Sold To The Alphas I Hate-Chapter 293: I Love You, Eira

Eira’s POV

Once we had breakfast, Rafe brought two bags with him. "We have something for you."

I looked at the bags to see what it was, while I continued to pet Fluffy.

Rafe turned to Raven first. "Something for you," and handed him a few books meant for kids.

Raven accepted them and went to the sofa so he could keep them on the table and look through them.

Rafe settled at the edge of the mattress I was sitting on by the window side.

He pulled out the books from the bag and handed them to me one by one as he explained each of them.

"This one is about a rare pureblood like you. Liam had especially sent it for you."

I looked at the old-looking book, which had a leather cover with some ancient rune-style print. The title on it was written — The Rare Pureblood. There was a dark silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon.

He gave me another book. "This one is about the pregnancy of a pureblood shewolf. It will tell you everything about the changes you feel during your pregnancy, what you should do and what you shouldn’t."

As I accepted the book, he winked at me. "It says you need to mate often to have a strong baby with safe delivery."

I frowned at him, while he said again, "The phantom heat part is interesting. You should already choose and let us know who you would like to mate with. Either one of us or all of us... ah..."

I held his hand that was holding the book and scratched it mercilessly with my nails, making his skin bleed.

"Oh. Never mind," he looked at his hand. "This is a sign of you getting horny, so I won’t mind."

"I am not horny, but annoyed at your useless talk," I said angrily.

He raised a brow. "Useless talk, you say? Well, we will see if my words come true."

"Liam said it’s not necessary to mate in phantom heat if I can bear it," I told him with determination.

He chuckled. "I will grant your wish if you can truly control yourself. If you can’t, you have to grant my wish."

Why was this bastard so confident, or was he just confusing me into giving up already?

"Deal?" he asked.

I didn’t answer as I felt like it was a trap for me.

"So, you admit you won’t be able to control yourself?" he said. "Well, can’t blame you as you are surrounded by powerful alphas like us. Too much testosterone for you to resist."

"Shut up," I raised my voice.

"So deal?"

I nodded anyway as he wouldn’t let it slide.

"Good," he said and pulled out a box.

It was a brand new mobile, the kind these five used. In the past I had used the cheapest mobile which my grandparents passed to me after they had used it. A slow, old and error-filled tiny device, but it was of so much use to me as I could connect with Alice.

This kind of device must be too expensive and I couldn’t even afford to look at it, let alone touch it.

"For me?" I asked again.

He hummed. "You can open it."

I did as he said, while he explained, "I have already added five of our contact numbers in it, along with Liam and Isla, in case you need to talk to them."

I observed the device, and honestly I didn’t know how to even handle it. It was embarrassing.

Rafe guided me. He pressed four numbers on the screen. "This is the password to unlock it."

It was some random number. "What’s this number?" I asked.

"The day we kissed for the first time," he said coolly.

Bastard. I could never expect anything decent from him.

He got the mobile from my hand and held it in front of my face. "Stay still. I am adding a face ID to it."

It was done and he explained, "You just have to look at the camera and it will unlock on its own."

He explained a few basic things that I would need and I understood them quickly.

"Let me see what’s more there in the bag?" He pulled out a tiny old-style music player which had headphones with it.

"Who got this old thing?" Rafe observed. "Who the hell even uses it nowadays?"

But when I looked at it, old memories surfaced in my mind. I used to have this kind of tiny music player and listened to songs on it. My boring days weren’t boring anymore thanks to it. It was my precious companion.

He looked at me. "Do you want it? You can listen to songs on your mobile as well."

I took it from him. "I prefer this."

He shrugged his shoulders. "Whoever got it must know you want this."

I didn’t respond. All I knew was that I felt connected to it.

"Hmm? What’s this?" he sounded surprised.

I looked at the two small books he pulled out of the bag. "Who got this now?" he said and looked at me. "Just like the one who knows you want this music player, they got you this as well."

My eyes widened. These were the erotic books. Did he do it? Only he knew about it? Why would he?

Meanwhile, Rafe turned to the other three. Kael was busy working, preparing to attend his meeting. Lucian and Jason were taking care of the chores after breakfast.

"Who wants her to turn horny when she is already troubled with it?" Rafe held the book for them to see. "Who got this?"

"What does it matter?" Kael replied and resumed working. "If she likes it, she can keep it."

"I am just curious to know," Rafe said.

"Shut your mouth and just do as Kael said," Lucian warned him.

Rafe let out a helpless sigh and passed one book to me while he opened the other one. "Let me see what our girl likes to read."

I tried to snatch the book from him. "Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t like such books."

"If someone got it for you, that means they know you like it," Rafe said. "And come on, don’t keep your secret likings to yourself."

"Rafe..."

"Shh!" He warned me with his gaze.

I kept quiet, thinking he shouldn’t read something outrageous like he did in the past.

Rafe continued reading. "Those three words he just said felt like music to my ears. I never knew the confession of love could be this magical. All of a sudden, the world felt brighter, colorful and beautiful, like never before. My mind and my heart forgot everything, and my world zeroed down to him. As if only he and I existed in this beautiful world. I could see and feel nothing else but him...."

Rafe stopped and looked at me.

I was relieved there was nothing erotic he read.

"I love you," Rafe said to me.

"Hmm?" I was taken aback.

"I love you, Eira," he said again.

What? My gaze wandered around the room, and I saw the other three looking at us as well.

I looked at him, not sure what to say. Has he lost his mind or what? But he looked serious when he said it, as if he truly meant it.

He leaned his face closer to me and said in a low voice, "Did you feel all of it?"

I looked at him in confusion. Was he truly confessing or just playing with me like always?

"Did you find the world brighter and beautiful like they have written in this book?" he asked. "Can you see only me after I confessed to you, like only you and me existed in this world?"

I rolled my eyes and pushed him away. "I didn’t."

He didn’t budge. "Then did you feel it when your boyfriend in the past said it to you?"

My breath almost stuck in my chest. He was right there in the same room, and now I could feel his gaze on me. Back then, yes, I felt every word that had been written in this book. That was the beautiful moment for me when I knew he felt the same as I did. But now it didn’t matter.

"So that bastard truly made you feel it?" he asked.

I leaned back to create distance between us. "Stop talking nonsense already."

He moved back and let out a sigh. "I knew the writer had written some nonsense here. Who feels this bullshit anyway?"

I didn’t comment. I should have known this bastard loves to annoy me. Likes of him could never fall in love.

He put the books in my lap and said, "Someone wants you to read them, so read them."

"I don’t want them," I pushed them back to him.

"Then return them to the one who got them for you," he pushed them back to me. "I am not fond of collecting trash."

"So, you mean I like to collect trash?" I asked angrily.

"Of course not," he said with a smirk. "You love to collect five alphas like us, and you have already achieved it." He pinched my cheek as if I was some little girl. "Lucky you."

I shrugged his hand away. "Get lost."

He got up anyway and winked at me. "When you get horny after reading this trash, make sure to give me a call."

"Shut up," I stuffed the books in the bag and decided to read the one about pregnancy and baby’s care.

The world could come to an end, but this bloodsucker would never stop teasing me. Even when we are dying, I am sure he would make fun of something.