The Beta's Regret (Eden and Eros) novel Chapter 8

I smoothened my black gown, trying to hide my fidgeting hands as I sat with Tom in his car. He was dressed in a black suit and looked good for a date.

Alice and Nova had been so shocked when I mentioned Tom.

“You agreed to go out on a date with him? But he is so creepy,” I could hear Alice’s whining voice in my head.

“Yes, maybe” I shrugged “but he has been interested in me for as long as I could remember,”

“Alice,” Nova called softly “he may be the dark scientist or softie vampire as people call him, but he could just be what Eden needs,”

“Okay,” Alice pouted, crossing her arms “I still do not like him,”

“Are you good?” Tom asked, touching my bare lap. I forced down the urge to vomit.

“Yeah, sure” I answered, “can you wind down the glasses, I feel hot,”

He smirked and caressed my lap before winding down the glasses. My skin wanted to crawl…

His hands were back on my lap and I slowly removed them; knitting his fingers into mine “Why did you come to Silver Moon Pack?” I asked to distract him from touching my laps.

“I came for you,” he said, but when he saw the fear in my eyes. He chuckled “I was just kidding,”

Phew. I breathed in relief.

“I left my coven because I wanted to experience normalcy. I didn’t want to be a vampire anymore,” he answered

“So, how is that going for you?” I asked

“Going well, at least I have you now,” he smiled wickedly

Can this guy not be any creepier? There is nothing special about me.

As soon as we stepped inside the restaurant, I knew something was about to go wrong.

I could smell Theo and his friends.

I looked around, but I didn’t see them anywhere.

Maybe they came here earlier, I convinced myself.

Their scent was still very strong, so they couldn’t be so far.

We were shown to our seats and a waitress promptly gave us a menu.

I chose grilled curried chicken thighs with charred vegetable rice, while Tom chose Pasta with burst tomato and Mascarpone.

For dessert, I chose waffles with whipped cream. I love those so much. Tom picked caramel-topped ice cream.

As the waitress went to bring our meal, I told him “This is so nice, Tom. The place, and everything, thank you”

The restaurant’s ambiance was amazing and the smell of food was mouth-watering.

I sensed that people here were werewolves.

“Hello, Eden. What a surprise to see you here,” a familiar voice said. I turned to see Theo.

Tom frowned as he noticed the group of popular boys from school were here, crowding around our table.

They were ten in number.

“Good choice, Tom.” Theo said and pulled another chair from a neighboring table “This is a nice place. The food is good too. You don't mind us joining you, do you?”