Page 168 of Caged Between the Beta & Alpha
“It’s weird that you loved me for so long… I’m nothing spe-”
“You fucking are. Now stop it. Stop thinking of yourself as any less. You are beautiful, kind-hearted, and everything a man could ever hope for,” I said, reaching over and pulling her into my lap. She blushed despite having been in my lap, naked, many times over the last few days.
“Thanks,” she said, caressing my face. I hugged her tight as we continued to eat.
Now that her heat was over, her telling me about her and Damon’s rejection was on my mind again. She held the last bite of her muffin to my lips, and I took it, watching her unwrap another muffin as I bit into my sandwich, one arm around her slender waist. The sparks of the bond sizzled between us.
“You said you and Damon rejected one another…” I began. She paused from opening the bottle of orange juice and nodded.
“I realised what I wanted… I won’t lie, when we were originally going to reject one another, it was emotional, and I wondered what if... but this time, I knew it was what I wanted. I could never treat him the way I did you. There was no point in stringing him along when I forget everything when I’m around you. It was for the best, for all of us.” I kissed her shoulder softly.
“Thank you…” I said quietly. Yeah, I had been a jerk about it, but knowing she chose me…
“Nothing to thank me for. You’re stuck with me for life,” she said, biting into a croissant.
“Just the way I wanted it,” I replied with a smile. I didn’t know what it was, but something had changed between us. There was no longer any barrier…
“Oh, my Goddess, a sponge cake!” She said, unboxing the little treat I had picked up at the bakery that had just been opening up when I had gotten our food. “This one I’m not sharing!” I smiled, amused.
“I knew you wouldn’t. It’s all yours,” I promised, watching her scamper out of my lap as she quickly flattened the box open and took the giant cupcake out of it. I had to admit she looked fucking sexy sitting there on her knees in my shirt… “I need a picture.” I quickly grabbed my phone.
She smiled like the little minx she was and parted her knees slightly. With one hand, she pulled her shirt between her thighs, making it strain against her breasts. I swallowed hard, noticing her nipples poking against it. She smiled coquettishly, raising the cupcake to her mouth. She stuck her tongue out sensually, licking the tip of the icing. Her eyes were looking straight at me, and I took a snap, feeling myself harden in my pants. Fuck…
“You know how to tease,” I said.
“Do I?”
She knew exactly what she was doing to me. She simply smirked cheekily. It had been so damn hard to resist her as she tried to tempt me to take her. She giggled, biting into her cupcake.
“I can …” she said, our eyes meeting as she licked her lips. “But you haven’t seen anything yet.”
“Looking forward to it…” I whispered, taking hold of her chin.
I leaned forward and she smiled, leaning into the kiss as our lips met. Sparks coursed through us as pleasure rushed through me and sent heat rushing right to my dick…
Fuck…
We parted and she looked up at me, her eyes solemn, and that glint of mischief was no longer there.
“I love you, Liam, and I’m ready to become yours in every way,” she said quietly. Her fingers touched her mark, and she smiled softly.
My heart thundered, realising that, despite everything, I was getting a second chance. A second chance to make things right, but even though she had just confessed her love to me, what she said next threw me completely.
“I want to mark you, Liam. I want you to make me yours completely… I want to give you my first time, my every time, and my last time… I want only you. To be by your side through the good and the bad. You and only you.”
My emotions swirled through me like a tidal wave that had just been unleashed.
She wanted me… me to make her mine completely…
A confession from her lips… a confession from the heart and one I would never ever forget.
“I love you, too. Always have and always will. You are mine. I promise I’ll take care of you for as long as I can….” I whispered, my stomach clenching at the thought that perhaps I’ll never get that.
“Yours,” she said softly, placing the cupcake down. She climbed into my lap, straddling me, and wrapped her arms around me tightly. I hugged her tightly, feeling completely content despite the fear of losing it all eating up at me.
Just then, I felt something snap inside of me. The pain knocked all the air from me and something wrenched free from inside of me. My blood ran cold as the barrier on the darkness broke away. It rushed through me, stronger and more intense than ever, seeping into every corner of my mind and body, bleeding into my veins and heart.
The seal that Delsanra had put on it had been completely broken.
