A Lover and a Best Friend

Chapter 45
A lover and a best friend.
Elena's POV

I was fuming by the time I got to Ashley's fashion house. It had taken a different look and she had upgraded her fashion house with her first salary as my official stylist. I knew that Wesley had intentionally paid a huge sum to her seeing that she has also been a supportive friend to me and had even called the doctor when his mom was not feeling fine.

"You look angry. That is surprising. Who managed to do something so bad to you that finally garnered a reaction?" She asked, immediately leading me to her private office so that we could talk privately.

"Aliyah is just impossible to please," I said and she scoffed.

"Are you just noticing it? I wonder how you both are sisters, yet so different. She never sees the good in anything you do for her or even for yourself. Low-key feel like she is your biggest hater. I don't like her and you know it already." Ashley said and I knew that she was telling the truth.

Ever since Aliyah stepped her foot into Red Blood Pack, all she has done is criticize me and try to make me look like I was acting undeserving of a position the moon goddess has chosen me for. It made me feel bad most times but I had to bear it since I claimed to have forgiven her. Sometimes, I doubted if I would truly be able to forgive her for all the things that she has done to me.

"She asked to be Wesley's Personal Assistant which I genuinely asked. Wesley said he already has someone who is also his Beta and honestly he made the right choice with Stephen. I don't want a situation where it looks like I didn't do anything so he agreed to let her have a secretarial position in any of his companies in the pack. She refused and hammered on the whole personal assistant position even after I had explained it to her. She is blaming me and saying that I am insecure with her being around Wesley." I said and Ashley laughed.

"You can't be serious?" She said amidst laughter.

To be fair it was really laughable because I know that Wesley was only tolerating her presence here because of me. If I had chosen not to welcome her here, he would have had her thrown out the very minute I said for her to go.

"I am. It was what annoyed me the most because it is not even like that at all. Anyway, I told her to go and look for Wesley and ask him herself. I'm sure he knows the answer to give her, I don't just want him thinking that I have an overbearing sister who was ungrateful." I said.

"This isn't about you. He knows the place he holds in your life and I am sure that he sees right through your sister's little schemes. Chances that she wants Wesley for herself are high, seeing that she feels she deserves all the best things in life before you do." Ashley said and I couldn't agree more.

"I know right? Let's just get right to the fitting, I have so much I still have to do." I said and Ashley looked at me shocked.

"Why?" She asked me and I wondered what exactly the why was for.

"Why what?" I asked.

"Why are having so much to do?" She asked me and I sighed.

"It's my wedding girl. I have to oversee the running of things personally." I replied.

"What about the royal wedding planner?" She asked.

"Oh my my! Wesley had asked me to give him details of what I wanted the wedding to look like. I'm so used to doing everything by myself that I totally forgot about that." I said and we both laughed, the anger I felt after the exchange with my sister, slowly dissipating.

"You really are something, Luna," Ashley said and led me to her new and improved fitting room.

"This is so nice!" I exclaimed as we walked in.

"All thanks to my newest and fondest employers, the Alpha and his beautiful Luna." She said and added a bow for the drama. I couldn't help but laugh, genuinely happy for her and how wisely she had used the money Wesley had paid her.

"Shut up," I said and we both laughed.

The fitting session went by really fast and each dress I wore was even more beautiful than the last. She wanted to bring the grand wedding dress but I stopped her.

"Let it be a surprise. I'll try it on and see it on the day of the wedding." I said and she laughed.

"All that you have worn today is just the bodice of your dress. I haven't finished designing yet. So don't worry Luna, I am not ruining your surprise, I just want to see how well the dresses fit on your body. Which by the way, is the most perfect body I have ever worked on in all my years of being a fashion designer." She said and I laughed again.

"You flatter me too much woman. You better stop before I feel like no one else is better than I am." I teased and we laughed some more.

At the end of the session, it was almost dusk and I stepped out to see Wesley's car parked downstairs. Turning around, I saw Ashley hurriedly packing everything I brought and the dresses she had made for me to wear for the week.

"Hurry up, the Alpha is waiting." She said and I realized that it was all a plot between them.

"Oh, Ashley," I said and hugged her before I skidded down the stairs to jump on Wesley's body as he stood by the car waiting for me to come down.

"How was it?" He asked me as I clung to him.

"It was beautiful. Just like you" I said just before he claimed my mouth in a soul-staggering kiss.

This was perfect, everything was perfect.