Chapter 83
Naomi meekly went round the table, distributing the food while Dora stared daggers at her.
Everyone was all dressed, evidently ready to leave after breakfast.
No one said anything about Dora who was still in her pyjamas and that irritated Daniel further. He was sure Alpha Justin was in some sort of plan-devision with his daughter.
He tried concentrating on eating his food but his eyes would sneak a peek at Naomi who was smiling at something Marcy said to her before leaving.
“Honey, where’s Nancy? I haven’t seen her all morning? Is she sick?” Stacey suddenly inquired and Talia’s eyes widened with the fork of eggs in her mouth. She took some time chewing as she thought of an answer.
“Alpha Koan and Raiden left early this morning to their pack so they offered to drop Nancy off at her Pack since her father wanted to see her. It was urgent p>
Stacey thought it was weird that Alpha Henry suddenly wants to see his daughter after he sent her away to live in their pack for a while.
Daniel narrowed his eyes at Talia and their eyes locked before she gave him a curious glance.
He looked back down and She stared at him in confusion for a while before looking down at her food to pick at the eggs with her fork.
He on other the hand was in deep thought. Why was Talia lying? It was obvious because he had seen Alpha Koan leaving alone last night before Beta Raiden probably left this morning like she said. What exactly was Talia hiding? Where was Nancy, really?
Suddenly, he looked up at Talia only to see her wince and cover her mouth with the back of her hand, abruptly dropping her fork onto a plate.
She wasn’t concentrating and had absentmindedly put a forkful of hot eggs in her mouth without blowing on it.
Jephthah didn’t waste a single second before grabbing her shoulder and pulling her close, unaware that everyone was staring at them.
“Are you okay p>
“Yeah Talia breathlessly said holding onto the table.
He frowned.
“Don’t you know how hot the food is p>
“Hey,” She pouted at him and his angry eyes cleared into doe eyes at her pitiful face. “I forgot p>
She reached out for her fork again but he picked it instead before she did.
“Forget it, I’m feeding you before you burn your tongue this time p>
He stabbed her fork in her pile of eggs, blew on it and fed it to her with a serious look on his cute face.
Blushing, when she saw the fork hovering around her mouth, she closed her eyes and let him put the fork of eggs in her mouth, opening them as she chewed.
John cleared his throat, hiding a smile and the two looked up to see everyone had their eyes on them.
Jephthah almost buried his head in his food, picking at something interesting in his egg and toast while Talia downed her cup of orange juice in one go, flushed.
Daniel had his mouth opened the entire time like Dora and the two felt the same level of surprise and a bit of envy for some reason when they saw the care and genuine love in his eyes as he fed her.
“Oh Dora,” Luna Ciara suddenly said. “Can you Imagine finding someone to treat you so lovingly like this p>
Dora blushed and peered at Daniel from the corner of his eyes, but he kept eating without turning to her, well aware that het gaze was on the side of his face.
The older women were gushing over the new couple at the dining table while Alpha Justin kept staring at Daniel as if expecting him to suddenly stand up and announce Dora as his Luna.
Barton glared at Dora and didn’t say anything else.
The atmosphere turned quiet as Naomi returned and as per Marcy’s request, began refilling everyone’s cup with orange juice.
Dora clenched her teeth when she saw Daniel who hadn’t even glanced at her, sneak a peek at Naomi as she dutifully poured him a drink.
When she got to her side of the table and made to pass to the next person, Dora sneakily put out a leg and Naomi who didn’t notice it, missed her step and fell to the ground.
Talia and Barton got up to see the crash In time and Daniel turned to see Dora sneak in her leg.
He saw Naomi lying on her stomach, the jug of orange juice lying in shards of glass next to her, the entire content spilled onto her clothes.
Her face was just some inches away from Dora’s legs and as she looked up to the source of her fall, there was a glint that crept up in her eyes which would have killed Dora if they touched her eyes.
“Naomi!” Marcy got up, ready to help her up but Barton was faster and reassured everyone he got the situation under control, causing the worried ones to sit back down, calming their fast beating hearts.
Barton carried Naomi up from the floor, bridal style and left, not forgetting to narrow his eyes coldly at Dora.
The first person to actually make a reflexive move to help Naomi was Daniel but stopped when Dora held his hand and dragged him so close that they could have snuggled into each other.
“Daniel, I think the shard of glass pierced my legs. Could you help me check.” As she said to him, there was a knowing warning look in her eyes and it took all of his will power not to shove her head down the shards of glass on the ground.
“Sure. Let me check.” He mumbled between clenched teeth while Marcy went away to call in an Omega who later came by to clean the mess on the floor.
Talia stared at Daniel who was checking Dora for any wound or skin tear and was confused for a moment.
Wasn’t Naomi his mate?
Shouldn’t he check on her instead?
No one had seen her leg but Barton and Daniel and everyone else had assumed Naomi had fallen down due to clumpisness or thoughtlessness.
As Barton dropped Naomi on her bed, she pushed his hand aside when he held her leg to check for any bruises or skin tear.
“Why did you have to carry me like that… like I’m crippled. I could have walked back to my room myself p>
“No one was willing to help you so I did. Are you hurt? Do you feel pain anywhere p>
“I’m bleeding here but it’s not serious, I’ll just apply some medications on it.” She casually showed him her arm.
“Where p>
Barton asked and she looked down at her arm where there was a small skin tear from a shard of glass when she fell.
“I don’t understand,” She swished a stray strand of hair behind her shoulder and looked at her other hand, thinking she had showed him the wrong arm. “T-The… I was bleeding from here just… a minute ago p>
Barton grabbed her arm and peered closer at the spot she had claimed was bleeding but the spot was blemish free with not a speck of bruise but just a small blood stain from the previous open wound.
“Are you sure?” He carefully asked and she nodded with a ’Yes’. “Do you know what this means p>
He looked up and they locked gazes.
“You healed Naomi p>