Chapter 83: Chapter 83

No One Pov's

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Aana looks at Aaron's side only to find Rex in control of his body. She was looking at him dumbstruck after hearing his question,

"Do you want your pack back?" He asked again, thinking she didn't hear him.

"Pa---pack?" She stammered, not able to believe her ears.

"If you want then I can fight with the Alpha who attacked your pack. Believe me, I can do that. You just need to say. I can do anything which makes you happy," he muttered. Tears fell from her eyes upon hearing his words. All the happy moments she spent in her pack revolved in her mind. She was about to say yes but that's when she remembered what she lost and how cruelly Alpha Alexander killed the members of her pack. She nodded her head negatively.

"Aana" Rex called her to gain her attention while Aaron was scolding him for asking her something related to her past.

"No... You won't do anything like this." She muttered and wiped her tears.

"Believe me I can... I can punish the person who attacks your pack. No matter what the reason was... I will kill him if he is the reason behind your pain." He muttered. She looked at him with a painful smile.

"I was the one because of whom he attacked my pack. Because of me, everyone fell into misery. Many lost their loved ones and I lost my Vince" An unwanted tear fell from her eyes which she quickly wiped off.

"What will I do with that untenanted pack?" She laughed and turned her head in another direction, not wanting him to show her teary eyes. A tear fell from Rex's eyes seeing her like this. He knows she was hiding her pain behind a fake smile. He gives control to Aaron who knows how to handle her better than anyone.

"Pearl" She looked at Aaron's side when he called her lovingly.

"Aaron" She whispered his name, seeing him on the surface. He understood the way she called him what she needed. He pulled her into a hug. She snuggles into his arms.

"I'm sorry... He shouldn't have asked the question related to your past" He caressed her hair to calm her. Aana nodded her head and parted away from him.

"I'm fine," she mumbled. This is the first time when someone asked or said something related to her past and she was calm. Maybe because he was with her to calm her.

"Sleep for a while… You will feel better"

"I'm starving," she said. Aaron looks at her shockingly because this is the first time Aana was sharing her needs with him openly. Aana tightened her lips and looked around the room to find a clock. She closed her eyes and cursed herself for asking for something to eat, that too at 2 am. She opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Forget what I said." She mumbled, giving him an awkward smile, and was about to close the door when he held it.

"Do you like Maggi?" he asked.

"What is that?" She asked, rolling her eyes.

"Don't tell me you haven't tasted it?"

"Sorry to tell you but I haven't tasted it" She derided and tightened her lips not to smile. A smile forms on his lips and he shakes negatively.

"You're not going to leave any chance to mock me"

"I love to see your expression.'' She laughed. That's when her stomach makes a gurgling sound making them realise she is hungry.

"You haven't eaten anything in the last three days. Right?" He frowned. She started looking everywhere but him.

"Aana"

"What? Don't expect me to stand up in pain and cook food for myself" She growled. Aaron kept glaring at her angrily. The thought that she slept empty stomach for two continuous days was enough to make him furious.

"Aaron I become grumpy whenever I'm hungry. So please don't irritate me anymore and make that Maggi or whatever you call it" She groaned.

"I hate when you sleep empty stomach Aana. So please next time, have something before sleeping at least for me" he mumbled. A smile came on her lips upon hearing his words. For a while, she forgets everything around her but him.

"Maggi is a type of noodle. It will take twenty minutes to make it. Till then you take a rest." she came to her senses hearing him. Aana nodded her head. Aaron was about to go when he held her hand.

"Thank you for everything, Aaron" She mumbled. He nodded his head and kissed her forehead. Aana went inside her room to lie down on the bed as was feeling exhausted to do anything and soon darkness consumed him.

After a while, she woke up because of the monster she saw in her dreams. She was sweating and breathing heavily. That's when her eyes went to the photo frame hanging on the wall. It was Aaron's picture with his parents. Aana forgot everything and hopped down from the bed. She was looking at the picture and especially Aaron's smile which brought a smile to her face.

