My Sister-In-Law Is My Mate!?!

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Hazel looked at the glass of water and felt her throat run dry. It was itching him and she felt thirsty. But her hands stayed empty lifted in the air, yet he did not pass her the glass. He took the glass closer to her lips and she bent her head embarrassingly. She wasn't even fed water when she was young and now he was holding the glass for her as if she didn't have the strength to even hold her glass. but she did not want to argue with her benefactor so she accepted the help he was providing.

And here she had thought that Eli was stubborn enough to do all her tasks. Wait! Her eyes widened when she remembered that she had only drunk a small amount of tea. It was Elie who had drunk the whole cup in a gulp.

She panicked when she did not see the girl around her and looked at him with a pale face. Her eyes filled with anxiety, "where is Elie?" 

Reading the anxiety in her eyes, he sat beside her and patted her head. He had thought that it would give her some warmth, yet his touch was stiff and her body turned rigid to make it more awkward.

"Elie is still unconscious. She was in worse condition than you, so she needed more time to repercute." he explained and she took a breath of relief. At least, she was alive and her condition was improving. She closed her eyes and took a breath of relief.

"Thank you! You did not know what you have done for me. I will try my best to return your favor. If you need any help I will be there for you." her eyes filled with unshed tears as she looked at him with a soft gaze, that was completely different from her cold gazes she had given her when they had met for the last time.

"I did not know if I could ever come to your aid, but if you ever felt like it, you can call me anytime. I will leave when Elie regains consciousness." she continued when he did not say a thing.

He tilted his head as his eyes fell on her face. It was still a bit pale with a red hue on it when she felt embarrassed. He had never met a woman like her. Of course, the women of his pack were bold and strong. Yet he felt that it was because they had strength. 

But she was the first girl he had met who was frail and weak yet she had immeasurable strength. 

"I have a favor to ask you." the words left his mouth instinctively and she raised her gaze and looked at him with her animated eyes. She was looking curious yet eager to help him so that she could be free. But the thought only left a sour taste in his mouth. He did not want her to go! At last I'm not that soon!.

"But we will discuss it later. For now, you need to rest. I have ordered some light food for you. Eat it and take a rest for a while." he looked at the door and a maid came in with a food trolley in her hands. She dragged the trolley in and stopped in front of them,

"Alpha!" The girl bowed and started serving the dinner when Richard nodded at her.

He took the plate from the girl and then passed it to Hazel, who was looking at the food with a frown. It was nothing but some boiled green and thin cereal.

"I am not going to eat that!" she replied with a frown as she turned her nose up. She was puffing her cheeks like a kid making him amused. She had not made a face like that even when she had to face her enemies, yet she was behaving like that when it came to the food!

"You do not like green vegetables!" it was not a question when he asked that with an amused face and she took a deep breath but nodded her head.

"And I think you do not like boiled food too!?" he added and this time she pursued her lips yet nodded again. Her ears turned red when he chuckled suddenly as if she had cracked a joke!

"Who would have thought that a girl who is not even afraid of beasts would panic so much when she would see vegetables!" he shook his head at her innocence. Her animated eyes were clear of any greed or malice, her face had that innocence yet he knew that she had seen the reality for the world very well.

"You have been unconscious for two weeks. You can not have heavy food after such a long gap. So, bear with it for now. I will order your favorite food when your condition would be better.'' His eyes softened as he explained to her like she was a small kid and she pursued her lips but made no attempts to eat it. She was about to make an excuse that she was not angry when his words finally sank in her mind. 

But then her eyes widened and she looked back at him with a face filled with shock. She was waiting for him to tell her that he was joking yet he only frowned at her when he looked at her shocked state as if he had no idea why she was so stunned. 

His brows made a thin line when she did not say a word and continued to stare at him as if he was speaking a foreign language.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to let her mind relax a bit before asking to him in a clam voice, which was far away form the serenity, she was trying to depict but she did not care a bit about it as her mind swirled over hundreds of scenarios.

"What did you say? I had been unconscious for two weeks?!!" 

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