Chapter 48 Chapter 48
KEEGAN -
I caught up with the omega and grabbed her arm from the grip of the man she was following.
"Hey!" She snapped.
"Who the hell are you?" One of the men asked me.
"Where are you taking her to?" I asked them with a glare, towering over them to look intimidating.
"We just wanted to have fun, play some games, then we can head out to a nice place with her. She agreed too." He said with a lopsided smile, not looking scared at all.
"I want to go with them," She whined like a child and for some reason, that just sounded very cute to me and made me chuckle.
"Don't try to take advantage of her because she's drunk." I added as a warning and realized it was pointless talking to them, so I turned and left with the omega.
To avoid paying attention to stupid and unnecessary glares, I gently pulled the omega with me without staring at anyone else and left for the bedroom. The moment I locked the door, I heaved a deep sigh.
"What is wrong with you? Why'd you get drunk when you know your alcohol tolerance is so terrible?" I tried to sound mad but failed at it. She looked too innocent to be mad at.
She shrugged. "I guess it makes me feel confident. Right now, I feel so bold, like I can say whatever I say, do whatever I want." She stumbled and I caught her as she fell on me. "Right now, I feel like I can even beat you up if you try to boss me around."
I creased my eyebrows in confusion. Why the hell would she think of beating me up? "Just get to bed." I held her to the bed and made her sit on it, crouching to take her shoes off.
"Alpha, can't you be any less arrogant? It felt so sweet to be with you at the lake, you were just this happy sexy man. If you were any nicer, I'm certain I'd have fallen madly in love with you."
"What the heck do you mean?" I chuckled.
"Yes. Who wouldn't be head over heels for you if you were so nice? Please consider it." She cupped my face with a pout. Though it made her look like a child, it made my chest feel tight, like she had just shot me.
'Damn. Does she know how much effect she has on us? 'Drex groaned.
"I bet you don't know that I used to have a tiny crush on you when I first arrived at the pack but your terrible treatment killed my feelings. If you weren't so terrible, who wouldn't go crazy over someone that looks like you. You're tall, handsome, muscular, hot, handsome, single, handsome, so..." she trailed off in a moan.
"Okay! You need to head to bed, omega." I jerked to my feet. The alcohol has probably affected her brain way too much.
"Will you ever call me by my name?" she frowned.
"Just head to bed." I covered her legs with the blanket.
"What's my name?"
"Just head to bed, jeez, you're such a trouble!" I tried to make her lay down but she wouldn't budge.
"Not until you mention my name." she insisted with a tired smirk on.
Was this woman seriously drunk or something else was wrong with her? "Fine, head to bed, Jane." I forced a smile at her.
Her jaw dropped then her smirk arched even more. "So you know my name? Hearing my name from those lips definitely makes it sound sexy." She bit her lower lip and ran her finger along my face, an action that made my chin feel cold.
'Damn!' Drex exclaimed.
I shook my head and put her to bed. "Hopefully, you'll be back to your senses tomorrow. Goodnight."
"Goodnight." She chuckled then turned away and chuckled to herself, muttering words I didn't bother to listen to.
I quickly left the room to stop the series of crazy emotions running in my head.
JANE ~
"Yes, we'll be returning to the pack today. There's nothing left to do here." Alpha Keegan's voice drew me out of my sleep. I opened my eyes, yawning and stretching.
My head felt like a large block had been inserted in it. "Oh my gosh," I held the sides of my head, contorting my face in pain. "My brain hurts." My voice drew Alpha Keegan's attention to me.
"I'll call you back, Mason." He ended the call and walked up to me. "How do you feel now?"
"Terrible! What happened..."
"You were drunk."
"Drunk?" I stared at my body, and realized I was still in my gown. There was a sudden gag from my stomach. My hands automatically covered my mouth, and when I gagged again, I quickly ran to the bathroom and threw up the contents of my stomach into the basin.
"Are you okay in there?" Alpha Keegan asked with a knock on the door.
My reply to him was cut off with another gag as I threw up again. This time, Alpha Keegan pushed the door open and walked up to me to rub my back. "Are you fine now?" He asked, sounding genuinely concerned.
It felt like my breath had gone by puking and my entire body felt weak. I almost lost balance but Alpha Keegan held my arms to support me.
