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After their dramatic encounter, both Ad and Scar keeps avoiding each other like plague.

Ad avoids not knowing how to handle her and what to make of this new change in his life whereas, Scar feels unwanted from the man who was supposed to take care and look out for her.

When he abruptly walked out of the kitchen without so much of a word or glance towards her when she stated she was his wife, she felt hurt with his behavior.

Yes, their marriage wasn't some fairy tale or anything, it wasn't even a marriage but just a sign in the papers where he didn't even felt so much responsible to come and do together!

But instead send someone else and now when he found out she was there in his house he is treating her nothing like she imagined. It was like she wasn't even in the house.

Nothing had changed even after her dear husband showed up, it was as usual she would wake up and go join others for the morning breakfast which to her surprise was always ready and she still didn't knew who exactly cooked all those meals as she never saw anyone come and go out of the house except the men.

The only difference that was from last month was the fact that Adrian had joined them for the meals still he never made any effort to acknowledge her.

He talked with each and everyone in the table except her and it was getting on her nerves slowly but certainly.

All her life her Papa had never ignored her, he always was there for her but now that she was married he couldn't be with her when she needed him.

She was confused from the way she was being treated, she had nothing to do around just come downstairs when she was summoned like a prisoner and then go back to her room doing nothing but staring at her ceiling and she was fade up with it.

She needed to do something anything to feel useful or even human in that matter.

So, taking a deep breathe she knocks on Adrian's door. When she hears his voice she enters the room and smiles at him only to find him deep in some papers.

She clears her throat to get his attention but still he doesn't take his eyes or head off of his file.

"What is it?" he finally asks

"Um...I just wanted to ask you something"

"Go ahead"

"Is there something I can do in here, I mean I just get bored sitting whole day in the room and...you know" she shrugs her shoulder even if he doesn't look her way

"You want to help?" he asks finally looking her way and she eagerly nods like a puppy.

"Okay, come with me" he stands up walking towards the door while she follows him happily.

Finally, she can come to be of some use. Then may be he will see her, really, really see her, she smiles hopefully wanting his attention.

Adrian walks out of the house with Scar on tow, they keeps walking further away and away from the house. Scar tries to keep up with him but fails miserably as she keeps falling or slipping down on her ass.

Wearing a heel isn't much of a help either!

Finally after what seem like hours Adrian stops, he looks around the field and blows a whistle.

She looks at the field and wave at the men who are working, they nod her way and some even give her a smile.

"Adrian" Warren, his beta calls out surprised to see their Alpha on the field as he usually locks himself up in his office finishing his paper works.

"Ah Warren, just the man I wanted to see. You know Scarlet here right?" he asks pointing her way and Warren nods in confusion

"She feels bored sitting in the house so she wants to help out. Now my friend why don't you give her some work after all we usually want some help right? So, I'll leave her in your hands" he pats Warren's arm that looks at his Alpha wide eyes at what he suggested

"Wait, are you I mean this takes..."

"Good luck" Adrian smiles at Scar ignoring Warren protests before leaving

"Scar, why don't you just sit and watch today till I come up with something for you?" Warren smiles slightly her way and she nods wide eyed at him in excitement.

Scar stands under the shade of some tree as she watches the men working on the fields, looking around she finds some of the men riding horses as they handle the cows.

After a while her feet starts hurting she looks around to rest but all she sees is dirt and sighs, she will just have to stand until Warren comes and tells her what to do.

But Warren totally forgets she is even there as he is busy handling his daily duties to look after the farm.

Back in the house, Adrian sighs finishing reviewing the last of the contract papers. He wishes he doesn't have to do this but he has to anyway if he wants food in the table for him and his pack it's not that they lack any money but it more for the appearance sake.

Not only he has his hands full with the training of the future warriors who is needed time and again for the council as well as for different packs, he has his own company to run.

He has a large company running under his watch who sales dairy products as well meat products freshly out of his own farm

Men from different packs are chosen every year to train under his command they may be future Alphas, Betas or just protectors.

Training and fighting is something that comes naturally to him as it was what he had been doing for a whole century even when he was assigned as the protector of Crystal, he used to train and choose the guards in the palace personally.

And so when he got the offer of being the Alpha this was what his pack did, trained the best of warriors to be around!

