Chapter 9
From Fat Girl to Fated Mate Chapter 09
From Fat Girl to Fated Mate Chapter 09
Ethan let go of me immediately.
We both turned. Julian stood in the doorway, a
faint smile on his lips as his gaze swept lightly
over us.
For some reason, that smile seemed even colder
than Ethan’s glare.
Ethan spoke first. “What are you doing here?”
“Just walking around,” Julian said, stepping inside.
Ethan shifted awkwardly. “The dance competition.
is over. I have a game in a bit. Want to watch?”
“No. I have work at the hospital.”
“Then I won’t see you out.”
“Actually.” Julian said. “I’m not very familiar with
your school’s layout. I might get lost. Walk me to
the front gate?”
Ethan’s jaw tightened instantly. He shot me an annoyed glance, but in the end, he followed Julian
out.
The moment they left, I ran.
I stopped by a trash can. Inside was a bouquet of baby’s breath. My favorite flower.
Students didn’t usually order those. They must
have come from someone outside.
Suddenly, I remembered the way Julian had looked
at me earlier.
My heart started pounding hard.
It felt different from when Ethan had just
confessed. Completely different.
Was it him? I asked my wolf softly.
After the competition, news spread fast. I was the
new head cheerleader.
All those old rumors, “fat pig” and “disgusting,”
were completely buried by my sudden stunning
transformation. People love an
ugly–duckling–turns–into–a–swan story.
And the even juicier gossip was that Ethan, the
untouchable pack heir, was aggressively pursuing
- me.
Two months later, I hit 110 pounds. I was
unrecognizable from that girl before.
My classmates stared in shock. “Oh my God,
Josie got so hot!”
“Losing weight is like magic.”
“No wonder Ethan is so into her. He saw her
potential.”
“For real? I’d date her too.”
“Get real. She already turned Ethan down. What
chance do you have?”
Just as things were going perfectly for me,
Jessica’s life fell apart.
The school disciplined her, and she lost her
captain title. The followers who’d once flocked to
her abandoned her, and some even came to
apologize to me.
Ethan made it clear he wanted nothing to do with her. Between that and the Carter family’s influence, Jessica backed all the way off.
One morning, Ethan passed by my classroom. He set a coffee on my desk and reached out to ruffle my hair. “Don’t starve yourself just to keep the
weight off.”
I dodged his hand. “Thanks, but I already ate.”
“You don’t have to be so polite with me.”
He’d been getting way too comfortable lately. Way
too comfortable.
I frowned, pushing down my annoyance. “Ethan, I
want to ask you something.”
He leaned against the windowsill. “What?”
I hesitated. “Do you know where Julian is? I haven’t
seen him in weeks.”
Ethan’s smile disappeared.