Chapter 7 The Suitor

Ava's POV
His reaction told me that he and this gentle lady were probably not on good terms, or, of course, he might have seen me come in. I thought as I stood in front of his desk.
If that's the case then probably he heard those rumors out there too.
I pondered the words I should have uttered. Yet right next to my ear, a voice continued to speak.
"...... Now you have heard that everyone thinks Bertha and you have the kind of ......" she paused as she said this, as if there were something very embarrassing to say next as if there was something very embarrassing to say next.
I tried to keep myself in a calm mood and turned my head to look at her with a smile.
"Relationships." She continued. "That could have an effect on Bertha's reputation among the wolves."
After that she gave me a smile, as if waiting for me to give her an explanation.
I nodded at her and gave her a thumbs up of my own in approval.
Unfortunately, she didn't seem to approve of my approval, and her smile stiffened as she turned her head away and intended to stop looking at me.
"This kind of misunderstanding can have a big impact on our wolf pack." Her tone began to turn serious. "Bertha is new to the pack after all, and many people are still wary of her. Being with the Alpha of the pack in just a few days, it's hard not to question her motives for entering the Blue Moon Pack."
"What other motive could there be, but to say that you want to become the Alpha's mate," Fog's tone was full of contempt.
"Looks like it to me, too." I said to Fog. "It's almost like women like that have disappeared since I was fifteen, and I didn't think they were still around."
Fog smashed his mouth. "I think she's declaring her sovereignty, and it's possible she'll become your love interest."
"My love interest?"
I just want to laugh out loud. My love interest is like this, I might as well run headlong into a Christmas tree.
What's more interesting is that I don't even have a lover right now, so a love interest popped up first.
"No girl wants to be talked around, especially about her love life." Edna's tone became low, as if recalling something sad from the past, those eyes looked big and gentle. "Rumors can take away more of one's options for mate, don't you think so, Bertha?"
Without waiting for my answer, she looked at Aaron again. "And our Alpha has never liked such misunderstandings, maybe he will think that such words are deliberately spread by you."
She gave a small gasp of surprise when she finished. "Ah, I'm sorry Bertha, I wasn't talking about you."
"But it does bother people, doesn't it?" She looked back at me.
I have to admit that in some ways she's right, and even that's a concern of mine, but right now, I'm not going to waste a drop of breath with her at this point.
But to my surprise, from the beginning until now, Aaron also did not open his mouth to say any word.
Probably because neither of the two parties involved commented, or because our silence made her realize what was going on, she finally shut up.
She began to swing her slender waist to brush her hair and spoke in a voice so sweet it was cloying.
I swear at that moment I actually really wanted to turn away and leave space for these two, but things in the world are always so unexpected.
While I was still exclaiming in my mind how great her performance was my body had honestly stepped back and then rammed her hard with my shoulder.
Fog let out a happy exclamation and I knew the gesture made her happy.
"What?" I looked at her. "Like you said, I don't have any sister in a miserable situation to take care of, much less find a backer from another wolf pack."
Yes, of all the things she said, this was the only one that made me feel angry.
"But isn't it also a normal thing for good wolves to be courted in a wolf pack?" I continued as I stared into her eyes. "I agree with you, it's because of Aaron that I want to join Blue Moon. what about you? Do you like him too?"
Her eyes began to dodge.
"I can play fair with you. But I'm going to tell you." I took two steps forward, close to her face, and said slowly. "I never had to find a backer from other wolves, I am my own backer, do you want to try?"
I saw saw the awe and embarrassment in her eyes. Maybe it was the thought of my test scores, or maybe it wasn't the thought of me just admitting it. But it didn't matter.
She stammered an apology and left.
Aaron had remained silent as he watched what was happening in front of him, and I couldn't quite figure out what his attitude was. But when I said the words, I could feel his eyes fall on me, focused, inquisitive, like he was observing a piece of raw beef.
I looked to him and continued to smile as if nothing had just happened.
"Are you crazy?" Fog said in my head. "You know how much trouble you'll get yourself into with this."
"I know." I answered her. "I'm here to be an undercover agent anyway. Isn't undercover work about using all the methods you can to get close to the other side and get more information, in whatever capacity you can."
Besides, I didn't say I was already boyfriend and girlfriend with him, I was just a suitor.
After Edna left, the room quieted down again and I quietly surveyed Aaron, who was looking down at the floor with his eyes downcast.
