Page 26 of Unknowingly Adopting the Alpha
What if he never returned ? I didn’t have his number, and had no idea where he lived. I guess I could ask Loren in the diner, but that would seem slightly stalkerish, right?
However weird it might seem, I missed Jeremy even more during my shower. Watching the less visible cupids eye me as I washed my hair, reminded me of Red. I’d felt so safe with him just being there.
Dragging my feet, getting dressed took me way longer than usual. Had it not been for my precious Daisy waiting for her breakfast, I’d have stayed in bed.
The doorbell rang as soon as Daisy was fed. Thinking it had to be the carpet guy, I hurried to open it, only to see a timid looking Jeremy.
“Good morning,” he said, handing me a bag of delicious smelling baked goods. “I um, brought you breakfast.”
He was looking so out of sorts as he stood there, waiting for me to either invite him in or send him away. I’d thrown him out yesterday, but here he was, bringing me breakfast?
Without allowing it, tears began forming in my eyes and I hastily wiped them away, then silently moved to the side, allowing Jeremy to enter.
Closing the door behind him, I took a moment to breathe and clear my mind a bit. Jeremy was back! I knew I’d acted purely on emotions yesterday. Self-preservation had definitely kicked in, but he showed up here after that… I wasn’t going to make him leave again. No way.
I found Jeremy in my kitchen, petting Daisy like the precious queen that she was. What did Daisy do? She purred like a little slut. I was officially jealous of my own damn cat.
“We should talk,” Jeremy said, still stroking Daisy and giving her all the attention and love, while I stood there, starving for his affection.
“Okay,” I agreed, figuring we might as well get it out of the way before the carpet guy got here.
He rose to his full height and now all of his attention was on me. I swallowed in response.
“I apologize for yesterday,” he began. “As Alpha, my pack is important. Darius had some alarming things to tell me. However, that doesn’t excuse me from ignoring you. I feel embarrassed over not seeing you leave.”
I was about to apologize too, for leaving like that, but he kept going. “I also want to be honest and not hide stuff from you. Yes, I do have some conflicting feelings about Darius, my best friend. But heiswith my little brother, and I want them to be happy, even if their relationship is complicated.”
Damn, I hated knowing I was right, but it couldn’t have been easy for Jeremy either, liking his best friend while he was with his little brother? I could sympathize with that.
“Also, I lied to you,” he admitted, giving me pause. “I told you we should just be friends, even if I wanted more. I guess that didn’t help things when Darius showed up. So, I came here to lay it all out there, and ask if you wanted to come with me today and meet some of my pack mates?”
I was stunned into silence. There was so much information all at once, but I held onto the things that made my heart flutter with excitement.
“You want more than friendship with me?”
He smiled then, moving closer so he could touch my arm. “Very much so. I know we’ve only just met, but this connection between us,” he pointed to our chests, “It’s special, and shouldn’t be ignored. Don’t you agree?”
Nodding, I stepped forward and crushed him into a hug, feeling the softness of his T-shirt and enjoying the scent of him this close.
I could finally breathe again.
The doorbell rang, reminding me of the carpet guy.
“Oh!” I hurried to answer, Jeremy right behind me.
The guy was a true redhead, face full of freckles and a cute smile. “Hi there,” he greeted. Then he bowed his head when he spotted Jeremy, a blush quickly forming over his cheeks.
Stepping closer to Jeremy I eyed the man with suspicion.
“Elias,” Jeremy said, smiling at him. He looked back at me, “Elias is in my pack.”
“Oh.” I realized that meant Elias was a wolf shifter, too. “Nice to meet you.”
“You, too,” Elias smiled kindly at me, my brief worry that he wouldn’t approve of me being human gone. “I heard you’re meeting the pack today?”
Had Jeremy already told them?
“Um, yes,” I answered, feeling nervous all of a sudden.
