Chapter 16.
Today, Kelly was feeling much better because she was living in her own apartment. Although she rented it from Alan, but Kelly had planned something similar before, so she was really prepared.
Some files, a simple makeup kit and a few other small things she put in the bag. After that Kelly grabbed her cell phone and walked out of the apartment as she was going to work today. While in the elevator she looked at her phone to order a taxi, deliberately not wanting to trouble Alan even though they could be said to be lovers at the moment. But the backstreet relationship they were having certainly didn't want to be exposed by coming together with Alan so often.
After all, the man had a busy life, Kelly couldn't keep him close all the time when it came to small, unimportant matters like this.
"You want to go alone again?"
Just then the elevator doors opened and she was about to walk away, but her steps stopped when she saw who was in front of her. Alan, the man walked calmly over to Kelly who had stopped and stayed where she was.
"When will you get used to letting me drop you off or pick you up to go wherever you want?" Alan asked, making Kelly sigh and smile softly.
She didn't want to cause trouble with this man so she could only smile and give an excuse that might make sense.
"I just don't want to trouble you for a small matter like this. I could have hailed a taxi and gone to the office using public transportation. You're busy, Alan, if I bother you it feels bad. I'm afraid it might affect your work," Kelly said, making Alan raise his eyebrows.
"I'm never bothered about work because I always do everything casually and use my ability to do anything quickly. There are never any mistakes in my work so I won't be bothered just to drop you off or pick you up either. You don't have to feel scared or tall, even though our relationship is backstreet but I want us to stay close like any other couple. Don't just use it as a status," Alan said as he took Kelly's hand and led her out of the apartment area.
Kelly was silent for a moment, then looked at Alan's face who was walking in front of her. "Are you sure you can stand it? You don't love me, if I bother you too much we'll just fight and maybe you'll feel used. I've never been in a relationship but I know myself, I'm not some spoiled girl out there who will always trouble a man or my husband. In this context I understand, we're not a couple in love, I'm just trying not to upset you," she said honestly making Alan raise his eyebrows.
"Do you like me?"
Kelly sighed and shook her head slowly. "I don't know, I can't say I like it. We've only been in a relationship for two days, how could I like you? After all, I'm not an Alpha who would go crazy over Luna. Besides, even though you believe that I'm your Luna, you're still acting casual and not crazy about me. That means that our relationship is too flat, if I force myself to be alone you will only feel uncomfortable," said her at length making Alan smile.
He opened the car door, looking at Kelly's face who had seen him. "Get in."
Kelly made no sound, she got in and put on her seat belt then looked at Alan who had smiled and closed the car door before walking around and then sitting next to her. The woman's face was calm as Alan began to start the vehicle to drive away from the apartment area, she knew that there was nothing interesting to talk about and that it would only become a problem.
Kelly didn't want to be someone who brought up problems. She had read stories about werewolves and the Alpha was someone who had strong abilities as a leader. Alpha was the only leader who could not be defeated so if she was just here that would only be destroyed in Alan's hands because she knew this man could not be provoked constantly by his emotions, the one who was harmed was Kelly later.
"You can trouble me all you want, that's how we love each other."
Kelly was silent, she didn't expect that Alan hadn't returned to the subject.
"You can ask me for this or that once and depend on me like you used to do with people who can listen to that. I'm not going to scold you just because of this, so there's really nothing wrong if you really want to start things off by being more open with me. I can do the same, don't keep it to yourself."
Kelly sighed and looked into the man's face. "I'll try, but you can't force me to do it right away without a process. I'm used to living my life independently all this time, I'm used to organizing and taking care of my own life so when someone comes and asks me to depend on him of course I have to be prepared and not force myself. Being myself is much better even though I know that I can't possibly neglect my own partner. But can you understand? We've only been a couple for two days and I don't want to trouble you too much just because of something uncertain," she said making Alan smile softly.
"Okay, I think I can do that for now. You're right, don't force it too much, there will only be problems and you won't be comfortable. You can do it slowly and it doesn't need to be too much either, I understand that all of this must be difficult so do what you think you can really use. If you really don't want to bother you for going anywhere you just need to tell me the time you want to do it. For example, if you want to go you have to tell me or ask my permission, I will allow it because I know where you are going.
"I can't refuse or prevent the fact if suddenly there are enemies from the clan who apparently found your trail. You know how things are inside my nation, there are some traitors who will definitely try to destroy me so I can't mess around. I must really focus on our security and safety. Including your safety because I don't want you to be sacrificed by them. You're Luna and my future wife, you can't go wrong not knowing that I will destroy them with my own hands."
Kelly looked at her who just said that. "You can destroy them with your own hands?"
Alan looked at her. "I have a limit of patience, all this time I didn't attack right away because I also thought about the people and also my father even though he was quite a jerk. I don't want to kill my own father or it would be one of the darkest things in history. I don't want to be the son of perdition even if that man is a perdition man," he said making Kelly nod in understanding.
She looked at Alan's face which looked so flat that she sighed and took his hand in hers.
"I understand, I won't force you to do what you think is wrong. You can do what you want, as long as it's for your own good."
Alan smiled and took Kelly's hand, grasping it gently in return. He knew that this girl must have intended to calm him down so he didn't say anything.
"Where is your foster mother? Why do I never know."
My foster mother died too, not long after I became a teenager."
Kelly was silent with her gaze directed forward.
"All my family is gone, only my biological father is left. I have no one else to turn to. Maybe only my adoptive father, and even then it's because he needs a successor."