The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate Chapter 140

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?”

He sighed, aggressively running his hand down his face. His frustrations were turning into anger, anger directed at himself. “It’s nothing…just go inside and change…your clothes are soaked.”

“But yours are too…”

“Delila~”

“Why won’t you tell me?” Her eyes averted, staring at her feet in the slippers that were wet and dirty, for some reason, she seemed down too, as though her mood has completely changed. “Have you finally realized that you hate me too? That I ruined your life like I ruined theirs…you and Beatrice were fine before I came here, and I messed it up like I did everything else…are you finally realizing that I’m really nothing but bad luck and that I deserved to die out there?”

“What are you talking about?!”

“No, what are you talking about? What’s f*cked up?”

Jake bit his lips, he was embarrassed to say it, but in order to clear up her misunderstandings, he had to. “It’s…it’s nothing of that sort. It’s just that I keep messing up. I’ve been trying to do at least one thing right since breakfast this morning, but it’s all just…I ruined everything, I mean…you didn’t even get to see what I prepared for dinner and you haven’t noticed anything I’ve done before.”

“What? Is this about the roses in the vase on the table? They weren’t there before, and that you also dressed up both this morning and now?”

“And the sexy eyes…you literally thought I was going blind.”

She turned to face him again, squinting her eyes in innocent confusion. “What sexy eyes? What are you talking about?”

“This…” Jake tilted his head down a bit, and stared at her through his lashes with slightly intimidating eyes, blinking way more times than he usually does.

“That’s not…” Delilah pursed her lips, trying to hold back the laugh that threatened to break through, but when he tilted his head to the side, looking like an evil peacock, she just had to laugh.

The laugh burst through her lips in puffs of air and Jake looked at her; awfully confused as to why she was laughing. “What? What’s funny?”

“So there really wasn’t anything in your eyes this morning?”

“See…?” Jake sucked in a breath. “I ruin everything!”

Delilah’s laugh lasted a few seconds more before it died out. It sucked that she was laughing at him, but this was the very first time he’d seen her laugh…and after seeing it, he wished she’d laugh more; at him…at just anything. “I don’t know what sexy eyes are…but it might not be that. What does it even mean?”

Jake shrugged. “I don’t know, according to Neil…it was supposed to make me more attractive, I guess it didn’t do the trick.”

“But you…I don’t think you need it anyway.” Deliah looked up at the night sky, stretching her hand out to catch rain. It was stupid, but she wanted to cheer him up, to probably show him that his efforts didn’t go to waste. After listening to his determined speech last night, she’d be heartless to just ignore the fact that he was trying to do something he’d never done. “You said you didn’t get to show me what you prepared, how about…how about you just show me now?”

“But it’s raining…”

“And we’re already soaked.”

“But still, I don’t want~”

Delilah poured the water that she’d caught in her hand out and stood to her feet, stretching said hand towards him. “Let’s just go, the rain won’t harm us, Quinn and I used to dance outside every time it rained when we were kids.”

The memories of those moments were sad and yet they were full of joy…she missed her sister, but because of a man, she’d ruined the bond they used to have. Now because of that, her mother was dead, her father had no recollection of her…and Quinn hated her very being. What a sad life to live, nobody really loved her anymor~

She glanced back when Jake grabbed her hand, holding on tight as he too stood to his feet. “Okay…I guess we can go then.”

Except for him, nobody loved her anymore except for him. He stepped off into the rain, taking her along with him, steps urgent and yet they didn’t breakout into a run.

Delilah’s hand closed around his, her heart felt a little lighter at the fact that at least one person cared; even if she was supposed to hate him. If she let go of his hand, where would she go? Who would she turn to?

She’d be left out in the dark again, searching for hope that she wouldn’t be able to find…she’d just be a shell of herself…for everything inside of her would be dead.

That night when he found her, she’d made up her mind to die, she was going to take her chance at death again, since the chances she had at life were seemingly done. But he came just minutes before she built the courage and so to make it easier, she’d begged him to kill her…however instead doing that, he gave her the will to live a little longer…showed her that she didn’t have to be alone if he was around…

And he gave her the choice to accept that and to not accept it.

He really changed, hasn’t he? This didn’t seem like the person who’d locked her up and belittled her to absolutely nothing…he didn’t seem like the man who’d force her to drink something that would harm her baby…

He has changed…he’d done what she waited too long to do…he was a better person than she could ever be. Everybody deserved a second chance, she was dying to have one herself…so she knew how it felt to want forgiveness knowing you’ll probably never be forgiven.

She wanted her mother to forgive her, but she was already dead…

She wanted her father to forgive her, but he didn’t even remember what she did…

And she wanted Quinn to forgive, but Quinn she was just like her mother; dead.

The pain she felt because of that was pain she didn’t believe anyone deserved…not even him.

Gripping his hand tighter, she took the lead, running instead of walking and dragging him along with her. “Nobody walks in the rain, Jake.”

He stopped, forcing her to stop too. “You’ll fall, it’s slippery.”

“I won’t…loosen up a little.”

“Then be careful, please. I know the way, so I’ll run in front.”

He did just that, keeping his steps at a pace she could keep up with. It was true, the grass was slippery and the mud along the clear paths without it kept sticking to her slippers, making them heavy. Her dress too felt heavy as the rain completely drenched it…but the matebond as well as the sparks rushing from him to her made her feet feel light.

Her eyes focused on him instead of the path ahead, watching as he looked back to check on her more times than she could count. He really cared, didn’t he? She couldn’t even lie to herself that he was faking it when he made it so obvious.

Maybe he really did deserve a second chance…maybe she could trust him…the goddess didn’t make mistakes, they must’ve been bonded for a reason…no matter how awful their first meeting had been. Who was she to go against the goddess’s plan? If this isn’t meant to be, then in the long run, there will be signs. She’d only give him this chance, if he messed up, then there won’t be a third or a forth.

A/N// I guess everything is working in Jake’s favor…I feel somewhat…somewhat happy for him. Awww, finally…!