09. Towel

    Something warm engulfed me and I snuggled closer to it. Moaning, I extended my arms around the snuggly and hard object. Something cozy snaked closer to my waist and my body was lifted in the air.

Wait. What? Why would my body be lifted? Was I dreaming?

Someone was saying something. A familiar man’s voice. Alpha Lennox. 

I snapped my eyes open and was greeted by the alpha’s blue-green eyes. Ocean. 

Why did he carry me again? Did something happen? 

“Keira. You are awake,” he said, smiling.

Why would he even smile at me? 

Realization dawned on me. Alpha Lennox was carrying me! 

To my surprise, I punched him in his jaw.  He released me and I fell on the bed with a yelp.

Horrified, I watched him. “Why did you touch me?” Using my arms, I covered my chest even if I was still decent. Pointing my trembling hands at him, I added, “You are finally showing your true colors! I should have never allowed you to sleep in the same room. This is insane. This is a mistake. There is no way I am sharing a room with a pervert!”

He was topless, with only a towel covering the lower part of his body. Droplets of water were racing toward the cloth. His hair was deliciously disheveled, wanting to run my fingers into his jet-black hair.  

I slept for a while? 

"Pervert? I never in my life took advantage of a woman."

It was true. Never heard of it, except women threw themselves at him. 

“Cover yourself! Stop displaying your disgusting body. Even the rats will be scared to see you.”

There was nothing hideous in his body. In fact, every inch of it was delicious. What would it taste like if I licked it using my tongue?

What the fuck!

Those were not my thoughts!

Still.  Alpha Lennox's was packed with abs. Mouth-watering and I had a hard time tearing my eyes away from that body.

“You’re overreacting.”

“I. Am. Not. I don’t want you touching me!”

“You sleep without cleaning yourself. There are smudges of dirt on your cheeks and your feet. At least try to clean yourself before you sleep. I thought you were not comfortable sleeping.”

Standing on the bed, I glanced at my feet. He was right. I was muddy and some of the comforters had smears of dirt. 

“I’m sorry if I dirtied your property. It will never happen again.” I hopped out of bed. 

“I am only saying you should clean yourself. You might get sick. I don't care if you dirty the linen. Those can be washed away.”

Be still, my heart. You are not easily shaken by something trivial like that. 

“Oh. Now you care about me.”

Alpha Lennox heaved a sigh. “It’s already night, Keira. Why don’t we stop this useless banter? You make me look like a child by fighting you.” He went to his cabinet and pulled out a pair of shirts and shorts as well as underwear. He was about to wear them in front of me, but he remembered I was looking at him and inquired, “Do you mind?”

Folding my arms in front of my chest, I responded, “Don’t care if you will strip naked.”

A playful smile showed on his face. “Really? Do you know I am naked right now?”

He was bluffing.

Lifting my chin, I answered back, “So what? What are you planning to do? Get naked? Fine. Do it. Let’s see who is lying or not.”

The corner of his mouth lifted. “Truly?”

“Yeah. Show me,” I answered, pretending to not be shaken. 

He put his hands on the edge of the towel as if testing me. 

I gulped.

A single drop of water fell on his abdomen.

I almost forgot how to breathe. Almost. 

Damn him! Why did he always make my life sooooo difficult? 

“Do you really wanna see what I am hiding in this towel?”

“I am sure it's your cock, Lennox. Not unless you changed your dick into a vagina,” I pointed out. "Though I don't give a damn. That is your freaking life."

Oh. To see his swinging dick. I’m sure it is huge that your eyes will come out from your socket, a part of my mind said. 

Shut up. You are not helping me at all.

Oh, please, Keira. I know you want to see what is hidden behind that towel? Is he huge? How many inches? Can it harden even more? I want to touch it!

Oh, gods. This other side of me will be the death of me.  She will kill me with embarrassment. 

“This is a dick, Keira,” Alpha Lennox stated, bringing me back to the present. 

“I will not believe you unless you show it to me,” I challenged.

Alpha Lennox’s eyes narrowed. “Is that a challenge?”

Looking at my fingernails, I said, “It is.”

“Will, don’t you dare take your eyes away from me. I will show you what I got.” And he yanked his towel off his body.

I thought I was courageous, but I was not. 

Automatically, I closed my eyes while I clenched my fist. "Damn you! You don't have to prove you have a dick! I know you have a dick! That is why you have a girlfriend, okay?"

Abruptly, Alpha Lennox's laughter suddenly filled the air. 

Opening one eye, I saw he had underwear!

I felt my cheeks flash. Damn him for making fun of me.

“You should have seen the look on your face," he said in between laughs, clutching his stomach. Good for him for enjoying what was happening! 

“That is so mature, Lennox.”

Wiping the tears from his eyes, he said, “That was hilarious.”

Glaring at him, I realized I never had been given the chance to see this side of him. Who would have thought that he could be childish sometimes?

I got you. You are falling for him again. Be honest with yourself, Keira. You still love Alpha Lennox, my mind taunted. 

Yeah. I was in love with him before. Past. I thought I already got over him, but when he showed up again in my life, those damn feelings resurfaced. Maybe being with him longer would make me unlove him.

Alpha Lennox's face became serious. “You can take the bed while I take the floor.”

“I thought it would be the other way around. After all, I was your runaway slave.”

He smirked. “You can have it your way. Bed or floor?”

“Bed. But if you don't want to suffer, you can take the other room.”

“No. Not something to be discussed. Go now. Take a shower if you want.”

“But I don't have any clothes.” Or underwear. I wanted to go back to my apartment and grab my things, but that would endanger my safety. I was not that foolish.

If only I had other choices.

“Lend me your clothes.”

If this was a normal situation, I would be embarrassed by now. But thinking that we will be using each other to our advantage, there was nothing bad about it, right?

Alpha Lennox went to his cabinet and slipped on a pair of T-shirts and shorts. “You sure?” he asked, not looking at me.

“I’m not choosy. Or you can give me your rug or something that can still be worn.”

“Cool. I’ll give you the clothes I have outgrown. Wait. here.” In an instant, he pulled off a shirt and boxer shorts and tossed them to me. Or so I thought but it was a female's underwear. 

Showing it to him, I asked, “Is this from your girlfriend? I don’t want to accept this.” Not wearing any underwear at all would be better. Call it pride, but that was what it looked like to me. My damn ego could not accept I would wear anything from his woman.

“It is. But it’s brand new. Not yet worn. I planned on giving everything to her when I fixed this.”

“And by this, you are referring to my mess?”

“Something like that. Now go, Keira. I don’t have the whole evening to talk with you.”

Rolling my eyes, I answered, “Fine.”

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I never knew how long I stayed in the shower room. All I remembered was I scrubbed every dirt I could see all over my body as if doing it could remove the memories of my kidnapping. 

Arturo Salvacion.

No matter how much I wanted to hide from him, it was getting more difficult. Our world was becoming narrower and it would take another time before our paths would finally cross. There should only be one of us who should live. And that should be me. 

Naked, I dried my hair and body from any traces of water before I slipped on Lennox’s t-shirt and his girlfriend’s underwear. His shirt looked like a dress on my small frame. Next time, I will thank his girlfriend for allowing me to wear her underwear. 

Inhaling, his scent engulfed me, making me drank with it. I cannot get over with his smell. It calmed me.

Then, I smacked both of my cheeks using my hands. Why would I allow myself to feel like that?

For six months, I would be going with Alpha Lennox and I hoped it would be enough time to kill any feelings left of him and kill my enemy, as well.

Stepping out of the shower, I looked around only to see Alpha Lennox was already sleeping on the bed.