“No. I have a talent for sleeping without anyone finding out I’m already asleep. Or pretending to sleep when I’m not.”
“Haha!” She laughed sarcastically.
“You want proof?”
“What will you do?”
“Nothing. I am just going to give an example.”
“Okay…”
“This morning, you thought I was asleep when you woke up. But I wasn’t…”
Her eyes rounded as a red tint slowly crept up her cheeks.
“Stop lying. You were sleeping, your chest rising and falling in perfect rhythm.”
“I told you I was good at it.”
“No. Stop lying.” She giggled, a forced one, but her face was turning too red.
I should stop before she gets pissed off, but I wanted to push a bit more.
“But maybe I was just dreaming, and wanting it to be real. I thought you kissed me on the nose. But that might be just a dream.” I told her, in a serious tone, while my gaze was fixed in front of me, on the road, but I was watching her on my side peripherals.
She swallowed before she sank into her seat. “Definitely a dream. Keep dreaming, Riley.”
“Probably, that’s all I can do for now. Just dream.”
“Hmmm.”
“Nadia..”
“Hmmm…” She hummed her response, and I mustered all my courage to finally start talking about the things between us.
“I’m sorry about keeping things about me and about Andrea. I want to show you I’m not a bad person before I confess everything. I was scared you would leave the moment you found out what I did to her. I was not proud of it.”
Silence.
It was deafening.
My grip tightened on the steering wheel. My emotions were all over the place. I wanted to say more, but I wasn’t sure if she was willing to hear more.
“Nadia… Talk to me. Just say something…”
“Something…” She said it in a soft voice, and my brows hiked up.
What the fuck was that?
I tilted my head to look at her and caught her looking at me, a smile playing on her lips before she started giggling. And my heart fluttered at the sight in front of me.
“Eyes on the road, Alpha.” She exclaimed, her hand reaching for my cheek as she turned it to face the road.
“Am I forgiven already?” I asked, my lips pursing into a thin line before I bit the lower one. I wanted to smile, but I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate even if she was smiling.
“No. Not yet… But we can start moving on from it. But…”
“But?”