"They are my parents" She was startled hearing his voice and turned his head to look at Aaron who came here to call her.

"I came here to call you" He muttered.

"Where are your parents?" She asked then bit her tongue seeing his expression.

"They died in a car accident" He muttered. She scrunched her eyebrow.

"Car accident?"

"Yeah... My mom was blessed with the power of a healer despite being a normal human but the problem was she can heal others, not herself. When Mom and Dad met with an accident. She couldn't survive and my father, who has a Lycan, died in pain of losing his mate" He muttered and passed her a sad smile. Aana went towards him and hugged him. She didn't know why she did it but after seeing him in pain, she couldn't hold herself from hugging him.

"I'm sorry" She mumbled.

"It's not your fault. Let's go before your food gets cold" He muttered, breaking the hug. Aana nodded her head and went with him downstairs. They both were having food. That's when she remembered the conversation she had with Aaron when she asked him to accept her rejection.

"There is no place for anyone in this heart except him,"

"Not even for friendship?" He asked, hoping she would say yes. Aana sighed and turned her face to the other side.

"Please stay away from me. I don't need anyone in my life, not even a friend" she muttered and looked at him.

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"Dumbo" She called Aaron after finishing her food. He looked at her.

"Yeah"

"You get used to the name, Dumbo," She teased him. He looked at her dumb headed realising he genuinely accepted the name 'Dumbo' and gave a response to it. shd laughed at his reaction and pulled his cheeks. He rolled his eyes and then burst into laughter at his stupidity.

"Continue what you were saying" he muttered and started gathering plates. Aana held his hand when he was about to touch her plate.

"Mom teaches me to do my work on my own" She muttered and looked into his eyes.

"Remember you asked me to be your friend?" Aaron nodded his head.

"I don't forget anything related to you" He muttered. A smile came on her lips.

"Okay. So let's be a friend" she muttered and extended her hand toward him, bringing a smile to his face. He was about to hold her hand when she took her hand back.

"But only friends. not more than that" She mumbled, not wanting to give him wrong hope. He bit his cheeks not to say anything on this part and nodded his head.

"You made the food. Now I will wash these dishes" She muttered, closing the room for argument, and went to the kitchen when he nodded his head in agreement.

"She friendzone us," Aaron thought and cursed himself for not being able to say anything to her. He wanted to tell her, he doesn't want her friendship but her. He wanted to be more than a friend... He wants to become the love of her life but he doesn't utter a word, knowing he will lose her friendship in greed for her love.

"Don't worry, one day she will confess her love as well. She will propose to us." Rex motivated her human. Aaron nodded his head and went to Aana who almost did the dishes. She turned to go but collided with his chest. She was about to fall but he held her by the waist. A smile came on his face hearing her heartbeat which rose because of their closeness.

"We are only friends?" He asked with a smirk. She gulped and nodded her head. He pulled her closer, leaving no space for air.

"Are you sure?" he asked. She didn't say anything, kept looking into his eyes which were filled with love. Her heart and her body both are screaming how much he affects her. She was feeling current pass through all over her body when he tightened his grip around her waist and leaned towards her.

"Your actions are telling a different story, Pearl," he whispered in her ear. She clutched his shirt in her fist like always.

"Breath" He muttered and was about to kiss her lips but then controlled himself while she closed her eyes waiting for his lips to touch her. Wanting to taste his love through his lips.

Aana opened her eyes frustratingly when Aaron didn't make any move. She looked at him with complaining eyes. He smirked and washed his hand in the water after opening the valve of the sink which is behind her back, still caging her between his arms. She squeezed her eyebrow not getting what he was doing. She inhaled his scent which was driving her crazy with every passing second while only Aaron knew how he was controlling himself from not kissing her lips.

He moved back with a smirk and locked the hair which was coming on her face behind her ear.

"We are just friends" He smirked. She was gawking at him, shockingly not able to believe what he just did. He laughed and left the kitchen.

"Arghhhh... you dumbo" she yelled in frustration while Aaron laughed upon hearing her scream, standing at the door.