Page 56 of Jealous Alpha
The fact that she makes my dick hard just by breathing might have a lot to do with my besotted condition, but it was the way she made me feel when she walked into a room.
That sense of purpose I have when I’m with her. The way I sometimes feel like she needs me to stand between her and the world, that makes me do the things I do.
As my brother had said when I let him in on my latest plan, two people as stubborn as us will always butt heads. It was up to the stronger of the two to take the reins. That’s me.
If I wait for her ass to come around we’d be ninety. “Have you heard? It seems someone has leaked the news about our home to the papers. I expect the story to be front page news tomorrow.”
“We can’t afford any blemishes on the company or it’s executive staff at this time, not with the project looming. So…”
I reached into my pocket as I spoke hoping she wouldn’t see through my bullshit. I could give a fuck about gossip and who thought what. But I’d made up my mind to use any and everything to keep her by my side.
Her eyes widened and she took a step back when she saw the ring in my hand. “Evan…”
“Give me your hand.” I took her shaking hand in mine and slipped the ring on her finger.
“This doesn’t come off. If you have an issue, you talk to me about it, but this ring never leaves your finger. Understood?”
She was still speechless after the ring was in place and I held her hand in mine to admire my handiwork.
It had been a pain in the ass coming up with the right ring for her, but I wanted to do it myself from beginning to end.
I’d looked for and found the best designer and worked diligently on coming up with something I thought would suit her.
I had to pay out the ass to have it delivered on such short notice, but I was more than worth it. She was worth it.
Only Gavin knew what I’d been up to and it had been hard keeping this particular secret from her since we spent so much time together.
“Do you like it?” The tears in her eyes were answer enough but it was still good to hear the words once she was able to speak. “It’s beautiful but...”
I lifted her finger to my lips before dropping her hand. “You can go back to your office now. Remember what I said, that ring doesn’t come off your finger for any reason.”
“Evan!”
“Tone!” Her voice was just a little too loud.
“Do you ever listen?”
“When you have something worth hearing to say I’m all ears.”
She muttered some shit under her breath and marched out the door. She thinks I’m frustrating I wonder what she thinks I think of her.
I’m only doing to her what she does to me. I just happen to be better at it than her stubborn ass. I grinned as I turned back to the report I’d been reading before she came in.
I never would’ve got that ring on her finger if she didn’t want it and I know that shit as well as she does. All I’m doing is giving her what she really wants but for whatever reason is too afraid to take for herself.
It’s been that way ever since I figured her out. I knew that because of all she’d suffered as a child, the lost of her parents, and later the death of her husband when she was still so young.
Being left alone to raise a sick child on her own, all alone in the world. I knew that it was because of these things that she was hesitant about sticking her neck out.
It’s up to me to know what she wants and give it to her no matter what. I’ll make sure she gets all that’s good in this world after the hell she’s been through, in spite of her fear.
“Have you seen this?” Gavin barged into my office and one look at his face was enough to tell me that whatever it was wasn’t good.
“What is it?”
“This online rag.”
“Of course not. I don’t have time to look at that shit.”
