My Hot Alpha novel Chapter 184

“I’m sure you could charm your way into making her like you again”.

“I plan to princess”.

As the rain got heavier I chewed the inside of my cheek. I didn’t have a jacket and I wasn’t really in the mood to catch another cold.

“Should we just go back to mine?”. I asked.

His grip on the steering wheel tightened. I wasn’t really sure why. Did he not want to come?

“Are you sure?”.

I frowned. I wasn’t quite sure what was going on. “I wouldn’t have asked if I wasn’t sure. What’s going on?”. I sighed.

“What do you mean?”.

“You know what I mean. Why are you questioning if I’m sure or not. It’s raining outside and if you haven’t noticed I don’t have a jacket. We can’t go to yours-…”. I stopped talking.

Maybe he didn’t want to be alone with me?

“We’ll just go to yours”. I said.

“Babe-…”.

“No it’s okay”. I smiled. “I need to speak with Alanna anyway”. Lies, total lies. If this was months ago he wouldn’t have hesitated, we’d have already been back at mine by now.

“Don’t think I don’t want to be alone with you”.

I felt embarrassed, could already feel the heat creeping up my neck. “We’re alone right now”. I tried to laugh it off to save my embarrassment.

“Leah-…”.

“No it’s okay”. I smiled. “I get it, you don’t need to explain yourself”. If the ground could swallow me up right now I’d jump right in.

A sigh fell from his lips but we didn’t speak anymore about it. I understood what he meant. He didn’t want to rush into anything and that was completely fine.

It’s not as if I was offering him sex.

As we pulled up outside his house I struggled to hide my laugh. Of course Alanna had threw a party. She would take the morning runs like a champ.

People were everywhere. On his lawn, in his driveway and probably in every room of his house.

“I’ll fucking kill her”. He growled.

“Did you really expect anything less?”. I asked unclipping my seatbelt.

He was pissed alright. Hands gripping the steering wheel, knuckles white. I wouldn’t like to be Alanna when morning hits.

“I should have fucking known”. He sighed.

“Are we going in or are we just going to sit here?”.

Unclipping his seatbelt he proceeded to take off his jacket before passing it to me. “Put this on so you don’t get wet”.

I couldn’t take my eyes off his arms. When did they get so big? My eyes darted from his arms to his chest. His abs defined through his T-shirt.

Holy god.

“Babe?”.

His T-shirt so tight I could see every ab perfectly.

“Leah?”…

“Oh right”. I grinned taking the jacket and putting it on. “Promise me something?”.

“What’s that?”.

“You won’t embarrass her in front of everyone”.

“Not my style princess but it is my house”. He opened his door getting out. I matched his movements.

“It’s a party Jake. Not the end of the world”. I slipped my hand into his lacing our fingers together. “Can you at least enjoy it a little?”.

“Anything for you queenie”.

Eh?

“After our final exams but before graduation. Why?”. I frowned.

“Nothing just wondering. You going?”.

I glanced at Jake, he was awaiting my answer. Eager to see what I was going to say. It was prom, everyone went to prom didn’t they?

Why were they suddenly so interested in prom? None of them attended school. It’s not as if it was a big deal to them.

“Can you walk me home?”.

“Yeah just let me get these idiots out my house first”.

“We’ll do it. It’ll give us an excuse to throw some punches”. Jack smirked.

“You’re kidding right?”. I frowned.

“Of course he is”. Jake glared. “Come on I’ll take you home”.

We walked to mine in silence. Both trapped with our own thoughts. Tonight was different, he was different. Not in a bad way, he really was trying to change his ways.

As we reached my porch I turned to look as him. “Thanks for walking me home”. I smiled.

“Anytime queenie”.

“Why do you call me that?”.

“Cause you’re my Queen”. He winked. “I better let you get inside. I’ll call you tomorrow if that’s okay?”. I wasn’t used to this. Jake didn’t ask, he took. I wasn’t sure I could wrap my head around this.

But I was going with it. This was our fresh start. He had stripped it right back to the beginning.

“I’d like that”. I grinned.

“See you tomorrow. Sweet dreams princess”.