"Don't ever take anything alcoholic again. You'll make yourself sick." He rinsed my mouth and my hands, still showing no sign of anger, but worry ringing in his eyes.
He held my shoulders to lead me to the room and I sat back on the bed.
My stomach grumbled really loudly and he glanced down at me. "Did you eat anything at the party last night?"
"I--I don't know." I tried to remember anything at all. "I only have a memory of drinking the extremely sweet wine then I left for the bathroom. I don't know
"So you probably didn't eat any proper food yesterday except the heartnuts?" he shook his head."
You shouldn't be careless with eating. Your health is very important."
My eyebrow quirked at him. Was he being serious?
How could an omega's health be very important? "I apologize. I'll head downstairs to grab something to eat."
"I'll grab your breakfast for you. You shouldn't take the risk of going downstairs, especially if Pam's friends are still around." His voice was deeper at the last words.
"Why? What happened? Did I do anything stupid?" I wondered, drawing my eyebrows together.
"I won't say stupid, but sort of... anyway, they were just being very dramatic last night. It wasn't that much of a big deal to me." He shrugged.
"I don't understand. What did I do?" "Just sit still while I grab breakfast for us." He patted my head and took his leave.
I tried to remember what I did but it made my headache feel even more terrible. I didn't want to stress myself out anymore and decided to brush my teeth and wash my mouth. When I returned, Alpha Keegan still wasn't back so I hastily grabbed a dress and neat underwear from my bag and headed back to the bathroom for a shower. When I was done, I dried my body and only realized I had grabbed the dress Mason gave me. When I wore it, it stopped above my knees and clung really tight to the upper half of my body. It felt way too short than my normal dresses but was the only neat and not raggy option I had anyway.
I left the bathroom just in time for Alpha Keegan to return with two trays for both of us and served it on the table, signaling for me to head over to him. I walked up to him with a smile on my face, it felt like he was serving me and I enjoyed the fact that it wasn't the other way around.
"Thank you." I sat beside him.
"Are you fine now?" he placed his hand on my forehead and I nodded at the same time my stomach rumbled again. "Just eat something..."
I nodded again and dug into my meal. He wasn't eating but I could feel his intense gaze on me. I glanced at him and confirmed that he was actually staring at me, poker-faced, then returned to my food, trying my best to ignore him.
After a while, he brushed a few strands of my hair away from my face and tucked them behind my ear. I paused with my spoon hanging midway to my mouth and glanced at him with a questioning raise of my eyebrow.
"Your hair was getting to your mouth," he explained.
"Oh., Thank you." A nervous chuckle escaped my lips. "Won't you have something to eat?" "No, I feel better watching you." He leaned backwards, folding his arm across his chest. Heat rushed to my face and I quickly turned my gaze away to get rid of the awkward happiness that rushed in me. It wasn't even a compliment, get yourself together, Jane.
I quickly finished my meal, grabbed my tray and plates, then headed downstairs before he could say anything.
"He's so weird. Why'd he stare at me for so long?" I wondered with a smile as I walked into the kitchen. Scarlett was in the kitchen with a cup of coffee in her hand. "Jane, it's you," she said, her facial expression stuck between a frown and a forced smile.
"Good morning." I greeted and started washing the plates.
"Who knew you could be sober again after how you acted last night?" Her voice was very frigid as she spoke, drawing my attention.
"What do you mean?" my eyes squinted at her.
"Oh, so you don't remember?" she scoffed and swept her short blonde hair over her shoulder. "I thought you said nothing was going on between you and Alpha Keegan. I can't believe you know how much I'm in love with him, yet you still had the guts to betray me by having feelings for him." She was slowly raising her voice.
"Whoa, slow down. I don't understand what you mean."
"I heard that one expresses their true intentions when they're drunk, so by kissing Keegan yesterday, you only confirmed my doubts that there's something going on between you and him.
" My eyes popped out of their socket. "Wh-WHAT?" I blinked multiple times, extremely puzzled. "I kissed Alpha Keegan?!" I exclaimed.
"Is she trying to act dumb about it?" Pam asked, walking into the kitchen with a few kitchenware.
"Of course, she doesn't remember how she kissed Keegan and caused so much drama," Scarlett replied sarcastically while Pam dropped the kitchenware on the counter.
