Falling For My Cruel Mate
Chapter 33

"You should try them on, so that we can really see what they look like!" I said suddenly and shooed her away into the bathroom so she can try the dress on. The dress was pretty but I'm not sure I liked the shade of blue.

For the next hour and a half we tried on all the dress at least twice. I was torn between a cute flowy white dress and more fitted red one. Cipher was pushing me towards the red one of course, but I reminded her that I was not the one looking for a mate tonight. She still practically yanked the white dress away and put it back on the rack with a roll of her eyes. Cipher did not joke when it came to getting dressed up.

It was almost one in the afternoon and I hadn't had lunch. My stomach sounded like an angry bear and I was craving Oreos. "Why can't we just have Oreo's for lunch?" I ask as Cipher and I ran down to the kitchen.

"Because that's not a well balanced meal you goof." She giggled and she pulled open the fridge and began to dig through it. I sighed heavily and leaned against the counter.

"How about a salad?" Cipher says as she plucked some lettuce out of the fridge. I simply shrug my shoulders.

"I'm just going to drown it in ranch dressing."

She gave me yet another eye roll as she began to prepare the salad while I made sure that there was actually ranch dressing in the fridge. Ugh, I could really go for some pepperoni pizza with this dressing.

"Hey ladies," Samuel greeted as he entered the room a big smile on his face. Sam was usually a happy person but I don't think I've ever seen him this happy before. Cipher and I greeted him back in unison.

He sat down at the island and began to type away at his large phone. I took the seat next to him and placed my ranch dressing in front of me and waited patiently for Cipher to finish preparing the salad.

"Why can't we just have pizza?" I ask placing my chin in the palm of my hand.

"Ooo, that sounds so good." Sam says as he lifts his gaze up from his phone. I couldn't help but laugh.

"No. You're gunna eat whatever I make you and today that's a salad." Cipher whipped around and gave us both a stern look.

"You're like the cruel nanny, that I never hired." Ajax entered the room smoothly and made his way over to the fridge. He was in a pair of pleated pants with his white dress shirt pushed up to his elbows. I had squeeze my legs shut to prevent the tingling sensation that came along with looking at such a sexy man.

No. No Octavia. You can't think of him in such ways. I shake off any sexual feeling I had for him and tune back into the conversation. Samuel was laughing so hard I thought he might choke. Ajax took a seat next to me and took a long sip of his water before an amused smirk took place on his lips.

"I'm not a mean nanny, right?" Cipher looked at me, awaiting for my answer. I found this whole situation very amusing. Cipher was kind of like my nanny, even if

I didn't need one. She took care of me whether I asked for it or not.

"I think I might fire you." I tapped my chin and pretended to think about the decision. She scoffed and attempted the throw a piece of lettuce at me. It was quickly deflected by Ajax who gave Cipher a mean look.

"No throwing food." Ajax rolled his eyes at his little sister. Cipher let out a small "oomf" before taking another piece of lettuce and throwing it at Samuel. Being a werewolf you obviously have heightened senses, so instead of trying to catch the lettuce Samuel tried to dodge it. He fell completely off the chair with a girly shriek.

Cipher and I bursted out into laughter. I clutched my stomach as it began to burn and tears of laughter streamed down my face. I was so out of breath I thought I might pass out. Just as I was about to loose my balance on my chair I gripped onto the closest thing near me. Ajax.

For a moment I thought I saw him smile but it was gone in seconds. Maybe I had imagined it? He steadied me an amused look in his eyes as my girly giggle continued to spill past my lips. Samuel still laid sprawled across the floor, defeated.

Once we had sobered up from laughing we ate. Cipher had finished tossing salads for everyone and I drowned mine in ranch dressing. Ugh, I love it! We continued to talk even after we finished the meal. Surprisingly Ajax stuck around as well. He mentioned that he canceled any other meetings for the rest of the day because of the party.

Cipher and Samuel started talking about their excitement and went on and on about what they imagined their mate to be like. A sad smile graced my face, I was happy for them of course! I was also a bit envious.

As it got later in the day Cipher demanded that I go and shower so that we could start getting ready for the party. I turned the light on in my bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror, I decided that I wasn't going to wear much make up tonight. Not because I thought I looked cute but because I was lazy and already mated.

I pulled my hair up into a high bun before stripping myself of the clothes I was wearing and hopped into the shower. I scrubbed my body and face clean before shaving.

I patted myself dry before practically bathing in lotion. I was a stickler when it came to moisturizing. I feel like a lot of people just don't understand the importance of it.

Cipher barged into the bathroom in her bra and panties with her hair pulled into a bun like mine. "What do you think of this set? Is it too much?" She asked.

I raise a quizzical eyebrow at her. "Well, why does it matter it's not like anyone's gunna see it right?" She flushed a bright red and it was the first time I had ever seen Cipher blush.