Most of the men in his pack were most like him who lost their mate in someway or never found one. So, the possibility of women in here is down to zero except one girl somehow who managed to still be here in his house.

He had totally forgotten about his so called wife in all this mess for past few months and somehow in his heart he had wished she would run off if he didn't showed up in their wedding day or when he wasn't around the house for so long but she had stayed.

She must have a patience of a saint for that!

Thinking of the new addition in his life he groans, he never wanted to tie a knot after loosing his mate, especially to a human.

But then when he met Erika the thought of having a human around was not so bad that girl really did a number inside his head to say yes to the marriage proposal and before he could back out of it, it was too late.

The papers were drawn out and the signatures were done and he was a married man with a girl he never laid his eyes on.

It was all for the sake of old times, Robert Sullivan was not getting any younger he was worried about the safety of his daughter day and night as there were made many attempts to harm her.

They both had been very good friends, Adrian had met Robert when that man was healthy as a horse; somehow he had talked Adrian to open his own company to gain some extra money and fame.

He was not so thrilled to open anything at the time but meeting the man and hearing him nag time and again Adrian had gave in and together with his men he had done pretty good job till now.

Physical labor was something no one in his pack ever got scared of, it was sort of training anyway.

And when Robert accidentally knew about his kind in one of his visit in Ad's house the man had been more than happy.

Years had passed to their friendship, so one day when he came for Ad's help regarding his daughter's safety Ad had given his most trusted men as guards to watch out for the girl.

He never got a chance to meet her even when she had been just a girl; it was easy to guard her up because she never left the house like ever.

It was easier to handle the attackers who wanted to harm her when she never left the house. Robert had managed to make his girl do exactly what he wanted; she was good in following orders that's what the old man said every time Ad asked about his daughter.

He was never curious to check up on the girl as his own people would gladly do it for him.

But one day when Robert asked his hand to marry his daughter, Ad was baffled at the thought!

He had refused downright but the man was good at bargain he just wanted the safety for his daughter and nothing else just Adrian's last name attached with his daughter's name.

It would have been enough for the man who can die happily knowing his daughter would be safe in his house.

But Ad wasn't ready for it, no matter how much he cherished his friendship with the man he would have never said yes to it. He even went as far to promise he will look after Robert's daughter even after the man died and make sure she is married to a good guy but Robert didn't wanted that.

He said his daughter was too precious to be given to anyone just like that but Ad was an exception on the matter he was ready to risk.

And after having argument for months Ad had given up on that matter, he never understood why Robert would throw his own daughter among wolves as well into a marriage which has no future.

Because Adrian knew he could never revive his heart as it was already dead as his mate to him.

And now here he is, not knowing exactly what to do with a certain red haired, wide eyed girl who wears nothing but colorful dress which looks expensive than his furniture and matches it with her heels bigger than her own tiny little height and keep tripping and falling or bumping every few times she walks around.

It was like a routine to watch her walking on those high heels and just trip down but she would never complain or stop wearing it no matter how many cuts or bruises she gets.

Adrian chuckles as he remembers the times he had witnessed her fall down, she would stand up at once, look around then dusts off her dress before patting her hair and walk in relief.

There were few times he wanted to ask her to stop wearing those bloody heels but he stopped himself as it wasn't his place.

He thought she would throw a tantrum at him when they met, about him not being there to sign the paper together or receiving her when she first arrived but she never once talked about it at all.

She didn't even point out about their rooms arrangements as her room was at the opposite corner from his room. And moreover it was the smallest room in the house.

He was being cruel but he wanted that girl to get out of his house as well life as he had no place for her in his life.

He can't ask for a divorce because of the contract drawn but what he can do is make her ask for a divorce. That way the contract drawn between her father and him will still be intact and he will also get rid of her.

The laughter that booms in the house takes him away from his thoughts and he gets out of his chair to join his men for their lunch and find out what his dear wife was up to.

When he enters the kitchen the men stops their chatter and nods his way before going back to there own thing. Looking around he finds Scar was no where to find so he calls Warren.

Only for that man to curse and rush out of the door to get Scar as she must be still in the field where he asked her to wait.

Busy with his own work he totally forgot about her!

Warren and Ad finds her asleep on the ground with a little pup snuggle near her foot. Ad shakes his head looking at the pup.

The pup was named Tony, Ad had found the pup on the verge of death just outskirt of his land and brought him in and took care of.

