Chapter 23: Chapter 23

Jessica POV

I was heading out for my morning routine when I saw Janet coming out of the packhouse.

I thought of how I was going to approach her, especially since we have not been best of friends.

I never liked how Alex used to treat her like she was the most important person in the world when they were dating. Especially whenever she came for one of those of her numerous visits in the past.

She had Alex wrapped her tiny fingers like a puppet, in as much as I hate the slave girl, I'm glad that the slave girl has taken the shine away from her.

She was the one that spoiled my chance of ever being close to Alex with her perfect-looking body that I am so sure she went under the knife for.

And I fucking hate her for that.

Well since I will be using her for my plan, I need to act friendly towards her I reminded myself as I walked towards her.

“Hi Janet,” I greeted as I hasten my steps to get closer to her.

She turned and gave me a suspicious look while looking around dramatically as if she was not the one I was talking to.

“Hey, I am talking to you,” I said with a friendly smile.

“We are not friends so why would you want to talk to me,” she answered coldly.

“Because people move on, and perhaps it has been such a long time since I have last seen you,” I said still wearing the stupid smile on my face that I was getting tired of.

It's no news that I hate this fucking bitch and her mere presence disgusts me.

“Cut the slang, what do you want,” she said arrogantly.

Honestly, by now, she was already starting to piss me off. But I try to play it cool though so as not to lose her.

“What would I want from you, the only thing that we both were after now belongs to someone else,” I said casually while smirking in the evilest it sucks, too bad for you that you lost out on the game, at least I still get to suck his cock, and sleep in the same apartment with him, but you, no matter how hard you have tried, he is still not into you,” she said with an evil smile.

Her words cut deep like a sharp knife, I may not have liked to have genuinely loved Alex, but all my attempts to seduce him or even flirt with him ended up horribly.

Alex does not see me as more than a friend, I wonder if he even notices the fact that I am a woman.

But I am not going to show this bitch that I am hurt by her words, I plan to hurt her and not the other way around.

“So you are contented with being a mistress to a man who loves you more than anything in the world?” I asked nodding my head pitifully at her while she stares at me confusion evident in her eyes.

“So how long do you think you are going to last as the mistress, Alphas are known to be protective of their mate, and for how long do you think, his wolfless mate is going to tolerate you around him?” I questioned her tauntingly.

I can see my words are getting to her and I thought of ways to hurt her more.

“I remember when you and Alex were a thing, he wouldn't stop talking about you, he was always happy. He even said he was going to make you his luna. Then you disappeared, he was hard on himself because he thought you never loved him,” I said to her in a very calm voice so everything I was saying sank into her dumb brain.

“Why do you suddenly care so about how Alex feels about me,” she asked looking at me suspiciously.

“Well I guess when life hits you with two tough choices you have to make a decision, and you are that decision that I will rather stick to. I will rather support a follow wolf being, than a wolfless one. And perhaps I would love to see Alex happy again and that is what you do to him. You make him happy,” I said to her calmly.

“But they are already mated, she has his mark,” she said thoughtfully.

“But you have his heart,” I quickly chipped in.

“I don't think so, I think he likes her,” she said

“But he loves you, he came to you on the first night he claimed the woman you think he loves, what does that tell you,” I said to her, hoping that I can convince her.

“So what do you want me to do,”

“Now you are beginning to ask the right question, I have a plan on how to make him fall in love with you again and possibly make you his luna,” I said craftily to her

“What sort of plan is that?” she asked rolling her eyes.

“Trust me, it's nothing you have not done, you just have not been doing it the right way,” I said to her.

“Okay, im sure whatever it is, it can wait till I get back,” she said before walking passed me.

“Sure,” I said smiling selfishly to myself as I watch her walk towards the parking lot.

Of course, it can wait, I never thought that it would be so easy to convince her to play to my little rhythm.

Ashley, you are my next target.

***

Ashley

I was starting at the beautiful flowers by the water fountain, despite Alex processing his love for me, I can't help but get jealous of the fact that his ex is living with us.

I have tried talking myself out of the fact that if Alex truly loved her, he would have mated her instead of me.

But the more I think of it, the more I get angry. I do not understand my worries, why can't I just believe him.

“Hey Ashley,” I heard someone call out, I turned to see that it was Jessica heading my way.

She was in her usual leather pants and jacket with her hair dangling down. something about her seem to change, even though it was difficult to point out what it was in particular.

I have not seen her since two nights ago which happened to be the party night.

“Hi,” I said forcing myself to smile at her.

I can't help but remember that she abandoned me with those rogues in the forest during the initiation.

“Sorry I have been very busy to come to check up on you, tell me how are you?” she asked with a smile.

“I'm fine thank you, I can see you are not doing badly yourself,” I said honestly complimenting her for her glowing skin.

“Thanks, so how are Alex and his mistress,” she asked but soon realizes that she just slipped important information and she tries to rephrase her words.

“I mean how is Alex and his ex, I heard she is living with you guys now,” she said casually.

This makes me wonder if she knows something that I do not know. Has Alex told her that he is keeping his ex as a Mistress?

Does that mean that Alex thinks that I am not good enough to be his mate, is that why he has been avoiding me.

He wouldn't even have sex with me, he keeps using the excuse of him wanting to be clean to stay away from me.

Is Alex telling me the truth about his affection for me or is he just pitying me?

“Are you alright?” Jessica's voice brought me back from my deepest thoughts.

“Yeah, I am fine, Alex is fine, thank you,” I said blinking my eyes rapidly to concentrate on what she was saying.

“That's good to hear, I misunderstood you from the onset, you do have a good heart. I mean how many luna would allow their alpha exes to live with them peacefully?” she said

“She is not staying with us permanently, it's a temporal thing,” I said to her.

“That's what he told you, well I guess I heard wrongly from Janet then,” she said with a pinch of salt.

The fact that she called the girl's name heightened my curiosity as I wanted to know what she had heard.

“What did she tell you,” I asked looking at her.

“Well I don't know if I should be telling you this,” she said reluctantly.

“I thought you said we are friends, so why can't you tell me,” I said to her.

“please I am only telling you this because we are friends and nothing more. She told me that Alex told her the other night that he made a mistake of marking you, and that if she was around that he would not have been able to do that. So since he has already marked you, she would be living with you guys as his mistress” she said and I don't know why but my heart broke at her words.

Why would Alex want to treat me this way, what did I do to deserve this kind of treatment from him. I was weak, speechless, and dumb about what to do or say.

“Oh my God, you had no idea about this, did you. To think that, I thought that Alex would have talked it over with you. Please do not say you heard this from me, I mean what difference does it make, you are still his luna and she is just a mistress,” she said.

I was shattered as I felt as if my heart was been ripped from my chest.

“Please excuse me,” I said to Jessica while I walked away from her feeling confused and shattered.

If Alexander thinks he is going to toy with my emotions and get away with it, then he is in for a big shocker.