I woke up feeling a warm body pressed against me. The tingles gave away who it was immediately. Why was he back here? And when had he moved me from the couch? I had not wanted to sleep on this bed. not after the disaster that happened on it a few hours ago. His arm was wrapped around my waist. He was spooning me? This position was too intimate. It was not something that I expected and I don’t think I am ready for him to be close to me at all at the moment. My wolf was relishing on the contact though. I took his hand off me and tried to wriggle out of his hold. His erection pressed against me and he let out a small growl in his sleep. I let out a sigh of relief and got off the bed when he shifted a bit but did not wake up. I trod towards the bathroom and locked myself in. I did my business, washed my face, and combed my hair. I looked more decent than I did yesterday but still a mess. My face was pale and the whole emotional turmoil I have been through is really starting to take its toll on me. I sat on the stool debating what I should do once he wakes up. He clearly was not here for just the cuddles. I stood up and paced the space of the bathroom. Should I hit him? Not that I would even make any damage. The man was clearly as hard as steel. What could I possibly do? I was the prisoner here. I held no leverage whatsoever against him. But he should not be able to get away with what he did to me. It was unfair.
A soft knock broke the train of my thoughts. Shit! He was awake. “Are you going to spend the whole day locked up in there, Morena?” came in his usual grumpy voice followed by another knock, a firmer one this time. He was coaxing me out. And I knew I had to confront him. There was no use in delaying this. It was inevitable.
I slowly opened the door and peeked my head out. He was standing there with just his boxers. He had his usual scowl on.
“Come out for a bit. We need to talk.” He said softly. I started to tear up at how soft his voice was. It was a lot to take in. his harsh tone would have been better for my current state. “Please come out, Morena.” He added after a while.
I had no way to run to and he would probably unlock the door and come in here in a few minutes if I choose to continue to ignore him any longer. I slowly head towards the door. I lean in and slowly say:” can’t we talk through the door?” maybe he will accept. I asked nicely after all.
“No, I have to see you. Come out. It won’t take long and I will leave you to rest. I promise.” He replied almost immediately. I should have known better not to ask something from him. Though I realize my request was a bit childish and I should not be avoiding confrontation but I really could not help it. I don’t want to see him.
“Okay, I’m coming out.” I said taking one final look at the mirror before unlocking the door. He was standing there in just his boxers and I did not know where to fix my eyes at. I mean what can I do when my mate was almost naked in front of me? Putting everything else aside. It was a completely natural reaction. I looked up at his face and he was staring at me up and down, his face expressionless. I thought he would maybe feel some remorse because of what he did but his face does not show or give away anything whatsoever.
“Could you put something on, please?on ” I say. He looks taken aback that I was the one who spoke first but there is no way I could carry a conversation with him more than half naked.
“Am I that distracting, Morena?” he demands, smirking. I should have known this was the perfect brush for his ego. The bastard.
“No, but I would prefer if we talk with you properly dressed.”
“If you say so. Your wish is my command.” He responds mockingly before heading into the closet. He came back a few minutes later with a shirt and sweat pants on. They did nothing to hide his bulging figure. But it was better than him naked.
“What did you want to talk about?” I urged impatiently, still standing in the same spot since I left the bathroom. I dare not sit down in case he said some mean comment about me not asking for permission.
“Sit down on the bed or the couch, Morena. You don’t have to stay up while we talk.” He said as if reading my mind. I headed towards the couch since he was standing by the bed side and I assumed he will be sitting there.
He looked at my tense form up and down and the smirked a little as if knowing exactly what my intentions were and then proceeded to sit right next to me. He was so close our knees were touching and tingles from the contact were spreading across my whole being. I edge away from him and he looks at me and frowns not liking the action. I was now on the right edge of the couch and he was on the left.
“Please say what you want to say and leave.” I let out.
“Are you kicking me out of my own room, Morena?” he said calmly but it clearly irritated him.
“No, but you promised to leave as soon we talked and I want to get it over with.” I answered back, looking everywhere but at him.
“I think I deserved that.” He bit back with a sigh. “I will explain what happened.”
“Yes, please do.”
“I know you probably think that I used you and left you last night but that was not my intention.” He added after a bit.
“Yeah, I am sure it wasn’t.” I scoffed.
“Morena, if you are going to interrupt me one more time, I will find a way to shut you up.” Well, that shut me up. I can’t risk him doing something reckless. I had no doubt he won’t hold back when it came to hurting me.
“Okay, I will stop talking back until you are done.”
“Great! As I was saying, I had no intention of leaving like that last night. I was going to stay the night. But something came up and I had to urgently leave. It was an emergency.”
“What kind of emergency?”
“That is none of your business. You are not entitled to know my pack’s business.”
“So, I’m supposed to take your words for granted and forgive you just like that.”
“Are you accusing me of being a liar?” he stood up and hovered over me but I was not going to back down. It could not get any worse than it already is. I have been used and humiliated enough for the last two days to just cower away now and let him step on me.
“If the shoes fit, alpha. You can’t expect me to believe your mere words just because you said so. You gave me no reason to trust you since I arrived here!” I bite back.
“Behave yourself!” he yelled and a vein was popping out of his neck. “you gave me no reason to trust you either, mate.”
“It is not my fault if you are delusional, Leander. You do not want to admit we are mates because of some twisted thinking of yours but you can’t keep on stepping on me for your own satisfaction.”
“This is going nowhere. I should have not come here in the first place. I should have let you take things however you desire since even my explanation is not getting through that thick head of yours.” He said with an exasperated sigh.
“And what an explanation it is.” I scoff
“listen and listen carefully mutt. I am well aware that I was a complete bastard yesterday and I tried to explain my piece. The rest of this is none of my business. Whether you believe it or not is also none of my business. I can be everything you imagine, Morena, absolutely anything. But I am definitely not a liar. There will be dire consequences if you ever dare to call me by that or even imply it. Consider yourself warned.” He boomed before storming out of the room, leaving me equally flaming with anger.