The Dark Alpha

Chapter 8

"Mm..." I hummed as I swirled the bite around in my mouth, letting every crevice of it explore the taste of this famous miss June's pizza.

"And?" Arthur asked me eagerly but I held up a hand, refusing to talk, only because I was loving how he was literally just waiting for me to tell him my thoughts. It looked like my opinion really mattered.

I placed a finger on my chin, as though in deep thought, before I continued my slow chewing. All he did was groan in return.

"Well...?" Arthur asked me as he watched me intently. I continued to chew extra slow just to tease him and make him wait a little longer, "as sexy as you look chewing, the suspense is killing me."

I choked on my food not expecting him to say that, "it's good," I giggled as I moved my bangs from my eyes and looked at him. I wiped the corner of my lips and watched as his eyes got fixated on them yet again.

"Just good?" He asked me and I shook my head.

"You're right," I nodded my head, "this pizza is amazing," I replied honestly as I picked up the serviette and wiped the corners of my lips and hands.

Arthur wasn't lying when he said that the pizza was big and greasy. It was all of that, but more importantly, it was divine. I'm thinking of contacting this miss June and having her prepare one for my family, I'm certain it'll change my mother's view on this kind of food.

"This is the best pizza I've ever had in my life," I commended as I licked my fingers of the juicy grease, "and I've had pizza in Italy, but this, this really tops it all," I continued and he started to laugh.

"Ok, I get it," he teased as he nudged me with his shoulder and I nudged him back with mine before I relaxed on the hood of the car.

I enjoyed my night and I was ready to leave, not because I was tired but because I was satisfied with what we'd done and it feels like the perfect time to wrap it up. After we met his parents, we stepped outside and I put almost everything into my mouth. Shoving all of the food and overall enjoying myself. Arthur didn't even judge me, instead he ate with me, maybe even more.

We ate and drank the night away. Then I did the robot and tried to teach him, but he just laughed at me and told me that he wouldn't take part in my dancing. He would’ve yielded to my pouting had it not been for Miss June serving her famous pizza. We decided to take the pizza and come to his car so that we could have some privacy from the rest of the party.

"So how long are you going to be staying in New Cresthill?" He asked me suddenly and I turned my head to look at him before I wrapped my arms around myself, feeling a bit chilly.

I sighed, "I don't know. As long as I need to be here," I replied honestly.

"Are you running from something...or someone?" He asked and I pursed my lips.

I cracked a small smile, "reality," I simply said before facing him again just to see that he was already looking at me in the most piercing way.

"You have the most intense eyes," I let out a shaky breath because it felt like he was staring into my soul, "I could look into your eyes the entire day and never get tired," I pushed my bangs away from my eyes.

He smiled at that, "what do you feel when you look into my eyes?"

I smirked, "you're so full of yourself aren't you?"

"Tell me more about you, Diamond. I would like to know everything about you."

"I hate that kind of question. I don't think I'm a very interesting person," I replied honestly.

"Everything about you is interesting. So please, enlighten me."

"Well, I've already told you that I'm the last born in my family, and I'm a daddy's girl to the very core. I played golf and even wanted to pursue it professionally, but then I fell in love with tennis and then fell in love with soccer, then with netball and then baseball before I realised I couldn't play all of them and decided to stick to maths. I was my brother's best "man" or best woman, to state correctly, at his wedding. I met up in an accident when I was 17 years old when I tried sneaking out with my father's car and since then, I never drive over 80 mph. My celebrity crush is John Legend and I had him perform for me at my 21st birthday party. Is there anymore you want to know?" I asked him, thinking I'd irritated him.

He nodded his head, "a whole lot more, but you keep yawning and I see that it’s time to take you home."

"Thank you," I said with a smile as I watched him stand up straight and extend his hand for me to take. I took it and he immediately pulled me against his warm body.

"You're so warm," I said honestly as I placed my hand on his chest and looked at him through my lashes before I straightened his tie quickly and stepped back from him.

"Thank you for tonight," I broke the silence between us as we walked up the pathway to my front door. We'd been quiet the entire ride, mostly because I kept falling asleep even though I tried to keep my eyes open. I was too tired and drained from today.

"I had such a great time," I squeezed his hand that held mine as we walked up the stairs to my front door.

"I'm glad that you did," he spoke and I shivered, both from the cold and his voice. I pulled his jacket tighter around me. Yes, he gave me his jacket when he noticed how cold I had been. How swoon worthy!

"Meeting your parents was nerve wrecking but nonetheless fun," I giggled and he chuckled before we stopped before my door and then faced each other, "I almost don't want to say goodbye," I said, without thinking but after the words left my mouth I bit my lip and wanted to slap myself upside the head for saying that. I probably sounded like some silly little girl with a silly little crush.

He reached up and removed my bottom lip from between my teeth before his hand cupped the side of my face. He took a step closer to me and I sucked in a breath, "I really want to kiss you right now, Diamond..." He trailed off and I felt his hot breath on my face as I tried to look away from his intense gaze but it was difficult, "can I kiss you?"

I couldn't trust my voice, so instead I just leaned a bit closer to give him that extra nudge and he went for it. He pressed his body flush against mine, his hands moved to my waist as he pulled me closer till my hands were placed on either of his shoulders as our lips met in a kiss.

The kiss was the most amazing kiss I'd ever had in my life. His lips were warm and electric, with each second. I felt heat travel throughout my body. From my lips to my toes, until my fingers tingled and I wanted to melt right there in his arms. My knees buckled under me and he held me up as he continued to kiss me.

My heart felt like it was exploding with happiness and everything felt...magical.

When our lips pulled apart, I stared at him in surprise, "you felt that too?" He breathed out before a smile began to spread across his face, a smile so full of joy that it stunned me.

"What was that?" I felt breathless, trying to recover from the shocking kiss but still unable to feel my legs under me.

He placed his forehead on mine as he took in a deep breath, "I don't know..." He whispered.

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