The Werewolf King’s Runaway Queen
Chapter 153

Alissa Soleil's POV

"Bry, can you pass me the knife please?" I said.

We were in the kitchen and I was cooking dinner.

Another month has passed by and tomorrow is River's 6th month.

Luke's family and Kalil's family will be coming today and tomorrow, we're all going to have a mini gathering.

My family, Luke's family, Cal's family and Kalil's family will be there.

I also invited a few close friends from the hospital.

It's nothing formal, we just really wanted to all meet up and it was perfect that it was also River's 6th month.

"By the way, what's the plan tomorrow?" Bryan asked curiously.

"I rented a private resort and hired someone to cater for the get together. If we plan to stay overnight, we can always cook barbecue in the the property" I said. Bryan nodded.

Then the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Should I get it?" Bry asked.

I shook my head.

"Mom and dad are in the living room with River. They'll be able to get it. Just help me here" I said.

Bryan nodded and he continued to help me.

I got the pan of lasagna from the oven when someone called Bryan.

Bry glanced at me.

"Go. I'm almost finished anyway" I said and he nodded and left.

I was cutting the lasagna when I felt a hand on my waist.

I turned to look at the owner of the hand and saw Luke smiling at me.

"Hi" I greeted.

"Hey" he said with a smile.

We were so close that I couldn't help but stare at him.

Then, someone faked a cough and both Luke and I turned to look at who it was only to see Axel and uncle Luan standing by the kitchen.

I smiled awkwardly as I lightly pushed Luke away.

"Hi, uncle. Hi, dad" I greeted awkwardly and gave uncle Luan a hug.

Axel gave me a look and looked at Luke with a raised brow.

"Uhm dinner's ready. Are you guys hungry? You must be" I said and I passed them to escape.

I went to the living room where everyone else was.

"Ali" Lia said when she saw me and she hugged me.

"Hey" I greeted softly and hugged her back.

Then, the kids came to me and hugged me.

I hugged them both and gave them kisses.

Then, I glanced at Eero.

"Hey" I greeted him casually.

"Hey" he greeted back and we both chuckled.

Then, I looked at Kalil and his family.

I smiled.

"Hi! It's nice to finally have you guys here" I said approaching them and instead of hugging Kalil first, I hugged his mate first then I said hello to his kids. They were still really shy around me and I understood that.

"Thank you for inviting us" Kalil's mate said shyly.

I smiled.

"Thank you for coming" I said.

She smiled and so did Kalil.

Then, Axel, uncle Luan and Luke came and they all looked at me.

I awkwardly avoided their gaze.

"Dinner is ready everyone, shall we head to the dining area to eat? I'm sure you're all hungry after a long flight" I said.

Everyone nodded and agreed.

We all went to the dining area and Bryan and Luke helped me serve everyone their dinner.

Thankfully, Axel and uncle Luan were no longer staring at me funny.

They did glance at me and Luke from time to time but didn't say anything.

Once everything was served and everyone was settled down, we started eating.

Luke and I sat beside each other as usual and River was on Luke's lap.

Like our usual routine, I fed Luke while I also ate.

"River is going to start trying solid food by tomorrow, right?" Luke asked.

I nodded.

"Yeah. I already prepared some food options he can eat for his first time" I told him.

Luke nodded.

"Oh yeah we should probably get him a feeding chair the day after tomorrow. It'll be nicer to let him sit down when feeding him" I said. Luke nodded.

"Let's do that" he said and I nodded.

We were both having a quiet conversation to ourselves as Luke and I ate while taking care of River.

Since it was a regular thing for Luke and I, we both minded our business as we took our first few bites.

But then that's when I realized no one was really talking and when I looked at everyone, they were all staring at us.

They were looking at us with a grin on their faces.

"Y-yes?" I stuttered.

They all chuckled and then started talking.

I flushed red in embarrassment.

Then, we continued eating.

"Are you sure you guys are not together yet?" aunt Livi suddenly asked.

I coughed as everyone looked at us again.

Luke immediately gave me a glass of water.

"Not yet" Luke answered and I looked at him a little wide eyed.

"Are you guys sure because earlier you guys-" Axel was about to say something about earlier.

"Dad!" I interrupted.

Everyone looked at us with a curious look and raised brows.