He never found who his parents were or where he came from as he refused to talk to him or anyone, ever since then he was with them.

The guy was so stubborn that he refused to shift back to his human form and always wander off and walk around in his wolf form.

No matter how many command Adrian gave him but the boy refused to incline to any of Adrian's authority or power.

So, he had let the guy do as he pleases, he comes in the house once a while where Warren or some other men feds the guy else he always hunts down some rabbit as his food.

So, now seeing the pup asleep near his wife, he is shocked as the boy hates any type of contact with anyone and they have been around him for almost a year!

Sensing eyes on him the pup looks at them and growls, his growl wakes Scar up as she yawns and stretches her arms above her hair before turning around and smiling at them only to stop as she sees the pup near her foot.

Screaming she jumps up and start running away from the pup, which thinking she wants to play follows her on full speed.

Warren just shakes his head and runs off to save her all the while Ad just can't stop laughing he doubles as he sees her tripping on the ground which he had expected.

"Oh my god it's the fur of ball" she shouts as the pup jumps on her and keeps yelping

"Scar relax he won't hurt you" Warren assures a distraught Scar before pulling the pup off of her

"Tony, behave" he scolds the pup who stops his growls

"You know him? He was the one who followed me when I first came here! He scared me" she states pointing at the fur

"Is he your dog?" she asks Warren getting off the ground

Tony growls at her once again as she calls him a dog.

"He doesn't like when he is called a dog and yes he is our. We found him last year and since then he is with us here. He likes to wander off on his own" Warren smiles

"Oh poor guy, doesn't he have anyone?" she asks feeling sad for the guy

"He has us" Warren states

Tony abruptly jumps off from Warren arms to Scar and she holds him a bit hesitant and then Tony does something no one ever thought, he licks her all over the face.

Warren laughs seeing Scar expression

"He likes you"

"Okay, weird way to show that he does after scaring me to death two times" she wipes his saliva and shudders

"Come on we will be late for lunch" Ad calls them all

"Why were you sleeping on the ground" Warren asks as they walk together with Tony in the house

"I was waiting for you and then I was to tired standing in here and then before I knew I may have fallen asleep" she smiles blushing

"I'm sorry I was busy with work I totally forgot"

"It's okay, I understand. I was watching all of you. You all work really hard oh and I even saw some cows and horses"

"Really, so do you like horses?"

"I don't know I have never been near one so"

"Do you want me to show you then, they are trained mostly and if you like we can go for a ride as well"

"Really, um...can we like, bring Tony there too?" she asks in excitement

"Of course we can" he smiles

"Thank you" she smiles at him before looking in front of her to see Adrian watching her with a hard expression

Scar blushes as their eyes clash and she looks down at her feet. He must find her horrible with all the mud in her dress, she thinks feeling dejected.

Taking a seat beside Ad she waits for her lunch and one of the man sets a plate in front of her while someone else serves her food and like that her plate is full and she starts to nibble in on it.

All this while Ad looks at the scenery in front of him dumbstruck as except his wife all of them has always got up and served themselves but not his wife.

Hell, even him being an Alpha of his pack he never got such treatment from the men. He always had to serve himself the amount of food and it seems his wife doesn't even have to lift a finger as everything is set for her.

And somehow all of the men here know what she likes except him, and he is her husband. And it also seems his wife has different food then the one the men are eating as her plate is full of nothing but sweets pastries!

Ad grumbles before getting up himself and taking a plate, he goes to take a cupcake from the basket when one of the men stops him.

"That's for Scar"

"That too"

"Do I even get anything?" he growls

"Ya take the salad" someone snickers at his way gaining a growl from him

"The pastries are just for Scar. We can't afford to cook it every single day because some of us have to work in the field. So, don't touch it" Warren warns Ad

"Scar do you need something?" one of the men asks her

"No, I'm full. Thank you so much it was tasty" she smiles to the men before getting up from the seat and walking to her room as Tony follows her.

"What the hell was that?" Ad snaps at the men

"What?" the men asks innocently

"I'm a Bloody Alpha and I can't even get to eat what I like?" he asks them incredulously

"A lady should always be treated as a Lady" Warren states before dumping all the food on his table in his mouth as if there is no tomorrow

"Even Tony is now attached to her" Ad grumbles as he takes his seat and eats silently

After the uneventful lunch, Ad is still in bad mood for not getting any pastries. He stands to talk to Warren about it when Scar comes back in the kitchen.

