Alpha Markus and Celeste

Chapter 20

Celeste Chapter 20 – Celeste

Celeste P.O.V.

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I didn’t like taking Markus’ credit card. It felt like I was taking advantage of the mate bond, but I knew

that I needed clothes. I would

meeting a lot of people in the next while and I couldn’t wear the oversized jeans that he had given me.

The sports bra had tags, so I

knew they were new, but it provided me zero support and was a little small for me.

I sat in the back seat of the SUV. Zack and George were escorting us and I couldn’t help but feel bad

for them. They were warriors

who had trained to fight battles, and here they were, supervising 3 girls on a shopping trip.

“Celes-i mean Luna?” Maya said timidly.

“It’s just Celeste, Maya” I said, I was still not comfortable being called Luna.

“I don’t have any money,” she said quietly.

“It’s ok. Markus said we will use his card.” I smiled quietly.

She shifted, “It doesn’t seem right. I didn’t earn this money”

I sighed, I knew exactly how she felt, but instead of agreeing with her, I squeezed her hand gently, © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Maya, we’ve worked for people without getting anything in return since we were little. I am not all that

comfortable taking his money either, but we deserve to have

more than one change of clothes. We’ve never had anything new. So let’s just enjoy today and maybe

we can find a way to let him know

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how thankful we are later? Maybe you and I can make some dinners for the Packhouse at some point.

OK? Think of this as an I.O.U.” She

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smiled brightly at that and nodded and continued to look out the window in fascination. Neither of us

had been outside the Packhouse

since we were little. I could tell Kelly had been listening but decided not to intervene. She probably

didn’t know our story and what we

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“Alright girls, prepare for the shopping trip of your life!” Kelly said as she wrapped one arm through

each of ours and dragged us across the parking lot towards the mall.

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I was amazed at her energy. I was done with the thrill of shopping after 2 stores but she just kept

dragging us from one to the other. Zack and George had to take a couple of trips down to the SUV to

drop off all the bags. I was getting more and more anxious at the amount of clothes we were buying.

She kept blowing off my protests and adding more and more bags. She brought us into a fancy store

and insisted on a few outfits for “Luna official business.” I balked at the price tags but she just kept

handing the credit card to the sales

ladies. It was the same with shoes and bags. The only things I was allowed to veto were shoe heels.

We also hit a couple of make-up

stores. By the time we hit the food court, I was on the verge of tears. I could barely eat my fries, though

tasty they were. Kelly and Maya

were chatting it up.

“Luna are you OK?” Kelly asked. I nodded, not trusting my voice.

Kelly looked worried but continued to eat. I saw her texting on her phone every now and then. She took

us to more stores here and

there, but I couldn’t concentrate anymore. At the last store, she gave me a dress to try and I just burst

out crying, unable to stop

myself.

“What’s wrong? Is there a pin still in the dress or something? Luna?”

I tried to explain but nothing but blubbering came out. Kelly and Maya looked lost and Zack and George

had barged into the changing room prepared to fight and then just looked fully uncomfortable once they

realized the danger was a 19-year-old girl crying. It

seemed like that was not something they had been trained to deal with. After about 10mins of trying to

calm down, I felt sparks on my arms as someone knelt down to look me in the eyes. When I saw

Markus’ concerned face, I started sobbing all over again. He picked me

up and sat down on the same spot with me in his lap. He rubbed my back, leaving sparks along his

trail.

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‘You ready to talk yet?’he mind linked me

“I’m sorry’ I cried. ‘I tried to stop her.’ I sobbed as a new rack of sobs left my chest.

‘Stop what? Who hurt you?’ he growled.

She what? Did she not let you buy them?”

‘She wouldn’t stop!’ I whined. ‘We’ve gone to 15 different stores and we spent so much money. I’m

sorry. I couldn’t stop her. I kept the receipts, I can return a lot of it later. Please don’t be mad.’

“How much do you think you spent today’

It was $6,783. I kept a tally’ I said as another wrack of sobs claimed me. I’m sorry. Please don’t be

mad.’

Suddenly, I felt a rumble rising from his chest. It sounded like he was in pain. I looked up at him to see

that he was trying to stifle

laughter and my face went into shock, stopping my cries instantly. He looked at me, and to my

confused delight and the shock of

everyone in the little changing room, he lost it. This tough but fair serious Alpha started laughing like a

hyena. I got up from his lap and

he just doubled over, holding his stomach with one hand and my hand with the other, laughing

uncontrollably. The snorts coming out of his mouth surprised even him but didn’t stop the laughter. My

confusion grew but I couldn’t help the smile that formed on my mouth as I saw this god-like man

snorting. He had tears in his eyes when he was finally able to control himself and he tried to push his

dark brown

hair over his face. I tried to pull my hand away, still confused.

“Come here,” he said and pulled me to his lap. “I told Kelly not to stop until you’d gotten at least 10

outfits for every occasion. You

two have literally zero clothes. I don’t want you to ever feel like you are lacking again. I want to see you

happy, spoiled and eating full

meals until you can’t fit into the clothes you bought today and then go shopping all over again. $7000

doesn’t mean anything to me when it means you and Maya start having the life you were meant to

have.” My heart moved at his words and I did my best not to tear up

again.

“Not to mention he’s loaded. $7000 is pennies,” Kelly added behind me.

“Thank you Kelly,” he rolled his eyes and looked at me again, “You are my mate. I want to give you

everything you’ve been missing for the last 12 years. Please allow me to give you this?” | hesitated but

nodded and my stomach growled. He laughed again as I

blushed.

“Come on, you guys can go shopping again another time. I think you probably had enough shopping for

one day. Let’s go eat.”

unnn, we technically already ate, but she was just playing with her food,” Kelly ratted me out and I

blushed more. “How about we

head home and you take her to eat? I’ll make sure all her stuff gets left in her room.”

“Yeah OK. Thank you Kelly. Maya, I hope you got all you needed.”

“Yes Alpha, thank you so much.”

“Come on my little Tuli, let’s get some meat in your belly,” he said, offering me his arm.