Weres

20. Dark and Mysterious

Kiara beat Marley in reaching down the living room and swung open the front door. Marley just stood at the end of stairs awkwardly with a giggling Rachel beside her. Her friends seemed extra hyper today.

"Where's Marley?" She heard Eden's impatient voice from the main door. Marley's lips tugged up into a small smile at his childish behavior.

"Too impatient." Kiara tsked shaking her head, making her blonde hair swing along with it.

"Why are you here? Don't you have anything better to do other than keeping me away from my girlfriend?" Marley could picture a scowl etching on Eden's face.

Eden and Kiara always had a mutual disliking for each other ever since they met. Even when Kiara had been dating Mark, they never got along. There was some stupid rivalry between them and each tried his/her best to put down the other. But Marley noticed that whenever Eden talked about Kiara, his eyes held concern and the way they taunt each other reminded her of siblings.

"Apparently not." Kiara smirked.

Marley decided to end their quarrel and headed for the door. As she stepped beside Kiara, her eyes instinctively raked Eden up and down. He looked extra heavenly with a buttoned-up grey shirt, that fitted him perfectly allowing one to imagine his sculpted abdomen, and skinny black jeans. Her mind got clouded with how handsome he looked.

When Marley's eyes met Eden's, they immediately darted to his chest, unable to take the fierce intensity of his gaze. Eden, like always, didn't show any restraint in gaping at her. His eyes took in every tiniest feature of hers, evoking goosebumps on Marley's body, wherever they landed.

Kiara pushed Marley forward, making her fall in Eden's arm and mouthed 'You're welcome' to him, before shutting the main door.

"Eden, you can let go," Marley whispered, not sure if she really wanted him to let her go. It felt so warm being in his arms.

"You are such a tease," Eden muttered, not taking his eyes off his beautiful mate. He tightened his grip on her waist before letting it go. To him, Marley always looked beautiful but today in a blue silk dress, that allowed his eyes to bask in her perfect curves, she looked extra ravishing.

His mind couldn't stop thinking about all the sinister things he could do to her. Eden mentally scolded himself for thinking like a sex-crazed beast, even though he completely blamed Marley for it.

Marley dared to glance at his face once again. She was taken aback by all the emotions swirling in his brown orbs: possessiveness, want, lust, adoration but dominant among them was love. Love.

"We should go." Marley chose to cut the heavy silence.

"You'll be driving."

Marley stared at the boy in front of her wide-eyed. "Eden, It's Audi. I don't want to bump it. I am not qualified to drive such an expensive car. I'll tell you the address, you can drive." Sure, she had her driving license but she was used to driving her father's cheap SUV. Marley didn't want to scratch such a perfect piece of metal.

"Stop being such a buzz kill. If you want to 'surprise' me then take it all the way." He tossed the keys to her, who almost dropped them. "And baby, you are qualified for a lot of things." He cooed lovingly at the end.

"But—"

"No buts and even if you bump it, it won't matter. I am rich but if you'd be so keen on paying for the damage, I'll be glad to offer you other ways that won't involve money." Eden sported his smug smile, making Marley frown at his innuendo.

Marley had noticed that Eden and his family never flaunted around their wealth, even though they were loaded. Browns led a simple life and gave away most of their wealth for the pack and other charities. However, they weren't completely aloof from the luxury and one of the prime examples of it was Eden's expensive car.