Chapter 82: Chapter 82

Mason packed his car by the supermarket's packing lot and got down, he brushed his hair with his hands in frustration.

He can't believe his mother forced him out to get her groceries for the third time that day. He was already tired and exhausted after all that errand.

He walked dejectedly into the supermarket and looking through the paper in his hands, he sighed and picked up a basket and began throwing in one thing and the other till he was done.

"Oh and yeah, I need to get Nutella also" he muttered and walked back to get the Nutella. He had already wanted to pay before he remembered that.

He would have returned back to the supermarket if he hadn't remembered the Nutella. His mother was becoming the death of him.

Why wouldn't she allow him rest instead of sending him on different errands in hope of getting him out of his mood.

To be honest, he had been locking himself up ever since the day Myrene yelled at him to leave her alone.

It has been two weeks and he hadn't laid his eyes on her. Countless times, he had wanted to go over to her house but remembering her harsh words, he always refrained himself.

How could she call him a stalker all because she was his mate. She didn't even believe they were mates and had yelled at him to stop lying and get lost.

Remembering her words broke his heart to a thousand pieces. Is this how love is? She doesn't even care to know where he has been.

Sighing, he paid for the things he bought and walked out of the supermarket.

On getting outside, his phone peeped and on trying to get it out from his pocket, someone crashed into him, making the phone fly out of his hands.

"Oh, I'm so sorry sir, I didn't know you were there" the voice pleaded.

His heart began beating fast when he heard the calm voice. How could he ever forget that voice when it had been in his head for the past two weeks, tormenting him.

Slowly, he raised his head and her worried eyes met with his.

"Myrene?... Mason?" they both called out in unison.

"What are you doing here?" They both said in unison. Smiling, Mason swallowed hard. "You go first" he said to her while she kept staring at him.

She couldn't deny her heart had been beating very fast the moment he looked up.

Could it be because she said bad words to him and he left without showing his face anymore or could it be he was actually her mate.

"I came to get groceries for my mother" Mason answered raising up his grocery bag for her to see.

"Oh, I also came to get something for my mother too" Myrene answered.

"Alright, I should be on my way now" Mason muttered and began walking away after smiling at her.

He hadn't taken up to two steps when she called him back. He turned to see her running to him.

"What does she want now, didn't she say he should stay away from her, what does she want to tell him.

He doesn't trust himself staying there with her for another minute. She's his mate and he yearns for her. His heart bleeds because she doesn't want him.

His wolf has been the one broken the most. He kept growling and pacing inside of him threatening to push his way out but he had to control him.

"Mason can we do lunch? I think we should talk. You know, concerning the mate stuff" her voice rang out, making him jolt back.

"What? They should talk over lunch concerning the mate stuff? Does... Does she want to officially reject him?" His heart began thumping hard that he was sure myrene was hearing the sound.

"Lunch? Ummh... I...well okay, we would do lunch. I also think we should talk" he stuttered looking anywhere else but her face. He doesn't want to be drowned in her eyes.

I'll text you the address later. Bye Mason"Myrene said and walked into the supermarket without looking back.

Mason's became weak on his knees, he managed to get to his car and shut the door as hard as he could.

"I know I'm not good enough for her to want to reject me. I wasn't my fault the moon goddess paired us together. Does she hate me that much that she can't wait to break the wolf bond between us" he chuckled as her words hit him hard.

He started the car and drove off speedily. He doesn't care if he get into an accident. Wasn't it better to die instead living to see the mate you have loved for years reject you.

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BACK IN THE SLUMS

Craig sat on his bed, his eye were all swollen up from crying the whole night. He couldn't believe that him, Craig cried over a man.

Aurora would have laughed hard at him if she was there. And even him couldn't help but laugh at himself. Though hurtfully.

How did he end up like this? He was all fine and doing well with sleeping whoever he wants to until he met him.

He stole his heart and now making him do crazy things like crying.

"Oh Rora" I missed you so much. If only you were here to console my aching heart" he muttered sadly.

His phone beeped and he hastily brought it out from his pocket. It was a text message.

"Could it be he sent him a message to apologise? It should be, yes it must be him" he mumbled and quickly opened the message.

His heart tightened at what he saw. He couldn't help but frown. It was a message from one of the guys he laid. The ones he only threw away. What the hell does he want from me? Haven't I made it clear to him that it was just a one night stand and I do not repeat the same person?" He rolled his eyes.

"Well it seems you kept repeating one guy and now crying over him because you saw him talking to another man" the voice in his head taunted him.

"Well I did want him all to myself so why the hell was he talking or was he flirting with that wench of a boy" Craig yelled, throwing one of his pillows to the wall.

