Lately, he's been acting different and colder towards me, and I had dismissed it, convincing myself that it was probably because of the accumulated stress from his bre position as Alpha. Looking at him in the video, he seemed so happy. It was as if he had been storing the love and happiness he was going to give me today for Tia. How great.
I walked to the table where I had done my best to make his favorite velvet cake and his favorite dishes, too. I took a piece of the cake and ate.
“Happy birthday, you fool," I muttered, blinking away any further tears. I looked aside; the loud laughter was Tia from the video I left playing, filling my ears. I shut my eyes as my heart seemed to be torn open and shredded to pieces.
I went and took my phone and called Skyler.
“Hey, Raya," he answered, his voice now bearing the usual coldness. I could hear the distant laughter of Tia who was certainly overwhelmed.
“Are you going to talk or not?" He scoffed, sounding irritated.
“Where are you?" I asked, my voice calm.
There was a brief pause in the end and he seemed to have put more distance between him and Tia before he responded. "At the office, tied up with work.”