Then, Lia saved me by opening a completely different topic.

I sighed in relief.

We eventually finished dinner and Luke, Bryan and Kalil volunteered to do the dishes.

I didn't want Kalil to do it because he's a guest but he still insisted and said I should just join the other women.

Us females and well, uncle Luan and Axel talked in the living room for a while and then they kept on playing and talking to River.

Since everyone was preoccupied, I excused myself and I went to the backyard.

I had a pool a there so I sat by the edge and dipped my feet.

I looked up at the sky and admired the night sky.

It was such a lovely night.

A few minutes later, someone sat beside me and it was Liana.

"Hey" I greeted her.

"Hey" she greeted me back as she too dipped her feet in the pool.

"It was chaotic earlier. Are you okay?" she asked me.

I nodded.

"Oh I'm fine" I assured her.

Then, we were both quiet for a while.

"Ali..." she said.

"Hmm?" I replied with a hum.

"How do you feel about Luke now?" she suddenly asked.

I looked at her and she looked at me.

"If you aren't comfortable answering it, it's fine. Just forget I asked" she told me.

I looked around.

I took a deep breath.

Then I looked at Lia.

"I like your brother, Lia" I said in our mind link.

"No, in fact, I'm in love with him" I added still keeping it in our link because I didn't want anyone else to hear.

Lia gasped.

"Wait, do you really?" she asked excitedly.

I nodded.

"Since when did you know? Or like since when did you confirm it?" she asked in a quiet tone.

"A few months ago maybe. When we were stil in the Palace" I told her.

"How? Why?" she asked.

"Well, it's just, I started seeing such a different side to him. A better one. One that made me see him in a very different light after everything that happened to us in the past" I explained.

I looked at Lia again.

"Then it just went down hill from there and here I am" I said.

Lia smiled and she hugged me.

"I am so proud of you" she whispered.

I smiled and hugged her back.

We talked for a bit more until Luke and Eero called us inside.

Liana's kids wanted to sleep and River was already sleeping so Lia and her family stayed in our house and aunt Livi, uncle Luan and Kalil were driven to a nearby hotel that I booked for their accommodation while they were here.

I only had 5 rooms in the house which is the master bedroom that I use, mom and dad's room, Bryan's room, one guest room and an empty nursery.

I guided Liana, Eero and the kids to their room and helped them settle down.

Once I was done, I went to my own room and Luke was already done tucking River in.

Then, he looked at me and we smiled at each other.

"I'll quickly wash up then go to bed. You should go on ahead. It must be tiring to cook for everyone after your shift" he said.

I nodded.

"Goodnight" I said.

"Goodnight, Ali" he said and I went to bed while he went to the bathroom.

I closed my eyes with a smile on my face.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm and I quickly got up and turned it off.

Then, I checked on River and luckily, he didn't wake up to the alarm.

I stretched my arms and body and I looked to my side.

Luke lifted his head up as he rubbed his eyes.

Then, he pushed himself up and sat down on the bed.

"We should prepare for the day. We need to get to the event place before everyone else" I told him.

Luke nodded.

"You shower first. I'll make us a quick breakfast. I'll order breakfast for everyone else so they can eat have a light meal before we leave" he said.

I nodded.

"Okay, thank you" I said.

I went to the bathroom and quickly showered because River might wake up and Luke was downstairs.

After showering, I dried myself off, put on a robe and blow dried my hair then I heard River's cry and I quickly dropped everything I was doing and went to him.

I calmed him down first then I nursed him.

After that, Luke came with the breakfast that he made.

I wiped River and Luke fed me.

I dressed River in the clothes I prepared for him and after Luke and I finished eating, the doorbell rang.

Luke excused himself since he knew it was the food delivery.

I finished preparing River and I put him in his rocking chair as I quickly got dressed.

I wore a solid ruched cami dress paired with high heeled sandals.

Luke came and I told him to get ready as well.

River was just beside me by the vanity and he was playing by himself as I did my hair.

I curled my hair into big waves and then I did my natural makeup look.

Luke got out of the bathroom shirtless but thankfully, he had his pants on already.

Not that we haven't seen everything about each other's body.

I flushed red at the thought.

Luke finished getting dressed and we all went down together.

Everyone was almost finished eating when we got down and they were all already dressed.

