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"Do you remember that boy you used to love?" Darcy started, and Kesha’s mood began to shift. She had no idea why Darcy was suddenly bringing up her past.
"I was only sixteen back then," Kesha reminded Darcy.
A lot of thoughts began to swirl through her mind. She wondered if Darcy was finally deciding that Kesha wasn’t good enough to be her daughter-in-law. During the early phase of dating Kaye, she had questioned whether she really liked him that much, although she had been ready to be accepted by any of the four brothers. But then she realized Kaye was perfect for her. She liked Kaye. She loved how rugged he was. She loved how minimal his body language was. He was creepy at times, and she loved it.
But now his mother was reminding her that she loved someone back when she was just a teenager.
"Here," Kesha said, offering the tea she had made for Darcy.
Darcy took it and smiled, taking a sip and appreciating the taste of the herbal tea.
"That’s not why I’m asking. I’m not judging you. Everybody has a past, and you’re just a child yourself. Who wouldn’t get angry when they don’t get their way?" Darcy rolled her eyes.
"Then why are you bringing him up?" Kesha asked.
And Kesha didn’t like the fact that Darcy was mentioning her first true love in that tone. It was true that the guy had died, but that didn’t wipe away his love from Kesha’s heart. Even when she was in love with Kaye, she believed a person could love two people at once, especially when one of them was dead.
It had been a long time ago, back when she was sixteen. The guy had been an Omega, and Kesha had fallen for him. She fell so hard that she started stalking him. He used to be in her pack and would come to clean the garden with his father, who had worked as their gardener for a long time. Kesha had been watching him since she was fourteen and he was fifteen. Then, when she turned sixteen and he turned seventeen, Kesha discovered he was in love with someone else. He had said that even if he felt a mate bond with another, he would still choose the girl he already liked.
That was when Kesha decided to let him know she liked him too.
One day, while he was working in the garden, Kesha approached him in her best attire and proposed to him, basically telling him that if he married her, he would become the next Alpha. Of course, she hadn’t spoken to her uncle or father, who were in charge of her life. She assumed she could make them accept it later.
But things didn’t go as she had imagined. Not everyone was after a crown or money. He rejected her proposal and told her he loved another Omega. That enraged Kesha. She ran to her room and cried all night. The next day, she proposed again. Then again. And again. Until he finally stopped coming to the mansion at all.
Kesha began to feel like he was slipping out of her hands, that she was losing control. One day, she followed him and found him meeting his lover in the woods of the pack. The two had planned a picnic. The pack lands were supposed to be safe.
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