Chapter 49

We returned back to the kingdom a few days ago and I am glad to have my old room back. They had to get rid of my apartment but that’s okay. Alizac managed to let Persephone stay in the kingdom as well and honestly, I was glad. I am nervous for her to meet my family because well she’s been a better parent to me than mine has my entire life. After my talk with Jax, he hasn’t stopped trying. I feel for him, I do but I need space. A relationship is the last thing I can think about, but then there is Alizac. I kept pushing him away and I shouldn’t have.

Alizac’s office was open, and I thought to pay him a visit. He looked up from his desk and he showed that pretty smile of his.

“I brought lunch, and thought we could talk,” I said.

I walked over and placed a covered plate in front of him. His blue eyes just stared at me as nothing has changed. He respected my choice to want to be with Jax and he knew his boundaries.

“Food and a talk. Okay, what did I do?” He joked.

I sat in the chair in front of his desk and just stared at him. I couldn’t contain my smile while I reveal my feelings and how I came to that.

“So, when I was in hell all those years, I had a lot of time to think.”

“Yeah?” He replied.

“I know I kissed you and that probably confused you, but I didn’t do it in the heat of the moment.”

I got up from the chair and walked over so now I was standing in front of him.

“You were the only one who stuck by my side through everything. You mess up, you reflect, and you fix it. When you hurt me years ago, I was young and way too immature for an adult relationship. I was finding every reason to make sure we didn’t end up together and I drove you into someone else’s arms as I was getting close to Jax. When I was gone, all I thought about was how you were. That made me realize I was fighting for the wrong man all along when you have been right in front of me this entire time. I took that for granted. Now I am not expecting you to jump or to even want me. I am saying that if you were to give me a chance, I could be a better woman for you. This is not me choosing you until Jax wants me either, because honestly, I don’t feel anything for him but the mate bond. But I understand the baggage that I carry, with the whole Hades is my baby daddy and he’s trying to kill me. But should something happen then I don’t want to go without telling you how I feel.”

Alizac stared at me for a moment and there was a pregnant pause that made my anxiety begin to act up.

“Come here.”

Alizac reached for my hand and pulled me onto his lap so that I was straddling him. His hands rested on my hips as he laid back and stared at me.

“When I hurt you, I lost a part of myself. I promised myself that if you ever gave me a chance, I would not mess that up again. You made me a better man, and I am madly in love with you. Always have been. The reason I have not dated anyone and even when I tried, I realized no one compares to you.”

He pulled me to his lips and engulfed me with his everlasting desire.

“Ryleigh are you there?”

I snapped out of my daydream and realized I was still standing at the door, and he was staring at me. Fuck, that didn’t really happen. I hope he didn’t hear any of those thoughts. Would he admit that he heard them?

“No, I probably wouldn’t admit it, but now that you brought it up, I did hear a few things because you stood there and just blanked out.”

Alizac had stood up and walked over to me. His hand wrapped around the back of my neck, and he just stared at me. He walked us in so he could close the door. Once it locked, I knew exactly what was about to happen.

“Is this what you were imagining me doing?” He whispered.

I always enjoyed his dirty talk. Made me feel like I was exotic and desirable.

“Nope.”

I grabbed his hand and gave him a push to where he was sitting down on his chair now. He put his hands behind his head while I sat in his lap and brought his lips to mine.

“So, I know this will ruin the entire moment but like you’re pregnant. You can’t get more pregnant right since technically we're part of the dog family?”

I looked at him and just started thinking. That was a good question and I never thought about it.

“You’ve been alive longer than I have, and you don’t know that, and I don’t know that. I think I am too far along to get pregnant again. Oh my god, that would be terrible.”

His laugh confirmed he was fucking with me. He wrapped his arm around my waist and lifted us off the chair and to the desk. I heard the sound of everything being thrown off the desk before he laid me down. He reached up my dress and slid down my panties leaving me bare.

“I am going to enjoy this.”

He said right before he lifted my dress and put it over his head, and he used his tongue against my needy bead. His tongue flicked my clit and it set my body on fire. A knock on the door stopped us in our tracks.

“Hey man, I need to talk to you.”