Falling in love with my Ex's Alpha Chapter 43

***Chad***

There is no better feeling in the world than cuddling up with my chosen mate on the couch at her house.

We're watching a movie, but I can't pay attention to the film, my attention is all on her. Katie's sweet smell is addictive. If I could, I'd spend the whole day like that with her.

Katie is the most perfect person I have ever known. She is not only magnificently beautiful but also has an enviable good nature. She is the type of person who is genuinely good. She doesn't need a reason to be nice to someone else, she just practices kindness daily. I've never met anyone like her.

Also, she is so funny that she makes all our encounters so pleasant and happy that I just want to live next to her for the rest of my life.

She has more than the characteristics I expected from my fated mate. Actually, she exceeds any expectations.

I kissed the top of her head, but what I really wanted was to take off her clothes and mark her here and now. She doesn't know how much I've been looking forward to this. She has no idea how much I have to control myself every time I'm with her, just not to do something that will scare her. I've been following her pace because I don't want to ruin our relationship, but every day that passes, I keep asking myself how long I'm going to hold on.

"You're not paying attention to the movie again, Chad," she said as she huffed, looking at me.

"I am paying attention, but also glad you paused the movie," I said with a smirk.

I took advantage of her pause and kissed her. Her delicate lips are so soft and plump. I tried to deepen the kiss, but I felt that she pulled away.

"Why are you pulling away from me?" I asked sadly when she turned her face away.

"I'm not pulling away from you," she replied without meeting my eyes, I pulled her face up with my hand so she could look at me.

"Katie, I feel like you're avoiding me. I told you nothing changed between us after you signed the contract. We're still the same, we'll soon get out of this situation, beautiful," I tried to comfort her, but she just swerved her eyes from mine, which made me sad.

My heart broke into a thousand pieces when Kaiden told me that she was her mate, I couldn't believe it.

So many girls in the pack did he have to be my girlfriend's mate?

So long for him to find a mate, did he have to be destined for someone I had just chosen to live my whole life with?

Fate seems to be cruel to me in every option I choose. If I decide to wait for my fated mate, I wait for years, and no one appears, if I decide to choose a mate, I am also not lucky because after finally conquering her, I find out that my best friend is her mate.

I was so jealous when he said that she was his mate, envy filled my mind. How I wanted to be in his shoes, how I wanted to have Katie as my fated mate. Everything would be so much easier.

But it made me very angry because I couldn't believe that Kaiden wanted to reject her just because she was human. How can someone reject such a pure and perfect person? He must be too blind not to see it. He is literally despising something that I wanted most in my life.

At the same time that I felt angry when he said he didn't want her, I also felt an overwhelming sense of relief. My body was much calmer when he said he had no intention of keeping their bond. That way, I can mark her. That way, I can have her in my life.

My biggest fear is losing her if she feels the bond between Kaiden and him deciding to keep her. I've been having nightmares about Katie breaking up with me since the day he told me about her. I wake up in a panic and pray for the moon goddess not to let my nightmare come true.

As Kaiden is very stubborn, the chance of him wanting to be with Katie is minimal. However, I have avoided many things with Katie for fear of Kaiden's reaction. I've been just kissing her, I haven't tried anything else because, first, I feel like she's not ready yet, and second, because if we have sex, Kaiden will get injuries all over his body.

I will never want to see him suffer, I know he feels it when we kiss, but the pain would be much grander if we had sex.

I feel awful and ashamed of myself for lying to her about this. How do I expect her to be honest with me when I'm hiding something so important from her? I'm afraid she'll find out and leave me.

She turned to me, put her hands on my neck, and looked into my eyes. Her eyes are so lovely, I feel calmer just looking at her, "I'm not avoiding you. I'm sorry if you felt that way," she says in a soft voice, and then she kisses me.

I couldn't wish the moon goddess anything more than that. Her kissing me back shows me that she wants to be with me.

I felt so insecure when I saw her kissing Kaiden, and I didn't even know they were mates. I was hiding in the forest, watching them from afar. When she kissed him, I realized she wasn't faking it.

I know Katie, she wanted to kiss Kaiden.

However, I didn't question her intention. I was afraid she would break up with me, and I felt it was the best choice because, at that time, I didn't know they were mates. I had no idea how much she was feeling the bond between them.

Maybe if I had known, I would have broken up with her to leave her free for Kaiden, and it would have been the worst mistake I would have made in my entire life.

I didn't know they were mates. Otherwise, I would never have suggested that fucking contract. That was a big mistake that I bitterly regretted.

I know she likes me and she agreed to be my chosen mate. I was more sure of that when I suggested the contract, and she reacted that way. She was more surprised that she thought I was going to break up with her than anything else. Little did she know that I would never give up on her.

I promised myself that I'll be the best mate that ever existed for her, if Kaiden didn't want their bond and gave up on her, I'll do everything in my power to conquer her every day of my life. She deserves this and much more.

I'm looking forward to the end of this tournament so we can publicly go back to being a couple like we were before and, finally, mark her. As soon as she publicly breaks up with Kaiden, I will mark her immediately. I can't wait for that day. By then, she'll have had the time to think about us that she asked me for.

As I kiss her, my left hand holds her by her head while my right hand rests on her waist so she can get closer to me. Looks like the closest still isn't enough, my fangs are itching for me to bite her.

My hand went down slowly and was already on her ass. When I was going to squeeze her ass, the fire alarm rand and scared us. How convenient, huh?

"Oh my god, the lasagna!" Katie ran into the kitchen to turn off the oven while I turned off the alarms. We totally forgot we were cooking the lasagna.

"It's your fault because you were distracting me with those soft lips," I said with a naughty laugh as she smiled and shook her head.

I can't deny it, I almost had a heart attack when I saw Kaiden hold her hand at the ceremony. I was so jealous, I so wanted to be in his place, I never wanted to be an Alpha, but I always wanted to be Katie's mate.

However, my jealousy soon subsided when I saw our pack appreciating her. They were so excited about her, for me, it was no surprise, I knew everyone would love her. Katie is the type of person that the room can be full of people, but she doesn't go unnoticed. The feeling I have is that she has Luna's gene, even though she is human. It makes me sad because it reminds me that she has an Alpha's mate, but it also makes me proud to know that I'm with someone so incredible.

After she took the lasagna out of the oven, we saw that it wasn't burnt. It was still good to eat. I served her a portion and put another part on my plate, and we ate while making fun of the slightly burnt lasagna.

When we finished, we went back to the living room, and I sat on the couch. But Katie did something I never thought she would do.

She sat on my lap facing me, she put her delicate arms around my neck and started kissing me. Immediately I felt my cock get hard.