Rejected Luna: Untamed Desire Of The Lycan Alpha

Chapter 191: An Old Friend

Inez watched Scarlet leave and sighed in relief when she saw that the woman had stopped putting up with Evelyn’s bullshit. She knew Evelyn and Inez were more than half certain that Dominic might not have even agreed to this stupid plan of hers.

"Lyra, what do you think?"

Inez heard Jules speak and turned to look at the woman who was now holding a lavender A-line dress. "Do you think it will suit me?"

"I think red will suit you more," stated Inez right away when she saw the lavender dress clashing against Jules’s red hair.

"This miss is right, Miss Jules," said Tracy with a smile on her lips. "You need something that will bring more flair to your personality. I believe such a light colour cannot do that."

Jules pursed her lips as she placed the dress against her body and hummed softly. "You are right; it’s too simple for me. I will pick something else."

While Jules went around picking another dress, Inez walked over to where Selene was rummaging through the many dresses put on display. Her eyes were shining like those of a child who had seen the world for the first time.

"I never knew that there were so many dresses – and that too of so many colours."

Her words brought a frown to Inez’s face as she turned to look at Laxus, who was clenching his jaw hard. Upon noticing her gaze, he told her, "Sel stopped going outside after her accident. Ever since then, she has been relying on Nyx to bring in the dresses, and, well, things hadn’t been as they were."

Inez pursed her lips. She didn’t say anything as she turned her head around and looked at Selene, who had picked a pastel forest dress and was now being helped by the assistant to put it on.

"Thank you."

Laxus said those words so quietly that Inez was sure that she had misheard him. She turned around and looked at the man beside her before questioning, "What do you mean by thank you? I didn’t do anything."

The man only smiled at her without saying anything, which only made Inez even more confused.

"What?"

"You gave hope to her." Laxus glanced at Selene, who had disappeared behind the curtains. "While Nyx has been trying to help Sel, her actions and words have caused Sel to become more and more introverted. I don’t usually know how friendship between women works, but it seems like you are a much better friend to Selene than Nyx."

Inez parted her lips but then thought against it. She didn’t say anything because Inez had long learnt her lesson of not saying what was in her heart out loud. Who knows when what she said would end up in the ears that she didn’t want to hear?

She let out a humming sound before turning to look around the racks that were lined up in the aisle. Her eyes flickered as she looked at the many dresses hanging up on them. The small price tags made her toes curl.

They were really expensive.

"Are you looking for something specific?"

Inez jumped and turned to look behind her. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw the owner of the shop standing right behind her.

"..Did I startle you?" Tracy asked with a tilt of her head as she looked at Inez with a little smile playing on her lips.

"No," Inez remarked, even though she knew that it was a lie. If the woman had been a bit more sneaky, she would have caused Inez to have a heart attack. "Just–just try to tap or call me the next time, or anyone else, as a matter of fact. Sneaking like this is not good."

The woman narrowed her eyes, and Inez wondered if she had offended her. But then Tracy looked at her while surveying her from her head to her toes. Inez half suspected that the woman was going to ask her to step out, but then the woman pursed her lips and went, "Hmmm."

"Come with me," said Tracy as she turned around on her feet and headed inside the small office that was not far from where Inez was standing.

A part within her hesitated, but when Inez took a whiff of the air, she realised that Tracy was a cat shifter. Their kind didn’t attack anyone unless provoked, and as far as she knew, Inez hadn’t done anything to provoke the woman. Yet.

Inez turned on her heels and then headed inside the room where Tracy had disappeared. The second she stepped inside, she ran into the woman who was looking at the many dresses that were placed inside the many glass cases.

"Why did you call me here?" Inez asked. She wanted to know what the woman was trying to do by calling her inside the room when everyone was outside.

"Yes, I did. You seem to be looking for something cheap, aren’t you?" Tracy turned to look at Inez, and even though the woman didn’t accuse her or glance at her with contempt, her cheeks flared up. Inez cleared her throat and said to the woman, "I don’t have the money to buy something expensive." noveldrama

Tracy’s eyes flickered as she looked at Inez and smiled with a hint of amusement. "I believe you do. There is no way the woman who bears the mark of the Lycan Alpha wouldn’t have enough money to buy a simple dress."

"I don’t want to use his money."

"Ah, it seems like you have a spine. No wonder you attracted the attention of the lycan alpha," she remarked while looking at Inez. "It is indeed hard to find a woman of your kind who would rather rely on themselves than on any man, but then again, it’s better to be reliant on yourself when men these days can betray you at any turn."

Inez didn’t know what to say in response, so she simply smiled at the woman sheepishly.

"Then let’s take a look at something that will suit you better?"