The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 139

So the first four steps didn’t go exactly as he planned they would, he’d expected a romantic breakfast, but all he got was a silent one. Dinner was going to be better, he promised.

Step five was to buy her things she liked…women liked flowers, but what they liked even more was clothes and jewelry…and he was going out to get her just that. In the city on the neutral lands, he could find plenty of those stuffs and more.

Gripping onto the staircase, he walked his way downstairs, meeting Delilah who stood at the bottom. He licked his lips, still feeling embarrassed about what happened a couple minutes ago in the dining room. Sexy eyes? Yeah right, he’d never do it again. “I’m going out for a while…I probably won’t be back til sun down.”

“Okay.”

“You can, however, go wherever you want while I’m gone…I don’t want you cooped up here with nothing to do. I also don’t want you to feel like I lied when I told you that you still have your freedom, but please, don’t cross the borders, it might be daytime, but it can get dangerous. If you need anything, you can find Garth or Neil in my office; tell them.”

Delilah nodded. “Neil…?”

“Oh, he’s my beta; the one I told you about at breakfast.”

“Oh…”

“Yeah…so I guess I’ll see you…later…?”

“Yeah, later.”

Jake walked past her, pocketing his hands that wanted to reach for her. Her gaze seemed different, something about it changed, but he couldn’t tell what…

Probably it was the newfound innocence that pulled him in. The bold brown in them didn’t seem so fierce again…it was as if…as if she didn’t see him as an enemy anymore.

He opened the front door, the bright light from the sun bombarding his eyes so intensely he had to close them for a few seconds. If that was the case, then he was happy, that was what he wanted…but he wanted her to also think of him as something more, someone necessary in her life; a rock, a shoulder to lean on…he wanted her to want or rather need him.

He stepped out onto the veranda, and then turned to look at her as the door started to slowly close on its own accord. She waved at him, right before it closed completely, and somehow the act lightened his heart.

He was sure of it, tonight was the night he’d convince her. He needed to stop acting like an idiot, this needed to be taken more seriously. There was no reason for him to be nervous around her, she agreed to give him this chance and he was stupidly working towards destroying it. He’d never been timid before, not even around his father who he’d been afraid of, so why did he have to feel so small in her presence? Where did his words go whenever she looked at him? Why did he sometimes even stutter? This…it needed to stop…he was going to do better tonight…he’d already promised.

Stepping down from the veranda, he walked down the path towards the pack borders…while opening the mind link between him, Garth and Neil. ‘I’m leaving, please do keep an eye on my mate.’

‘I don’t even know how she looks, what the f*ck?’

‘Neil, she’s the prettiest woman here…you’ll know you’re looking at her when you see a goddess.’

Neil laughed. ‘Never thought I’d have to listen to you being lovesick…I’ll have to go see if she’s goddess worthy with my own eyes though.’

‘Well, she is pretty, her hair is red too.’ Garth intervened, his words making a proud smile play on Jake’s lips.

‘Even you too, Garth?’

‘No, I just…I’m just speaking based off what I see and what I~’

‘Or you’re probably just trying to butter Jake up after what you did the last time. Do you think I wouldn’t know?’

‘That’s not wha~’

‘Argue and fight without me being in the middle of it. Just do what I told you guys to, and I’ll need your help when I get back as well.’

‘But yo~’

Jake cut the link before Neil could begin his protest. He was a perfect beta, but everybody had flaws; his was his big f*cking mouth that complained whenever he was assigned a task.

Sighing, Jake continued walking until he made it to the white, whatever model car parked in the roadway between the trees. John was in the driver's seat; the only pack member Jake trusted to drive him, since he couldn’t drive himself.

He opened the door to the back seat, shuffled his way inside, and then closed it. There were cars here, but they weren’t used on a regular basis. It was more efficient and stamina building to travel in wolf form. But right now, he was going to buy a lot of things, and he needed something to carry them back in. The journey was also long, he couldn’t walk, and he wouldn’t be able to carry much in his wolf form, thus why this was his alternative.

Leaning against the door, he peered through the window as the car engine started up, all the while wondering if she’d like the things he was going to get. She probably would, after all, she only had a knapsack of clothes…getting her more would surely make her happy.

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He didn’t for one second think any of this would be easy, but when he pulled up in the city, he did not know what to buy. There were clothes everywhere and even the ugly ones looked good on her when he pictured it.

He ended up getting more than what he went there for, bags upon bags until the car trunk was full. But that wasn’t what’s hard, setting up a warm and extravagant dinner under the moonlight while Neil laughed and made fun of him had been the hardest thing to deal with.

