Forbidden Alpha - Chapter 146

Gabe

Well fuck.

This was the most awkward situation I’ve been in and I didn’t even know why. I could sense the tension between the two as Leo’s words hung in the air between the three of us. Goddess, you could cut the tension with a knife.

The silence was stretching out and filling the hallway. As I stared at Odis, a blanket of guilt covered me and started to make its way down to my center. I tried to shake off the feeling, I had no reason to feel guilty. Odis was glaring at Leo and Leo was glaring right back.

“I had to wake you up the other day, I wouldn’t have pegged you for an early bird,” Odis said. He was focused on me and completely ignored Leo’s greeting. I had to hold back the urge to laugh when Leo mumbled ‘rude’ under his breath.

“I didn’t know we knew each other that well,” I said. Was I being a little mean? Yes, but I was feeling a little bratty this morning. I wanted out of this situation.

“What’s going on here?” Odis asked as he nodded towards Leo beside me. His question came before I could sidestep him.

I shook my head, having no idea how to answer him. My eyes automatically skimmed down the length of his body before snapping back up to meet his gaze. I knew what this looked like but the brat in me didn’t want to explain. I wanted him to misunderstand and I wanted him to wonder.

His gaze slid over me in a way that made my body heat up and that only made me get even more frustrated. I’m supposed to be mad right now not want to jump his bones. Maybe I should be happy that he wants to be friends, a relationship between the two of us would only be complicated.

I sighed loudly and they both stared at me for a second before Leo spoke.

“We don’t have to explain anything to you… or is that an order, Beta?” Leo asked. The tension was only thickening between these two. I don’t even know where this was coming from but I felt like a bucket of water was emptied over my head. The heat I was feeling a second ago was washed away.

Poking the beast is not the way to go and I glared at Leo before elbowing him in the side. I moved out from under his arm and gave Odis a smile which he didn’t return.

Well, fuck me.

Odis coughed and he slowly lowered the bag in his hands. “Where are you guys headed?” He asked. I wanted to snap at him and tell him it wasn’t any of his business but Leo beat me to it.

“Oh, you know,” Leo teased. “Out.”

He definitely picked up on Odis’s demeanor and was enjoying this way more than he should. The words got stuck in my throat when I looked up at Odis and found sadness etched in his features.

“We’re going to get some training in while we can,” I said. Odis’s eyebrows rose before a smile spread across his face. He opened his mouth to say something but I ignored it and finally made my way past him. I didn’t bother looking to see if Leo was following me. This whole thing was his idea, I had no doubts that he would follow.

Whatever tension I was feeling between the three of us wasn’t something I wanted. I mean, I like attention but I didn’t want that kind of attention and I didn’t want it today. I didn’t have time for it in my life. Okay, I was lying, I did have time for it but I was upset someone pushed me away the night before.

I was upset at myself for being that drunk when something finally went down between us. I know I hadn’t imagined what I was feeling from Odis. He kissed me last night but was sending me mixed signals. I don’t know what the hell is going on in his mind.

“Are you mad because I interrupted your early morning bagel with your boyfriend?” Leo asked from behind me. His voice ripped through my thoughts and pulled me back into the present.

My footsteps came to a halt and I turned around to look at Leo. I had to tilt my neck and look up at him. “I’m not mad and he’s not my boyfriend,” I hissed. I know hissing proved that I was mad but I didn’t care. I didn’t even want to be out of bed right now and I didn’t want to go and workout or train. I wanted to stay in my bed and be dead to the world.

I did want to know why Odis came by but I wasn’t going to admit that out loud. Especially after he kissed me and then friend-zoned me all in the span of 5 minutes. What I did and who I did it with was none of his business.

I can’t believe he thought he had the right to ask what I was doing. I wanted to be angry but my heart was sad at the thought of him misunderstanding why Leo was in my room. A small voice in the back of my head whispered that he’d come with bagels but I ignored it. I turned on my heel and continued to walk.

“So… a guy who was outside of your door… early in the morning on the weekend… who also brought you breakfast… isn’t your boyfriend?” Leo asked. He caught up to me and the look on his face when I turned to answer him told me he didn’t believe me.

“Yes,” I said.

He grunted and followed it up with a shrug. “Don’t have to tell me twice,” he said and continued walking.

Good, because I don’t think I could say it again.. I may have liked the thought of something with Odis more than I wanted to admit.