The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 124

The walk was quiet, awkward…he said he had something to say and yet ever since they left the house, he hadn’t even opened his mouth. He seemed to be contemplating something, thinking deeply…and he wasn’t looking at her.

His deep, dark eyes stared at the woods in wonder, leaving her to awkwardly do the same…his hands were in his pockets, and despite his emotionless features, she could sense a whirlpool of emotions flooding from him; through the bond, the one they meaninglessly shared.

Her fingers fumbled with each other as he led her deeper, deeper than she’d ever gone by herself. What was he planning? Was this really just a walk or a trip to her f*cking death?

Either way, she didn’t car~

“Delilah…”

Delilah jumped, quickly turning to stare up at him. “Yes…”

She told him she wasn’t scared of him anymore, and it was true, but right now, he was making her scared; the difference in his demeanor was one that couldn’t hide. His emotions were dark and confusing, she couldn’t understand them, they were distorted, just like him…just like her.

Two broken people…how could they ever mend and grow this bond like he wanted?

“Do you still want to leave?”

He stopped, turning to face her completely and it was then she noticed that they were at the edge of his borders. She twisted towards him as well, and yet her eyes didn’t meet his as she spoke. “Yes…”

“If I…If I let you leave…even if you never come back, will you at least forgive me for all those cruel things I inconsiderably did to you?”

“I…” Her toes wiggled in her slippers, something she did to distract her from the fast and hard way in which her heart was beating. “I don’t know.”

“Yeah…” He laughed. “I guess you wouldn’t know…I mean who would be able to tell?”

Delilah shrugged, her throat becoming dry when he stepped closer towards her. She wasn’t sure what was happening…she was just…just scared for some reason and she figured it was because he was…

Those emotions flooding from him, she understood them now; fear…but what could he be afraid of?

“You told me sorry wouldn’t ever undo the things I’ve done to you, and I know it can’t…but I really am sorry, if I could turn back time, I’d do it differently just so you wouldn’t hate me as much as you do now. But since you do hate me, since you won’t ever forgive me, keeping you here against your will will only proceed to hurt not only you, but the both of us more.”

What was he saying? What was he going to d~

Delilah’s eyes widened when his arms hugged around her. His warmth caved her and suddenly the fast beat of her heart steadied and then slowed.

“So I’ll let you go, for the sake of us both…goodbye, Delilah…”

Her heart stopped, it literally did; for a second, for two, for three and then it started pounding again; heavy and fast. “W-What…?”

He pulled back, looking at her with eyes that were undoubtedly sad. “I said you were free, you can leave…and whether you want to come back or not, it is your choice.”

Was this some sort of trick? No, it wasn’t…that look in his eyes said it wasn’t, he was serious. The monster hiding in its father’s cage had finally found the guts to come out…

Delilah looked away from him and at the white line that marked the very end of his land. She took a breath, a deep one and then she quickly stepped over it; feeling the tremor of what could only be defined as joy rolling through her.

She proceeded to take another step, but before she could take the third one, Jake grabbed her hand and she quickly turned to face him. “What are yo~?”

“Before you leave…no, since this is the last time I’ll ever see you again, can I do what I’ve always wanted to?”

“And what is that?”

“Can I…?” He paused for a while, as if he was afraid to say it. “Can I kiss you?”

“Well, that’s…” The ‘no’ was on the very tip of her tongue, but there was this desperation in his eyes that stopped her from saying it. Those obsidian eyes sparkled with hope even in the dead of the night. She shouldn’t, but she stupidly pitied him. “J-Just one kiss…just onc~”

He didn’t wait until she finished, instead, he roughly pulled her towards him with his hand that gripped hers. She tripped over her feet, but it was okay, since she fell against the warmth of his firm chest.

Her ribs really felt like a cage now, suffocating her inflated heart. It was just about ready to burst; filled to the brim with blood and emotions far too big to fit in such a tiny organ…

Fear…

Pity…

Joy…

Sadness…

Her emotions were just as confusing and distorted as his. Slowly, she lifted her head, realizing that he was already staring at her. His blonde hair laid messy against a small portion of his creased forehead and his lips were wet as if he’d just licked them. He was a handsome man, on par with Jeo…on par with Zayd…but why in her eyes had he always look better?

His nonchalance was attractive, but she could bet if he smiled…he could woo anybody he wanted; just not her…not after everything she’d been through while she was with him. “Aren’t you going to do it?”

He nodded, swiping her hair behind her ears just as he’d done in that hospital before latching said hand against her cheek. He leaned down, taking her lips between his plump ones. They were soft, softer than she’d expected them to be and the moved so gently and yet so greedily against hers.

She could feel as the sparks rippled, growing along with the want that settled in a bubble around them. The kiss got deeper, fiercer…his warm, wet tongue sliding against her bottom lips and in the heat of the moment, she could only let him in.

His tongue searched her mouth, every nook, every cranny…leaving her riled up and breathless when he pulled away. “Goodbye, Delilah…make sure that you live happily…even if it’s without me.”

And then he turned, marching in the opposite direction. Delilah panted out her breaths, turning around and heading in the direction that led her away from him.

She wished for him the same.

One more glance back at his form and she ran off into the woods, changing into her dark gray wolf…She shouldn’t, but she wanted him to be happy too, even if it’ without her…