Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 82

I nod, then I remember what he wants. "You can."

He rests his head in the crook of my neck. I close my eyes as I feel his rhythmic breathing. After awhile I start to smell him too. I don't know what I'm smelling exactly, but it's just all male. Calming. Not overwhelming.

"Can I kiss you?"

What did he just say? What did my innocent Axel just ask for? You give this boy an inch and he turns it into a mile! What's he gonna ask for next? But I don't tell him no. I can't, and he doesn't wait this time for any verbal confirmation.

He tilts my head towards him and looks into my eyes. He looks like he wants to say something but he just leans down.

I close my eyes.

I feel a quick peck on my cheek and nothing else. I look up at him and raise an eyebrow. He smiles in that way only he can. I feel silly for expecting more. "Onai's here," he says. Then he takes a step away from me.

Sure enough the tall, brooding, chem guy makes himself known. He meets us on the sidewalk. "Sorry to interrupt."

"You're not," Aiden looks at him. "Just the children's place and... Well you know."

"I do." Onai looks at me. "Come on."

I give Axel a hesitant look. He pats my shoulder. "You'll be fine."

Onai just stands there. I slowly walk towards him. I really wish I could just go with my actual friends, but I don't want to disappoint Axel. How bad could it be?

"Oh yeah, Mia," Axel calls out to me.

"Yeah?" I look into his eyes.

"You're beautiful."

Carson's POV

"Hey," I say close to his head, quietly.

He doesn't respond.

What can I say? I tried. I grab his shoulders and shake him violently. "Hey, Aiden."

He jerks awake. He looks at me crazily, hair falling over his face. His eyes dart from the left to the right before settling on me. Then they narrow. "What the hell do you want, Carson?"

I'm not a morning person myself, but lately I just can't 'stay in bed.' The longer it takes me to get to school, the longer it takes to see Mia. I can't keep my girl waiting now.

And it shouldn't even be like this. Usually when a werewolf finds their imprint, they move in together immediately. I was about ready to pack her bags for her the second I saw her in Walmart, but Axel listed a bunch of reasons I didn't pay attention to as to why that might not be a good idea. Scaring her off or something. Human shit. So here we are, having to wait for school of all places to see our divinely given other half. It's ridiculous. She's mine... isn't she?

I sigh at the thought of her. Mia. She's my whole problem right now, and Aiden's not being helpful at all. I roll on top of him. "What if she's waiting for me to ask her out right now?"

He shoves me off the bed. "Get over yourself."

I land with a thud. Axel, who's currently in the bathroom, sends over some concerned vibes through mindlink, but I mentally wave him off. I'm still alive. Aiden hasn't tried to kill me... Yet.

Despite his bad attitude, I decide to start my day right and hit the ground running (literally). I take a shower with time to spare before he even manages to zombie walk into the bathroom, cursing the light and the sound and the universe. I'm that good. Scary I know.

While standing in front of the mirror brushing my teeth, I watch my reflection watching me with amber eyes. Then I look over at Axel brushing his teeth too at the sink beside me. He's not looking at anything in particular, and a thought crosses my mind that I wish I could unthink.

If I wasn't me and I just walked into the bathroom, and if I didn't know that the red towel was around my waist and the black boxers were on him, I might not be able to tell which was which and who was who.

Will it be like that when Mia becomes my wife? Will she walk into the bathroom when I'm in here with my brothers, wrap her arms around Axel and say, "Hey, my sexier than anything, amazing, and awe-inspiring husband Carson," before she manages to see the black boxers on him? Will she then realize her mistake and turn to me before she manages to see the red towel and say, "Don't tell Carson okay, Aiden?"