October 15th
The following morning I woke up in Leo's arms. His bare chest was warm and smooth and comfortable and soft and ugh. He's just too beautiful to hate.
"Morning," He said in a husky voice once he realised I had woken.
"How long have you been awake?" I asked, rolling over to face him as he gently drew circles
In the early afternoon, we made it to the ice rink."Shoe size sir?" The young boy behind the counter asked Leo."Men's 15." He replied."Jesus, you have enormous feet," I said in astonishment.
After we had returned our skates, we took a sigh of relief. My body ached from all the falls but we both wore wide smiles on our faces as we walked towards Abi's house, chatting away.He was telling me stories about his life, mostly featuring Luca, and I was nearly in tears laughing."So we told him that for my 21st birthday we were all getting tattoos of each other's faces on our left ass cheeks. Blair was getting Luca’s; I was getting Blair's and Luca was getting mine. Then we told him we 'booked'
We walked down the street, Luca kicking puddles and spraying us with the dirty road water as he laughed hysterically."And Abi was just saying how much she'd want a mate," I said, “I'm so happy for her.""And Blair seems like a good guy," Charlotte said, "I had little time to get to know him before... you know... but I got the vibe."
October 16thThe next morning differed from usual. Cold grasped at my bare skin and the space next to me normally occupied by Leo was empty. I crawled out from under the covers and wandered out of the open door and stood at the top of the stairs. Voice came from Leo's office: Blair, Antonio and Leo."So what's the deal with Ella?" I heard Antonio say.
October 16thDuring breakfast, Leo was still very quiet.It unsettled me."You're still thinking about what Antonio and Blair said, aren't you?" I asked."How
October 17thI woke up cold again and caught myself wishing for Leo to be beside me. He was always warm and snuggling into him this morning after what was a terrible night sleep would be a blessing.Later in the morning, Mateo took me on a run out into the forest.The sun was glorious as it filtered through the spindly autum
October 18thI woke up securely in Leo's arms with my head rested on his chest."I'm dropping you at my parents' house today whilst I meet a visiting Alpha from an allied back," he said, kissing the top of my head, "I'll be back in the late afternoon and then we'll have a bit of time before the Alpha comes over for dinner."
When we got home, we just had time to shower before Leo had to cook the dinner for this Alpha coming tonight. The air soon filled with the beautiful smell of tomatoes, garlic and basil as various things sizzled and boiled downstairs.About half an hour later, he came back upstairs."Have you found something to wear?" he asked.I nodded, comi