Alpha's Substitute Bride - Chapter 79
Chapter 79: Never Expected To Meet Her
Atticus’ POV:
Even though I’d left Eloise for good, I hadn’t found a peaceful life.
The reason was simple. My parents didn’t want to investigate these things, so I had a fierce quarrel with them.
“In their eyes, there’s no one more suitable than Eloise to marry me,” I complained to my wolf.
“But I can’t marry someone just because of this.”
“Of course, what you said makes a lot of sense. You have to think about it yourself.” My wolf agreed with my opinion, which was rare.
“Hiding here is the most appropriate way you can decide.”
I found a hotel suite on the Cotton family’s territory and stayed there. If there were any work, my Beta would inform me.
I spent the next few days like this.
Although everything was calm, I still felt like a piece of my heart had been cut off. This feeling was difficult to bear.
I even got information about this area. The company under the Cotton family was holding an art exhibition. One of the paintings had an autograph that caught my attention.
Of course, I recognized the autograph. It was Eloise’s nickname since high school. She had initially used this to participate in the art exhibition.
I didn’t seem to have realized her influence when she was with me. She was always passionate, which made me forget that she was also a very influential painter.
However, this didn’t conflict with her image of wanting to marry me. It only made me feel she was holding herself back, and it was all her fault.
But I had to admit that I missed her. When I sat by the window and looked at the greenery outside, I suddenly thought of the time we were in that mysterious pack.
“During those short days, she would sit with her paintbrush and then look up at me as if she were looking at a monster…
Could she have felt that way because of her previous experience? This was too strange.
‘Why didn’t you persuade me to look for her like before?” I asked my wolf.
“Because I don’t think it’s necessary,” my wolf answered quickly.
“I can always advise you, but would you listen?”
Of course not. I sighed and chose to keep my mouth shut. I didn’t want to talk to it anymore, so I decided to go to the bar.
I wasn’t sure why, but there seemed to be fewer people around here than usual. Even if there were people on the streets, they looked very anxious, as if they knew there would be some monsters appearing in the night. This was too abnormal.
Suddenly, I saw a man holding a woman.
I wanted to ignore them but saw a terrifying light on the man’s face. His eyes were blood-red as if they were about to drip blood.
They were vampires. However , there were still a few of them not far away. They had discovered me and were roaring at me. I couldn’t overthink it. So, I transformed into my wolf form and rushed over.
However, since when did vampires start hunting so openly here ?
Tvvo girls suddenly appeared before my wolf. It looked like they were about to be attacked. I quickly threw a rubbish bin at the vampire to save them.
It wasn’t until I got close enough that I realized the two girls were Eloise and Chloe.
They looked at me in utter shock.
I returned to my human form and pretended to be at ease as I looked at them.
Eloise looked at me in silence before taking off her coat and handing it to me. Only then did I notice my shirt was torn during the transformation.
“Although it might be difficult to put it on, I think it will make us feel better she said in a serious tone that I could not refuse. Then, they left.
I looked at them leave. I only turned around after I was sure they had left safely. The bodyguards also left with them; I was the only one left on this street.
I looked at the constantly flashing street lights and suddenly felt a little puzzled.
Why were there vampires here?
Soren and the rest had to know about these things no matter what.
I quickly sent him a message before calling Jude.
“I need a shirt.” I tried my best to speak to Jude as calmly as I could, and at the same time, I wrapped the jacket around my body as tightly as I could.
“In short, send it to this address as soon as possible..”