Chapter Fifty-Six
The kiss, if I could call it that, lasted less than a second and within that second Alpha Alessandro had launched himself across the room and yanked me away from the guard.
His hands twirled into my hair as lifted my face up so I could meet his eyes.
The eyes that were filled with betrayal and anger.
Swallowing harshly at the intense look he was giving me, I tried to think of what to say and do next. For some reason I couldn't think of what I was supposed to do now that I had completed the first part of my ridiculous plan. What should I say now?
The guard had the same idea as he started to splutter around and explain to the Alpha what happened.
"Silence." Alpha Alessandro snapped causing the man to obey immediately. "I will deal with you later."
I turned my head back a fraction to see the guard leaving only for Alpha Alessandro to move it back. "Don't look at him." He snapped, his voice filled with anger.
I had to explain to the Alpha that this guard had nothing to do with any of this and this was all on me. "It wasn't his fault."
He narrowed his now completely dark eyes. "I know. If it was, he wouldn't be breathing now."
Shit! Rachel was right?
I'm Alpha Alessandro's mate?
No, I couldn't be.
He probably didn't want anyone touching his prisoner, he was just possessive that's all.
"Why?" I needed confirmation from him, I had to know for sure. "Why would you have hurt him if he had kissed me?"
His hands untangled from my hair and he took a step back. His eyes were returning to its original colour and he seemed unsure of what to say now. "No one will touch what is mine."
Mine?
"Your what?" I pushed, not bothering about the consequences. "What am I to you?"
He gave me no response as he stared me down. Did he know I know?
"Tell me." This time it was me who was taking steps to close the distance. "Tell me what I am to you."
His face and body language suggested he would not reveal this information so quickly and easily and I would have to yank this information out from him. I could be totally wrong but I wouldn't know for sure unless I asked.
Taking in a deep breath, I asked him the question that could potentially change my life forever. "Am I your mate?"
Alpha Alessandro froze, he didn't move an inch, his eyes didn't blink and it didn't look like he was breathing either. He was like this for a couple of minutes though it felt like a lifetime.
Would he tell me the truth? Would he lie? What would he say?
"Alpha Alessandro?" My voice was soft and almost like a whisper.
He remained frozen as if he didn't hear me call him. Perhaps he didn't, so I tried again but this time louder. "Alpha Alessandro?"
Again, there was no response. I waited another minute, counting each second slowly as I allowed him time to process the question I had asked him. He was as still as a statue, the expressions on his face was as if it had been etched into marble, unmoving and frozen in time.
His lack of response, or should I say, lack of movement was starting to grate on my patience. Was I being naïve or stupid in thinking his reaction could be from the absurdity of the question I had posed?
"Hello? Alpha Alessandro?" I waved my hand dangerously close to his face yet there was still no reaction or response. How long was he going to be like this?
My eyes darted around the room and landed on the phone that was sitting on the desk. Would he notice if I used it? I took a hesitant step away from him and towards the desk, my eyes trained on him. As he continued to stand there like a twat, I took more steps away from him and towards the desk, my steps more confident and less hesitant.
I was almost there when he finally snapped out of the trance he was in. I groaned out loud as his body swung in my direction. Seriously? Couldn't he had just stood there for a couple of minutes longer, that's all I needed.
"What are you doing?" He asked, his voice sounding strange and croaky.
"Er, I was going to sit down." I quicky made something up, pointing to the chair behind his desk. "I didn't know how long you were going to remain like that."
His eyes darted over to the chair before moving over to the perfectly good sofa that was empty and I knew it was his way of saying he didn't believe me.
"You're lying."
I rolled my eyes. I asked him if I was his mate and he was more concerned about what I was doing near his desk?
"Speaking of lies, you didn't give me an answer. Am I your mate?"
This time his reaction to my question wasn't as extreme and strange as the first time. He made an attempt to seem causal, however, I could see the turmoil in his eyes. The chuckle he let out was forced and rough. "What a ridiculous question."
I crossed my arms, determined not to back down from this topic. "Well are you going to answer the 'ridiculous' question?"
"I don't answer to you."
"It's a simple yes or no question." I pressed further, however, his reluctance to answer the question was providing me with what I needed.
"Did Teresa speak to you?" His voice had returned to its original state.
"Yes." It wasn't a lie since she did speak to me but not about this whole mates thing. If he pulled me up on it later I would feign ignorance.
He let out a string of curses.. "What did she say?"
I answered his question truthfully. "She told me to speak to you. So what is the answer to my question?"
"Get out."
"Excuse me?"
"Get out of my room. You're lucky I'm not punishing your for the stunt you pulled earlier." He moved his hand in a dismissing motion and went over to his desk, eager for this conversation to end.
"What stunt?"
Alpha Alessandro narrowed his eyes. "The guard." He gritted out.
"Oh him?" I put on a coy smile on my face.. "I like him, do you think I have a chance with him?"
A muted growl bounced around the room. "You're playing a dangerous game, human."
I was but I didn't care.
"Why does that bother you?"
"It doesn't."
This time I let out a chuckle, it clearly did bother him and he was doing a poor job of concealing it. "So you would have no issue with us dating?"
"No."
I slowly began to make my way over to him. "When we kissed earlier, I felt the warmth from his body and I wanted to pull him closer to me."
Another growl echoed around the room but this time it was slightly louder.
"I should have pulled him closer and wrapped my body around his. Can you imagine us together? The things he would do to me?"
"Stop." Alpha Alessandro warned as his eyes began to darken.
"His hands would start here." I pointed at my hair before moving my hand down. "Then he would touch me here, his hands would move lower and lower." I moved my hands to match my words.
"Stop talking." He snarled the words out, his hands clenched into fists at his side.
Ignoring his command, I continued. "His lips would caress mine and he wo-"
I stopped talking but not because I didn't want to continue or Alpha Alessandro's threats got to me. I stopped talking because I had to, Alpha's words may not have got to me but something else did.
His lips.
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