After the men washed their dishes and say their goodbye to Scar they leave. Scar smiles happily waving at their way before turning towards them.

"Hey Scar need something?" Warren asks

"Um...I need to talk with you" she hesitates glancing at Ad's way

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Well, can I help in household works if you don't mind, please?" she asks with a slight smile on her face

Ad raises his brow at her request as he knows that helping in household and particular in this is way hard then it looks.

"I will figure something out for you to do Scar, so don't worry" Warren states

"I can cook" she whispers

"I know but it's not easy to cook in this house full of men who eats like wolves" Warren chuckles

"Oh...okay" she sighs dejectedly turning back

"Wait...you can help him in the kitchen if...if you want to" Ad calls out surprising even himself

Warren raises his brow at him asking, what he is talking about?

Scar beams as soon as she hears it and jumps on him hugging him tight.

"Thank you...thank you...thank you so much"

She rushes to her room shouting back she will change into something suitable for the kitchen.

"Do you have any idea what you just did?" Warren asks him incredulously

Everyone knows how hard it is to cook in a house full of wolves and his Alpha just gave permission to his wife who doesn't even know they are wolves will be cooking from now on.

Especially, in a house full of more than hundred men! Hell, it's hard even for him and men all together when they get kitchen duty.

"I didn't know there was any suitable dress for kitchen as well" is all Ad states as he walks out of the room leaving Warren standing in the kitchen with open mouth.

"I'm back" Scar grins as she stands in front of Warren who smiles looking at her.

"Aww, Scar how you can get cuter everyday" he teases her

"Thank you War" her smiles widens

"So, let's do this, but let me tell you this isn't like how you cook in your house back for your father and yourself okay"

Scar nods as she follows him around as he shows her where everything is. He explains what she will be doing in the house.

"You don't have to worry about cleaning or anything as one of the men is always there to do it as part of work...

I'll or any other men will always be here to help you out in kitchen you can cook anything you want as long as it is enough for everyone...

No one is choosy about food as long as their appetite is full you are good. If anyone gives you hard time about your cooking you can come to me or better go to Ad he will take care about it...

You will not take any bullshit in this house from anyone even if it's Ad okay?" he asks her and she looks at him in confusion.

"There are bulls in this house? I need to feed them too?' she asks him wide eyed

"What? Um....no that's not what I meant. Sometimes I forget who I'm talking to" Warren chuckles before dragging her to show her the pantry where she can find the entire thing to cook.

"Today, you will be helping me in kitchen and tomorrow morning you can make whatever you wish, just remember that breakfast is the most important thing in the morning or the men in the house, okay?"

After explaining her everything they both go back to cook, while Warren cooks Scar helps him by cutting vegetables as well salads she looks at the way he makes thing before making dessert for everyone.

Scar sighs as everything is done, she feels a bit tired as making food in the house isn't easy. She feels a bit tired running here to there in the kitchen as it has been a long time she had done this.

She checks the time just as the front door open and loud voices of men is heard, she smile jumping in the kitchen towards where Warren is pulling out the meat from the over and Scar steps back from him.

"Sorry" she smiles before smiling once again as one by one the men greets her

"I heard you are the new chef in the kitchen missus" Gave one of the hands man asks her as he dries his wet hands and Scar nods happily.

"What did you made? It smells heavenly" Troy asks as he looks around through kitchen door

"Out everyone if you want to be served" Warren shouts at them and all of them marches out

Scar giggles as she looks how they all rush out taking their seats.

"Can I serve them myself?" Scar asks slowly as the men all finish up their food

She beams up as Warren nods her way and she brings the tray filled with chocolate chips with ice-cream for the men who dove in it happily.

Adrian takes few glances at his wife's way as she passes the dessert around the table serving his men herself. He feels a sudden pride in that simple act of hers and can't help smile her way as she comes to stand next to him as she passes him the bowl.

"Thank you" he smiles as he takes the first bite.

The room falls in silent as everyone looks his way to see his reaction and when he moans in delight they all smile, some even giving her thumbs up before asking for a second fill.

When everyone is done eating they take their own dishes to wash up before saying their goodbye and walking out of the door to get some rest.

