Desired By The Alpha

Chapter １３

"Okay, go to sleep." While I was squeezing myself into his arms and trying to fall asleep, he gently stroked my shoulders.

I rolled my eyes and turned around, and as soon as I did, I caught the aroma of shampoo. I couldn't help but make a scowling face. Why did this fragrance seem familiar? As I rubbed my eyes, my eyelids would partially open, but then quickly close again. Wait, where was I? My eyes shot open in a startled response to that, and when they did, I saw a broad naked chest directly in front of me.

I shrieked as loud as I could. At that precise moment, someone put their hand over my mouth and squeezed. I glanced up with widened eyes.

"Did I just scare you?" There, Asta laid beside me with a towel around his waist. Water dripped out of his hair. His hands were supporting his head as he gazed at me with a teasing smile on his lips.

I couldn't say a thing. I was stunned, staring at him blankly. At first, I could only ask myself, where was I? Then I remembered I had gone through the mating ceremony with Asta. That was when the memories of last night surfaced in my mind. And then I remembered how I had started to drink one glass of wine after another to calm my heart. Slowly, I remembered how I had acted after getting drunk, speaking endlessly again and again.

And how I had stripped off of the clothes without even minding Asta's presence.

Ah, there was also a part when I was hugging him as if he was a teddy bear!

My face heated and ears turned so red as if dripping blood. I lowered my head to hide my blushing face in his arms. I wanted to scream out loud this morning! Even though I had a splitting headache due to wine, I was still able to remember every single thing from last night.

Damn it! It was so embarrassing!

Just then, a hand caught my chin and forced me to look up. I met his eyes, only to blush even more furiously.

"Why is this little cat hiding after teasing me like this?" Amusement flashed in his eyes. "Do you know what you did last night?"

I knew. I knew it very well that I had just locked myself in a room with a flesh eating tiger, and even presented myself as a very good meal. I really felt so embarrassed that I could cry.

"I-I-I...I'm sorry." I forced myself to say something, anything that could get me out of this situation in one piece.

But Asta had different thoughts in mind. He smirked.

"I don't want your apology this time." He suddenly pressed me on the bed and lowered his head toward my ears, whispering, "I want you."

I froze at that. I remembered him saying that he just wanted to mate me after a week. But what was he saying right now? He wanted to mate me first thing in the morning?! My eyes widened at that.

That was when a thought suddenly entered my head. What was I doing? Hadn't I decided already that I would just stop struggling and become Asta's faithful wife? And one of the wife's duties is to please her husband. It shouldn't matter if this kind of thing happened now or a week later. I would get eaten up by this person anyway.

I simply shut my eyes close when I thought of this. But the lips I thought would approach my face only lowered and pecked me on my mouth before I felt Asta's weight lifting off of me.

Confused, I opened my eyes and tilted my face. He was already standing beside with a gentle smile on his face. "I have decided to wait until you desire me. I don't want to force you to do something you don't want to."

My expression turned even more confused as I looked at him. When his eyesight fell upon my face, he let out a chuckle and flicked my forehead before tracing a line with his index finger down toward my lips and rubbed the surface until it became red. "Don't look at me like that. Or else I'll lose self control."

I blushed when I heard that and hid my face under the blanket.

And like this, the entire day passed just like that. I even cuddled with him to sleep. To be honest, I was very reluctant in my sober state, and I couldn't help but blush whenever he asked me to scoot closer just like a night before. And then, this guy started teasing me about the words I had said last night! In the end, I was teased so much that I couldn't even utter a word that made sense. I just drilled into his arms and hid my face.

Then he had to go out the next day and came back while I was making dinner. I had just taken off the gloves that I often use these days for making something in the microwave oven when I heard the noise. I turned back to see Asta walking toward me.

Before I could even open my mouth to speak something, he lowered his head and pressed his lips on mine.

I was frozen on the spot, and couldn't react. A day before, I remembered him pecking my lips, but now, it was a real kiss! He was even using his tongue to lick the surface of my lips as I opened my mouth slightly. And with a force, his tongue entered my mouth.

After a long time of kissing, our lips parted for a second before he pressed forcefully again. I stumbled back and leaned on the kitchen counter as his arms went around my waist, hugging me tightly. This time, I finally reacted. I raised my hands and clutched his shirt tightly, pulling him closer. There was no gap between us.

My heart rate was so fast that I could hear a sound like the galloping of a horse in my ears. Warmth spread in my chest as I continued to move my lips with his in sync. This was the first time someone was kissing me like this.

Damn! I didn't know it would feel so good! I momentarily forgot everything, even my name. What was I doing here? There seemed to be something in the oven. It even made a sound indicating that I needed to take something out. But my mind was too blank to think of it. All I was thinking that even though this guy was rumored to be cruel and ruthless, he had a gentlemanly attitude toward me from the start. The linger trace of fear that I had in my heart gradually decreased as I felt like floating in the clouds.