Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 227

He never takes his eyes off my weapon. "You wouldn't dare."

"I'd shut up if I were you. You can't get out from the window anymore."

He looks at me like I've lost my mind. "I don't know what you think you'll accomplish with that, but-"

"Plenty." I swing the pillow to prove my point.

He looks straight into my eyes, unflinching. "Try it."

I'm ready to try it, I'm ready to smack him with the pillow, but I give up. I'm just too tired to fight anymore. I slide my back against the wall, sitting down beside him. I hold the pillow against my chest and rest my head on it. I just want to sleep.

"Are you done?" he asks.

I want to strangle him. We sit in silence. Every time my head nods off, I snap back up, holding the pillow closer.

"Just go to bed," he says.

I shake my head.

"Why?" he asks.

He should know. It's the reason he's still here. The same reason why he came to my house in the first place. He's got something he wants to say, and if I go to sleep now, he'll never tell me.

"Hey," he says out of nowhere.

I crack an eye open. "What?"

He looks the other way. "I'm... sorry."

"What?" I snap my head in his direction. It feels like the whole world is moving.

"What I said on the phone. I didn't mean it."

I look up happily. Finally, he admits it. I knew he would.

"I'm just stubborn and can't say how I feel." He looks at me.

I shake my head, moving closer to him. "It's okay. I know." I smile, resting my forehead against his.

He closes his eyes. "I'm sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me."

"You don't have to apologize for who you are." I kiss his cheek again and again. "I love you enough to forgive you."

"Really?" he asks.

I squish his face. "Of course, my cute Aiden. How could I stay mad at you?"

"Good." He smiles. "Now get off of me."

"Nope, nope." I rub the tip of my nose against his. "You're just too cute."

"Get off of me."

I wrap my arms around his neck, but then his words start to make sense. "Wait. What?" I look into his eyes.

He's no longer smiling. The happy rainbows and hearts aren't dancing around us anymore. The dream's over. The room's pitch black, and he looks really irritated. "What's wrong with you?" He moves away. "I said get off of me."

I fall onto the bed. My pillow falls on top of me. "Hey." I push it off, glaring at him.

"Dream Aiden doesn't exist."

I hum in agreement. "Exactly."

He doesn't say anything else. I wait and wait for a response, but all I get is silence. Did I really upset him this time? I turn around.

He gets up off the floor, but he doesn't leave the room. He walks towards me. "Do you remember what I told you?"

I raise an eyebrow, sitting up slowly. "I don't know what you mean. You've said a lot of things."

"The day I walked you home," he says.

I frown. "Oh... That." Why's he bringing it up?

"What did I say?" He's standing right beside my bed now.

I furrow my brow. Why does he want me to repeat it? "If the Bloodmoon Alpha gets me-"

"No." He looks into my eyes. "Do you remember what else I told you?"

All I see is pure silver. I shake my head. Not because I can't remember, but because I can't speak with his eyes burning into me like that. I feel like he's looking straight through me.

"You're mine," he says.

His words come out as a growl. As a whisper. As a vibration in my own chest, echoing the first time he said it to me, our bodies pressed against each other.

Now he keeps his distance. I wish he wouldn't.

"I was under the influence of my wolf at the time." He sits at the edge of the bed, even though we're still not touching. "But I still meant what I said. I told you that I wouldn't let anyone take you away from me. Do you remember that?"