ARTEMIS' POV:-

　　It was the evening. The day flew away in a blink. I was sitting into Elijah's car. He was driving the car. For some reason, he was not telling me at all where we were going. "Where are we going, Eli? You know, I hate surprises. Please, tell me." I asked him again with a pout on my face. I knew how my pouts could melt his heart and make him do whatever I wanted.

　　To my utter surprise, he didn't even budge. He just chuckled again and shook his head. I huffed in anger, wrapped my arms above my chest and turned my face away from him. Although I didn't want to do that, to teach him a lesson, I just did it.

　　To be honest, I didn't want to take my eyes off of him that night. Elijah was looking like a Greek God that night. He was wearing a fancy white tuxedo with an elegant black shirt and red bowtie. He brushed his hair backward. It made him look so tempting. I was hardly restraining myself from jumping on his lap and making out with him while he was driving the car. Whenever he shaved, I just wanted to brush the tip of my fingers on his face to feel his soft skin under my fingers. But that night, I wanted to rub my cheek with his jawline. Just the thought of me rubbing my cheek with his cheek made me hot. I was fanning myself with both of my hands.

　　"I certainly didn't want him to look that good. I am sure he is taking you to a fancy restaurant. That means, all of the women will be drooling over him. Just mess up his hair when he helps you out of the car. Believe me, you will thank me later." Tracy spoke in a frustrated tone. Tracy and I had been feeling hot ever since we saw Elijah in his fancy tuxedo. She was more jealous because she could see through my eyes how amazing he looked.

　　"Oh yeah! Like I was supposed to be thanking you right now if I would have listened to you and worn the dress you wanted me to wear? Good luck with that, Tracy." I hissed back at Tracy out of frustration.

　　Elijah had told me to wear something fancy because it was not going to be a different kind of dinner he was taking me to. He didn't tell me where he was taking me. He didn't say why we were going somewhere fancy. Tracy thought that he was just messing with me and there was nothing to be worried about. She wanted me to wear a yellow floral summer dress. Thankfully, I decided to wear an elegant blue velvet dress. It was a spaghetti strap dress and it was backless. Instead of open hair, I tied my hair in a neat bun. I wore darker makeup, unlike usual. And to finish my look, I wore a pair of blue platform heels.

　　As the neck was a little deeper than I had expected it to be, my boobs were showing up. I knew I looked sexy and Elijah's eyes were on me. The moment I saw him dressed fancy, I knew I made the right call for not listening to Tracy for once. "Yeah yeah yeah! Just because you made one right decision, doesn't mean you are the smartest one between us both. I am still smarter than you. Don't ever forget that." Tracy replied to me in an annoyed tone while rolling her eyes at me. Listening to Tracy, I bought that Summer dress when I went shopping. Good thing I saw the dress I was wearing at that moment and just fell in love with it.

　　I bought that dress out of blue and got all the matching accessories along. Or I would have been busting my head throughout dinner. "I think you are just too silly to make that call all alone. I still believe that we can trust him. And we can tell him everything. I know it will be a little shocking for him. But he is not a bad person. He has been protecting us all this long." I hissed at Tracy again as I reminded her of the argument we had been having for a few days. Tracy didn't budge. She just didn't believe Elijah even after everything we had been through. And the worst part was that Tracy was not telling me why she was doing all that.

　　The car finally came to a halt and my jaw dropped on my lap. He literally brought me to one of the most expensive restaurants in the city. Elijah stepped out of the car and walked towards my side. He opened the door for me then offered me his hand. I placed my hand on his hand and he pulled me out of the car. "Eli! This place is hell expensive. Why did you bring me here? This place is just too fancy for me. Are you sure you want to take me here?" I asked Elijah as he helped me reset my dress. He offered me his arm which I happily took.

　　He leaned towards me and placed a soft kiss on my cheek, making me bite my lower lip to block the whimper that was sitting on the tip of my tongue to break free. "Did you even look at yourself when you got ready? This place might be fancy but you look royal tonight. This place is nothing compared to the pure beauty I just brought in." Alpha Elijah replied to me in a low tone. As always, he was flirtatious with me. If only he could say it out loud. I was waiting for him to just say it. Tracy was no help in that department. She didn't help at all. Although I could see how he showered his love on me, I was still terrified of his rejection. That's why, I didn't dare to say anything about how I started to feel.

　　I turned my face away as I smiled shyly. He surely knew how to make a woman feel like a queen. His words surprised me again, as always. "Are you kidding me? I look nothing in front of you. You look like a Greek God on that white tuxedo. I am going to be hell jealous of the women who will be drooling over you tonight. You will be responsible for all the murders j am going to commit tonight." I thought to myself after hearing his compliments for myself.

　　Although I wanted to speak all those words out loud in front of him, I was just too afraid to say it. "Thank you. You don't look bad yourself, Eli." I replied in a low tone. With that, he pulled me towards the restaurant. As soon as we stepped inside, I growled under my breath. Not because that place was very pretty. But because all eyes were following us. While men were drooling over me, the women were drooling over Elijah. Which I didn't like at all. Maybe that was the very reason why I preferred to be in places where we could be alone.