Damn, it was almost a kiss.
I let out a deep breath before running after him. “Riley...”
He turned around, his brow arched up. “Yes?”
I stopped in front of him, swallowing hard before I smiled shyly. “You didn’t kiss me.”
He smiled sheepishly, and I felt my core suddenly start throbbing. “I’m not sure if I am already allowed to kiss you.”
I rolled my eyes at him, trying to act brave, but his stare was making my knees wobble. I puckered up my lips, urging him to press his lips against mine just for a soft kiss, only to be caught in surprise when his hand snaked on my nape as he pressed my head closer to his, crushing his lips against mine, and drowning me in a smoldering kiss.
Chapter 48
BETA DOMINIC.
“Where exactly are youtaking me?” Sofia turned around abruptly without any warning, and her face bumped into my torso. I had unzipped my hoodie earlier to let the air in, so she slammed directly into my shirt.
“Eww! Your sweat!” She grunted as she wiped my sweat off her face, and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
She was exaggerating. We have barely walked for thirty minutes now, and although I sweat, it wasn’t enough to soil my shirt.
“Don’t worry, I showered this morning. So it’s a fresh sweat.” I pulled out a handkerchief from my jeans’ back pocket and wiped her face with it, which she didn’t appreciate because she pushed my hand away like it was on fire.
“Don’t touch me.” If her snarl could kill someone, I would probably be six feet under the ground now.
“You’re too whiny for a seventeen-year-old. You complained of sweat, and now I am taking it off. You’re still complaining.”
“I don’t know where you used that cloth.” She glared at me as she fixed her long wavy locks into a ponytail, making her blouse hitch up.
My eyes gazed at her exposed stomach and her raised arms.
Beautiful. I couldn’t deny that.
“Excuse me?” I asked when I remembered her remarks.
“Never mind. Where are we now? And where is that place you wanted to show me?” She asked as she placed her hands on her hips.
“If you didn’t complain every five minutes, we’d probably be at the meadow by now. Your complaints are just delaying us every fucking minute.”
“But you didn’t say it would take a whole day to get there!”
“You’re exaggerating! It’s not even been one hour yet!” If I was mesmerized by her beauty earlier, I was now pissed off with her.
I was gritting my teeth, regretting the idea that I ever agreed to watch over this kid.
“But I’m tired already.”
“You whine like humans.”
“I don’t have a wolf yet. So obviously I don’t have the strength that she-wolves have! And it’s not like we’re threading a straight line. It’s uphill. I didn’t know we had to climb up…”
Fuck me! Why did I forget that she didn’t have a wolf yet? No wonder she was panting like crazy all the way through.
I let out a deep breath and placed my hands on my hips as I stared at her. Bringing her here was a bad idea. What was I thinking?
She just stared back at me, her forehead still creased, arms crossed against her chest.
“We’ll be at the meadow in ten minutes. Do you want to continue, or should we turn around and go back?”