Scar smiles as she serves herself some food before taking it to the table. The house seems eerily quiet as the men have left and she silently chew her food thinking what to make for breakfast for them when Ad pulls a chair besides her scaring her off.

Scar chokes on her food as she looks at him with tear eyes and Ad jumps up in action pouring her some water and rubbing her back as she drinks up.

"I'm sorry" he apologizes sheepishly

"Do you need something" she asks as she feels a bit better

"I just saw the lights on in here so came to check in"

"Oh...um okay" Scar glances his way before chewing in her food

Ad takes the seat once again clearing his throat on the process. They both seat in the silence.

"So, the dessert was really tasty" he compliments

"Thank you"

"So, um....how are you feeling being here so far?"

"It's good, I mean you know"

"No, I don't"

"Oh...um, well it was confusing at the first I didn't knew anyone and then Papa said you would be here but you weren't. And then there were so many men in the house the first time I came for breakfast...

I thought you were in there but you weren't and I got in a kind of schedule everyday. Sometimes, Warren would come and talk but he was busy most of the times... I didn't even knew where the bathroom was the first day I came, so I end up in your" she blushes as she remembers how they met

They both look at each other before bursting out in laughter, re-living the incident.

"That was a way to meet your husband for the first time"

"I didn't even knew about you" she murmurs yet her hears it

"Well that makes the two of us then" he smiles assuring her

"We did it all wrong from the start" she smiles before pushing her plate a bit and standing

"Hello, I'm Scarlet Martin"

"Hello, Mrs. Martin I'm your husband Adrian Martin" she pulls her hands she offered and hugs her

"Thank you for the lovely dessert, tonight" he whispers in her ear

Scar giggles getting comfortable in his arms before they break their embrace.

"It's getting late you should get to bed" he suggests as he takes her plate

"I'll clean it" he states as she goes to protest sending her off to her room

Adrian finds Scar rushing in and out of the kitchen next morning as she sets the plates as well the breakfast in the table.

He smiles as one by one the men fill in mumbling their good morning before drowning in their coffee.

He takes his seat as well before looking what the table is full of as it smells good.

He finds a smile forming on in his lips as he sees the food in front as it is filled with pancakes, strawberries, orange juice, butter, bread, omelet and sweet donuts.

All the men in the room looks at the variety of food in awe as all they had before was toast, omelet or some sandwiches.

"Man I love having a woman in the kitchen" one of the men voices before digging in

After the delightful breakfast all of them hurry up for work but not before getting some extra food if they got hungry.

"If this goes on we will be walking with huge bellies" Warren teases before making his way out of the house

Once again Ad and Scar remains in the house all alone. Scar makes her busy by getting the remaining dishes while Ad just sits watching her running around in her dress.

"Adrian can I go see horses again?" her voice breaks his thought

"I'll take you later, why don't you take a rest as your feet are aching?" he asks

"It's going to be fine, can we go now?" she asks once again

"Scar why do you put such high heels when half the time you fall down?" he asks curious

"It's not so bad" she mumbles

"Yet there are many cuts on your knees and you have pain in ankles" he comments making her blush

"I look short without them"

"You are short even with them"

"These are my favorite shoes, it compliments my dress"

"Which are even shorter than you"

"Are you saying my clothes aren't good?"

"I didn't mean that"

"Then what exactly do you mean? Papa never complained anything about my dresses; actually he brought me all of my dresses"

"You may have been like 12 when he got that for you"

Scar gasps at his comments.

"Ho...you...you...Arghhh" she throws her hands up in the air before storming away from him but not before she slips in the carpet

Ad chuckles as he catches her before she kisses the ground as always.

"Do not speak" she grumbles as she clutches his shoulder

"Don't pout, baby" he grins victoriously

"That wasn't so nice of you, my dresses aren't of when I was 12" she whines

"No, now that I see it more closely I think it was of even before that" he teases her

"Are my dress that awful" she asks worried

Ad stares her eyes for a while before speaking as he brushes her hair back in her ear.

"No they are just cute as you" he whispers

Scar beams up but before anything more could be said they are interrupted by the ring of Ad's phone.

He let go of Scar before moving out with his phone on.

Scar touches where Ad did a while ago, with a smile. She blushes bit thinking may be this is the beginning of something special between them as husband and wife.

Okay, so not to confuse some of you, this chapter and few will be going on in between when "Mate's Affection" was happening.

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