The Beta’s Regret

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Chapter 80

| froze in my tracks, my heart pounding in my chest. | had assumed Eros hadn't noticed my presence, but his

voice broke

that illusion.

Slowly, | turned around. my eyes meeting his intense gaze.

Eros’s expression was stern, but there was a flicker of curiosity in his eyes. My mind raced, desperately searching

for something to say, a plausible reason for my presence in his office, | opened my mouth to speak, but no words

escaped.

| gulped when | heard the voice of King Eros. My heart began to beat so fast that it was galloping at the speed of

a thousand horses,

| feared it would fall out of my mouth at this rate.

Slowly, very slowly, | turned around to see Eros looking at me.

He still had the marker in his hand and gavea small smile before returning his attention to his file.

“Chere.” He said and went back to sit on his chair, the file in his hand.

| gulped nervously as | slowly made my way towards him. | reluctantly approached Eros’s desk, my eyes darting

nervously around the room.

As | reached his side, he motioned forto take a seat in the chair opposite him.

He pushed the chair in my direction without looking up and highlighted something with his marker.

“Are you going to speak at all?” He asked without looking at me. Isank into the plush chair and hoped that it

would just swallowwhole.

“I.. 1 am sorry.. | muttered weakly. He flipped the page, took a pen, and scribbled something on the paper. Eros

did not say anything and kept reading intently for the next five minutes that felt like an eternity to me.

There were a few files scattered along the table and a huge map of the kingdom strewn across the length of the

desk

There were a few stains of teacups, showing that he had been really working hard on it, and a few pins that

marked certain important spots.

“Do you not know that it is a bad habit to eavesdrop on someone” Eros asked as he pulled the cap off a pen with

his mouth and threw it on the table as he took another pen to write something.

| thought of what to answer and could not cup with an answer. Luckily, | was spared from answering him

when there was a knock on the door.

The servant | had met on my way to Eros’s office had returned with another round of tea.

“Yeah, cin. Eros muttered as he began pacing through the room while reading the file.

He flipped a few more pages and was done with the file as he tossed it on the table and picked another one

The file had landed on the edge of the table and it was going to fill down, so | stopped its fall. A few loose pages

cout of the file, which | began pleking up

As | collected all the papers and put them in a stack, Eros’s voice reached me.

But it was not directed at me. “Eden will prepare the tea. You can leave.

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He said to the servant who had just poured black tea into the cup and reached for the sugar. He didn’t say that

to me, felt like it was an order directed at me, nonetheless.

Eros was very absorbed in work and it did not look like last night had affected him in any way.

| had already been stupidly fantasizing about him, but he had been working all day and was still reading the files

instead of lunging atthe second | showed up

At least, that was what | secretly hoped he would do upon seeingagain. Either that, or just leave the room if

he did not wantaround.

Surprisingly, he did neither, and that was confusing me.

The servant bowed and promptly left, glad to not be around the lycan King anymore.

| gulped nervously and walked towards the tray. Placing the papers | had collected on the table, | asked,

“Sugar?”

“One.” He curtly answered, and | put one cube of sugar.

“Milk?” | asked, and he only grunted again. | took the cue and poured the milk while reaching for a spoon to mix

itall.

The soft clinks of the spoon against the ceramic cup were the only noise in the big office. | would have argued

with him that | am not his maid to serve him tea/coffee, but he had foundeavesdropping on him so I couldn't

yell at him at the

moment.

Plus, he had marked me. So technically, | was supposed to obey him because his mark meant | was under his

protection. | meekly handed him the cup, which he took fromwithout even looking at me, leaving the saucer

in my hand.

Eros took a sip, and | watched his face for a change in expression, but there wasn’t any. He only placed the

saucer again, but | had been looking elsewhere, so the cup slipped.

Hot tea fell on the table, spilling it all over the files he had been religiously studying.

“What the-” He cursed as | let out a startled cry and hastily pulled stissues to dab it off the pages.

