The Alpha and Her Rogue

|49| Mated

Jaxyl

I couldn't prevent the warm smile covered my cheeks. "Never," I say, ushering him in.

"You can put him in his room but be careful, Adrian is asleep."

"I'll try not to wake him," he says.

I return to my room while he tucks Xavier in to bed. He wasn't supposed to bring him back until three days from now.

"Is it okay for me to enter?" he asks.

"If it wasn't the door would be closed."

I don't know why he's here but just seeing him in front of me has me hoping something good will come of his visit. Maybe I should use this opportunity to be honest about my feelings.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"Well, after seeing my brother today. I really wanted to see you and...say some things."

"What things?" I ask, feigning ignorance. I'm sure he wants to talk about the same "things" as I do.

"You want a drink?" I ask before he could speak.

There is no need for us to have this talk; I know what I want and I'm sure he does too. I plan to make my intentions clear, but I'm going to play with him a bit first.

"Sure," he answers. 

"Good," I stand up to head downstairs. "You should get comfortable too. You're making me hot with all of those clothes on."

As he follows me out of the door, he stops to take off his jacket, scarf, and beanie. I watch him greedily, taking in the sight of the tight, longsleeve v-neck hugging his upper body; The jeans that are hugging his lower half looks even better. 

I head down the stairs before he catches me staring. I haven't touched or kissed my own mate romantically in three years. How did I do it? The need I feel for him right now cannot be ignored and is quite overwhelming. 

We make it to my mini bar and I pull out a bottle of whiskey. 

"Fireball?" he asks in an incredulous days. 

"Yes. The holiday passed only a couple hours ago and we haven't had drunk fun in a while. Let's take shots." I pull out six shot glasses, three for each of us.

"Do you remember the last time we had drunk fun?"

I bit my lip, trying not to smile. I do remember, it was back when we were at the academy and our night ended in crazy sex. That was the last time that happened because Nate threw a fit.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" I change the subject while pouring the shots.

"I want to talk about us."

"Us?" I question, feigning suprise. I take one of the shots. "Okay."

"Lately, I've been missing you," he begins. "A lot."

"Take your shots," I urge and he takes all three.

"I just got to see my brother after ten years, Jax, ten years. I realized that I don't want to miss you for years."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that I want you, and I want us to be a couple again."

Bryce earned my trust back long ago. Though, it took this long to realize I'm ready for a relationship with him. 

I take the rest of my shots then fill both of ours again. 

"I won't front, it sounds tempting." My cheeks slightly raised into a smirk.