The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 87

While the bill was being prepared, Luke gavea reassuring smile. | smiled back at him and walked away with

Eros, who the girls kept gawking at all the time.

“Please, if you need anything else, you can givea call and | will personally cto deliver whatever you

want One of the girls said, but he walked away without another glance at her or the rest of the staff.

Eros got in the car and started the ignition while | decided to first put on the seatbelt so that | would not g

thrown around

the car.

| placed the gift-wrapped box on my lap and felt grateful to Luke who had thought of such a nice gesture. Surely,

Eros couldn't care less if the phone was tossed in a rag for me.

| took the seat belt's end and tried pushing it into the lock, but it seemed stuck. I tried tugging and pulling at it,

but it was of

To use.

Eros kept his hands placed on the steering wheel and was looking at the other side, clearly indicating that he

wanted nothing to do with me.

Frowning, tried again, but it just won't budge. I let out an exasperated sigh and muttered. “Can you please help

with the

seat belt?”

Eros did not look at me, but his hands reached for the seatbelt and he tugged at it. When he tried locking it, it

did not happen either

So he had to bend towardsa little. His hand brushed mine, and | felt a zap of energy course from the tip of

my finger to all the nerve endings in my body.

The touch leftwanting more. He was so close to me, so dangerously close. His face was near my chest and

his head bent down as he was struggling with the seat belt as well.

And | did not dare move with the way he was acting. | thought my body would not want him after the way he had

been indifferent tosince that night. But it seemed like his touch had ignited that spark again.

| began wildly imagining how it would feel to have his lips on my bare skin again. His hair was silky soft and

dense and | fought my urge to run a hand through them as | kept my hands firmly glued to the seat and let him

work.

“Can you move a little?” He grunted, and | shuffled in my seat but that only pushed my chest on his face.

Eros went still for a moment and so did I. | feared he would yell atfor being purposely naughty, but he only

closed his eyes and opened them again, took a deep breath, and resumed working.

After what felt like an eternity, the lock finally clicked and he pushed himself away fromwith the speed of

lightning, Was he that annoyed by my touch? Or did he feel disgusted or something?

| was starting to hate my body for reacting to his touch that way.

“Thanks,” | muttered, but he only turned on the ignition. This time, he instead of driving like a maniac, drove

slow and nice. It was a relief that | didn’t have to worry for my life again. However, it was then, Lrealized that we

had another problem.

The car was too big, and it was just the two of us and the silence felt awkward to me. | didn’t know what to talk

to him, so | decided to look at the phone instead.

| slowly unwrapped the plastic wrapper and opened the box. Inside it was a brand new and shiny mobile that

looked very high end and expensive, not the small, basic one | had picked.

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| checked the box, wondering if they had somehow put in two instead of one, but there was just this one large

mobile in it. Holding it in front of Eros, | said. “There seems to be a problem. They gavean expensive one. We

need to go back and exchange it

However, he did not say a word and kept driving the car. His phone was lying in the small holder and | saw

another message pop up in it.

Olivia: | hope you will wear white. I'm going to wear white too. It will be fun.

| ignored the message again and let out a breath..

“Are you listening to me? There is a mistake. They probably made you pay for an expensive one when | picked a

cheaper one. Can we go back, please?”

| asked, and he took such a long pause that | did not think he would

even speak.

Annoyed. | removed the seat belt and turned to look at him “What is wrong? Why are you not even talking to

me?

But he only took a sharp turn, and it tookoff-guard, makingslam into his arms. The unexpected turn

madefall into his lap and the car drove into a tree, slamming into it

The airbags cout, further pushingonto his chest and | felt sandwiched in between a brick wall and a

balloon.

“Shit.” He muttered and kicked the car’s door out while grabbingby the arms. Then we both fell on the

ground, but as it was a slope, slid down a little

He caughtbefore | would fall, but his foot slipped and | fell on him, his back landing on the ground with me

on top of him

| was coughing, and | feared he might throwoff himself immediately. But he only letregain my breath

while lying deathly still

Seeing that he was not going to help me, | slowly got up and he let me. After getting up, | brushed off the dirt

and muck on my body and clothes while he sprang up like a coil and surveyed the car.

“Go, dial Arthur's number and tell him to send a car to pick us up He ordered without looking atas he

removed his coat and | saw the pristine white shirt beneath it.

The shirt fit him perfectly well and | could see his corded muscles and ripped physique hiding beneath it.

| went towards my phone and picked it but then | realized | did not have Arthur's number.

“Eros, don’t have his number,” | said quietly.

He just pulled open the hood and began surveying the damage | know. Call from my phone,” He said without

looking up and | went to retrieve his phone from the car

1 unlocked the screen with a simple swipe and | saw his inbox was open. | did not want to but there were literally

a dozen or more messages, a long conversation of him with Olivia, because every other second Olivia kept

sending messages.

Olivia: Please choose which one should | wear today.

The message popped up, and | accidentally clicked it open. Along with the message, she sent two images. There

were two white dresses, both extremely short and revealing

My brain began imagining Olivia lying on his office table and seducing him as Eros roamed his hands over her. It

flared a spark of jealousy inand | began to tremble.

My eyes went wide at the next message | will wear just the dress nothing else. It was followed by a wink emoji.

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| wanted to simply throw the phone away, but Eros’s voice broughtout of 1

my reverie “What did Arthur say?”

I shook my head and immediately dialed his mumber, but thankfully he did not pick up so I didn’t have to cook

up a story.

“He didn’t pick up. | said and Eros grunted. Try again”

| was just about to do that when | saw that his phone battery was 15. Then | resorted to try and copy Arthur's

number, and just | was saving the number on my phone, his phone just switched off, leaving us with nothing to

do.

| told him what happened, and he cursed while kicking at the car's tire.

“What are you looking at? Let us walk!” he growled.

| furrowed my eyebrows, and it was just now | saw where we were. We were surrounded with nothing but trees.

“But | started to protest, when Eros said “I wanted to get hfast and driving through the city roads would

attract a lot of attention, so | thought of going through the woods.”

It was the first long answer | had received from him in the last two days. Not that it explained why he had

preferred going through the forest.

The small path was muddy, and that explained why he was driving slowly. | was so absorbed in trying to not

react to his touch that | didn’t even notice where he had brought me.

“Okay,” | said meekly and fell in steps beside him. He retrieved his car keys, wallet, and a few other things while

| held my phone

We began walking through the forest and | asked, “Do you remember the numbers of Beauty, Arthur, or anybody

else?”

Eros shook his head. “I had them saved in my phone, which is flat right now. So let's just walk for the next thirty

minutes and we will get hsoon!”

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