“There’s nothing worse than what I did in the past.” He smiled weakly at me before his hand cupped my ass, lifting me away from his lap. “Climb to the back seat.”
“What?” I asked, my eyes squinting as I held onto his shoulders.
“Just do what I ask you, please. It’s nothing dangerous.”
I didn’t answer. Instead, I crawled my way to the back seat of the car. As soon as I was seated, Riley opened the car door and slipped out.
My forehead creased in confusion as my gaze followed his movement outside. It didn’t take long before one of his men from the other car came in and took the driver’s seat while Riley opened the door beside me and climbed in.
“What’s going on?” I asked him.
“He’ll drive so we can talk better.”
“Then he will hear us,” I told him in a hushed tone. There’s no way I would tell Riley all about Benedict with someone around us.
“Do you have your headset?” Riley asked in a slightly higher voice.
I thought he was asking me until Tristan replied.
“Yes, Alpha.” Tristan raised his hand and showed Riley the headset before he slipped it on his ears and positioned his phone on the dashboard.
“I ordered him not to listen to us or even look at us unless there’s an emergency.” His arm coiled around my shoulders as he leaned in, whispering directly into my ear before pressing my head to his lips and kissing my temples gently.
His simple gesture was making me melt in his arms as his warmth enveloped my senses.
I closed my eyes as I slipped an arm around his back, and my other arm snaked around his body, hugging his huge frame as I closed my eyes and rested my head on his side.
“Hey…” His voice was too gentle. “Don’t sleep on me. You owe me an explanation.”
I wasn’t sleeping. I just wanted to revel in his warmth.
I replied but didn’t open my eyes. “Let me just enjoy this for a moment before you turn cold and start getting angry again.”
“Am I that bad?”
“Sometimes,” I answered him before my whole body was lifted up and landed on his lap. Both legs were facing the door while his arms were snaked around my body, pulling me closer to him.
“But I’m trying.”
“I know. And you are doing so well. Just sometimes, you will snap…”
“It’s your fault. I can’t control myself when it comes to you.”
I coiled my arms around hisneck and rested my head on his shoulder, smiling widely as I snuggled onto him.
“You still need to talk and explain. Don’t try to lure me with your warmth, Nadia. I want answers.” His one hand cupped the back of my head, his thumb caressing my hair.
I giggled softly before nodding my head. “Yes, Alpha. But promise me you’ll keep your rage or disappointment to yourself until we’re alone.”
“Hmmm…”
“Benedict mindlinked and asked me if I was happy that I got a bigger fish…” I felt his grip tighten on my head for a second before it loosened.
He was trying to control his emotions.
“I told him I am happy. And that he should be happy for me too.”
“He said I played him, making him believe I liked him. And I told him he and his uncle played me too. I was just doing my best to survive.”
