Page 90 of Ruthless Alpha Beast
“Jasper!” A witch calls from the lake; her bikini top is so small it practically looks like she’s naked. “Come join.”
He smiles. “I was just in there, too much swimming, and I’ll forget why we’re out here.”
She dips her head under the water and swims up to the edge so that she’s right in front of us.
“Oh, come on,” she whines. “Don’t you want to race? I can light up the water, you know.”
I don’t like the flirty twinkle in her eyes, and she's sticking her chest out as though we couldn’t already see her breasts.
A fire spreads in my chest.
She’s eyeing him like he’s meat.
I’m not sure if Jasper notices, or anyone else for that matter, but it’s ridiculous.
I’m right here.
“That’s pretty cool,” he says. “I’ll go back in if Tara comes?”
He’s looking at me now.
I wish he’d remember a little bit of his witch-hatred, just for a second.
“Yeah, Tara, you should come,” she says, but she’s still only looking at him.
“No,” I say lightly, pressing down my anger. “I didn’t bring a bathing suit so—"
She cuts me off. “Jasper, this is actually my first hunt too, and you’ve led it so well! You’ve made us all feel so comfortable.”
A little too comfortable, perhaps.
Sorry, who is she?
That damn twinkle is still in her eyes.
“Aw, I’m glad to hear it,” he says. “We should probably get going in the next five minutes. We have a lot of ground to cover.”
“Are you sure I can’t convince you to come in?”
I pretend to busy myself with something in my bag.
You have no right to be jealous.
Although technically I do.I’mhis wife. Doesn’t matter if it’s real or not.
“Not me,” Jasper smiles, “but you could get some of the others.”
She nods and swims off.
As she does, she lifts her butt a little out of the water.
Ha.Smooth.
“I’ll help gather,” I say, getting up.
If I sit here any longer, I’m gonna say something. And there’s nothing I could say that I want Jasper to hear.
If he thinks I’m jealous, well, that opens up a whole can of worms I’d much rather keep closed.