I knew this was a good opportunity to slip away. Although I said I had come to clarify, this was obviously not the same thing at all as the current outcome, and I didn't want to see him go on another rampage without knowing the other side.
However, just after turning around, a familiar figure with a warmth was pressed against my back.
"What are you running for, didn't you say you were courting me?"
Although this action is very ambiguous, was deliberately suppressed voice in the ears also really good, but now I stiff as a stone.
I stiffened and turned around, Aaron's eyes locked on mine, his eyes telling me that keeping my distance was not a good option right now.
So I tried to relax my body. "Just a green fruit like you, pretending to be sophisticated here. I've seen more men than you've seen women, you want to try?"
A flash of displeasure passed through Aaron's eyes, but he quickly hid it and resumed his original impish appearance, leaning close to my ear. "Then I'll be waiting to see how you do, Miss Bertha."
I forced myself to walk out of Aaron's room with weak legs, and before I could make sense of what had just happened, I heard Fog say to me in that familiar spiteful tone of hers. "You're disgusting."
I didn't dare to be angry at Alpha, but I couldn't be angry at my own wolf yet? So I immediately shot back and said.
"Do you have anything better to do? I don't know if this Alpha is in heat, but I think this is a wonderful opportunity to get close to him."
However Fog didn't pay any attention to me and just continued repeating in that same tone of voice. "Gross."
I scratched my hair a little frantically and said in compromise. "I really can't see through this guy, it seems like every time he and I meet he seems to be a different person, obviously I'm the undercover agent, but I'm always being led by the nose by the other side!"
In fact, I didn't know at this time that there were many undercover agents who were able to get close to Aaron before me, but they also ended up worse off than me.
Fog said. "Actually that's not a bad thing is it, at least you don't look so much like an undercover agent."
I said with some annoyance. "Did I look like an undercover agent all those days before?"
Fog seemed to have a hard time understanding my irritation, which perhaps seemed very stupid to her. "Who looks like an undercover agent if you don't? After experiencing a rampaging Alpha right after arriving, and then following up by making a splash on the test, anyone else would think there's something wrong with you, a strong female wolf of unknown origin!"
Even if Fog doesn't say so, I've realized how suspicious I am in Aaron's eyes.
But now, there is no way back.
Fog said with a sigh. "I'm afraid that Alpha has not experienced much of this kind of thing, or he would not be interested in you, to know that you have seen ...... No, with many men in love, he is exposed a little nature oh. How about I teach you two tricks to teach this little wolf to behave?"
The tone of her voice made me I couldn't help but shiver. "Think of him going berserk, is this a coyote? I sure wouldn't want to deal with him if it weren't for getting information!"
I talked endlessly with Fog on the way, and only when I returned to my senses did I find myself back at the door of my room. But what I didn't expect was to push open the door, and what was waiting for me was actually Adele, who was crying all over her face.
How did she find her way here?
But then I quickly remembered that this poor little girl's room was right next door to mine.
Perhaps it was the sense of mission that the task gave me, and I surprisingly hugged her without a moment's hesitation. "Adele, did something happen? Or is it hurt somewhere?"
To my surprise, she behaved exactly like an insecure child and buried herself in my arms without a hint of hesitation, a feeling I found very familiar.
I remembered that Kate had thrown herself into my arms like this before, saying all sorts of heartbreaking things.
Then she huffed. "They called me a loser."
I frowned at once. "Who? How dare they say that about you! Aren't you afraid that Alpha will help you get revenge?!"
Who knows I just finished, but Adele sobbed louder, and she told me intermittently. "They say brother is Alpha ...... I'm his sister, but so weak and always crying ......"
Speaking of which, she hastily wiped two tears from her eyes as if to prove that she was not a crybaby. "They said I was picked up by my brother. I would only be a burden to my brother and would only make him hurt. If there was no me, then Aaron would be the perfect Alpha."
With that, she tilted her head to look at me, her eyes still containing tears like a clear crystal wall.
Fog said with a helpless sigh. "That's how werewolves are, you have no strength, it's no use being anyone's kin, they will always ostracize you when you don't have shelter."
I know this well, but now I can't tell Adele this harsh truth, I can only helplessly comfort her. "You know what, I actually have a sister too."
Adele lifted her somewhat red and swollen eyes to look at me. "I know, you sisters are pathetic, you were kicked out and bullied by my brother."
No matter how much I want her to help me, at this moment I feel guilty for having made up these stories.