After a few more minutes, aunt Livi, uncle Luan, and Kalil's family came.

Once we were all ready, we got inside the private bus and headed to the event location where the gathering will be held. After some time, we arrived at the location.

It was a very pretty area filled with flowers and plants and just greenery in general.

Then, there was an indoor and outdoor area where we could hold the gathering.

I met up with the keeper of the place and also the business that was going to cater for us while everyone else roamed around.

Luke was with me and River was with my mom.

We settled everything and they finished setting up an hour before the set time for guests to arrive.

I sat down for a few minutes as I also admired the place.

"It's a really nice place" Luke commented.

I nodded in agreement.

"It is, isn't it?" I said and he nodded as well.

A few minutes passed by and I got River from mom then I excused myself and went to a more private place and nursed River.

I didn't want him to get hungry later on when everyone arrives.

After feeding River, we went back to everyone and then saw Calum's family coming.

"Here, let me take River. Go ahead and greet them" Luke said and he took River.

I nodded and I welcomed Cal's family.

"Thank you so much for coming" I said as I hugged Cal's mom first then I hugged everyone else and Cal was the last one I hugged.

"Of course. How can we not?" Cal's mom said.

I introduced my family and Luke's family to Cal's family.

After that, they all talked together naturally.

"Where's your lovely boy?" Cal's mom asked.

Luke came with River.

"Oh there he is" she said.

"Hi, little guy. Aren't you the cutest?" she said.

"Would you like to hold him?" Luke asked.

"May I?" Cal's mom said.

Luke nodded.

"Of course" Luke said then he gave River to Cal's mom.

Everyone talked with delight and they talked and played with River while I watched them.

Luke stood beside me the whole time.

The rest of the guests came and I introduced them to everyone.

After that, everyone just talked and started getting to know each other and all that.

Luke excused himself to go somewhere and my colleagues came to me.

"Soleil, your family, your guy's family and even your friends' family are all fine af" a fellow doctor said.

I chuckled.

"How come you guys have such great genes. Wow" a nurse commented.

I talked a bit with my colleagues and Lia even joined us and she got along with them so well.

Lunch came around and we all sat down and we were served with lunch.

We all kept talking and when we finished, we did a little celebratory ceremony as we shared River's first moment eating.

After that, we all continued chatting.

Well, not until Liana stood up and she got everyone's attention.

Everyone looked at her.

"Everyone, today is such a beautiful day, isn't it?" she said.

Everyone agreed.

"It's so nice to finally meet all of you together in this lovely place. I am honored to meet Alissa or as you may all know her as Soleil's loved ones here" she continued.

I smiled.

"This is such a special moment but I think we can make this even more special than it is, don't you think so too?" she said and looked at me.

I looked at her curiously and suddenly, there was music and Asi and Eeri came to me and lightly pulled me.

Mom took River from me and Asi and Eeri pulled me in the middle.

What's happening?

Then, everyone turned to look behind me so I also turned around only to see Luke coming my way with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

He smiled at me and I stood there in surprise.

Luke stopped a few feet away from me and the music stopped.

"Hey" he greeted.

"Hi" I greeted while I was still confused.

Luke smiled.

"I'm not good with this things. I never really considered myself the romantic type. Specially not in the past" he said.

I didn't know what was happening but my heart was thumping so hard inside my chest.

"But then everything changed when you came along. Suddenly, I was a completely different person. There are times I don't even recognize myself" he continued.

"And that's fine" he added.

"Alissa, I've never felt this way about anyone else in my entire life. It's always been just you from the very beginning. You were and you are the only woman that I love and will love for the rest of my life" he said.

I gulped as I teared up.

Luke smiled.

"So please. Give me another chance to become the person to spend the rest of your life with. I promise to become a better man for you every day" he said then he kneeled on his one knew and he took out a box.

My tears started to fall as I covered my mouth in shock.

"Alissa Soleil, will you marry me?" he said.

I smiled and I nodded.

"Yes" I said and I hugged Luke.

Luke hugged me tighter and when I met his eyes, he also started shedding tears.

We looked into each other's eyes.

"I love you" he said.

I smiled.

"And I...love you" I said.

Then, he leaned in and we kissed.

I'm getting married.

We're getting married.