Mated to the Alpha triplets novel Chapter 55

~ Olivia's POV

"Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad," I called out to my parents as I flew out the door.

I heard their faint goodbyes as I ran down our driveway heading straight for Josh's car.

He shook his head at me like I was an errant little girl as I settled into the passenger seat before slamming the door shut.

"Hey!" He yelled at me. "Be careful with my baby."

I gave him a sardonic look and stuck my tongue out. He wrinkled his nose at me before turning on the ignition and easing out of the driveway.

After a couple of minutes, I watched as an old woman on a scooter drove past us.

I groaned. "Why on Earth are you driving like a slow poke? Step on it, man. We're gonna be late."

He ignored me.

"I can't believe your dad gave you a car out of the blue."

He turned to smile at me before facing the windscreen again. "Well, he said and I quote, 'You have a mate now. I can trust you to be responsible.'"

I laughed out loud, placing my feet on the dashboard of the car just to spite him. He reached out and slapped my legs.

"Ouch," I yelped, scowling at him as I disgruntledly put my legs down.

"Joshhhhh, please drive faster. You weren't this slow when we were driving to Gwen's place."

"That was different."

"Hmmhmm." I gave him a teasing smile.

We eventually got to school, and despite the fact that I had practically been begging Josh to drive faster, I found myself reluctant to get out of the car.

"What's wrong?" Josh asked when I made no move to alight, only staring at the imposing building.

"I… I don't know. I guess I'm just worried about what happened at Helen's party…"

"Why? Everyone present knew Trisha was at fault. You don't have to worry about it, Liv."

"Yeah, you're right. I must still be traumatized about the whole field trip incident."

His gaze hardened and his jaw clenched at the reminder of what had happened and how I had been punished.

"You'll be fine. And everything will be fine. If you want, I won't leave your side all day. Although, I'm not sure of what we'll do about going to the restroom. That'll be awfully awkward."

I laughed and rolled my eyes at him, my mood lightening up a little. "Shut up and let's go."