Chapter 7

Alpha Brentwood was putting on his black sweatpants shortly after coming out of the shower when he heard a knock at his front door.

Sensing it was his fated mate at the door, he rushed from the room without a shirt, not wanting to keep her waiting for him too long.

He opened the door to see his fated mate, holding a plate with two chicken sandwiches, which he smelled, and a cup of cranberry juice.

Halsey was so surprised to see Alpha Brentwood shirtless. She immediately got nervous after noticing how extremely buff he was and the huge, black tattoo of a wolf growling viciously on the left side of his chest.

"I know how difficult it is to come home from work and prepare something to eat. So, I thought it would be kind to share some of the chicken sandwich I'd whipped up for dinner. That's only if you want it," said Halsey, struggling to keep eye contact with Alpha Brentwood and not to be distracted by his muscular chest.

Alpha held back a smile, witnessing how extremely nervous his shirtless body was making his fated mate feel.

"I'll be delighted to take it. Thank you," responded Alpha Brentwood.

Halsey smiled and gave Alpha Brentwood the meal she had made, and Alpha Brentwood smiled back at her, taking it.

Halsey then said goodbye. Alpha Brentwood watched as she walked back to her apartment and closed her door.

He then closed the door of his apartment as well and sat down to have his sandwich and drink.

It was the most delicious sandwich Alpha Brentwood had had, and the drink was refreshing. He couldn't help smiling as he ate the meal his fated mate had kindly shared with him. He then thought that his plan for his fated mate to get close to him was working, but it still would take a while for her to trust him.

Alpha Brentwood waited 24 years to find his fated mate. After finally finding her, she doesn't know what she is or that they belong together. He'd wait a hundred more years for her to recognize who she is to him.

Alpha Brentwood washed the plate and cup and brought them back to her. Halsey wasn't as extremely nervous as she was seeing him now wearing a white shirt, but still, she could see his muscular chest jutting from his fitted white shirt. She also remembered where the tattoo was on his bare chest.

The memory of his bare body still made her a bit tense.

"The sandwich was the best I'd ever had, and thanks again," said Alpha Brentwood, facing her at her door.

Halsey 5 feet height to be exact made her look like a little girl compared to Alpha Brentwood 6 feet and 8 inches height. Halsey looked up at Alpha Brentwood like he was a giant at how tall he was to her.

"You're welcome, and I'm glad you enjoyed it," Halsey responded.

Alpha Brentwood stared at her as their conversation died, not wanting to leave her.

Halsey looked away coyly from Alpha Brentwood's eyes as he kept staring at her silently. His stare was so intense he made her feel like a prey, and him, the predator who wanted to devour her, but in another way. She therefore noticed how his eyes were so dark, the darkest eyes she'd ever seen, and also glossy.

"See you around," Alpha Brentwood said, as much as he would rather not leave her side, ever.

As he was walking away, "He would not like that," Halsey stopped him, warning him about her boyfriend again.

Alpha Brentwood turned to face her. She again said, "And also your life will be in danger."

"I don't care what he would not like, and I am danger itself," Alpha Brentwood said fiercely.

If danger were indeed a person, Hasley agreed it would be Alpha Brentwood, due to his menacing appearance. His shredded body was like an indestructible weapon.

"Goodnight," Halsey then said to Alpha Brentwood in the softest and sweetest tone, while she took her time to close her door.

As if placed under a spell by her velvety voice, Alpha Brentwood stood there as if he was glued to the ground watching her until he could no longer see her beautiful face from the door.

Although the door prevents him from seeing her beauty, he can still smell her thanks to his keen wolf senses. He could also hear her heartbeat beating slowly: thump, thump.

Alpha Brentwood never stopped smelling her and listening to her heartbeat when he too locked himself inside his apartment. He listened to her feet sauntering across the living room to her kitchen—he heard her placing the plate back as he lay on his bed on his back.

Then she moved to another room; he knew it was definitely the bathroom by the smell of the hand soap, body wash, and scented tissue. Suddenly, Alpha Brentwood sat up as he heard the sound of his fated mate unbuttoning her dress.

Immediately, he turned off his wolf senses for his beastly side, which was already in heat for his fated mate since the day he'd found her. If he didn't do so, he would have broken down the wall to make love to her,right there on the bathroom floor which would definitely ruin every chance of her ever trusting him.