Chapter 106 106
Danica’s POV
After Jasmine cleared my food tray last night, I wrapped myself under my duvet and I was going to remain there for an eternity. At first, I thought about the mystery lady that suddenly returned unannounced after years of disappearing, then later, I started imagining what she would look like.
Jasmine was right. I really am curious about her and I probably will remain curious until I realize she has the appearance of a chimpanzee. Except it isn’t possible, because if it was, Jasmine wouldn’t have said it was a young lady, she would have said it was a young chimpanzee.
Was she pretty? Prettier than I am? Curvier? Those kinds of ladies with bodies that make heads roll in acknowledgement of them?
Was she blonde like me? Or an adorable Brunette? Long haired like me? or a short haired baddie that men love?
Those were the thoughts that consumed me till I eventually drifted off to sleep.
I woke up a bit later than usual. It was as if my body realized that today was no work day but rather a fitness day.
I got dressed and went for the morning rounds at the clinic before coming back to get dressed for the gym.
Alexander and I have been so apart and this is just another means of bonding again, without getting tangled in our lower limbs. And that’s why as much as I hated the exercise of a thing, I didn’t make a move to escape it this time.
I had on a tank top and a fitting, long gym pants. My hair was up in a messy bun and a pair of gloves was stacked in my hands.
Alexander was already at the gym when I got there, and it was funny how my gaze did a thorough sweep of the gym in case mystery woman Martha was somewhere around here, lurking around my mate! Thankfully, she wasn’t and I could finally focus on how bloody hot Alexander looked right now with his upper body devilishly bare… dripping with glittering drops of sweat that I suddenly want to erase with my tongue.
I shook my head quickly, biting my tongue as I tried to get the image out of my head.
By the time I returned to being focused, Alexander was already in front of me, in all full, smoky hot glory. My heart skipped a beat and my knees buckled, almost throwing me straight to the ground because I hadn’t expected him to be so close at that particular moment. I didn’t even hear him move at all. But he caught my arm with little to no effort, stopping me from hitting the ground nonetheless.
“Do you still remember what I taught you the last time we came here together?” Alexander asked, his tone devoid of any playfulness.
I nodded once, putting on the wrestling gloves he just handed to me.
I wasn’t even done putting them on properly when Alexander threw the first punch, but somehow even though I hadn't seen it coming, I evaded the punch so fast that when I look back now, I start to wonder if I was possessed by flash or something.
I saw the tiniest yet proudest smirk that curled up at the corner of Alexander’s lips and I couldn’t stop the butterflies that swimmed in my stomach. I felt so proud of myself right now.
After I was done putting on my gloves, we revised the moves he taught me before then we proceeded to the next steps. Learning how to counter attacks from the likes of Alexander; the trickiest fighter in the whole of Dark Orchids.
“Why do I need to learn that? It’s not like we’ll end up throwing punches at each other…” I grumbled and he smirked, shrugging as he stacked his own gloves in place.
He threw another punch towards my face but it was so fast that I barely saw or felt it coming until his fist was just half an inch away from my nose.
“You want to know why you need to learn how to counter real attacks from me? Here’s just the reason why. No one else in this pack is trickier in throwing attacks than I am. I taught you defense, but that defense isn’t actually enough to fend off attacks from me if I dim it fit” he explained and I nodded once in understanding, my breathing still heavy from the stunt he just pulled.
“So now, you’re going to learn how to avoid the fastest blows and how to launch a counter attack against me, your attacker. Is that clear?” he muttered again and I nodded in response.
The training started and I had a really hard time catching up, because his moves were so fast and I’d succesfully secured three punches that knocked fucking breath out of my lungs from him.
Eventually, I began to cope with his speed, very slowly but then again, even I could feel the improvement.
We spent another thirty minutes doing that, him throwing blows yet holding back enough not to give me a real punch, me utilizing his defense skills to avoid his attacks and even trying to counter attack.
For over thirty minutes, I couldn't successfully land a blow anywhere around Alexander but the last five minutes we spent training, I successfully did three. Three whole punches at Alexander and I felt like a fucking queen of war.
The last blow I threw sent me tumbling to the ground, with Alexander following suit, because I immediately had his shoulder in a death grip and somehow, he missed a step too. We landed on the ground with a thud, Alexander's hand protecting my skull from having a direct impact with the hard floor.
Two bodies sleek with sweat on the ground would sound disgusting to others. But right now, I feel hot. Fulfilled and so damn hot.
His piercing orbs found mine, and he just stared, deep. Amusement and pride glinting in his eyes so much that I couldn't control the heat that rushed to my face and neck.
He was so proud of me and I could tell. For the first time ever, I could read an expression on Alexander's face and it was this. Him, being proud of me.
He adjusted his weight on one of his arms, and that movement immediately made me notice his thigh resting between my legs, but I laid there unmoving, trying to pretend that my inner thigh wasn't weeping for his intrusion.
“Hey there, little Luna” he murmured and my pulse jumped, my eyes widening as my gaze held his.
Did he just… call me that?
I blinked, taking a long shaky breath.
“Alexander…”
“Something wrong, little Luna?” He murmured in the same tone. “Did that make your heart flutter?” he added and I bit my lips, blinking on repeat.
“You thought I was ever going to have a mate and then bring in someone else to become Luna of Dark Orchids? You should vanish that thought because no mate of mine is going to end up a mistress, vixen. Definitely not when she's capable of driving me insane yet making me feel so good within seconds.” he said, his fingers tracing the line of my throat, down to the line between my breasts and lower to the bareness of my stomach and waist where his fingers lingered.
My breath and pulse quickened, the adrenaline rush grew bolder because I knew Alexander enough to know that he was going to slip that lingering hand into forbidden places and make me moan until I begged him for more.
Just as his fingers tugged the band of my pants, the door clicked open with a loud bang, shattering the moment in an instant.
“Am I interrupting something?” An haughty yet feminine voice pierced the air while Alexander helped me up, the teasing smile vanishing from his face immediately.
My eyes found where the voice came from, my gaze met another pair of deep brown eyes and it was so weird but I could instantly tell who she was with just one look.