"I have no idea..." I trailed off as a flashback of someone whispering to me about how Alpha Keegan had his attention on me and dared me to kiss him instead of a Max dude, then I walked up to him and actually kissed him! "Oh my gosh!" I had robbed myself of the amazing feeling of my first kiss.
Why didn't Alpha Keegan mention anything about it? Was he planning another punishment for me when we returned? "I'll be back."
"Be back? I need your assistance now." Pam grabbed my wrist.
"Uh... I need to use the bathroom. I'll be back as soon as possible." "Hurry up, I need you to run an errand for me." She clearly knew I was lying, judging from her frown but still let go of me.
I scurried out of the kitchen and up the stairs to the bedroom. The sound from the shower confirmed that Alpha Keegan was in the bathroom.
I paced around, nibbling on my fingernails. What would he o me this time? How could I have so foolish? What if he was really mad at me but pretending to be calm so he could kill me while I'm off guard? What if he had been staring at me earlier because he was thinking of the best punishment for me? I had heard that Alpha Keegan really hated such things and I think it was part of the stupid pack laws that he shouldn't be kissed, if that made any sense, which it clearly didn't!
The door opened and I snapped my neck in the direction of the bathroom door as Alpha Keegan walked out in only a towel covering his lower half while he dried his hair with a smaller towel.
I walked up to him in panic, ignoring his half- nakedness. "Alpha, I deeply apologize for the mistake I made last night. I promise you I wasn't in my right state of mind. I know it's punishable by the law and I wasn't supposed to cross any boundaries with you but I need you to know that it was only an accident. I deeply apologize for kissing you..." I was saying in one breath till he flexed his muscles for no good reason, completely distracting me.
It only clicked in my brain that I was standing in front of the sexiest man alive as he was almost naked; his strong 6-pack abs, his muscles, his smooth skin, and most parts of his body were in complete view. The realization made my cheeks feel hot.
"Did I complain to you?" The stoutness in his voice knocked up my focus back to life.
"Uh?' I couldn't understand what he meant.
"Do you want to know a secret?" he threw the small towel from his grip and moved closer to me with a smirk playing on his lips.
Just for safety's sake, I moved backwards till he grabbed my hand to stop me, pulled me close to his chest and snaked an arm around my waist. The closeness made my hands involuntarily land on his shoulders. "I asked a question." His eyes were darkened and fixed on my lips.
I nodded, unable to speak anymore as my heart throbbed really hard against my rib cage like it was about to fall out.
"I enjoyed the kiss and I don't think I was satisfied with just that kiss." His eyes had become even darker and his smirk was more sinister.
"I-I don't know... I don't understand wh-What you mean," I stuttered.
"Where's your boldness from last night? You took control over me. Do you know how crazy that is? I'm the undefeatable Alpha but your kiss was able to throw me off my senses. I couldn't control my movement anymore. Isn't that such a mystery I'm supposed to get to the bottom of?" The huskiness in his voice scared me a bit as his hands ran along my face till he grabbed my jaw, tracing his thumb on my lips; his simple action made a strange sensational heat occur between my legs.
He lowered his head and planted a kiss on the crook of my neck. My eyes rolled all the way to the back of my eyes; his lips felt so soft, like cotton that melted against my neck and made a shiver run down my spine.
"Alpha," I was surprised that his name came out as a moan.
His kisses trailed down to my neck and shoulders. A strange urge ran through my blood to have his lips on mine but he wasn't letting that happen, only kissing my neck and jaw. His hands ran up my thigh, sending goosebumps to my body as a moan left my throat again. His gentle movements and kisses made me feel giddy in a pleasant way, it felt like I was losing consciousness and being pulled into a different word, like I had lost my senses with pleasure blasting through my body. I could feel something wet slipping down my body and the moment his hand touched my panties, Mrs. Anderson yelled my name from outside the door and my sense jerked back to life. I pulled away from him, panting.
"I have to attend to something." I couldn't catch my breath.
Mrs. Anderson's footsteps were approaching the door and I was scurrying to head to her first when Alpha Keegan grabbed me by wrist and pulled me to him. He gave me a quick peck before he let go of me, a sly smile crawling up to his face. "Just so you know, you look really hot in that dress and mostly very beautiful this morning. I think I'm losing my mind..."
I needed to know what the hell had just happened to him, but I felt too exhilarated and my heart was palpitating in a thousand beats per minute for me to even utter a word.