The Bride Widow
Chapter 47: Ch 47: Small Gestures - Part 2

Chapter 47: Ch 47: Small Gestures - Part 2

’My heart is beating so fast in my chest that it feels like it would leap out and disappear. It feels painful and incredibly pleasurable at the same time. Just what the heck am I feeling right now?’

Anabella placed a hand on her heart to slow down. But just when she managed to calm herself down, she remembered that the scarf around her neck belonged to the person she liked, and it started her heart-thumping motion again.

It was as painful as it was pleasurable. She wanted to drown in this feeling and keep feeling like this forever.

But this was not one of her fantasies where Anabella could be bold and do whatever she wanted.

This was reality; she needed to break herself out of her mold and return to reality.

"T-Thank you for your help. Give me a minute, and I will be out of your hair."

Anabella assured the pair before redid her make-up in record time, and her scarf hid the area she could not reach.

She gave the alpha pair one last look, and she almost thought that the expression in their eyes was longing.

But before she could make any more mistakes and cause herself to become any more delusional, Anabella left the room and the alpha pair behind.

She did not notice how those sharp eyes tracked down her moment as they watched her leave until she disappeared.

Only once she was gone did the alpha pair sigh and let go of the tension they were holding. They were also thankful Anabella did not notice their ’obvious’ reactions.

"Fuck! I know this is not any time to feel like this, but I am incredibly hard. I don’t think I can handle this alone. Hey, would you mind lending me a hand?"

Clair asked as she looked down at her obvious erection with a sigh.

Being close to an omega her alpha wanted to claim was hard. It was even harder when that omega was ripe for taking and unmarked.

Anabella might be married, but she was neither marked nor did her scent carry another’s. She was free for anyone to grab, but Clair wanted to ruin her.

Unfortunately, she was a rational member of a sensible race, so she had to do what was right—and that meant holding herself back before she caused a scandal.

But more importantly, she had to hold Noah back before he did anything that would cause a mess.

"Noah, come here. I can tell that you are hard as well. Stop trying to resist already and spend time with me. We will go after Anabella later."

As much as Clair does not want to deal with Noah, she cares about the other alpha. And she could also see that he was about to lose his calm any second and go on a rampage.

It would be a disaster if that were to happen.

Noah was a dominant alpha and a huge one at that. He did not show it often, but his pheromones could be deadly if he wanted to use them that way. Not only that, but his happy facade and fatal personality.

This was a man who could run a knife through your stomach and still laugh out of it.

"I don’t like it, Clair. Should I end that man who hurt my omega? I want to crush that skill under my hand. I bet it would feel really good as I squeeze the life out of those eyes. Ah, I can almost feel it..."

Noah was already losing his rationality, and this was not good. Clair needed to do something before his words turned into actions.

So, she pulled him into the stall as soon as her hands moved, which should have been the end of it all. But the taller alpha made her work extra hard to calm him down this time.

...

Anabella’s heart skipped many beats to the point it felt painful even to walk clearly. But she somehow made it back to the party.

The pheromones from the scarf on her neck helped a lot, and Anabella breathed them whenever she felt like she would have an attack.

Her phone rang as soon as she returned to the hall, and Anabella checked her messages to see who was thinking about her.

[Hurry up and come near the liquor stall. I am there and need you by my side for a while. And remember, act nice and be friendly. This is one couple we cannot mess with]

Daniel messaged her, and his message read as cryptic and cold as usual with Anabella.

Anabella wanted to ignore that message and pretend that she had not read it, but since she was in a good mood, she decided to comply with Daniel this time and help him out.

She reached the place where he asked for her as soon as she could, and she noticed how he was dealing with a couple who were all alone.

The fancy clothes the couple wore made Anabella realize that this couple must be high-profile, and she needed to impress them.

But something about that back made them feel familiar to Anabella.

’Huh, have I seen them before? That shade of blond is very familiar to me...maybe I am mistaking him for someone else?’

Anabella headed over to the alpha couple Daniel seemed to want to make a good impression on. As soon as she arrived, the pair immediately looked alert.

’Oh! I do know this couple. They are Noah’s parents. I remember seeing them when I came over to play at Noah’s. Shit, do they remember me as well? Please, do not ask me anything or show that you know me.’

Anabella did not even know why she wanted that, but she just wanted these people to pretend they had no idea who Anabella was.

It was awkward as Anabella prayed inside her head, but she did not let any emotions show on her face about what she was thinking.