It’s been about three hours since he was bent over the table looking for something distinctive, something that would call his attention, but there was nothing so far. It might be true that he was taking his time to get things in place but this was still slower than he expected. Holmes grabbed the second cup of coffee he had been sipping for the last half an hour or something to see that it was empty. Going through two cups of coffee, and two snickers later, he was still very far behind. He knew that this was going to be a long time anyway, but it didn’t stop him from feeling a little bit of a lack of hope. Looking up, he looked around the cafeteria to see that he was not the only one there anymore. A couple and a female kid sat at the other end of the cafeteria with a staff of the orphanage, having late lunch, and he studied them. He could see the smiles on the couple's faces, making it clear to him that they must be happy about something. Perhaps, they want to adopt the kid and wer
Being treated like a child when she was getting healed was one of the major motivations for Alex to get well as soon as she could. Her knee was all better, and the wound was left with nothing but a tiny scar and a dull pain. There was no need to stay in bed with Ms. Alice or Dee fussing over her like she was some princess. She was now capable of doing what she was in Berkeley Moore to do. Moreover, she hated sitting around for too long in one place, and as of now, she was tired of her room, so this morning, she had woken up early to get to her chores. As she stood under the shower, she allowed the water to wash away all the recent thoughts she had been having about Gabe. This was not why she was given a job, and she had to remember that she couldn’t go back to her family for any reason, no matter what, so it was better to do a better job and stay than get herself fired. If Gabe wanted nothing to do with her, she wasn’t going to force it or grovel at his feet for it to happen. She w
Gabe must say, he had a really good time but the fact that he had to mind link Max to get the hell away from his mate continued to come back into his head. He watched the people around the table, eating, talking, and even laughing and he sighed. He realized that there was a need for him to call Max aside one day and talk to him about knowing the boundaries and the lines he was not supposed to cross. Gabe knew that he wasn’t a jealous man, not before Alex came into his life, but she had made him this way as soon as they met. This was the description of a woman ruining him for other women. When Gabe had looked all over for his mate and couldn’t find her, he had thought that he was going to have to settle. He had been so nonchalant about whether or not he would have feelings for whoever he was going to have to settle with, but now, all of that had changed. Alex had changed him. There was a way he was always feeling about her that made him always want to hold her in his arms, not let h
Going grocery shopping with Cara was exactly the way it had been back in college days, with her always so indecisive with what product of an item to get. She had dropped the spaghetti for the third time, picking each and every one of them, squinting her eyes to read through what was written, then shaking his head and dropping it to move to the next one. Alex shook her head at that and blew out a breath. She shouldn’t have told Cara where she was going when she called her, but she had wanted to see her so bad that she didn’t even think twice about it. “Cara, just pick one of them, and let’s move on.” She said as she moved the cart out of the way as a couple walked by with their baby in the stroller in front of them. They had a smile on their faces, and Alex felt an ache in her chest as she looked at the love they have for one another displayed on their faces. Cara grunted. “I can’t do that. I want the best ones.” She said. “How would you know which ones are best, huh?” Alex asked
Alex was in the kitchen making dinner when she heard the door open, and Max walked in. Looking at him over her shoulder, she said. “Hey, Max. How are you today?” Max walked to her with a mischievous smirk on his face, and that got Alex frowning mentally. His hair was messy and wet, and that made her realize that he had just gotten out of the shower. He came to stand behind her and peeked at what she was cooking over her shoulder. “That smell fantastic.” He said and she smiled. If she wasn’t so charmed and taken or blown away by someone else, she would have developed a high crush on Max. He was a charming person and he knew how to make a woman blush. He was young and handsome, but the only problem was that he couldn’t hold a candle to how gorgeous Gabe was. Grunting because she had thought about Gabe again when she promised herself not to, she stirred what she was cooking. It wasn’t surprising to her though, seeing as she had always said that but flatter before she could even hold
It was as if it happened in slow motion, but it didn’t, as she watched Max staring down at her one minute, and the next he started to lower his head down, his eyes starting to close. Okay, so Alex might be naïve when it came to all of this, but she wants that clueless as to what was on his mind at that moment. What in the world was he trying to do? She asked herself, but this time, she knew the answer already. She just couldn’t believe that it was actually happening. She wondered why she had not seen this coming and that made her grimace. She wanted to beat herself up for being that slow to catch up on what was happening. This must have been the reason for the look she had seen in his eyes a couple of times earlier when she had looked at him. He was so close to her that she could feel his hot breath on her face, and smell the food he had for lunch right there. He had had something with garlic in it, and that repulsed her a little.Why hadn’t he brushed his teeth to rid of the smell
Gabe came home just in time for dinner, so he was happy that Alex wouldn’t have to eat alone, or without him. He got out of the car, not waiting for Fabio to park the car or say anything to him. He grabbed his suitcase and walked to the front door. As he entered, he looked around the warm house and saw that no one was in the living room. He walked there and threw his bag on the couch before proceeding to the kitchen. Alex was probably still cooking or maybe she was done already, but he needed to see her. There was good news so he was feeling a bit generous tonight. There was news about the concealed human, and that was enough to give him hope. He couldn’t tell Alex anything yet, because it was complicated and he still have to talk to Dean about it. He walked to the kitchen to find it empty and he creased his eyebrows in a frown. Where could she be, was the question that roam his head. He didn’t know whether or not she was at home, but it couldn’t possibly be that she was still out b
Alex's thoughts were all jumbled up together as she thought of what to say. “Well, it's not what you think,” she lied, hoping that he wouldn’t pester her more. He should just leave her the hell alone, and stop questioning what and what she was doing. “Okay then, I hear you, but that better be it.” He said. To defy him, she said. “And what if it’s not.” He took another step towards her not giving her any time to back away, and their chests were almost touching. She could feel his hot breath on her face. "Then I hope you remember that you are my mate." Hearing the word mate from his mouth, hearing him admit that out loud, did something to her heart, making it quicken. Unable to look him in the eye again, she lowered her gaze to his lips a few centimeters away from her own and the urge to close the distance was so overpowering. “Why should I remember that?” she asked. “It's not as if you can be mine or anything. I hear it’s bad enough that I’m human, but I could be bad luck for y