“No.”
“Yes.” My mouth tugged into a smug grin, amused at the stubbornness of my mate.
“Stop that smile, Riley. It’s not working.”
I chuckled before repeating my word. “Come…”
“Why do I always have to go to you? It’s my turn. Come here.” Her voice was slightly raised as she mirrored the movement of my hand when I asked her to come to me.
I didn’t need a second call. I pushed back my chair, making a screeching sound, and stood up, rounding my desk and coming to a halt in front of her.
I crouched down, so we were now almost at eye level with each other. “I’m here now. Now tell me, what makes you think I was thinking of someone else.”
“I don’t know.”
“Can I?” I looked at her and slowly placed my hands on her knees, and when she nodded, I started tapping my fingers on them before I continued to speak. “I called Darvin this morning.”
“My Alpha?”
My forehead creased at her words. I knew she didn’t mean anything, but the way it sounded made me jealous. “You only have one Alpha, Nadia.”
It didn’t escape my eyes the way her mouth twitched into a smile, but it was gone in seconds. “And then, what’s the connection with our conversation?”
I just stared at her, my finger making circles on her knee. I liked it when Nadia was submissive, but I did like this feisty and fiery side of her too. She was just the perfect package.
“One day, I will tell you everything. But for now, it’s enough that you know that I was smiling because of you.”
“Lies.”
“An Alpha never lies, Nadia. At least not me. I could be so many things, but I’m not a liar.” I knew this one would come to bite me. I had lied but I was willing to make up for it.
A grin curved on her lips before she ran her fingers along my knuckles. “You are indeed many things. I have yet to see all sides of you.”
“What do you mean?”
“They said Alpha Riley is scary and temperamental. And hard to please.”
“And you, what do you think of me?”
“Hmmm… I think you’re scared of sleeping alone.” She giggled, and my heart skipped a beat. “And I think you want people to think you’re scary and difficult, but in reality…”
“In reality…”
“I think you’re nice…”
“Nice? What’s exactly nice about me?”
“You took me from my uncle and let me stay here. And you let me sleep in your room, you let me wear your clothes, you ironed my clothes. …”
“Don’t you think your view of me is a little biased because of what I’ve shown you for the last 24 hours?” I inquired, my brow furrowed and a grin tucked into my mouth.
“That’s why I have to see that other side of you.”
And my smile was wiped off in an instant.
I gulped as the heat crept up to my ears. The other side of me, the part that Andrea loathed. I was not ready to let her know that part yet.
“I don’t have another side. What you see is what you get.”
