My Beta gritted his teeth. “You could have just asked me. You know, I will never betray you as an Alpha, even if I want to smack your head as a friend.”
“I’m not taking a risk here. If there’s anyone who needs to explain this to her, that would be me. I just need time.”
“Hopefully, you won’t make her wait forever. Sooner or later, she’s bound to find out.”
“If nobody talks about it, then it won’t. It’s enough that she knows Andrea is an ex-girlfriend and she chose another Alpha and not me. No need to tell her the in-between.”
My Beta just shook his head, but I ignored the look of disappointment he was giving me.
I knew my mate. I knew what she went through and what she was running away from. She would leave if she found out that the same male who she thought could protect her turned out to be the same monster she was running from.
“Where are Sebastian and Jenny? I need a word with them too.”
Chapter 23
NADIA.
My eyes fluttered open,and darkness overwhelmed me. My breathing hitched while my heart was thudding loudly, and it took a while before I was able to calm my senses.
I was at the Silver Moon pack and not in the basement of my uncle’s house. Calm down.
I closed my eyes and let Riley’s scent envelope my senses. I had his shirt on, so it was no wonder I was smelling him.
After we came home, I decided to go to his room so I could rest before dinner, but I didn’t find the clothes we bought there. Maybe it was placed in my bedroom. My heart dropped because I thought we would be sharing a room, but it looked like I was the only one who wanted that.
After grabbing a shirt from his closet, I walked out of his room with a heavy heart back to my bedroom and found all the paper bags of clothes we bought.
I tried to shrug off the disappointment, but I couldn’t.
In the end, I let it overtake me. Instead of waiting for Riley after I showered I succumbed to my loneliness and laid down until I drifted off to sleep.
I tried to get up from laying down, only to be held back by something in my stomach. My eyes squinted before they widened when I saw a big figure beside me, his arm laying on top of my body while his one leg was in between my thighs.
No wonder I felt numb when I woke up. There was like a big log on top of me.
But despite his heaviness, I couldn’t keep my lips from curling into a smile. Not just a smile, but a really wide, happy smile that may have reached up to the heavens.
Maybe he missed me. It didn’t matter the reason he came here, I was happy he was here.
I lifted his arm before turning my body around to face him, scooting my face into his naked chest.
Oh, Goddess!This male smelled heavenly. I wondered if I licked his chest if he would feel it and wake up?
I bit my lower lip to suppress a giggle before I stuck my tongue out, and slowly, began running it against the middle of his chest.
Hmmm…Sparks traveled from my tongue down to my core and the excitement of being caught and the way his skin felt against my tongue were making my pussy clench. I wouldn’t be surprised if I smelled my own arousal soon.
“What are you doing?” His deep baritone voice echoed around the bedroom, and my body froze. My tongue was still stuck out as I tilted my head up slowly and found my mate staring at me.
Is he angry?
I couldn’t read the emotion on his face. But before I could decide what to do next, his hand reached for my cheek and his finger brushed against the corner of my lips.
“You’re drooling.” He chuckled as I placed my tongue back in my mouth and licked my lips.
“How does it taste?” He asked as if it wasn’t enough embarrassment already that he caught me. He needed to say it out loud.
I swallowed hard before I slammed my face into his chest, and his laughter boomed around the bedroom as his arms slipped under my body and hugged me tightly.
