Alden.

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An: So, I absolutely forgot to describe the pack house in the last chapter. It is an apartment building with eight small apartments on one floor. It has fifteen floors. About ten floors are for accommodation purposes, including three penthouses. Whole floors are dedicated to the kitchen and dining area, lounge, gym etc.
Pack members live according to hierarchy, the omega family lives on the ground floor in a two bedroom flat. While normal pack members reside from first floor to the tenth floor in a three bedroom flat . Dining room is on twelfth floor, above that are beta's and alpha's penthouses.

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That magnetic gel paint was very fascinating so Bell decided that she'd get that done. While, Chris was going to get a manicure. She was so excited about the result.
Nail technician complemented her hand she suggested that Bell should become a hand model. Bell thanked her nail technician, Martha. After two hours they were finally finished but Martha wanted to take some pictures of her hand.

" It is so pretty!" Chris gushed Bell with complements, " I want to get that done next time!" He said.

Both of them headed outside where Alden and Ezra were already seated and busy chatting. When they saw the duo they got up from their seats and headed to the counter.
" Are you guys happy?" Alden asked
Bell and Chris nodded their heads and thanked the alpha as he paid for the treatment.
Alden was even more happy to see bright faces. As they showed their nails.

" Your hands are gorgeous. That colour really suits you." He spoke when Bell revealed her nails to him. The blood rushed to her cheeks and she timidly thanked him again. Alden just grinned, loving the expression. He loved to see that he had a great affect on her. His wolf was statisfied.

" Where should we go next? It's almost five o'clock." Ezra asked.
" Are you guys hungry?" He asked again.

"Yes. I'm starving!" Chris roared.
All of them headed to the car, " I'll drive." Ezra stated.
Alden immediately refused, but Ezra still insisted that he'd drive. When Alden's gaze met his. He tilted his head towards Bell. 
Alden nodded as he understood the reason.
He agreed reluctantly.
Alden opened the car door for Bell, he placed his hand near her head to prevent it from banging again the roof of the car and then got got in himself.

In the car, Alden suddenly grabbed Bell's hand and examined it closely, Bell gasped at the sudden behaviour but did not stop him.
Alden's lips curled a little and kissed her hands gently. Bell blushed as the alpha pulled her closer, "has anyone ever told you that you are cute?" He whispered in her ear.

The couple in the front heard the alpha clearly but payed no attention to them. Instead, they turned the volume up.

" Oh, come on! Don't stay quiet. I'll think you're lying... alright... you don't have to answer. Well, I think you're really pretty and I don't want to let you go." They stared at each other.

Alden just smiled at her. "Can you do me a favour and fill this survey for pack related stuff?" He shoved his phone in her hand.

Bell laughed lightly and hit Alden gently.
"So cheesy."
She filled in the information and saved it. He thanked her.

" we're here." Ezra said and the crew headed to the restaurant. They grabbed a quick bite and headed back home. All of them followed Bell.

"Uh... you all are coming to my house?" She questioned, all of them nodded their heads.

" Mom?" Bell called out as they entered the house. "I guess she is not at home."

" Please get comfortable, I'll bring something for you to drink." Having said that, she left them alone and went to the kitchen to a grab few drinks for everyone along with chips.

Everybody was snuggled on the sofa and were busy on their phones. "Here." She placed everything on the table and sat down as well.

" What do you guys do on your free days?"
"Umm.. Not much. I usually spend time with mom and help her out with chores." Chris said.
"Yes, I have to beg a million times to see his glance." Ezra groaned and kissed Chris on the cheek.

" Hmm.. I'm usually at home on my free days. If I need to do personal work, I do those too." Bell piped in.

Alden nodded his head, " I like to stay at home as well."

" How was it, at the camp?" Bell asked shyly.
" It was not easy. It took so much time to get used to the routine, we had to get up early in the morning and train everyday for majority of the time."
"Did you have free time?"

"Yea, we used to get free time in the evening for an hour or two. Also, Sunday was our day off."

"You must have made a lot of alpha friends at the camp!"
"True, you met Atticus, right. He was one of my best buddies there."
Both of them were so deeply engaged in the conversation, they didn't realise Chris and Ezra leaving them alone.

"Yes, Atticus! He is really cute." Bell laughed a little.

"Right.." alpha grunted in reply.
He opened a can of ginger ale and gave it to Bell. "So, what are your plans for tomorrow?" He questioned.

" I have to go to work tomorrow... I might visit IKEA later."

Alden caught a few strands of Bell's hair that had fallen in front of her face and gently combed them back.

" Stop it, please." Bell whispered.
"Stop what?" He played dumb.
" Stop being so close."
" Does it make you uncomfortable?" Bell paused for a minute.
" Yes." She breathed.

Alden shifted away from her, " I'm sorry. I didn't realise that. It was not my intention." He apologised. " I have been meaning to ask you something for a long time, uh ... are you seeing someone?"he continued.

Bell shook her head, "No."

" Ahh! Okay... great!" Bell looked at him weirdly.
" I should leave now, good night"
"Good night, sweet dreams."