Zeke and I always said we'd be best friends forever since we were pups. Everyone always assumed we'd end up as mates but we laughed it off. So when we both turned 18 and the string of destiny snapped into place tying us together, I was over the moon. But Zeke telling me he'd never mate with a mutt like me. 

Now my worst enemy Chris and I have a plan. 

"What if…we fake dated?" 
"What?" 
"Nothing would really piss Zeke off more than not only you saying no to being his breeder than also making him think we're getting each other's rocks off" 
"You in?"
I stuck my hand out. "You got it, boyfriend."

Rejected by My Best Friend Alpha

　　Decorating the banquet hall wasn't as aggravating as counting rice off the floor. It still brought a stab of jealousy knowing it was for someone Zeke was screwing, despite the mate bond being severed. I just missed my friend really. Not really the idea of being his mate. He had killed those feelings about him.


　　"Could you hold the ladder for me while I hung the lights over the stage?"


　　I turned to see Caleb balancing a ladder on one shoulder and a string of lights over the other. I'd talked to Caleb a few times and knew was carpenter but guess he got put on decorating duty for the day. I smiled, glad someone wasn't treating me like I had the plague. "Sure."


　　He turned, careful to not swing and hit me with the ladder. I followed him over to the stage. "Thanks for not treating me like I have leprosy."


　　He set the ladder down, barely shooting me a glance. "It's not your fault Zeke is an idiot."


　　His words took me aback. "What do you mean?"


CHAPTER 13