The Alpha’s Prisoner - Chapter 53

Violet and Jack returned to the house after the sunset.

She was feeling much better and the view of the sea made her day much better than she expected it would be.

Jack said he would go to the supermarket to buy something to cook for dinner while she showered.

Violet felt mesmerized when she saw that the bathroom had a bathtub, so she took a really long bath, just thinking about life and enjoying the silence.

She did not remember a day where she could simply appreciate how good it was to just hear the sound of her breathing.

The noises of pans slamming on the kitchen took her out of her daydream. Jack was probably back and was now cooking for them.

She got out of the tub and dried her long blonde hair. She opened her bag and took a very comfy dress from it and the red lingerie fell off from it on the process..

Violet looked at it for a few seconds, rethinking about her conversation with Lucinda earlier. She did want to feel powerful and in control.

She wanted to enjoy her moments with Jack to the fullest, so it shouldn’t be a problem to try something different for a change.

After all, she had already slept with him several times before, so it shouldn’t be a big deal.

She put the lingerie on and the dress and went to find Jack in the kitchen.

He was pretty concentrated on something she didn’t know what it was, so she came behind him and hugged his waist.

“Hey, I thought you had drowned or something.” Jack joked as he chopped some onions.

“It was a very relaxing bath, I didn’t want to come out.” she said, trying to look at what he was doing, since he was blocking her view. “What are we having?”

“Well, this is a recipe I learned from my father when I was young. I don’t really know if it has a name or not, but it has some vegetables, meat and a secret sauce that my family passed through generations.”

“Wow, sounds really good. I’m looking forward to taste your exquisite cooking.”

“Now I feel pressured.” he said between a smile.

Violet released him and sat on the counter in front of him, a few centimeters away from the chopping board.

Jack rose his eyes to look at her for the first time.

“You look amazing.”

“I just took a shower and dried my hair. How do I look amazing?” Violet asked embarrassed from the sudden compliment.

She didn’t really do anything, except putting some blush on her cheeks.

“Well, you look amazing anyway.” he shrunk his shoulders. “I bought some wine, why don’t you open it while I’m here?”

Violet got down from the counter and took the bottle from the fridge.

She poured two glasses for them and gave one to Jack.

While he cooked, she stood there just talking and drinking.

Dinner was also really good.

Jack proved to be an amazing cook, and Violet enjoyed the food until she was completely full.

After that, they sat on the floor and continued to chat, getting to know parts of themselves that they hadn’t shared with each other yet.

Violet was getting really dizzy because of the wine, even though she was fighting to not be drunk.

“Did you really think you were going to be able to fight the mate bond when you met me?” Jack asked in a good mood.

Violet almost choked with his sudden question.

“Well, I didn’t think it was to going to be so hard, but in my mind, that was the only option I had.” Violet explained. “After all, I was supposed to just kill you and leave.”

“I couldn’t believe the coincidence. I mean… What are the odds that you are summoned to a mission where you need to kill someone and that person turns out to be your mate?” Jack asked lively.

Violet thought it was kind of cute the way he looked when he was slightly drunk. Or maybe it was the alcohol on her body speaking.

“I would never, in a million years, think that would happen to me. I never really thought about it, you know? I knew one day I’d have to marry someone, but I always avoided that subject because Arden wanted me to marry Lance, and I…”

Violet shut up when she saw the way Jack was looking at her.

“You were going to marry Lance?” he asked in shock.

And then Violet realized she had never really told him about that.

“I… I didn’t want to, but Arden always managed to get things done his way, so… I didn’t really have a choice.”

“And did he want to marry you?” he asked with his brows raised.

Violet felt uncomfortable all of a sudden. It was weird to talk to Jack about that.

“Yes.”

“Does he love you?” Jack continued, taking another sip from the wine.

She didn’t want to lie to him, and after the conversation she had with Lance after she got back to the palace, Violet knew what were Lance’s intentions towards her.

But she didn’t really know what were his true feelings for her.

“I don’t know how he feels, he just said he wanted to marry me and that we could be happy.” she explained.

But Jack’s expression was not very pleased.

“Yeah, he wished.” he murmured against the glass, finishing the content in just one shot.

Violet thought it was really funny seeing him jealous.

She crawled towards him on the floor and sat on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck.

“You don’t need to be jealous, you know? I guess you’re stuck with me forever now.” she said placing kisses over his cheeks and neck.

“Not that I’d complain about it.” he said with a hoarse voice, squeezing her tight and pulling her harder against his chest. “But I don’t really like that guy, so he’s out of the picture.”

“But, if you do decide to dump me someday, I need to have a plan B, don’t you think?” she whispered against his ear, bitting his earlobe lightly.

Violet could already sense his desire for her, and it actually felt nice to see that she had him under control just by doing that.

She continued to provoke him, seeing that Jack was really into whatever she was doing.

“I’m your plan B, A, or whatever.” Jack said grabbing her by the waist and tossing her on the couch.

He laid over her, and Violet could see that either she was pretty bad at the seducing game, or Jack wasn’t a very patient man, which she thought it was both.

Jack put his hands under the bottom of her dress and touched her legs with his cold fingers, which made her shiver, since her body was already very hot.

But she didn’t want to be provoked by him, she wanted to be in charge like Lucinda said she should, so she pushed him up and with a very agile movement, sat on his lap again, putting one leg at each side of his body.

“I really like that option.” Violet said, finally grabbing his lip between her teeth and claiming his mouth to a very passionate and intense kiss.