Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 285

Chapter 285

“I don’t know.”

I sigh, rubbing his back. “If you need someone to talk to, then I’ll be here for you.”

He pauses, staring at me like he only just noticed that I’m here. I’stare at him too, he doesn’t say anything to me, but his lips part, and for a moment, I think he’s going to say something, but he doesn’t. Instead, he leans in close and kisses me.

I freeze.

The act is so sudden, that it takes a second to register in my tipsy brain. His hand cups the back of my neck, pulling me closer. I kiss him back, and the taste of whiskey on his tongue causes warmth to spread all over me. My heart skips a literal beat, my stomach fluttering as our tongues slide against each other.

Oh no. No. No.

I immediately pull back when I realise how wrong this is. I’m doing the same thing I pulled that woman off him for. “Rowan,” I swallow, touching my lips with trembling fingers. “You’re drunk.

“I’m sorry,” he says, staring again, but this time his gaze is focused on my lips.

It’s in that moment that I realise just how I feel about him.

No.

God no, I can’t feel anything for him.

Rowan is mated, I know his wife, she may not like me, but that doesn’t give me any reason to kiss her mate. I’ve never felt more guilty than I do right now, of all the single men in Mooncrest, why did he have to be the one I kissed? Why and when did the silly little crush I had on him mutate into something this senseless? “Get up,” I order him, getting up myself. “Hurry up, I’m going to take you home now, before you pull an Aeliana,” I say with an eyeroll, trying to be the irritating Noah he often sees. “Hello? Sidekick, up. Let’s go home…..your home,” I nervously clarify, as if mine was ever an option.

He gets up without any help, I put my hand out, and he slaps his keys in my hand, not arguing. I drove with Stacey, so I don’t have to worry about my car, my main focus is getting Rowan home safely just like he has done for me countless times. I don’t know how he does it, but he always finds me and makes sure I get home safe. It’s nice to return the favour.

My heart is racing the entire drive to the packhouse, I try to play some music to drown the sound of it racing, but it’s not enough. Every time I steal a glance at the passenger seat, my heart beats even faster and I get a very weird feeling in my stomach.

I’ve been telling myself it’s nothing, that’s just my body telling me that my fun is ruined when I see him, but no, I have a crush on him. I like Rowan, but I shouldn’t, I can’t. It’s not even about my moral campus, that thing is fucked, this is about him.

This man loves his mate, he doesn’t like me, he simply tolerates me, and he drunkenly kissed me.

I keep thinking back to the kiss, it didn’t feel like a mistake, there were sparks, actual sparks that short-circuited my brain for far too many seconds. Thankfully, we arrive at the packhouse and I don’t have to think about the kiss while he sits there. “We’re here,” I say, killing the engine. “Won’t you go inside? I’ll bring your car tomorrow.”

He stares out the window and sighs, rolling it up when it was open the whole way here. “Rowan,” I softly say. “I said you’re home, I didn’t say close the window.”

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