Chapter 160: Stop Meddling

Chapter 160: Stop Meddling

Elena

I woke up a little nervous and excited, I wanted to know everything about the date last night. I wanted to know if they kissed again or if they had advanced their relationship. Obviously, they didn't need to be boyfriend and girlfriend right out the gate but I was hoping that maybe they would have at least decided to keep seeing each other.

I walked downstairs and found Alisha and Jasper already at the table enjoying their breakfast.

"Good morning, you lovely souls." I said in a cheery voice.

"Morning," Alisha beamed at me.

"Morning," Jasper grunted his response.

Well, that was not the response I had been expecting from someone who had just gone on a successful blind date. I sat down on my chair, it was the one on the right side of the head chair that belonged to Bernard. I eyed Jasper, wearily unsure of how to approach the subject. I didn't want to come across as nosy but I also wanted to know everything.

"You can ask, Luna." Jasper said not looking at his plate.

"I know you wanted to know what happened last night."

"Last night?" Alisha looked at me, Jasper shifted his gaze from his plate to Alisha.

"Elena sent me on a date with Doris last night."

"Oh, wow.. okay….hmmm….I didn't know you two were…..I didn't think that you…." I placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I didn't even know, I figured it out and forced them to tell me."

"I also told her not to meddle in other people's business but my wife doesn't listen." Bernard walked in and placed a kiss on my cheek before he sat down on his chair.

Both Alisha and Jasper bowed their heads in greeting to their Alpha.

I turned to Jasper once more, observing him for a moment. There was tension in his back and there was a vein popping out the side of his forehead. Whatever had happened last night had not been good.

My stomach dropped to the floor, instantly, the guilt overcame me as I realized that maybe my mate had been right about me meddling in people's business. Now Jasper was sitting here looking like his puppy had just died. When Jasper looked up, I could see something dancing behind his eyes.

"Jasper," I called softly.

"What happened last night? Did you guys not have fun? Did you find that you weren't compatible with one another? Did she say something, did she do something?" Jasper set his spoon down, his breakfast forgotten for the moment.

"We had a great time, we talked, we joked around with each other. Truthfully, the night was perfect, it couldn't have been more perfect." I looked at him confused.

"So, why do you look so miserable?"

"When I took her home, we were about to kiss. She leaned in and then I leaned in and then when I thought she was about to kiss me, she moved away from me like I was made of fire. She ran out of the car into her house without even saying goodnight."

That was strange, I was pretty sure that there had to be some kind of explanation for her behavior. As far as I knew, Doris liked Jasper and he liked her as well. There had to be a logical explanation for her reaction, there had to be.

"Did you try to talk to her?" He nodded.

"I followed her to the door but she refused to open the door. I tried calling her to see if maybe I had done something wrong but she kept sending me to voicemail. I knew this whole dating thing was a mistake. I shouldn't have gone with your plan, Elena." I felt like a real jerk right now, Jasper stood from his seat.

"I will be in the car, Alpha. Luna, Alisha, please do enjoy your day."

Jasper left before I could say anything else. We all watched him leave until he was out of sight and we heard the door close behind him.

"Alisha, please can you give us a minute?" My husband ordered.

Alisha stood up and left the dining room without saying a word, leaving me and my husband alone. He sighed dramatically.

"Did I not tell you that this would happen, my love? But you refused to believe me, this is why we don't meddle in people's lives. You need to let things grow organically and let people figure out their lives."

I hung my head in shame and bit down on my lip. I had only been trying to help them but now I realized just because you have good intentions doesn't mean it's always the right thing to do. Now I had caused them both pain that they had to heal from. This was not how the story meant to go, they were supposed to have a happily ever after. They were meant to be falling in love right now. I raised my gaze to meet my husband.

"What should I do?"

"You need to stop meddling, Elena. I know you mean well, and you tried and it failed. If they are meant to be, they will find a way back to each other." He placed his hand on mine.

"We did, didn't we?"

We did but the difference between them and us was that we were fated and they were not. I had been so sure about their connection and I had gone and ruined it by trying to force things upon them. All I could do now was apologize and hope that they both forgive me and somehow find their way back to one another. They deserve happiness, so I leaned over the table and kissed my husband on the lips softly.

"Have a good day, my love. I will see you at lunch."

I stood from my seat and made my way out of the house. I needed to make this right, I wasn't going to meddle. I was just going to fix what I had broken.

I spent my day in meetings with teachers, and doctors, and I even visited some of the new construction sites that were building a new gymnasium in the town. Once it was time for training with Doris, my nerves were all over the place. I wondered if she would be angry with me for setting her up. I wondered if she was as sad as Jasper had looked this morning.

I walked to the training ground like I was a lamb being led to the slaughter. To make matters worse, today we were doing hand-to-hand combat. She was going to beat my fave today and there was nothing that I could do about it because, in all honesty, I deserved it.

As I got to the warehouse, I found her sitting on the mats with her legs pulled tight to her chest. Her chin rested on her knees and her hair was down. It was never down for a training session. I guess she was also out of it as Jasper was. She heard my footsteps on the floor and looked in my direction. My step faltered for a second before I resumed them again. She didn't stand like she normally would have, she just continued to stare at me with a blank expression.

Deciding that maybe today was not a training day, I went to sit down next to her. We sat in comfortable silence for a few moments before she opened her mouth and then closed it. She repeated the action a few more times with no words coming out. She looked at me a little helplessly, she was trying to formulate the words but they just weren't coming out. I could see the unshed tears beginning to pool in her eyes.

My heart aches for her, in all my time of knowing this woman, I had never once seen her cry or so much as looked defeated. The guilt I had been feeling throughout the day now felt like a truck that had been placed on my chest. The first tear fell from her eyes, she closed her eyes and more years fell. I wrapped my arms around her shoulder and pulled her closer to me.

I had so many things I wanted to ask her, I wanted to help her but I could only do that if she spoke to me. But this was not the time nor the place to have that kind of conversation. Whatever was hurting her wasn't just about Jasper and the date, there was something much deeper. I needed to give her time to sort through her own emotions. The only thing I could do right now was be there for her and stick by her.

"I am so sorry," I whispered, pulling her tighter.

Sorry didn't even begin to cover any of this but it was all I could think of to say. She didn't reply to me, she just sat there on the mat with me, curled up into my side. Her cries weren't loud, they were silent which made them all the more painful. She didn't deserve this.

I felt responsible for what she was currently going through, it was me who had caused her pain and I needed to help get rid of it. I didn't know how I was going to do that but I was going to do something to help her.