I whimpered between our kisses as he plunged his tongue inside my mouth, kissing and devouring me bruisingly hard as if he didn’t want to let me go. And I welcomed it wholeheartedly.
I was so lost in oblivion, letting him savor every inch of me as I did with him. Only to be jolted back to reality when the door to his office opened, and I felt the burn of someone staring at my back.
My eyes snapped open to see him staring at me, our lips still pressed against each other.
Oh, Goddess! Will I be paying for this aggressiveness?
I scampered away from his grip, and he let me down on my own feet. I didn’t know how to hide my embarrassment from the people behind me, so I went around him and hid my body on his back, peering my head to the side to check who was by the door.
“Well, that escalated fast.” Alpha Jacob chuckled. He stood by the door, and beside him was another man I hadn’t met yet.
“And you fuckers don’t know how to knock?” Alpha Riley growled at him while I rested my forehead on his back. His body went rigid at the contact. I smiled despite myself. I could affect him. Maybe I could use it to my advantage and stay here until I got what I needed to start a new life far away from him and my uncle.
“The door was open, so we thought we were welcome to come in. Will I get to meet the lady in your arms, Alpha?” I was sure this voice came from the other man.
“No. Take her to the room upstairs on the fourth floor so she can rest.”
I pulled my forehead away from his back as I spoke softly, just enough forhim to hear, but I was still standing behind him. “I thought we would talk?”
“We can talk later. I’ll also check your bruises then. All of them,” he answered coldly.
“Hmmm… You mean the room beside yours, the one Andrea used?” The male continued with his conversation with him.
Andrea? Who is Andrea?
“Another room,” he answered. “Not that one.”
“But that’s the biggest one after your room.”
I closed my eyes as my chest heaved. She might be his ex-girlfriend, the one who chose another Alpha. Pain crossed my chest when it hit me that he wanted to preserve the biggest room for her.
“I can sleep in the dungeon, too,” I butted in, in the same cold tone he was using.
He turned around to face me, crossing his arms against his chest, but I didn’t even bother to look at his face. I feared he would see the pain in my eyes.
“I don’t have a dungeon, but I have a cell in the basement of the next building outside this house. Now, if you want to...”
I cut him off before he could finish. “If it has a bed and a blanket, then I’m good to go,” I told him as I walked past him, tilting my chin up while blinking back the tears in my eyes. “Thank you for your time, Alpha Riley.”
I knew I sounded ungrateful. He was willing to give me a place to stay, even if it was just for one day, but I couldn’t stop the pain inside.
Is this jealousy or more?All I knew was that she was the reason I was not welcome in his life.
I stopped in front of the man whom he had asked to take me to my room. I smiled at him and extended my hand. “My name is Nadia. Will you take me to my cell?”
He took my hand and shook it briefly as he chuckled. It didn’t slip past my hearing the low grunt that my mate let out behind me.
“My name is Dominic. Beta to the Alpha. I don’t think a beautiful female like you belongs in...” He didn’t finish what he wanted to say when his eyes flecked white, letting me know someone was reaching him through a mindlink.
The smile was wiped off his face as soon as his eyes went back to normal, and he gestured for me to follow him.
I glanced at Alpha Jacob and bowed my head in respect before following Beta Dominic, not bothering to look at my mate as I walked out of his office.
Chapter 8
RILEY.
Iwatched as Nadia stormedoff from my office without glancing at me. It left me in a foul mood.
