Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle (Silver and Elliot) novel Chapter 8

Silver’s POV

The drive home was silent. I remained still, tugging at my fingers nervously. Once we were home, Elliot waited for me to get out of the car first. I quickly walked into the house, carrying some of my bags while Leo carried the others.

Elliot walked inside after us and he gave me a quick look, uncertainty in his face, before he walked up the stairs and out of my view. I was left staring up at him feeling a little crushed by dismissiveness. I thought maybe he would yell at me or say something in regard to the Gavin situation.

But he didn’t.

He just blatantly ignored me and, in some ways, that hurt even worse.

“Everything okay?” Beta Leo asked when he came back into the room.

He put all my art supplies in the living room so I could sort through them later. Elliot still hadn’t assigned a room for my studio; so until he did, my supplies had no home.

I don’t really talk to Leo often, but so far, he’s been nothing but kind to me.

“I think Elliot is mad at me,” I confessed. “He won’t speak to me.”

He shook his head.

“He’s just stressed. He has an important meeting this afternoon that he needs to get ready for. He was coming to see you because apparently you calm him down but when he saw you with your ex…”

“He was jealous?” I asked, my brows raised.

“Not jealous… just not pleased,” he said, a bit hesitant on what to tell me.

This confused me even more.

“Trust me, Elliot isn’t the monster everyone paints him to be. He has a heart,” Leo continued.

My stomach twisted in a knot and a wave of guilt washed over me.

I thanked Leo before walking up the stairs and into our bedroom. Elliot was now dressed in a suit, and he was standing in front of the mirror, attempting to tie his tie. I leaned against the door frame, admiring how good-looking he was and biting my lower lip to keep from speaking my thoughts out loud.

His eyes found mine in the mirror and then he turned around to face me.

“Come help me tie this thing,” he ordered, his eyes holding mine.

“Does the big bad Alpha not know how to tie a tie?” I teased.

His eyes narrowed.

“I always had a maid do it for me,” he confessed; his voice cold and it only made the knot in my stomach tighten.

I swallowed the lump in my throat and walked over to him cautiously. I knew how to tie a tie because my father used to make me tie his. I was a bit nervous being this close to Elliot though. I took hold of his tie and got to work.

This close proximity made my body hum with delight. The minty scent radiating from him wrapped around me like a warm blanket and drew me nearer.