Chapter 36: Secret Code

(Katriona)

“NEVER MIND. Don’t answer that. I think I know what you are going to say next,” Alexander said after a few seconds of silence between us. He withdrew his hands and started walking away. Wait. Was it tension and nerves that I detected in his voice?

But I shook my head.

Alexander McCain being nervous? That was like saying that the earth was square. A supreme alpha like him would never be anxious because of me.

He was already at the door when he noticed that I was not following him. He stopped but he didn’t turn around.

“What are you waiting for?” His voice was a shade rougher than usual. “A goddamn miracle?”

I shrugged. “Sort of. I’m waiting for you to turn around for me.”

“Enough. Just get the fuck in.”

“Look at me, Alexander.”

“Don’t push it, princess.”

Instead of listening to him, I looked up at the sky, at the moon to be specific. Before this moody man came home, I was asking for a sign. But after seeing him, after I landed in his arms, I realized that there were no more