However, most of them had stained and the marker ink was spreading through the white pages, making them

look very

weird

“Wait” Eros ordered, but | was busy tidying the desk and I felt scired of his anger at my clumsiness.

I mumbled, “I am sorry, | didn’t mean to..”

But he only grabbed my wrist and held it in front of me, My hair was askew as | tried to grab the papers, but

Eros’s grip on

1 stilled when my gaze met his and I quickly looked down, not wanting to see the rage directed at me.

“I am sorry, | didn’t do it purposely... | cried, but he simply pluckedaway from the table and pushedon a

chair a bit farther away

| was too startled at the way he had grabbedand then placedon the chair and my body had not even

gotten tto react to his touch before he had dropped ine again, letting go of me.

“Stay still, Eros ordered, and | gulped nervously. When he saw that | was not moving, he went to the cupboard

and rummaged through it to bring out a plastic box.

“Never knew | would need this. He mumbled to himself before king off the lid, | peered intently and realized it

was a first-

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aid box.

Was he going to disinfect the papers??

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| stared in bewilderment as he placed the box besideand squatted down. Without saying a word, he took my

hand in his and pulled out scotton.

| wondered what he was doing before he wiped away sof the dried bits off my hand and | saw redness

spreading through my arm.

It was only now that I realized that | had spilled most of the tea in my hands. He wiped it off and then grabbed an

ointment from the box and began applying it on my reddened skin.

His head was bent low, and his hair fell on his face, covering it partially. He was being so tender; it was

heartwarming to watch that.

His touch was doing things to me, and he was not even the least bothered. How could this man stay so calm and

composed?

Had | just becanother plaything for him after last night?

Somehow. | felt a lump rise in my throat, but I quickly swallowed it. The silence was too much to bear and seeing

him not yell atmadefeel as if he was simply holding it back in

| just wanted him to shout atand be done with it so | don’t live in this dread forever.

My gaze flicked to the papers that were lying all over the place, the ink of the marker and pens spreading

through even more papers, making it look like a big mess.

“I am sorry, | muttered softly.

Eros applied a generous amount of the ointment on my arms and | tried not to gasp when his hands softly

caressed me, his fingers trailing down my skin.

His hand was twice the size of mine, and he could squash it in an instant if he wanted to.

After he was done, he got up from the floor and went back to his table.

| sat there, holding my burned hand with another as he began salvaging the documents.

“You didn’t answer me. He said, while gathering the documents,

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“Why did you sneak into my office?” He asked as he looked at the papers one last tand simply began tearing

pieces.

My eyes went wide as he began tearing them and putting them in a shredder.

“I wanted to tell you to not drink so much caffeine,” | answered meekly.

He raised an eyebrow at that. “Definitely not the answer | was expecting.” He mumbled to himself and picked

another bunch and put them in the shredder.

He seemed angry about something. Maybe | should thank him for his help yesterday and leave. Though calling

his act of suckingdry was definitely not helping “I am sorry for.”

“Stop apologizing!” He said sternly and the rest of the words dried in my throat.

“Makeanother cup. He said while clearing the mess. Maybe ie did not want to talk about last night at all as it

was a terrible memory for him, but was fine with anything else.

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I scooted further and walked towards the table.

“How many cups have you had?”

Eros thought about it for a while. Ten or maybe twenty, not sure

“Counting the one | made. It is definitely in the range of forty”

His eyes went wide. “You have been counting the cups?”

| shrugged. “The servant gavea rough estimate.”

Eros nodded as he put the last set of documents in the shredder, | am sorry”

1 added guiltily, as he put the last set of papers inside data in here.” Eros said, tapping his temple.

“So, for the love of your moon Goddess, stop it.

Besides, if | ever need it in print, | have the soft copies on my computer.”

He added, and | relaxed. “That is great, | guess

Eros nodded and went back to take the first aid box and keep it back in the cupboard.

And then | blurted something that madewish the earth would swallowwhole.

“What qualities do you want in a mate?”

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