In love with a Lycan

Chapter 29

KENNA

The ride to work with Adrian was silent, but I could feel his gaze on me every so often.

A few moments back at the house had me wondering if I was seeing things. When I got out of the shower, I didn't turn around, only my head, and watched Adrian stare at my legs. I watched in slow motion till he got to my eyes, which was when I spun around to face him. Feeling embarrassed, I saw him check me out, and my cheeks flamed.

Moving quickly to my room was all I could do till I looked back at him, his eyes were still on me the entire time.

I had nothing against him looking at me. Hell, I was honoured he would even look at me like that.

Part of me wondered if I should give him a chance, make something of this. What the hell could happen? Besides, getting hurt or—

"Are you okay over there?" Adrian asked, pulling me from my racing thoughts and making me look at him, like I had just woken up from a weird dream.

Shaking the thoughts away, I gave him a nod before I let my mouth do the thing of speaking before I thought about it. "I'm okay, just thinking about what to do about tonight. I had an amazing time with you staying with me."

What the hell?

Did that just come out of my mouth?

Adrian looked at me and smiled. "I feel the same way too."

Biting my bottom lip and trying not to say anything else, I looked ahead and saw what the roads were like. When we left my place, there was extensive destruction to the forests. Trees had fallen and landed on others, which meant they would fall at any given time.

Adrian pulled over and even got out to assess the situation, pulling out a notebook to write things down. When he was done, he got back inside and drove off, only to look at me and speak. "That will need to be fixed. Some kids head that way to and from school. It is a shortcut to the main town, and even the lake they all go to in the summer."

Hearing that, I made a mental note to go there one day. I just need to find someone who would show me the way. Part of me wondered about asking Adrian, but then I dismissed the idea.

Besides the trees in the forest being down, the town part was where we encountered more troubles and issues. There was a massive hole in the middle of town, and people without lights and even a few houses were damaged because of floods. It made my heart break for all the people who had suffered such a loss.

Adrian kept looking all around; that was when I took a proper look at him. He was definitely not like the other men I had dated. He was one of the good ones. I could tell just by how he interacted with the people around him, even when it was for his help and job. He still wanted to help whoever needed it.

Adrian stopped a few times on the way to the office to help people. Some flagged him down to ask for his help. He took that notebook out again and wrote down everything he needed to know and told them he would be in touch with an update.

After taking another route around from the massive hole in the middle of town, we pulled up outside the office and stopped.

Turning to look at him and wanting to thank him again, Adrian beat me to it. "I'll pick you up when you are ready." I watched him rummage around in the little dip he had in the middle of his car and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen.

My eyes stayed on him the entire time, wondering what he was doing. He wrote something down on it and then handed it to me. "Here," he said, placing the piece of paper into my hand, and his eyes went to mine. "That's my number. Text or ring me."

I looked away from him and went straight to the number. I got his number without even having to ask for it.

Something inside me twisted into knots. I didn't know if it was my heart or stomach when those words came to mind. Usually, it was the other way around: I would hand my number to a guy, not this way.

"Thank you," I mustered, trying to sound casual, but it came out slightly pitchy.

The corner of Adrian's lip curled slightly, just when he leaned closer, only leaving a few inches between us.

This is what happened when we were in the kitchen before we left: he had caged me between the counter and him. His scent hit me hard; it had to be his cologne. Something in the way he smelled had my core exploding. I didn't know what to think, as I had no rational thoughts other than to jump on this man and have my way with him.

Was it possible to be attracted to someone you don't know and spent an entire storm with? Surely, there had to be a time limit to this whole thing, or was I overthinking every possibility again?

Something stroked my face, which brought me back to the present. I stared right into Adrian's eyes before his thumb gripped my chin and held me in place, while his eyes darted between darker shade and then back to his normal colour. How was he doing that?

"Where are you going in that little head of yours, angel? Tell me." His voice was quiet, softer even, but I didn't even know how to answer his question. I didn't want to tell him what I was thinking because it was too weird and embarrassing for me to admit.

Taking a moment, I stared at him before I did the same thing again and spoke, before I actually thinking about it. "I want to go on a date with you."

Remembering that he had asked me earlier, I was taken aback by the way he had, but the more I thought about it, the more it would help with how I feel toward the guy. I would have had the opportunity to get to know him, ask questions, and even have some fun since I've been here.

"Did you just say—" he whispered but shook his head and grinned back at me.

"Date with me, angel," he said, smiling. "You have no idea how happy you have just made me."

I smiled.

His eyes darted to my lips before coming back to my eyes. There was a flicker of need to have his lips on me but that can wait. Perhaps we could have an actual kiss afterward our date, which seemed not to be helping with my core.

Turning slightly, I noticed we had an audience. "I think I need to go in."

Looking back at Adrian, his eyes were on the window, but he had some sort of blank stare. It's not the first time I have seen someone do something like this. Weird right?

Shaking his head, he looked at me and smiled. "Sure. Go to work and have a lovely day, angel."

Feeling something in the way he had said that I knew I needed to get out. I opened the door and got out, when Adrian pulled back slightly.

Shutting the door, I went to turn around when Adrian wound down the window and grinned. "Oh and Kenna, we can have our date tonight."

My stomach twisted again into knots when he rewound the window up and drove away, leaving me standing there looking like a lost puppy who had been given a treat.

Tonight, I was going on a date with Adrian.

Oh hell, what the hell did I just get myself into?