Chapter 7 Bipolar Tendencies

• Alexander Bad, my new alpha, had a reputation of being a ladies’ man, and he was honoring said reputation. The blonde, who had sought him out, desperately wanting an explanation, had had her heart crushed.
• I had been told to stay, and thus, I had witnessed a scene that should have been more private. But it didn’t look like he cared.
• As for his other reputation, of being a ruthless alpha, who had 0 tolerance for nonsense, that was becoming more and more like a myth to me. Indeed, the alpha was far too sweet to me, and he even allowed me to call him by his first name – more like demanded it but that was not the point.
• Jessica, his hookup, looked positively gorgeous, and I wondered how a playboy could say no to a she-wolf such as her. She was everything I was not – tall, blonde, with an hourglass figure. I, on the other hand, was a short far-too-slender brunette who stood no chance and wouldn’t even hold a candle to her.
• Too engrossed as I was in my musings, I didn’t notice him moving until it was too late, and he was standing in front of me, smoothing out the wrinkles of my brow.
• “You’re frowning, Jade,” he observed calmly.
• I smiled at him at once. “It’s nothing, Alex.”
• He beamed at me. “We’re making progress. You didn’t hesitate or stutter.”
• “I do not stutter,” I retorted cheekily, narrowing my eyes at him, totally forgetting our respective statuses.
• “Don’t you?” He taunted, his eyes twinkling with mischief, staring deep into mine.
• My breath caught in my throat, and I had trouble keeping the blush threatening to expose all my desires at bay.
• He raised an eyebrow challengingly at me, and I couldn’t help but rise to the bait.
• “I… I… I… don’t.”
• Damn it all to hell, I inwardly cursed myself for this feeble attempt of appearing like a strong woman worthy of his attention.
• He chuckled good-humoredly, went back to his desk, and then resumed his work.
• I sat back down on the sofa, and fished out my phone, wishing I had someone to talk to, but all the acquaintances I had made over the past few days were not yet friends.
• Instead of texting anyone, I played a crosswords game, like the nerd I could be when it came to literature.
• A few rounds and some burnt neurons later, and he declared he had finished all his work.
• I jumped to my feet and stretched.
• “Were you bored?” He asked in a concerned tone.
• I shook my head negatively, “I played a game.”
• He nodded in understanding. And it wasn’t long before we were leaving the building, his arm around my shoulder, almost as if protecting me.
• To say the day had been unexpected wouldn’t cover the half of it.
• The return to the mansion where we lived took less than forty minutes.
• The alpha parked the car in the garage, and as I exited his luxurious car, I couldn’t help but say in a grateful tone, “Thank you for today, alpha.”
• “Back to using titles, Jade?” He mock glared at me.
• I giggled nervously at that. “Sorry?”
• I allowed him to walk ahead of me, so that we wouldn’t be caught coming back together. I didn’t want to the pack members to get the wrong idea. Besides, considering how short I was, it wouldn’t be hard on him to lose me.
• Only, our alpha couldn’t care less about others’ opinions, it would seem, for he slowed down and fell into step with me.
• “Alpha,” I let out in a mortified whisper.
• “Alexander,” he corrected me at once.
• “Fine. Alex, what are you doing?”
• “Going home,” he deadpanned.
• “I’m aware,” I responded in a duh-tone that had him halting and raising his eyebrow at me.
• Uh-oh, me and my damned attitude, I thought to myself.
• “I mean to say,” I hurried to say, dampened my lips in nervousness, and then carried on, “Entering the pack house like this together is bound to raise questions.”
• “I’m ready for them if you are,” he chuckled good-humoredly.
• “What?” I let out in a dumbfounded tone.
• “I need to explain to your parents what happened and why you skipped your afternoon classes. I wouldn’t want them to ground you for something that wasn’t your fault.”
• I offered him a lopsided smile, “Thank you.”
• He nodded at me curtly, as if he was restraining himself from saying something.
• I couldn’t help but wonder if the alpha had a hidden agenda, if he was somehow testing little wolfless boring me by allowing me into his private space.
• To what end though? I asked myself. Don’t be stupid, Jade. He’s just a sweet alpha.
• Oh, how wrong I was!
• After he explained to my parents – whom he had summoned to his office – what had transpired at school, he asked for the boy responsible of the bullying. He then proceeded to give him the berating of a lifetime, before telling him dismissively, “5 laps around the perimeter. I don’t want to hear a word.”
• “Alpha…” Eli began in a half protesting half pleading tone.
• The renowned Alexander Bad said curtly, “10 laps, it is. Off, you go, before I decide to make your punishment worse, pup.”
• I was shocked to see this side of the alpha. Did he have bipolar tendencies or mood swings or something? He was hard to understand, and I honestly didn’t know how to thread around him – if not carefully.
• In the deepest recess of my mind, I felt like there was something more between us, something he knew, something he wasn’t telling me. But I dismissed the feeling as nothing but that – a hunch.
• It almost felt like he was all I could think about.
• He truly was bad for my peace of mind and sanity. And to make matters worse, I was as clueless as they came. I had no idea how to deal with him should he decide to seduce me. He was an alpha – a powerful one at that – and I was but the new wolfless addition to the pack… and yet, every fiber of my being yearned for him, and wanted his touch on me.