Chapter 57: Chapter 57 - You made me so beautiful

I leaned more towards her until there was a few inches gap between us... {stop, dude, don’t make it hard for me to control myself}. She has shrunk herself as much as she can, and her gaze is fixed on the floor.

"Look at me," I whispered. I waited for her to comply, but she didn’t do anything and shivered... {Is it cruel to like this kind of effect on her?} ... "Look at me, Chicky", I again whispered and finally, after a few seconds, she looked me in the eyes. I had never accepted it before, but her eyes attracted me the most. For others, she just had regular black eyes, but when you look carefully, you can see the mind-blasting details in her eyes. Her eyes have many different shades of dark chocolate colour... {that’s not surprising, though. She would turn entirely into chocolate if she kept consuming so much chocolate every day}. I can see so many emotions swirling in her eyes.

She always tries to hide many things, but just one look into her eyes and everything becomes crystal clear for me. I had seen the jealousy in her eyes when lily hugged me in front of her, I saw the fear of injections when we were in the office, and I have seen her care for me several times before. I know I will sound stupid, but for me, her eyes talk more truthfully than her mouth. Mom used to tell me that eyes are the window to the soul, but you will find very few people whose eyes will tell you everything because it is not easy to be so pure and innocent. And in Aadhya’s case, she is so pure that sometimes even after her being so strong, I always have that overwhelming feeling of saving her from everything that comes her way.

"Wha- what are you doing?" she squeaked, and her blush darkened because of her embarrassment.

"Adoring my mate. Why, do you have any issues with that?" I whispered back while looking into her eyes. I tried to be confident, but I already knew that she would be able to hear my heartbeats clearly. Suddenly her legs gave up, and instantly I encircled my one arm around her waist, and she grabbed the collar of my shirt with both hands. "Are you alright?" I asked her while smirking. I can’t help thinking that if coming close to her has this effect on her, then how would she react when I kiss her?... {how about we found out?} ... I can’t say that king’s idea was not tempting, but I know to be within my limits, or I will surely get a punch.

"Y- you sh- should pack", she again squeaked, and I could feel her shaky breaths on my chest, which made me nervous. So, I maintained a little distance between us but didn’t remove my arm from her waist. When I saw that she was alright, I took my hand back, and after making sure that she would not lose her balance again, I went towards my bed.

"I didn’t have much to pack. Few shirts, shorts, and jeans are enough for now," I told her, and she still looked dazed.

"Ishouldgothen," she said hastily and almost sprinted out of my room, but as soon as her hand touched the doorknob, I was behind her in seconds and again caged her. Now I am facing her back, and she is facing the door. I leaned and whispered in her ear, "I am not planning to eat you. No need to run away" she shivered, and that’s when I smiled and thought of finally stopping this cat and mouse game.

I took her hand in mine and took her inside my walk-in closet. "I am going to show you something very important, and you need to keep it a secret" when I said this, she stopped at her place. I looked at her, and she had cute, confused expressions on her face, and that pretty slight blush from earlier is tempting me a lot just to kiss her cheeks... {give me the strength to control myself, moon goddess} ...

"If you want to keep something secret, you should not show it to anyone. This way, it will always be a secret," she said, and I couldn’t help but pull her cheeks on which she said an adorable ’owww, Ryan, don’t do that.’

"Secrets are meant to be shared with the special persons of our lives, Chicky, and you surely are a very special person in my life" she looked shocked by my confession, but I ignored her and took her with me to my secret room, which is behind the large mirror that is placed on the wall of my walk-in-closet.

"I can’t believe that you have a secret room in your room," she said, but I couldn’t see her expression because the lights were still turned off, and the large window was also curtained.

"Wait here", she let my hand go, and I removed the curtains and switched on the lights. I turned to see her expression, and she was looking all around the room with an open mouth. Shock and awe were clearly written on her face... {finally, you surprised her for once}

"This is so beautiful," she said while adoring all the paintings while I sat on the stool that was placed in front of the easel stand. After a few minutes, she came towards me, jumping. "Did you paint all these? Oh my god, you are so awesome. Just look at the details. It’s so perfect. You are so perfect, Ryan" she squealed in joy and was about to hug me but stopped in mid... {Why she needs to be attentive every time? I just lost a hug because of her stupid attentiveness} ... she took a few steps back with a childish smile.

"Sorry, I just got a little excited," she said while rubbing the back of her neck but became her usual questioning self in seconds.

