Promised To The Alpha Twins – Chapter 13

As I had suspected, Aly took me shopping. She entered the first store under the pretext of seeing a blouse she loved and wasted no time in telling me to try on the first thing I saw. Although I understood her intentions, Aly had already given me too much with the iPhone. I couldn’t even face her to accept more. I was determined to refuse.

“Aly, please, don’t do this to me,” I said, taking her by the arm and almost dragging her out of the store. “Please, I understand that you want to do this and that you insist it’s not your money you’re spending, but your parents’ credit card. But please understand that I feel really bad about you paying for my things.”

I don’t know if I was too harsh with her because she looked at me with some annoyance, but after a few seconds, her gaze softened, and she seemed to understand my point of view.

ybe I’m rushing things.”

to accept her buying me at least a pair of socks, but I was determined not to accept any more gifts from Aly. The iPhone had been more than enough for the next few years.

se?”

r of a ceramics museum, and I would have accepted

we headed toward the parking lot.

ave noticed. The road led into the infinite forest that surrounded the town and stretched beyond the mountains.

ome the awkwardness from the clothing store incident.

Aly said, offering me a smile as if she also wanted to move past the clothing store topic. “It’s less than half a mile from this road. Then we’ll enter a paved one.”

me reserve or natural park. But as Aly had said, in no time we were back o

t actually wasn’t.

ate town.”

ow. She looked at me as if my comment had made some kind of discovery that I shouldn’t have made.

dismayed.

ow observing me. But I soon forgot about the detail when she mentioned that we were about to arrive.

e of the beautiful cobblestone streets of the small town.

swering.

renade her lover sang from the street.

head.

lovely balcony. It was an impressive house as well, and seeing it reminded me of the dreadful place I lived in.

I said.

window and feel like a Juliet waiting for her Romeo.

”

ut of the car. I followed her and soon found myself face t

undoubtedly had to be Aly’s mom.

ade me think that this was the kind of relationship I would have liked to have with Lia. “This is Sussan, Mom.”

tended my hand

a’am,” I replied, still feeling confused by the formal way Bertha had greeted me.

to the shops?”

Aly and let her answer that uncomf

y didn’t have anything interesting, Mom,” Aly hurriedly said.

girls, it doesn’t matter. I was still

frame, even the frames of the family photographs not only projected a highly elaborate aesthetic, but also turned out to be very fine pieces, quite expensive. It tempted me to stay outside just to avoid the risk of damaging something and being obliged to pay for it for the next three years.

t waffles, I accepted the offer.

the cake.

. “How do you like everything? Do you like the town?”

didn’t know how to answer that question. On the one hand, I was satisfied with having moved, or rather, it was the part where I associated the town with having met

ur friends from the other school.”

I thought the interruption would help me dodge the last question, but I soon realized that Aly’s mom was waiting for my answer.

somewhat uncomfortable.

m like the type of girl who doesn’t have friends,” Bertha said.

ort.

semaid with a smile.

from which it was easy to guess that there was a story behind the fact that a privileged girl like Aly wa

e I started high school,” I replied. “I need to

use your parents made you

“Dub and

alized that I had used my mother and her boyfriend’s names instead of referring to them by our family relationship, which must have sounded strange to Bertha. “My mom and my stepfather. I’ve been living with them since my grandmother’s death.”

at caught our attention.

twins,” Bertha said, anticipating what I already suspected. “Sometimes they can be very noisy.”

ween us, they seemed to sense my gaze and turned around at the same time. I thought they wouldn’t see me due to the reflection on the window, but I was wrong, and our eyes locked.

” Bertha said. “A bit loud, b

her’s words because my eyes remained fixed on the twins’

t to see my room?” Aly asked, as if she had noticed the need to divert my attention fro

rned around, but I couldn’t help feeling Ethan and Liam’s