Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
Alexander looked up at me, and there was humor flashing in his eyes.
An amused smile played on the corners of his mouth, making me redden even more. I couldn’t believe Alexander had caught me in one the of the most embarrassing moments of my life. I should have just dog eat me.
“Bring the dog back inside,” Alexander instructed the other two men he was with.
The hulking man on the right nodded and whistled once, immediately calling the dog to him. Once the wolfhound was behind the closed front door, my shoulders slumped in relief, and it felt like I could actually take a breath again.!
Alexander ambled over to the tree and offered me a hand. “Come on down,” he said, his voice full of amusement. “If you grip that tree any harder you’re going to snap the branch, then the whole tree will fall.”
My embarrassment increased tenfold, and I considered denying his helping hand, but I actually did need help navigating safely down the tree.
When I gripped into his strong, warm hand, my stomach swooped, but I tried to ignore it.
“Put your hand on my shoulders,” Alexander instructed as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
I tried to focus on not getting hurt as he helped me down. But his hard, muscled body pressed against mine, made my head spin.
Thankfully-with Alexander’s help-my feet touched the grass.
“Richard, would you help Ava from the tree, please?” Alexander asked as he led me slightly away.
“Maybe you should put tree-climbing skills on your resume,” Alexander joked. “I never would have guessed that would be an ability of yours.”
Despite my earlier embarrassment, his good mood was cont
We laughed together, and the earlier tension between us felt like it had never happened. It was always so strange to me how up and down my relationship was with Alexander. I never knew what kind of mood this man would be in.
To my surprise, Gai came out of the house, too, and Alexander asked her to help Kelly and Aiden out of the riverbank.
Soon, Kelly and Aiden were cleaning their muddy shoes off with a hose in the front yard, and I walked over to Gai, who was wiping her hands on her jeans.
“Did you see Alexander help me out of the tree?” I whispered to her.
“Yeah, I was watching through the window.”
“Did I look as stupid as I felt?” I asked, even though I was afraid of what she would say.
It took her longer than it should to formulate her answer, and my stomach clenched with nerves.
“You looked…cute,” Gai finally said diplomatically.
Damn it. I knew that was code, for I had made a fool out of myself. Gai was just trying to break it to me nicely.
Alexander and Ava were standing a few feet away from us. They seemed to be facing off. Their postures were stiff, and they had their arms crossed.
“What are you guys doing here?” Alexander asked. “You’re pretty far away from the hotel,”
“We’re here for an outing,” Ava answered evasively and lifted her chin. “Why are you here?”
“I’m visiting a friend,” Alexander answered a little too quich
“Well, thanks for your help with the dog,” Ava said “But we must get going. Things to do, people to see and all that.”
“Are we ready to go to my uncle’s house?” Kelly asked.
Ava nodded and led her brother in the direction that Kelly had started to walk in.
I began to follow after them, but a deep voice called my name. The sound made my heart slam against my chest.
Alexander still had something to say to me.
*Olivia*
Alexander gestured for me to follow him under the shade of the tree that Ava and I had just climbed.
For a moment, we stared at each other. I tried to read the expression on his face and the deep emotion in his eyes, but like usual, he was good
Chisper 144 at hiding his inner thoughts and feelings from me.
“Despite my joking around, it was very dangerous of you to climb that tree,” Alexander murmured, his eyes scanning my face and my body as if he were looking for injuries. “You could have fallen and broken your neck.”
His words made my eyes widen with shock. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that he was worried about me. But he had treated my so cruelly at the restaurant, then took me to his hotel room and gave me the best kiss of my life. Now, he was speaking to me in a soft and gentle voice, and I could see that he had been genuinely worried for me.
I couldn’t keep up with this man’s mood swings It seeme either wanted to kiss me or have nothing to do with me. In in between with him. was no
With the sound of the flowing river in the background and the scent of wildflowers swirling around us, the atmosphere was too romantic for my liking. Especially since Alexander had decided to be sweet and caring at this moment in time. I bit my lip as panic made my stomach clench, and I was unsure how to react.
The impulsive side of me was screaming at me to wrap my arms around Alexander’s strong body, press him close to me, and finish what we started in the hotel room. But the rational side reminded me that I had come to Osten Village for a good reason. And I couldn’t just ditch my friends because the guy that I had complicated feelings for was being kind to me for now.
“I’ll be more careful,” I muttered and averted my eyes to the ground. “I have to go.”
Then I turned and I ran to catch up with my friends before I did anything I could regret.
My body was screaming in protest the farther away I got from Alexander’s mysterious dark eyes and inviting body heat.
Once I caught up with Ava, I grabbed her hand and pulled her faster away. “Hurry,” I urged her.
But just before I stepped off the yard, I heard the thud of footsteps running after us and my stomach sank.
Alexander wasn’t done with his mind games yet.
“Wait, Olivia! I need to talk to you,” he called.
I turned around because I knew that running away from him would seem childish.
He gazed at me with an expression that made me shift fro another. Alexander was staring at me with such intensity u seemed like he was trying to read my mind. il foot to
“You’re going to her uncle’s house?” he asked and nodded, and Kelly, who was slowly edging away from the group, her eyes on Alexander. She seemed weary of him.
“Yes…” I answered, having a bad feeling about what was coming next.
“I’m free for the rest of the day, so why don’t I join you,” Alexander said in a casual tone, but his eyes were calculating.
He stood next to me and gestured for us to keep walking.
I wanted to argue that he hadn’t been invited along, but I knew that the sun would go down soon, and we really didn’t have time for Alexander and me to fight right now. We needed to get going.
“Wait here and tell everyone that I’ll be back for a late dinner,” Alexander told Gai./
She nodded, wished us luck, and then went inside.
As the six of us continued along the riverbank, Kelly gestured for Ava and me to walk beside her.
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