ENDURING {Sequel to Everlasting} ❗️EDITING ❗️

Chapter 77

Winter brings me the plain slim fit joggers and fitted crop top with built in bra, even if I'm going commando, I'm grateful that my boobs have some coverage.

"It's freezing." I mutter, wrapping my arms around my exposed body as we get out of the car.

Hardin is quick to offer me his jacket, which is absolutely huge but I take it gratefully. We enter the busy mall, ignoring the stares from human eyes. They're drawn to the supernatural, to Alphas more than anything. It's the power, the lure, the danger and of course being drop-dead gorgeous doesn't help.

Even though I'm human, I suppose I still have that grace and danger about me. Though most eyes are on Hardin, his sheer size being the reason people look in the first place.

"Did you think about colours?" Hardin questions, taking my hand and entwining our fingers. I smile at the action, knowing it's his way of claiming me in front of the humans.

"I kind of like the room as it is, it's dark, cosy...kind of sexy." I say, shrugging lightly.

"Sexy?" Hardin's voice is teasing, and I can feel his eyes on my face.

"Did that guy turn up?" I ask, diverting the topic.

"He did." Hardin confirms, leading me to a furniture store.

Hardin got in touch with a cleaning company this morning, for my benefit, to have the entire bedroom and open bathroom deep cleaned. As crazy as it sounds, I feel more comfortable knowing there's no trace of her left behind.

"What size bed?" I ask, letting our hands part as I walk ahead towards the huge sections of beds.

"The biggest, I find comfort in knowing that when I'm throwing you around, you won't hit the floor." He says nocholcantly.

"Hardin!" I hiss, my cheeks flushing as I realise there's a middle aged couple right next to us.

The lady just flushes, laughing quietly with her husband as they walk ahead. Oh my god, I should have left him at home.

"Come on." Hardin just chuckles and pushes me gently.

We spend a while looking over the beds, before spotting a dark grey bed with a wood carved headboard. The most embarrassing part is the way Hardin measures himself against the bottom of the bed, testing the height in a rather obvious manner.

"This one?" Hardin asks, already waving one of the men over.

"Do you like it?" I ask, raising my eyebrow at him.

Hardin is Hardin. The smirk on his face tells me that he doesn't care what bed I choose, only that it's big enough for him to "throw me around", and of course the correct height.

"Okay." I whisper, ignoring the tingling in my body.

"We'll take this one, Alaskan King." Hardin tells the man in a semi-polite tone.

Alaskan King? Realising that's the size of it, I almost gape in shock as I see the measurements on the board. Hardin is tall, almost 7ft, so I suppose he needs a huge bed just so his legs don't hang off the end.

"Are you choosing a mattress today? We have all new stock." The man says after taking the code and Hardin's card.

"Yes, is it possible to have them both delivered tomorrow?" Hardin asks as we follow the guy towards the mattress section.

"Of course, Sir." The man smiles politely.

Hardin joins me in testing out the mattresses, while I sit on it or lay down, Hardin tests how bouncy is it. I do my best not to laugh at the look on the humans face, knowing he's aware of what Hardin's doing.