Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 69

He asks, coldly, "Have you seen the studies on soda?"

"Have you seen the studies on bottled water?" I ask, shaking the water bottle in my hand.

He raises an eyebrow.

I smile. He can't argue with that.

He sighs and stays quiet. I do too. We listen to the sounds of the school and the silence, and for once, I feel at peace in his presence. Even just a little bit. I feel like we did something. Changed something. It doesn't feel like walking on broken glass just being in his presence.

Something's... dare I say better before I jinx it?

"I'm going to ask you something. I'd prefer if you gave me a straight answer," he states rather than asks.

It doesn't sound like I have a choice, so I nod, afraid that he's about to ruin everything. Like I thought.

"Why were you so interested in that language?"

I raise an eyebrow. "What?"

"In the halls, on your first day."

I cock my head back. He remembers that? He's been thinking of that for this long? I look at him and he keeps his eyes on me.

"Well," I start. "I like languages."

"I figured that much."

I give him a look. "Let me finish."

He doesn't stop me again.

I nod, more to myself. "It's actually like a big goal of mine to become a polyglot. I suck at it though." I laugh. "But I want to meet different kinds of people and cultures and just... learn and travel. My family's moved around so much, I guess it just stuck with me."

When I offer him a small smile, he doesn't smile back. "You can't leave. It's not safe."

"I didn't mean right now, right now," I say. "Like in the future."

He gives me a hard look. "Our packs is not a migratory one. It's too large. You can't leave."

I sigh. I don't know what to tell him. He can't just keep me a prisoner in this town, but somehow I don't think it's the right time to say that. "I don't want to fight anymore. Just forget I said anything."

He gives me a cold stare. "Well you said it."

Is he serious? "Aiden," I say firmly." Stop picking a fight with me."

He scoffs. "I guess you'll interpret this situation however you want."

My eyes fly open. "Just drop it." I huff. "Seriously. We were having a moment and you... wait, was that a pun?" Interpret? Languages?

"Did you just figure that out?" He gives me a bored look.

I rub my forehead. It's all I can do.