The Alpha

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Josephine

"Good morning, beautiful." Theo's face is right next to mine when my eyes flutter open, and I restrain the urge to scream in shock. Well isn't this a nice surprise?

I groan at the sunlight filtering in from the window and burrow my head into his chest. Theo chuckles softly at this and presses me closer to his body with the palm of his hand.

"Do you know what today is?" He murmurs in my ear and I frown. What's today? His birthday or something? Oh my god. Did I forget my own mates birthday?

"Um no?"

"Well you got your veto yesterday so..." He trails off and I blink open my eyes again, taking a good look at him. His nerve, I swear, is going to get him killed one day.

"Shut up." I say, shoving a pillow into his face, getting out of his embrace, and rolling my back to him. He laughs and pulls my body against his yet again.

"Nope." He pops the P. "You used your veto already. Today is the day, gorgeous."

"Not if you keep bringing it up." I huff out, wiggling out of his hold and standing up next to the bed. His eyes run over me, and his smile turns into one of adoration. If that look doesn't melt me, I don't know what will.

I give him a small smile and tug down his shirt over my thighs a little more. He growls at me and my eyes snap to him.

He's going to get mad at me for trying to be modest? Really? Why doesn't he just tell me to become a prostitute? I mean, he wants me to have sex with him and he gets mad at me for covering myself up. He's practically my pimp now.

"Maybe I'll lock the door?" I say, making my way towards the bathroom. Apparently someone fixed it from the last time Theo knocked it down. So I guess we have a door again. He snarls at my words and I laugh. His buttons are just way too easy to push.

I go into the bathroom and I refrain from locking the door even though it's awfully tempting. My eyes flicker to the mirror and I frown. Did I look this bad the whole time I was talking to Theo? Oh boy.

My hand just reach down to the hem of the shirt when suddenly the door comes flying open. I shriek and stare in shock as Theo marches toward me with determination clear in his eyes.

"What the hell?" I ask, placing my hands on my hips. This is two days in a row.

"I decided I couldn't wait any longer." He explains while dragging me out of the bathroom. I stumble along behind him until he pushes me down on the bed. It takes him mere seconds to be on top of me, kissing me.

Well then. I guess this is happening now.

The kiss he gives me is full of passion and so much heat that I feel overwhelmed. His mouth travels down to my neck and he kisses on his mark, making me stifle a contented sigh.

My eyes squeeze closed even tighter, and my toes curl as he moves his hand down my leg and back up it, taking the shirt with him. I'm laying there in my matching bra and underwear before I even have time to react. I may or may not have matched them on purpose just for him.

"I'll be gentle, I swear." He presses a kiss against my throat. "And I'll take care of you." He kisses in between my breasts. "And I'll even let you snuggle up against me after I'm done with you."

"You'll let me?" I ask and he chuckles with his lips pressing lightly to my stomach.

"What can I say?" He smirks up at me with his now completely black eyes. "I'm a gentleman."

"Yeah. Sure. Whatever, Alpha." I roll my eyes but then moan as his hand ventures closer and closer to its destination. He growls in approval.

"I'll go easy on you, baby." He murmurs against the inside of my thigh. Whoa. When did he get down there?

"Maybe I don't need you to go easy on me." I retort and he pauses with a laugh.

"No trust me, you need me to." He sounds like an arrogant prick. I writhe against his hands as they stretch up towards my bra clasp.

"Well maybe I don't want you to go easy on me." I challenge and he raises an eyebrow.

"Huh. I guess I live to serve you so..." He unclasps my bra and throws it across the room. I watch it go sailing and hit the wall with a dull thump. That wasn't necessary.

I watch as his already black eyes get even darker as he looks at me. I blush and look up at the ceiling. It's not like he's going to reject me, but I still have this doubt on how he feels about my appearance.

"God was unfair to the other women when he created you." He growls out. "Just give me a second here." I glance down at him and bite my lip, feeling awkward as he studies every curve of my body. This just got really intense.

After a minute, he rips of his shirt eagerly and stands up to unbuckle his pants. It's in this moment that I start to feel panicked. Maybe this isn't such a good idea. I mean, I'm just really unsure on how I feel about it now. As if sensing my doubts, he looks at me and gives me an award winning smile.

"Stop worrying. I'll make sure you barely feel a thing." He reassured as his pants go down. "And then I'll make sure you feel everything." I watch him go over to his bedside table drawer and get a condom out. I stare at it as he sets it down on the bed.

"Theo...." I swallow hard, looking at the shiny package. This is suddenly very real.

"No, baby, don't be scared." He coos as he climbs back on top of me.

"I'm not scared." I defend and he chuckles as he presses his lips to mine.

"Alright. Are you ready?" He asks while taking the condom out of the package.

I watch as he starts to put it on and I stop him. Maybe I want to do it. I pry it from his fingers, and as gently as I can, I put it on him. He growls roughly as soon as I touch him but he remains still until we're officially safe. Once I've pulled my hands away from him, he wastes no time to position himself on top of me.

And then Theo Lupine makes my world explode.