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Maya’s POV
“What’s going on with you?” Venom came into the room and tapped me. I had no idea he was even around.
I jumped a bit and finally relaxed.
“Oh, everything’s fine.” I replied to him.
Deep down, I was contemplating ways I could help with the ongoing issues in the pack that he wouldn’t allow me to intervene in.
He sat beside me and we both watched the television in front of us. Somehow, he was making efforts to stay back at home more frequently, it was new and unexpected.
To be truthful, it was unwanted too because I didn’t want him monitoring me constantly. I sat beside him for a while and we both said nothing to each other. It was very uncomfortable.
“Hey, baby. I’ll go grab some snacks.” I told him and left. The major reason for me feeling uncomfortable was what I wanted to plan behind his back.
We left his parents’house and there was a new pack house. He got a different place built up for us while the other place was still under investigation due to his brother’s death.
The servants were surprised to see me when I entered the kitchen.
“You don’t have to stay here, ma’am. What do you need?” They asked me.
“Oh, it’s fine.” I told them and went to grab the things I wanted. I grabbed a couple of edibles so we could munch on. Mostly, they were for me because I was stress eating mightily due to how things were turning out for me and what I wanted to embark on.
I left the kitchen with the things in my arm and the people insisted that they helped me, but I had to refuse. I got to the main room and met Venom in the position I had left him.
“Heyy,” I greeted him while showing him what I brought. He spared me a smile and came to help me with the things in my hand.
“I’m surprised you brought this much. Since when did you start eating so much?” He teased me. I knew it was a tease, but I felt awfully awkward about it.
“It’s nothing, just trying to evade other thoughts and doing this.” I politely replied while sitting back down. He smiled and didn’t say anything more. I was glad he didn’t even push the topic.
“So, I was thinking. Do you want to go out?” I heard him say.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
I looked at him surprised, it was weird hearing those words come from him.
“What do you mean, Venom?” I asked to be clear.
“Oh, I was just thinking of going out with you to places and other things. Just like a short break for the two of us, nothing complex.” He said.
He didn’t seem like the person who had just lost his brother and the same person whose life had taken a totally different trajectory after so many things.
“Are you sure you want that at this point?” I wanted to confirm again.
” Yes,” he confirmed. ” I’ve decided to leave things to someone. We can just live life away from all of these just for a bit.” He said.
I realized he was serious about it. That would be lethal to all the things I had planned out.
” How about we wait a little bit for all of that? Don’t you think the people would be thrown off if they don’t have their Alpha around?” I suggested it to him.”
He seemed to have taken in what I said.
“Maybe, just maybe. I guess we’ll consider that later.” He said as he picked up a mango from the bowl of fruits that I brought to him.
He seemed absentminded for the remaining whike and I fell asleep on the couch until it was later in the evening. When I woke up, he wasn’t around me or where he had been earlier.
“Venom!” I cKled out, maybe it was effects from how I had woken up, a small panic arose in me, but it was later calmed down when I saw him.
For some moment, I had to gos watching in the rooms for where he could have gone. I knocked on the couple of unoccupied rooms we weren’t using and he wasn’t there.
Something eventually occurred to me to go check his office and that was where I found him. He was there, just engrossed in a couple of papers. I wanted to call out to him, but I didn’t want to distract him.
I left and went back to the room where I would be planning on what I would do next. It didn’t seem like my plan would work out, but I just had to do something.
The day ended quickly and I was sure it didn’t turn out like Venom assumed it would be. Taking the day off to only experience a boring day was the best I could offer him. For a bit, I felt guilty about how everything was turning out, but I only had little power to sort out his problem.
In the midst of my thoughts, he appeared through the door. He began to undress himself slowly, I guessed he was done with work or maybe ruminating through whatever he was doing earlier.
“Are you here now?” I asked him, using a tone that meant I intended something else.
“Yes, I’m here now. Nowhere else.” He replied.
I got off the bed and went to hug him from behind. It was calming to just hold him at that point. My body was fully squeezed in om his.
“Did you miss me?” I teased him.
“I missed you more than you can imagine. Just more than you can even think of. Everything has been to make things safer for the two of us and the pack.”
He pulled me from his back and I faced him, he then kissed me on the forehead and hugged me towards himself.
His huge body covered my small one and I was lost in his scent as our body collided.