Ash's POV
I'm surprised to see Thor in the bedroom, hair wet and in the process of dressing when I come out of the bathroom.
"Wow! That's fast!" I exclaim. I'm surprised he finished bathing before me even when I entered the bathroom before him.
I don't want to be the one that will delay them so I hurry to the side of the bed where I notice some shopping bags are kept. I open one of the bags and bring out the first clothes I see. It's jeans. Without wasting time, I look through the other bags for a shirt and underwear. I got dressed and put my hair in a ponytail. No time for anything fancy.
After dressing, I look around and gather our dirty laundry in an empty shopping bag. I can't just leave them lying around since the villa doesn't have a maid yet. I'll take care of them when we get back to the mansion.
I look at Thor and see he's also fully dressed in tight-fitting navy blue pants and a white short-sleeve shirt with the first two buttons opened. He looks so hot I feel like begging him to strip for another round of sex but I can't do that. Not when I already heard about his schedule.
I jealously wonder how a man as good-looking as him keeps the female vultures at bay. I'm sure he would have a lot of them flocking around him.
"Do you need help with your hair?" I ask when I see he hasn't put his hair up in a bun like he always does. Even though my voice was clear and loud, he behaved as if he didn't hear me speak.
That's when I noticed he's acting strangely. He hasn't shown a smile ever since I came out of the bathroom and his features appear rigid and cold. Come to think of it, he didn't even reply to me when I commented on him being faster than me earlier.
I try to access his emotions and thoughts and I realize I've been locked out of his mind.
'That's surprising!'
Is it because I locked him out of the bathroom? I did that because if I'd allowed him we would have wasted more time and it won't be fair to the people waiting for him. I'm his Luna. I don't want to be seen as a bad influence.
Yes, I locked him out of my mind first and that was because I didn't want him to continue wasting time trying to get me to change my mind and I opened it immediately after he left! Can't he understand that?
"Thor?... Baby, are you ignoring me?" I ask him when I can't bear the silent treatment anymore.
"How do you like it?" He simply replies and immediately leaves the room.
'Wow! He is indeed ignoring me! Why is he making a big deal out of this when I only wanted to help!' I think to myself as I follow behind him.
As we come down the stairs. I put a smile on my face when I saw Eric where he's sitting in the living area, going through his phone. I don't want him to suspect we're having issues between us
"Good morning Eric!" I greet him cheerfully and he replies with the same energy, smiling brightly.
"Oh, good morning sunshine. Hope you had a good night's rest?"
Oh, how I love Eric's energy.
"Yes, I did, thank you... Do you guys have time for breakfast? I can make something real quick?" I say and walk toward the kitchen area.
"Yes, of course" Eric replies
"No, we don't!" Thor snaps
I stop mid-stride, a bit embarrassed by Thor's cold voice. I'm surprised to see him act that way in front of Eric when I don't want him to find out we're having issues this early in our relationship.
The last food we both had was when he took me for lunch at the aquarium. We were so engrossed in our lovemaking that we forgot about food. I woke up feeling hungry. I even made a joke about it and he never said I couldn't cook when I mentioned it to him.
He's angry with me because I refused to shower with him! We had sex all through the night and early this morning. Don't I have the right to say no if I don't want to do it anymore? He's being selfish. At this point, I am angry at his behavior but decide to stay calm and act like it's nothing.
Instead of replying with the same tone, I smile.
"Okay. I'll just take some fruits then." I say and remove an apple and two bananas from the fruit basket on the kitchen island.
Now, Eric suspects. I can tell from the way he looks at both of us but he quickly covers it up with a smile.
"So, I got news from home guys." He announces. "Guess who just met his mate?"
My face lit up.
"Someone met their mate? Who?" I eagerly ask
"I said to guess not ask questions..." He replies
"You know how many males are not mated, including you and you want me to start guessing?...
Wait! Oh my god, Eric! Is it you? Have you met your mate!?" I ask in excitement.
I notice Thor also can't hide his surprise despite his cold expression.
Eric looks at both our faces and laughs
"No guys! I haven't found my mate yet. Haven't you been listening? Didn't you hear me say, "I got news from home?"
"Then who!? Just say it already! Stop with the childish games!" Thor says impatiently
Eric rolls his eyes at him.
"Spoilsport!" He mumbles before turning his attention back to me.
"It's Uncle Elias."
I gasp
"Oh my god! Really!?" I ask with excitement.
I got to know everything about Thor's family from my vision of the future and I know Uncle Elias's mate died about twelve years ago. Since they didn't have a child together before her death I'm happy for this opportunity that the Moon goddess just gave to him
"Who's the girl he's mated to?" Thor asks
"Why don't you guess," Eric says to him
"Does it look to you as if I have the time to play guessing games with you this morning?"
"No, it doesn't and I wonder why? What's biting you?"
"Fine, don't tell me then! I'll find out when we return to the mansion anyway." He says and walks out
Eric turns to me questioningly but I just shrug. What am I supposed to tell him? That his friend is angry because I refused to have sex with him inside the bathroom? Nah!
"Who is Uncle Elias mated to?" I eagerly ask him instead.
His smile immediately returns
"It's your friend's mom. Carol."
"Oh!... Oh my god! That's great!" This is getting better. Even the Moon goddess knows Carol deserves to be happy after all the misfortunes her mate caused their family before his death.
"I'm so happy for them!..." I haven't finished expressing my happiness over the newly mated pair when Thor's voice interrupts us.
"Can we please leave already!?" He asks with obvious irritation.
I roll my eyes in annoyance at his childish behavior.
"Can I ride with you instead?" I ask Eric. I'm no longer interested in keeping up with the pretense of everything being okay between us if he doesn't want the same.
"No, you can't!" He flatly refuses me. Shaking his head in disagreement.
I exhale.
"Okay. Then do you have anything in your car that can keep me company? Say, a book or something?"
He smiles then
"Sure, let's go." He says and we walk outside together.
We arrive at his car and he opens the door. He comes out with a crime novel and an iPod
"Which do you want?" He asks
I've seen people with iPods but I've never touched one before. As for the novel, I love to read. I once bought a romantic series that contained seven books at a garage sale. I was happy I finished reading the whole series before Celine found and burned them to punish me.
"Can I have the two? I'll give them back when we arrive back at the pack."
"You don't need to, you can keep them. I don't have much use for them these days."
"Oh, okay. Thank you." I say and hurry to Thor's waiting car. The moment I sit down, I try to read his thoughts again only to see I'm still locked out. His wall is still up and his countenance is still as cold as it was earlier.
Well, two can play the game. I thought in annoyance and also put my wall up. Then I recline the car seat enough for me to be comfortable before fixing the earphones into my ears. I press the play button and a popular Hip-hop song starts to play.
I turn the back of the novel to read the story summary but I find it hard to concentrate. My mind keeps drifting back to what happened between us. It's easy to act like I don't care but the truth is I hate this unbearable silence between us. My heart aches for him. I missed talking to him.
Does it really matter who wronged who? We just reunited for goodness sake! Does it really matter who apologizes first!? A part of me thought and wanted to apologize to him for my behavior and I almost did but his cold features made me rethink.
He's just acting childish and angry over nothing! Another part of me thought. For crying out loud, you have the right to tell him no if you're not in the mood for sex, don't you? You both indulged in the act all night long! How could he act this way just because you refused him one time!? You really need to have a conversation with him about this.