They’d been on the meeting grounds, a place surrounded by high wooden fencing, but open to the night sky. He’d asked Neil and Garth to bring a small table for two along with chairs, and he’d situated them on the podium in the center of the meeting grounds. He also tried making the simple decorations by himself along with the two idiots he’d brought along with him, but it all turned out so sh*tty that he had to bother the head omega again.

Now though, everything was set and as the night sky reigned above, he stood by the door to the cabin with all the bags in his hand. He strained to open the door, not because the bags were heavy, but simply because they were too much.

Nevertheless, the door creaked open, and he walked inside, following her scent back towards her room. He dropped the bags in his right hand to knock, picking them back up when she opened the door. Before she could say a word, he walked in, placing everything on the floor at the feet of the bedside table.

He cleared his throat like he did every other time he was nervous and then turned to face her. “Those are…they are…” He paused for a second, shoving his hands in his pocket and jutting out his chest in order to look cool and like a f*cking fool. He gestured towards the bags with his chin, her eyes confused as she stared back at him. “Those are yours, since I went out…I thought I’d buy you some stuff, you don’t have much here anyway.”

She glanced down at the bag and then fixated her eyes back on him. “Thanks…”

“And how was it here by yourself? Did you at least go for a walk?”

“No, I…I stayed here.”

“I bet it was boring. How about I take you on a walk now?”

“That would be…” She twisted her lips from left to right as if thinking of what to say. “That would be nice.”

“Then get dressed, I’d really like to see you in whatever you think is the prettiest dress I bought.”

She looked towards the bags again, nodding. “Alright, I’ll take a shower first.”

“Yeah, do that and meet me outside on the veranda.”

He walked out of her room after that, taking a deep breath as soon as he made it to the stairs. That was good, he did good. Now it was time for him to take a quick shower too and get changed.

Rushing up the stairs, he did just that. He showered and changed into black trousers and a black button-up shirt that wasn’t buttoned all the way up. Neil told him to leave at least three buttons open to enhance seduction; in order for her to want him, he had to make her want him…

Didn’t make much sense, but whatever.

Jake walked down the stairs, but instead of heading towards her room, he headed out onto the veranda, giving her the time and the space she probably wanted.

A couple minutes later, the knob on the front door finally twisted, and the door creaked open. She stepped out onto the veranda, hands entwined in front of her. “They were all pretty, so I just closed my eyes and picked anything.”

Jake could feel the blood rushing to his cheeks, his lips fumbling as he tried to find a word to describe her. However, nothing came to mind, no word could ever describe just how magnificent she looked in that pink dress he bought her.

It hadn’t looked so pretty when he was picking it up, but now since she had it on, it was the prettiest dress he’d ever seen. It looked even better than how he'd imagined it, especially since she'd let her hair down. Goddess, if he screwed up this dinner, then it was best he offed his f*cking self! “It…you look so pretty…I don’t even know what to say.”

She smiled, a small twitch on the left side of her lips. “Thank you…should we go?”

Jake nodded. “Just let me…” He reached into his pocket, pulling out a hair clip, and then he walked towards her, sliding one side of her hair back and then inserting it. “It belonged to my mother, I thought it’d be pretty if you wore it.”

“Y-You’re giving it to me? Isn’t this just as precious as that diary?”

“It is, but you’re precious to me too.”

“No, but I…” She felt for the clip in her hair, running her fingers over it. “I guess I’ll just wear it until we get back.”

Jake tentatively reached for her hand, grabbing it and holding it in his. “Let’s go.”

She nodded with those cheeks that were flushed, her hand surprisingly closing around his too. “Okay, let’s go.”

Jake led the way, but only a couple of steps away from the house and a clap of lightening sang loudly from the sky. He looked up, just in time for a rain drop to land against his forehead…and then the rain started pouring heavily after that.

Into the rainy waters that fell against the ground he stood on, his heart sank, bleeding out until it felt as though it was destroyed. The rain…? Why was the rain falling? Why did it have to fall now? Why was thi~?

Delilah tugged at his hand, trying to pull him back towards the house. “We’ll get wet, come on.”

She dragged him back because it felt as though he couldn’t move by himself. By the time they made it back to the veranda, his clothes and hair were soaked, hers was too. She tried to pull him further inside, but he yanked his hand out of hers and sat down on the veranda steps; not looking at her but at the rain that had destroyed all his f*cking plans.

Was the goddess against this too? Because why was the rain falling when there was no sign of it since this morning? Was their relationship really doomed?

Jake looked towards Delilah when she sat down beside him. “What’s wrong? If It’s about the walk, we can just go tomorro~”

“No, I f*cked up! I’m always f*cking up when it comes to you!”

“What do you…what do you mean?”

A/N// Well this was a little bit cute…at least some parts of it. Poor Jakey…everything keeps going bad for him. How will he fix this? Poor baby really needs a hug. Delilah, you’ve gotta hug him…!