Chapter 18

　　ARIA's perspective 　　I woke up to find Neon lying next to me on the bed, I thought I was going to wake up alone like it has always been when I was sick but then, I found someone lying next to me. 　　I lifted my hand and touched his face, my fingertips along the features of his face, his nose, and then his lips, my finger grazed on the lower part, and I remembered the kiss we shared. I smiled and touched my lips. 　　I saw the towel and bowl on the table, I wondered what time it was and how long I had lay there. 　　I was startled when he held my hand, brought it to his lips, and placed a kiss on it. 　　“How are you feeling?” He asked and lifted himself, he sat on the bed with his head on the headboard and pulled me into his arms. 　　“Should I call the pack doctor to come back?” His eyes looked tired. 　　I shook my head at him. 　　I felt better. 　　“How long have I been sick?” 　　“A day.” He stroked my hair with his long fingers. 　　I exhaled deeply and lay my head against his chest. 　　“You made me worry about you, Aria. Though the pack doctor said you’ll be fine. I panic when you didn’t wake up at night, you slept all through.” He kissed my forehead and played with my fingers. 　　“Are you hungry?” 　　“Yes.” 　　“Fuck.” He groaned as if he had forgotten something. 　　I laughed, as he climbed down from the bed, my head was on the headboard staring at Neon as he grabbed a shirt from the couch. 　　“I will make you breakfast.” 　　“You?” I looked doubtfully at him, he didn’t seem like someone who could make me breakfast, I didn’t think he was someone who could cook at all. 　　“Give me a minute, I will make you something real quick.” He hurried towards the kitchen door, there was a kitchen in the room I was in. It practically has everything, there wasn’t a need for me to go downstairs. 　　I think he did this because he didn’t want the other werewolves in the house to see me, like he said they could sense that I am a mare human and nothing special. 　　My stomach grumbles as I wait for Neon to come with the breakfast. 　　Neon came back into the room, I had slept off while waiting for him, and my body felt tired probably because I hadn’t eaten. 　　“Hey, Let’s eat.” Neon pulled me up and brought the food, he placed it on the table. 　　He prepared some spaghetti and meatballs, there was a glass of juice and some porridge, and toast bread and eggs and tea. 　　“You prepared all of these?” 　　He hummed and asked what I would like to eat first, I started eating the spaghetti, and it was so delicious. 　　“You should have been a chef,” I commented. 　　He chuckled. “I like cooking, it clears off my thoughts sometimes and lets me focus on the food I’m preparing.” He replied while eating. 　　I stared at Neon there was more to him that I didn’t know. This side of him is the loving and caring Neon. 　　“Do you need anything else?” Neon asked when we were done eating, he had taken the plates to the kitchen and cleaned the table. He gave me some drugs and made sure I took them. 　　I shook my head, I don’t need anything. 　　“You should let me know if you need anything okay?” 　　I nodded with a ‘yes’ 　　He sat on the bed and made me sit in between his legs, his hand wrapped around my shoulders, and I leaned onto him. 　　“What do you do, Aria?” 　　“I’m calligrapher but it’s not what I do, I do just...anything that brings money. I have worked in a company, in a factory and I have worked as a waitress as well.” I laughed recollecting the memories. 　　I did not want to tell him some of my petty tricks how I got to work in those places that I mentioned, and how I lived in New York. 　　I didn’t want to give too many details about myself. 　　“And you Neon? What do you do?” I looked at him through my lashes. 　　“As an Alpha, I take care of the affairs of the pack, and keeping the pack safe. I have a company in the human city more like a conglomerate.”He chuckled at my stunned expression and pulled my cheeks. 　　Neon laughed. 　　“You are so pretty and it makes me feel so lucky to have you as my mate.” He muttered and stole a kiss on my lips. 　　My cheek went red. I averted my gaze from his face, I did not want him to see my rosy cheek. 　　“Tell me about you,” 　　“What do you want to know?” 　　“Everything,” I responded. 　　“I’m Neon Kendrick, Alpha of Moonlight Pack, and a fucking thirty years old man.” 　　I cracked up, I couldn’t hold it. He doesn’t look thirty, I thought he might be in his late twenties. 　　“I grew up with my grandmother, she’s the one I want to take you to. She would be so happy to see you.” 　　“What about your parents?” 　　The room fell silent, and Neon didn’t say anything, I twitched to the side and met his gaze, his jaw was clenched tightly. 　　Then I realized I shouldn’t have asked about them. 　　“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to...” 　　“It’s fine, I don’t know my parents that well. My mother left me when I was six, I only have a few memories of her, and that was when she was dressing me up every morning. And the last time I saw her, she wasn’t the one who dressed me up that day, it was one of the servants. I spent a few years with my father before I was taken to my grandmother, I was sixteen then, and my father was never a father to me...” 　　He shook his head as if he didn’t want to recall them. 　　“You didn’t find your mom?” 　　He shook his head. “Why should I? She abandoned me.” 　　“You should get some rest, Aria.” 　　I nodded and didn’t argue with him. He stood up from the bed and tucked me in. He kissed me and turned to leave the room. He switched off the light and walked out. 　　Why didn’t he look for his mother, she might be around somewhere in the pack. I could tell from the way he talked about her that he still loved her. 　　I felt so sad for him, that he grew up that way. 　　I squinted my eyes at the bright light in the room, I rubbed my eyes and yawned. I thought Neon turned off the light when he left the room, why was the light in the room on? 　　I stretched and my hand hit something, I turned to the side, it was a vase on the bedside table. 　　This vase wasn’t there before, this is strange. I sat up and saw a note plastered on it. 　　I read it out. 　　“If you want to know the kind of person Neon is, come now.”