The pillow crashed to the wall and landed back to him. He groaned rubbing his forehead where the pillow hit him.

"Damn you Ash!!! Damn everything around you. You couldn't even call me or atleast text when you know I saw you talking to that piece of trash. Are you trying to toss me to the bin now?" He couldn't help but ask himself.

"Well it wouldn't hurt to be fed with your own dosage" his conscience judged.

Right, he had been doing so to other men that he had never for once thought it was a wrong thing to do.

He thought he was having fun with choosing whomever he wants not knowing he would be cut in a web soon enough.

Now, here he is laying on his bed, crying and checking on his messages only because of that fucking man.

"Rora!!!" He wept. I missed you so much. If only you didn't return to your pack and if only that mate of yours wasn't so jealous, I would have ran to cry in your arms.

"Why not call her? You have her number don't you? The voice said again.

"Yes!, I should call her" he muttered and quickly picked up his phone.

Scrolling through his contact list, he stopped by at her name but before he could dial the number, his eyes ran into the name just above hers. "ASH".

He ended up dialing the number. The phone rang for a while without him picking up.

"Right. What was I thinking about? Why the hell did I call him when he obviously is enjoying himself with that wench. How stupid I am to think he would pick up.

Tears filled his eyes as he dialled Aurora's number. It rang and she picked at the first ring.

"Craig!" Her voice came calling that he immediately let himself out, wailing hard.

"Craig, what's going on? Are you crying Craig? What's going on" her worried tone came flying in.

"Rora he left, he left me for a bitch. He doesn't want me anymore, I want to die" Craig continued weeping. It hurts so much, his heart was shredding.

"Chill Craig, calm down and tell me what's going on? Who left you?" Aurora asked sitting up from her bed.

She was confused, what was her bestfriend talking about? Who left him? Is he talking about his brother?" Her heart couldn't stop beating fast.

"Ash Rora. I loved him so much, I gave my precious heart to him only for him to play me like I'm a football" Craig answered.

"Love? Craig did you just say love? You Craig, loved someone who isn't your brother and me?" Aurora couldn't help but ask.

Her friend doesn't do relationships, he isn't committed to any man so when did he end up in love

"That man, that hot dude from your former workplace, the one we saw that day" Craig said remembering Aurora wasn't aware of him being in love.

"Yes, the one you refused to go to work after seeing, what about him? Aurora asked.

"I love him. I love him so much but he left me even before I could confess to him. He shattered my heart to pieces and I regret ever loving him Rora" Craig's wail filled Aurora's ear.

"Damn! Craig is in love with someone and he seemed to be heartbroken. Damn, poor Craig.

"Oh my gosh Craig, I'm so sorry, do you want me to come? I can come there immediately" she said, getting up but her head came banging.

Right. She's still in the hospital and still weak.

"I'm sorry Craig but I can't come right now. I'm still in the hospital" she muttered sadly.

"What? Hospital? What happened to you, are you okay" Craig asked. His tears had dried up immediately aurora mentioned being in the hospital.

" I'm okay Craig. It's just stress. The doctor had to sedate me so the baby would rest" Aurora explained.

"Baby?" Craig muttered in confusion.

"Right, I forgot to tell you but I'm pregnant Craig" she answered and his widened.

"Really Rora? Oh my gosh!!! You are pregnant? I'm going to be an uncle?" He asked making Aurora laughed hard.

Craig is like the brother she never hard and her, like a sister he never hard so it was right of him to mention being an uncle.

"Yes Craig, you will soon be an uncle" Aurora said happily making Craig jump hard.

He had forgotten about his sorrows. He couldn't believe Aurora is pregnant with a little her.

"Oh Rora, that mate of yours is a sharp shooter" Craig yelled, making Aurora laugh hard.

"But Rora, I thought he killed your father? Are you going to forgive him?" He asked getting worried about her.

It must have been hard for his best friend and he was supposed to be by her side but here he was, crying over a man. What a shame Craig" he mumbled hitting his head.

"Craig it's a long story and I'll tell you when we see, but he didn't kill my father, rather my father's greed killed him" Aurora said making Craig confused.

Well, she'll tell me later.

"Should I come visit you Rora? You're in the hospital and I'm supposed to be by your side but here I was sulking over a man" Craig said shamefully.

"Oh my! I can't believe I made you worry about me, I'm so sorry Craig but you shouldn't come, I'm okay. Tell me what happened between you two?" Aurora asked.

"I saw him talking to a guy. I guess he was flirting with him. He didn't even give me a chance to confess my feelings for him" Craig sobbed.

"You might be wrong about him Craig. when you said he broke your heart and left you, I thought you guys fought.

