

She stood up, grabbed the bedsheet and returned to her room. However, when she pushed the door of the storage room open, she found that...it was empty.

"Huh? Where are my things?"

Her luggage was missing. Not even her floor mattress remained on the floor.

She frantically rubbed her eyes.

"Am I...dreaming?"

Selena pinched herself hard to wake up. She hissed at the pain, realizing she was very much awake.

She dropped the bedsheet and rushed out to find one of the maids.

The person she found was Ellenor. And the moment their gazes crossed, Ellenor’s face brightened with a large smile.

"Madam!"

Selena had become like a savior to her. She hadn’t lost her job, maintaining a regular life for her family.

"My room..." Selena pointed. "What happened to it? Where are my things?"

"Oh!" Ellenor chuckled. "Madam, the alpha had your room changed. Please come with me, I’ll sow you."

Selena frowned.

Dante?

Why would he have her room changed? Did he put her in a place worse than even the storage room? Was it because she offended his mate and now he was getting revenge for her?

Balling her hands into fists, she followed behind Ellenor.

They went up the stairs.

Ellenor took her to the room on the left of Donn’s master bedroom. She pushed the door open.

Selena took a step inside. She blinked. "What...is this?"

"This is your room, Madam."

"What do you mean?" She pointed out. "Downstairs, isn’t that..."

"Oh, like I said, the alpha made changes." Ellenor sweetly smiled. "From now on, this is your room, comfortable and to make your stay here warm."

Selena slowly looked around the room.

It was large and enormously spacious. It was hard to believe this was merely a guest room.

It even had a walk-in closet.

"Is this really a guest room?"

"The alpha arranged it for you, Madam."

"I see." She nodded. "You may go."

As soon as she was gone, Selena searched around the room. She still couldn’t understand why he’d done this.

He was the very same man who’d put her in a storage room. Why the change of mine?

"Something isn’t right."

She left and made her way over to the next room. She knocked on the door.

A few seconds in and it was opened.

Standing before her was Dante who was dressed in a suit pant and a whit shirt that had yet to be fully buttoned to the top. Around his collar hung a loose tie.

"What are you doing here?" Dante asked, furrowing his brows.

Selena parted her lips, about to speak, but he suddenly grasped her arm and yanked her into the room.

He slammed the door shut.

"What was that for?" she immediately questioned. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Meris’s room was also next to his right. He’d heard her door open and if she’d seen Selena standing at the front of his door, he didn’t know what she would think.

There would be misunderstandings.

And so, he’d pulled Selena in without thinking.

What is wrong with me? Why am I acting like this?

What was he sneaking around so suddenly for like this?

Selena raised a brow. "What is going on with you?!"