Alpha’s Plus-Size Sweetheart

03: Rethinking decisions

My breath caught in my throat. Mrs Gertrude said he wouldn’t mind. Oh goodness, I was in deep s**t. The weight I had been lifting fell off my hand making the only sound in the quiet room. I couldn’t take my eyes off his. He was beyond furious. And I had learned from Mrs Gertrude how much he hates dirt.

And here I was in his exercise room sweating buckets and polluting the air.

“I thought you wouldn’t mind. I’m so sorry. I will clean it up right now and never come in here,” I said in one breath, blabbering away while he stood still like a statue.

Oh please say something but don’t kill me or throw me out of this house.

“Get. Out,” he walked into the room, his aura coming off in waves of anger and the air felt suffocating.

He came and stood in front of me, glaring hard and I saw his eyes flicker black which meant he was fighting with his wolf.

Oh goodness, I’m dead meat. I didn’t really understand the extent to which he hated people touching his stuff.

Bending down, he picked up the fallen weight I had dropped but dropped it back.

“f**k!” He hissed loudly. I jumped in fright. I realized he had touched a part where my sweat had dropped in.

“Don’t let me repeat myself,” he said pissed, and I didn’t need to be told twice.

Breathing the fresh air of the field while I paced outside did nothing to quell my nerves. Would he fire me? I had never seen someone so angry over something so little. How can I survive in this house with him?

All my exercise lessons were forgotten as I thought of a way out. I couldn’t even go in there to clean up the room even though I had not even messed it up in the first place.

“If it isn’t my loser sister,” I jumped when I heard the unmistakable voice of Trina and I stilled. How did she find me here?

I dreaded turning back to look at her. Judging from her scent, she wasn’t alone. She was most definitely with her friends.

“Hi,” I spun around and plastered a fake smile on my face.

She sneered down at me like she always does. And then a smirk came over her face, “So you’ve started throwing yourself at Kane. You’re so pathetic. I knew you were desperate for love. But this?” She burst into laughter and her two other friends joined her.

Putting my hands behind my back, I balled them into fists, willing myself to say something back at her. I found myself tongue-tied and I hated myself more for that. The embarrassment ate at me. How could I forget that this part of Kane’s house was not owned by him? It was a field between Derek’s and Kane’s houses. I bet Trina had gone to see Derek. And that made my heart hurt more. I could never measure up to Trina.

“Kane rejected even the prettiest girl. What made you think he would choose a bag of dirt like you?” Trina asked and came closer to me. But I walked back.

However, my foot caught on something and I fell hard on my butt.

“Clumsy chicken,” Trina’s friend said and they all started laughing.

Tears gathered at the sides of my eyes. Say something, my mind screamed at me. And my wolf whimpered in my head. She too knew how badly I was treated. I had talked to her on more occasions not to show herself as I was an omega and could easily be beaten to a pulp by Trina.

“Why don’t I remind you how worthless you’ll ever be?” Trina came closer to me and yanked my hair hard. I bit back my scream and closed my eyes counting till thirty until when the pain would finally be over.

“What’s going on here?” Kane’s voice sounded behind me and Trina quickly released my hair and rushed back.

“I…I came to say hi to my lovely sister,” Trina stuttered. And I was shocked.

Trina had never stuttered before anyone. She wasn’t immune to Kane’s terrifying nature after all.

I sniffed silently, happy that the tears didn’t drop. But now, I was more than embarrassed that Kane had seen this ugly side of me. It was inevitable. He would have surely found out. Now I’m worthless in his eyes. Great.

“This is my territory. The next time I see you girls here without permission from me, you’ll have to face the consequences,” Kane’s vice held no emotion but it did the work it was supposed to do; instill fear.

Although he wasn’t talking to me, I could feel the tremor of his anger in my soul.

Taking a peek at Trina, she had gone pale from fear, nodding her head like a pendulum ball as she and her friends turned around and ran. Not in a lady-like manner. But she fled like a man.

“Thank you,” I said under my breath. I knew he would hear me because of his excellent hearing senses.

“I didn’t do it for you,” Kane countered and I bit my lips.

How foolish for me to think he came to save me. Of course, he’s after no one getting near his property.

I nodded as a pain stabbed my heart. I was still too weak to stand up to her. How then can I stand up to Derek? This exercise of a thing is pointless. I’m still as useless as I was a week ago.

I dusted myself and began to walk but was shocked to see Kane standing a few feet from me watching me. But not in pity like I expected. But something like… intrigue but then it was gone as fast as it came.

“You shouldn’t let people treat you that way. No one is better than the other. It all depends on how we all view ourselves,” with that he turned around and left.

His words got to me. Really got to me. Xena had once said something like that. But I didn’t believe it. Maybe because it came from her.

The incident with Trina shook me so much that I spent the rest of the day sitting on the grass and watching the stars.

Mrs Gertrude had come in earlier to ask me about eating dinner. But I had assured her I was fine which she found hard to believe.

Footsteps emerged and I saw Kane come out of the house with only baggy pants. His beautiful and toned body made me watch him. I was grateful for the shadow this side of the house offered. So I could watch him without his knowledge.

His body gleamed beautifully under the moonlight. I watched his eyes and oddly felt a pull to them. This man made me feel some kind of emotion. But right now all I felt for him was an intense pull.

He was training, fighting an imaginary person. And I had to admit, he was so damn good. After about ten minutes of watching him, he suddenly stopped and looked my way, his eyes pitch black. And all the air was sucked from my lungs.