How can you come to a conclusion when you only saw then talk and not another thing. Come on Craig, I thought you know all this things or has love blinded your eyes that you can no longer differentiate between talking and flirting" Aurora scolded.

"What do you expect me to do then? I made sure I looked my best only to get there and he was already talking to that guy. Do you know how that guy was looking at him and smiling so widely. I had wanted to rush him and pull out all of his teeth. I felt so annoyed that I stomped out of there" Craig sulked.

"You should have asked him then. Did you ask him who the guy was to him? I guess you didn't. Were you praying for your heart to be shattered before going to ask him?" Aurora asked.

"You don't understand Rora. He didn't even bother to call nor text me. I mean he clearly saw me leaving angrily and the best he should do was to call me or atleast text if he was too ashamed to call after all he did but he didn't. I even called him myself this morning but he didn't even pick my call. I'm so done with him" Craig fumed.

"Craig what if he isn't fine? What if he is in trouble? Did you think of that or did you only conclude he was having fun with the guy?" Aurora asked.

"He isn't in any trouble, he's just having fun" Craig muttered. His phone beeped and he pulled it out from his ear to see it was Ash calling.

"That mother fucker! He's calling me now. I told you he isn't in any trouble.

"Oh, that's nice. Pick up then. I'm going to hang up" Aurora said.

"No, I won't pick up. Let him go to hell and burn to aches. I'm so done with him.

"Craig how can you be done when you haven't even started? Come on don't be a baby boy and pick the damn call. I know you badly want to talk to him" Aurora said and hung up.

"Aarghhh!!! I do not want to listen to his voice" Craig fumed.

The call ended and began ringing again. Craig sighed and picked up the phone.

"Why the hell are you calling me?" He yelled immediately he picked up.

"Hello, this is Sango hospital, the owner of this phone got into an accident yesterday and currently under our care, are you perhaps related to him? You are the last person he called" The voice said and Craig's heart stopped beating for a moment.

"What? Hospital? Accident? When? Why? How?" He couldn't help but ask.

The person had already hung up. He sprang up and immediately dashed into the room. He picked up the available shirt and threw it on.

He dashed out of the house without buttoning his chest. Ash is in the hospital, was that why he didn't call nor pick up his call? Damn at he had been cursing him out not knowing he was in trouble.

Damn, Aurora told him this but he was too angry and sad to had listened.

He ran straight to the bus station, his shirt flying over his shoulders, he didn't bother buttoning them.

He got to the bus station and was lucky to had meet a bus about to leave.

He quickly got in. His heart was pounding against his chest. How did he get into an accident, he hoped he was fine and not in a critical position.

"Oh Lord, please protect him, I promise not to get angry at him ever again" he prayed.

The drive to the city was the longest Craig had ever had. Immediately the bus stopped, he rushed out and ran all the way to the hospital.

When he got there, he was already breathing like someone who fell from a moving train.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for a patient named Ash. He was brought her yesterday. An accident victim" Craig said to a nurse.

"Oh, the hot guy? He's in the VIP ward" the nurse replied. Craig held himself from punching her mouth.

"How dare her gawk at his man, does she have a death wish? Oh right, Ash is a guy and wouldn't look twice at her.

"May I know who you are?" The nurse asked staring at him. Craig wanted to say he was a friend but on remembering the nurse's word, he smirked as an idea popped up his head.

"Oh that hot guy? Well that hot guy happened to be my sweet boyfriend" he said making the nurse's eyes drop.

"Oh, are you hurt that he isn't interested in girls? Well I'm so sorry for you but he's all MINE" Craig said, putting emphasis on the mine.

The nurse's eyes turned red as she stomped out of Craig's sight, her shoes clicking hard at the tiles.

"Bitch" Craig muttered and walked away. She asked another nurse for the direction of the VIP ward and was directed there.

He got to the door and breathe out. He arranged his shirt before opening the door. He stepped into the room to see the man he has been in love with for some months now, laying on the bed, a bandage wrapped around his head.

He was sleeping peacefully. He looked calm and breathtaking. Craig didn't blame that nurse for gawking. Ash is one of the most handsome man he had ever seen.

He gently walked to him and sat down beside him. He stared at him for a while as tears began flowing down.."Ash please wake up" his voice shook as he grabbed his hand.

"Wake up please, I can't live without you, I will die if you leave me. I know you weren't away and I'm so sorry for not telling till now but I'm in love with you. I've been in love with you ever since the first day I saw you at that cafeteria. I didn't tell you because I didn't know how to. Please wake up" He sobbed, tears rolling down his eyes.

"You what?" He heard a voice mutter weakly and recognizing the voice, he sprang up.