Blood Legacy (Rewritten)

56. Jess, the jester

She couldn't contain that secret smile that kept making its appearance over her lips from time to time as she sat there in silence, thinking about what he'd said to her earlier in the parking lot. He told her that she's pretty. He thought that her wolf was pretty.

Wait. No. Bad Jessie. We don't "fraternize with the enemy", remember? She mentally scolded herself, immediately schooling her expression into a more neutral one as she sat there in the front passenger seat of her car as he drove her back home.

"I'm sorry," She suddenly heard him say out of the blue, her brows furrowing as she rather hesitantly turned her head to look at him.

"What for?"

He blew out a tired sigh, keeping his eyes on the road as he quietly explained,
"For openly displaying gestures of affection towards Carrie right in front of you,"

"I'm barely even realizing right now that it was all happening because sometimes, I could faintly feel small traces of your wolf's scent on her. Your scent. And it was making me feel so...attracted,"

Her cheeks bloomed with colour at the sound of that, nervously chewing on her bottom lip. She knew why that happened. Her wolf liked Carrie and felt safe around her and sometimes, she would come out for a little bit whenever it was just the two of them, just to feel her.

"It's okay. You didn't know and neither did I. I can't be mad at you for something you weren't even aware of. I mean, it's not like I didn't find you attractive like, at all but still, it wasn't enough to make me actually jealous or anything," She meekly said with an equally timid smile, making David's heart do a somersault as he turned to look at her, noticing that incredibly sweet and endearing look on her delicate face.

Holy Goddess, she's so beautiful... He thought as he kept looking at her like a damn fool in love, watching her features suddenly contort with fear.

"Holy shit keep your eyes on the road!"

Her terrified squeal made him abruptly jolt back to reality, just in time to pull at the steering wheel and avoid an oncoming car from the opposite side.

"Jeez, are you trying to get us killed?" She nervously said with a hand over her chest, struggling to calm down her racing heart.

"Sorry," He sheepishly replied with a timid grin, this time keeping his eyes on the road.

However, she noticed how he kept throwing her furtive glances from moment to moment, his attention on her making her feel kinda flustered.

"What?"

"Nothing," He blinked as he stared at the road ahead, a visible tint of red coating his cheeks.

"Whaat," She insisted with a whine in her voice, coaxing him to tell her what was going on.

"Nothing," He tiredly exhaled, lastly giving up,
"It's just that, I've just found you and you're already making me fall in love with you," He rather shyly confessed, that pink tint in his clean-shaven cheeks becoming stronger.

"What am I gonna do with you?"

Now it was her turn to blush, her eyes widening at the sound of that and her heart beating faster again, suddenly feeling so uncomfortable.

Holy shit.

**

She didn't dare utter another word for the rest of that ride, sitting in that car seat like it had pins and needles in it as her mind kept reeling after what he'd told her.