Sold To An Alpha - Chapter 46

She shifted away from him without sparing him a glance and pulled her legs to her chest, then wrapped her arms around them.

Adrik’s brow creased in confusion, and he couldn’t resist asking, as he moved closer to her, to touch her. “little wife, is something—”

“Are you stupid or what?” Leia slapped his hands, that was about to touch her, away and raised her eyes, which had so many questions swirling within them, to stare at him.

Adrik drew his head back in surprise and gazed at her with deep confusion written all over his face.

Leia breathed heavily and glared at him as her face turned red in anger. “Why the fuck are you being nice to me?! You should be awful and hateful towards me, not nice to me!!” She yelled at him and punched her hand on the swing. “I have always been mean to you, and I don’t understand why you’re making me feel so guilty with your stupid nice treatment of me!!!” She shut her eyes and screamed to release the knots of guilt that were stuffed within her heart.

Adrik stood still for a moment, his gaze fixed on her. He let out a low sigh and stared up at the sky. His green eyes darkened and became dark green, and he turned to gaze at her, “Because of a lot of things.” He blinked his long lashes and averted his gaze from her. “There is so much we want to say sometimes, but we realize that we can’t or some things could be ruined.” He chuckled softly and took a deep breath.

“Ahhh!!!” Leia yelled, and tiny drops of tears fell from her eyes. What was wrong with her? His father never loved her but tortured her and her sisters… they were just a bunch of hypocrites. But Adrik, from day one, never mistreated her, and when he unknowingly does, he sees to it that he apologizes. He was the only one that respected and made her feel like she was worth something sometimes.

“Am sorry…” Leia raised her hand and wiped away the tears from her eyes. She fluttered her lashes and turned to gaze at Adrik, who was staring at her with a genuine smile on his lips. “Why are you staring at me like that?” She sniffed and asked, behind sobs.

Adrik reached out his hand and wrapped his arm around her, drawing her closer to him. He caressed her hair and placed a soft kiss on her head. “You’re very beautiful.” Leia raised her eyes to look at him with confusion written all over her face.

Adrik glanced at her and pinched her on the cheek. “You’re adorable too, but it’s scary when the demon in you escapes.” He chuckled and patted her on the head.

Leia leaned down and placed her head on his chest as so many emotions flashed within her eyes. “Damn you!!” She punched his chest and more tears flowed down her cheeks.

Adrik ignored it and gently stroked her back to help her calm down. Leia whimpered and wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tightly. Adrik smiled with his eyes fixed on the sky and hugged her back.

“You know what, I want us to be best friends!” Leia raised her eyes to stare at him, and persistence could be seen written all over her wet face. Adrik gazed at her with surprise apparent on his face, and he slowly nodded at her and kissed her on the forehead. He wants more from her than just a best friend, but… I mean, she’s his mate and he wants to be with her, not as a friend or as a best friend, but more than that. Nevertheless, it’s okay like this. At the very least, he would have more time to be clear about his feelings towards her, because, at this moment, he really can’t tell if he does love her or not. He just knows that he adores and cares for her. Who knows, she might also develop some feelings for him. Perhaps…

He chuckled softly inside him and planted yet another soft kiss on her forehead.

They stayed this way and allowed the rain to pour down on them. Adriks’ wet strands of hair latched onto his face, and he glanced at Leia’s hair, which was also latching onto her face, and removed it.

Leia raised her eyes to stare at his face, and her hand subconsciously touched his jaw, which had straight scars on it. Her fingers slowly traced across the ones on his perfectly sculpted nose, and she stared deep into his green eyes.

Adrik fluttered his eyes in bewilderment and silently gazed back at her.

“What inflicted these scars on your face?” Leia asked, and her finger trailed on the one across his nose that looked like that of a centipede.

Adrik stayed quiet for a while as he stared intently at her and a low breath escaped his nose. “There are some decisions that we make and actions that we take, which at the end have quite a huge consequences we might not be able to fight instantly but may take us years or more.” He let out a soft sigh and patted her on the head. “And what about you, what gave you such scars, that you had to go tattoo them?”

“Well… Same here, but fighting the consequences of mine, will not take me years, nor more.” Leia smirked and wiped away the drops of rain that were streaming down her face. Adrik slightly nodded with a contemplative smile on his face.

Leia gazed at him and a half-smile emerged on her lips, “You know… you would look really beautiful and breathtaking without those scars.”

“Hmm…what makes you say that?”

“Well… honestly you look quite handsome and catchy even with these scars… I don’t know about others but you do to me…so I am judging based on that.” Leia smiled as her eyes darted around and she took a deep breath.

Adrik stroked her back and abruptly stood up from the swing with her in his arms. “We need to go inside, or you might catch a cold and stay in bed for days.”

“We, not you! Don’t act like you don’t get sick.” Leia clicked her tongue and gazed at him with an expression that said “Can you put down?”

Adrik shook his head and began to walk towards the mansion with her in his arms, ignoring her glaring face. “Little wife, if you don’t want to fall, you better hold me tightly, because I won’t let you go until we get to our room.” He chuckled and walked into the mansion then to the elevator.

It took them to the 2nd floor and Adrik carried her to their room. He shut the door and carried her straight into the bathroom, and sat her down near the bathtub.

“Wh-what are you doing?” Leia’s eyes blinked furiously and she gazed at him with a creased brow.

“I want to bathe you.” Adrik shrugged and proceeded to fill the bathtub.

“What?!… You can’t do that!!” Leia clutched her body and backed away a little bit.

Adrik laughed softly and threw some perfume into the bathtub. “Relax, it’s not like I have not seen you naked before. Am just gonna bath you, nothing else..” He glanced at her and sent her a warm smile.