Hunting Silver

Chapter 07

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CHAPTER SEVEN

I was about to beg him more to forgive me, to tell him how sorry I was, but I didn’t have the chance to when he walked past me.

“Suit yourself,” he added with a lot of coldness in his voice that I shivered.

I watched him as he laid on the right side of the bed, almost on the edge, and pulled the covers to himself. What…?

He… what… that’s it? I thought…

I stared at Hunter’s back for a while, not knowing what to do nor say. Okay, I was thankful that he didn’t force something on me. But I won't accept it if he would just turn his back to me like I was nothing!

“Hunter?” I bit my tongue when my voice sounded so weak and shaky. I didn’t intend that.

When he didn’t respond, I crawled closer to him and poked his shoulder. Still, he did nothing. His eyes were closed and the look of fury, hurt, disappointment and sadness was still present in his face.

“Hunter?” I started shaking him, not caring anymore how my voice sounded. “Hunter.” I shook him harder. “Hunter!” I yelled and yet, all I gained was silence. He even completely laid on the bed in his stomach.

Not able to take it anymore, I cried. Call me whatever you want, but him being like this to me hurt me. I didn’t like it. Fuck, I hate it! I felt so much regret now that I would do whatever he wanted me to, just to make him forgive me.

I choked on sobs and breaths, my face wet with tears that I didn’t even bother wiping. I covered my eyes with my forearm for it hurt so much to look at just his back.

“H… Hunter… I-I'm very sor… sorry…” I said between sobs. I was crying so loud I bet the people outside could hear it. “I won't d-do it again! Hunter! Please forgive m-me! I…” I was hiccupping by now that it was getting harder to breathe. “I won't… do it… again… Hunteheherrr…” I covered my mouth with my free hand, embarrassed of how pathetic I just sounded.

“Are you telling me the truth now, Silver?” I stopped crying in shock and dropped my hands. He was sitting now, facing me, crossed legs indian style. His elbow was on his knee and his cheek was on his fist, having a serious look on his face.

Without thinking, I threw myself to him, making him lay back on the bed with me now on top of him. I cried again but this time with muffled sobs because my face was practically buried in his chest.

“I am, Hunter! I truly am! I'm sorry!” I said. Though I doubt if I succeeded making my words understandable.

I cried harder when he wrapped his arms around me tight, hearing him sigh. “Stop crying now.”

“I c-can't help it! You're mad at me and… and… you don’t want to look at me! You hate me…”

“I don’t hate you. I could never. I'm just upset.” He kissed my temple and then breathed in my hair. “Just the thought of you being with another guy pains me, let alone actually see you right in front of my very eyes. I don’t like it, Silver. I want you all mine.”

I tightened my arms around his neck. “I'm sorry…” My voice cracked. I didn’t care.

“Ssshh… stop crying. I forgive you.”

I looked at him, my chin on his chest and my vision blurry. “R-Really?” I barely saw his nod. “Thank you! And again, I'm so sorry!”

“Just shut up and kiss me.”

I gladly obliged. I scooted upwards to level my face to his and gently planted my lips on his. Compared to our previous kisses, this one was slow, yet passionate enough to send tingles all over my body. I poured all of my emotions, conveyed all of the unsaid words in my mind, in this and I felt him doing the same. It felt so amazing that it seemed like everything around us disappeared. Another stray tear fell from my eye but he wiped it before it completely went its way down my chin.

I was the first one to break the kiss and desperately caught my breath. It was kinda hard because of too much crying I did. I opened my eyes and Hunter’s loving blue one’s filled my gaze.

“I love you, Silver,” he whispered.

I froze. My breath was caught in a hitch and my eyes were almost popping out of its sockets, new tears welling up my eyes.

“A-Are you telling me that only for the s-sake of us being m-mates?” I asked, my voice so little and broken.

“No!” he slightly pulled away to cup my face. “Of course not! I really love you for who you are! Ever since that day I laid my eyes on you, ever since your scent and entire presence filled up my senses, I knew that I would have to do anything to make you mine! I only knew you’re my mate when you touched me anyway. So you could say that us being mates is just an excuse so you couldn’t leave me now. I love you, okay? I really do.” He then pecked me on the lips and I closed my eyes, savoring that second.

“You really love me?” I still asked even though I already knew the answer. I just want to hear him say it again. And I failed in hiding the smile that was growing on my lips.

He rolled his eyes. “Yes, Silver, I love you,” he said in a monotone. But then smiled and added, “Even if you called me a doggie when we first met. Do you know how offensive that was?” Wow, what a way to ruin the moment.

“Well, sorry if I saw you in all fours back then! Having fur and a tail and canines!”

“Yeah, right. You're so smart to think that a dog could grow as much as my size.”

I scoffed. “I am smart!”

He smirked. “Sure you are, babe.”

“Oh, that’s it!” I pulled away completely and was planning to run away from him. But I ended up being pinned down with my hands above my head.

“And where do you think you're going, sexy? Did I say I'm done with you yet?” he asked, humming in full mockery.

I tried wiggling out of him, but was clearly failing. I huffed in defeat. “My muscles are betraying me! Traitors!”

He chuckled. “What muscles are you talking about?”

I hardened my gaze on him, muttering, “I love you, too.”

Sure, that made him freeze. He was so shocked and surprised that he was unconsciously holding his breath so I nudged him. He shook his head to get out of his trance.

“What?”

I grinned and repeated in a sing-song voice, “I love you, Hunter.”

“Again.”

This time, I rolled my eyes. “Hunter-babe, don’t expect some speech from me because I cannot come up with words as sweet as what you’ve said. All I know is that I love you—“ I was cut off when he kissed me damn hard that our teeth clattered.

Let’s just say that that sent me over the edge, managing to free my hands from his grip. With my body growing hotter and hotter every second, I snaked my arms around his neck to pull him closer. Deepening the kiss, I opened my mouth and allowed him permission to invade it. We both moaned once our tongues rubbed together.