"When did you start painting? And these instruments. Do you also know how to play these?" she asked me and sat on the floor in front of me. Her eyes are literally twinkling with excitement.

"After mom died, dad shifted my focus towards different activities like painting, playing musical instruments, writing something, or things like that. After that, I never left the paintbrush and the instruments." I went towards a few paintings that were covered and removed the cover of a painting "this is my way of cherishing my mom’s sacrifice" I adored the painting of our family. I painted this when I got the crown. I have painted my mom squealing in delight while adoring my alpha king look while dad has proud tears in his eyes. "She is not in my life in person, but I painted her on every important step of my life" I felt her tiny hand slipping into my large ones and looked at the painting closely.

"You were so young when you became the alpha king", I hummed, and she looked at me with a proud look. "You know you are awesome, right?" She complimented me, and I chuckled.

"I have no problems taking compliments. Keep going," I said to her cockily, and she hit my shoulder jokingly.

"So, the big bad alpha king also plays instruments," she asked me while pointing towards my instruments, and I nodded.

"Well, I can also sing," I boasted my talents with a proud smirk.

"That’s so cool. Will you sing and play with me?" she asked me.

"You also know how to play instruments?" I asked her, and she nodded in excitement.

"Yes, I used to play guitar, drum, and piano" now it’s my turn to get surprised.

"How?" I asked her, and she smiled sheepishly.

"Ethan was a curious child. He used to like each and everything, and Alpha always brought him whatever he demanded. Once he asked Alpha to buy him a guitar, drums, and piano because he wanted to make a band, but later, he lost his interest, and Luna shifted all those instruments to a spare room in the pack house. Matt, Layla, and I used to sneak into that room and try playing them for hours on our own." I was surprised by this.

"You learned this on your own," I asked her, and she shook her head.

"Nope. Our school has different clubs, and all three of us are in the music club. Our trio is the music teacher’s favourite. He used to give us extra classes" I can’t help but smile at her bubbling excitement.

"You can play these instruments whenever you want" as soon as I said this, she jumped directly in my arms and shook me here and there with her full strength.

"Thank you so much, Ryan. I missed playing the instruments for almost a year now" she is still shaking me, and I can’t help but encircle my hands around her waist.

"Why? What stopped you from playing the instruments if you loved it so much?" she pouted cutely.

"Stella caught us one day, and Ethan shifted all his instruments in his home", she explained.

"And who is Stella?" I asked her again, and she looked at me as if I had grown two heads.

"I thought that you would know about her... anyways, she is Ethan’s girlfriend. Her life’s goal was to make my life miserable as much as she could. I wonder what she would be doing now" she made a thinking face, and I couldn’t feel anything but content with her in my arms and her arms around my neck.

"Do you want to see my latest work?" I asked her, and she nodded in excitement "it is not completed yet, but still, you can see it" I hoisted her up, and thankfully she didn’t shriek or squeak and let me take her to the easel stand. I removed the cover and looked at her expressions closely. Her hands automatically went towards the sheet while I put her on her feet. She was about to touch it but then thought otherwise and pulled her hand back.

"Did you like it?" I asked her nervously. I painted a portrait of Aadhya, dee, and myself while dee was in my arms and aadhya was leaning onto me while smiling adoringly at dee. When she didn’t say anything, I nudged her, and that’s when she came to her senses. "So??"

"It’s... it’s. You made me so beautiful," she said while her eyes were still fixed on the painting.

"Because you are beautiful. In my eyes, you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen," I told her and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. This time, she didn’t blush but closed her eyes with a smile. That’s the time when I realised that even without accepting her, without knowing everything about her, I have fallen for this twenty-year-old girl, Aadhya brown, who likes to steal my chocolates, who doesn’t hesitate to curse me or point out my mistakes, and who always manipulates me with her innocent eyes... {than do the needed Ryan. We don’t know what is going to come in the future. We should not waste the time that we can cherish with her}

I removed my hand from her cheek and took a few steps away from her. She opened her eyes and looked at me in confusion. I smiled at her and gave partial control to the king. Now my eyes are flickering between green and black, and Aadhya is looking alarmed. "I Ryan Knight" king took control from me ", and I king" her eyes got wide in realisation, and she put her hand on her heart. "We, the alpha kings of the werewolves, accept Aadhya Brown as our mate and queen of the werewolf world."

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