DESTINED MATE : SWEET ALPHA PHEROMONE
Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Chapter 26

If what I really feel is love, shouldn’t this Hanahaki stop growing? That thought is still raging in my head. I feel like a teenager who just fell in love.

I put a spoonful acai bowl into my mouth, today’s blueberries were so sweet and sour but in a good way, other fruits also had a delicious sourness. Ave’s acai bowl is the best, ever since I first tasted it until now I’ve never missed a bowl to finish.

Ave understood my condition so she gave me small portions, usually I would ask her to make more in the afternoon or evening as a snack.

"Is that so yummy?"

I looked up, my eyes and Gruvv’s eyes met. He was wolfing down his breakfast, his smile wide. His face looked sparking, fresh, we hadn’t talked about the kiss we had but it didn’t seem like it needed to be made clear. We were no longer teenagers.

"Yeah, Ave’s Acai Bowl is really good! I eat it every morning for breakfast but still find it so good, she always changes the toppings."

Gruvv chuckled as he cut the fried salmon on the small plate with chopsticks and put it in his mouth and chewed, "I think I should try it." He said, he picked up the glass of water and drank it then opened his mouth wide.

I paused.

"Can’t I?" He looked at me with expectant eyes.

"Huh?"

He opened his mouth again and gestured with his hand. My eyes rounded when I realized that he was asking me to feed him, I gulped and scooped up the Acai Bowl, slowly bringing the spoon to his mouth.

Gruvv smiled widely before moving closer to the spoon and devouring it.

"Oh! It’s sweet and sour. This is delicious, I get it why you so obsessed with this." He said while nodding his head.

No need to look in the mirror but I’m sure my face is already flushed, it feels so hot. I stirred the remaining Acai Bowl and ate it, I didn’t dare look at his face, my heart was too busy rumbling to be soothed. My head feels empty.

He always did something I never did with anyone else. That’s the first time I fed someone.

"It’s done? Wanna go for a walk? Today the white roses you’ve been waiting for are finally blooming." He was standing in the doorway of my room, leaning back, with a cup of hot coffee in his right hand, I could see a puff of smoke still coming out of the cup.

Ave just finished brushing and tying my hair, today I’m wearing a blue ribbon. I stood up and walked over to him while looking at the floor, it felt so awkward and I feel shy for no reason.

"You look beautiful today too." He said, praise me with the sweet word.

"But I am a man." I said.

He chuckled, "There are no rules by which men cannot look beautiful." He said. So then took my hand, led me down the stairs to the elevator and went out to the Green House. The air is getting colder because fall is already in mid-season.

We walked without talking towards the Green House, I looked at his big, warm hands. He was so friendly and warm to me, I wanted to know how he act out there. The helpers say Gruvv has always behaved that way, but sometimes he is also a little cold and indifferent.

He’s after my father, he’s looking for me because I’m my father guarantor. He must be intimidating out there and somehow I’m curious about that.

"Look.."

I turned my eyes that had been glued to the ground I stepped on, two white rose stalks blooming perfectly. Suddenly, I ran towards the flower, forgot about all the thought in my head.

"Mr. Shiloh, the one you’ve been waiting for is finally blooming!" Bre, the gardener in this house shouted from the other end of the Green House in a cheerful voice.

I nodded enthusiastically, looking intently at the blossoming white roses. The smell of white roses is so fresh.

"Gruvv! Can you smell it?!" I turned my head and my eyes rounded in surprise, Gruvv’s face was so close to mine. He squat down beside me.

"Yes, it smells so good.." He said with a smile, he stroked the top of my head then going away to the end of the Green House, he talked to Bre while I was still staring at the white roses that bloom even though my mind is no longer here.

"Mr. Shiloh?"

I looked at Elina who was ready with the note and also the pen. This was our second meeting after she had hurried back to contact Andrew about my HEAT the other day.

"Ah sorry, I was daydreaming." I said while scratching the back of my neck.

Ever since Gruvv went to work I’ve been unable to think of anything other than him. I thought about the possibilities of why I felt a strange pounding in my chest every time he did something.

"I’ve spoken to Dr. Andrew, and I’ve looked at Mr. Shiloh’s medical history."

I gasped to hear Elina say that, my sweat suddenly dropped and I turned my eyes the other way. Elina could see that now I was nervous, she wrote something on her note and looked at me.

"There is nothing hidden between us, Mr. Shiloh. If you feel this is embarrassing and you don’t want to tell me yet I have no problem with that. But I want you to know that this is important to me."

I nodded slowly, playing the edge of my shirt with my fingers. I’m nervous. I don’t know why I’m trying to hide this, I’m sure Gruvv already knows about this. But shame and filth feel so suffocating to me.

"Mr. Shiloh, let’s talk about this. I want you and Mr. Dhurudatta to undergo therapy especially for your disorder regarding Alpha pheromones, you can’t go on living like this, right? Stay in the house and only meet the betas." Elina said it in such a soft voice that make the pain I had was so hurt right now.

I can’t keep being here, I can’t keep hiding behind Gruvv. As Gruvv said after therapy is over and I pay my father’s interest, I’m leaving. I’ll be free. But why....It’s hurt...?

"Will I do therapy with Gruvv?"

Elina tilted her head slightly, "Since only Mr. Dhurudatta can cover the other Alpha pheromones I think yes. I suggest that you get out of the house and take a walk among the Alphas."

I nodded again, I was sure that everything Elina knew as well as doctor Andrew, Gruvv had heard. He also took care of me since I left Madam Rose’s brothel, I don’t think there’s anything to hide anymore. Although the shame and disgust continued to haunt, even the marks were still visible.

"Ready to tell me your another story, Mr. Shiloh?" Elina asked and I nodded, looking into Elina’s eyes.