Chapter 10: Falling for her.

CHAPTER TEN

ALPHA JEREMY

After seeing Mira, I realised that I never stopped loving her. I never thought I did, but seeing her affirmed everything. I thought I would be able to move on, but it had been years already. I had always loved Mira, and that was why I was so hurt when I realised that she had sex with my brother years back. I knew about the bet back then, but I could not stop it. I didn't want to betray my brothers because of a woman, and I hoped that Mira would not fall for it. It pained me that she was so naive. 

I thought Lesley was out of the way after what happened.  Somehow, it was good that he rejected the mate bond. I was jealous of the fact that she was mated to him, and not me. I knew the cost of him rejecting her, and that was my only pain. 

Now that she was back, I wasn't supposed to be competing with anyone over her love, but it seemed like I would be doing plenty of that. It seemed like Lesley was in love with her this time. I would not stop reminding her how much he hurt her in the past. I am going to have her at all costs. 

I walked away from my room and decided to clear my head in the garden. I sat on a bench in the garden, thinking about how lonely my life had been. The moon goddess never gave me a mate, and now I knew the reason. Mira was my mate. I was her second chance mate, even though she didn't want to admit it. 

My thoughts paused when I noticed Mira walk into her room. My heart began to beat. I didn't know what she had done to me. I stood up and quickly went after her. When I got into her room, I met her seated on her bed. She was alone. 

"Hello," I greeted her. 

She turned to me with a harsh look. 

"How come you didn't knock?" She asked me, frowning slightly.  

"I'm sorry." 

I walked into her room and locked the door behind me. I knew she wasn't satisfied with the simple apology I just said. I held her hands and repeated the words. She slowly pulled her hands away from me and nodded. 

"What do you want?" She asked, but this time with a brighter voice. 

"Abou what I asked," I began. "That you should be my Luna... I uhm... I thought I would have gotten a response from you by now, but you haven't said anything." 

"Oh, that."

Mira looked away from me. It was like she was trying to avoid the conversation, and I didn't know why. 

"Mira, please," I stressed. 

She turned to me. 

"I need more time to think about it," she whispered softly to me. 

I slapped my forehead. That was a disappointing reply. I was not expecting to hear her say that. I had given her enough time to think about it. What more was she going to think about?

"It's fine if you don't love me back, you know," I continued. "But I am not saying you must do so. All I am saying is agree to be my Luna, and that's it. It doesn't come with any other task. Well, unless you have someone else in mind." 

I paused for a while to observe her expression. 

"Or there's someone you do not want to hurt their emotions." 

"Jeremy, you can not force me to do..."

"I am not even forcing you to do anything!" 

I turned around and remained quiet for some time. I wondered why she was being difficult. After gathering myself, I went to sit beside her. 

"I need an answer right now!" I ordered. 

Yea, it was more like a command and not a request. Mira turned to me and glared into my eyeballs for some time. 

"And I say no!" She challenged. 

Our eyes searched each other's eyes while our eyeballs rolled freely. I tried to find something in her eyes, but it was difficult. Mira was difficult. She became tough over the years. She was no longer that weak omega who everyone wanted to trample on. 

"It is either you say yes or no. I wonder how difficult that is for you." 

"It's because you are not in my shoes."

"Then should I take your silence as a no?" I asked her coldly. 

Mira's mean expression suddenly changed into a one of surprise. It was like she wasn't expecting the question I had just asked her. I stared at her deeply as I waited for her response. Her mouth was open, but the words would not form. 

"Is that what you want?" Mira finally asked me. 

"What do you want?" I asked her. 

She looked away from me and faced the opposite direction. She didn't respond to my other question. That was the second question that Mira would keep hanging. I grabbed her jaw and gently turned her head to look at me. 

"Do it at your pace," I whispered to her before locking my lips with hers. 

Mira didn't resist or try to push me away. We both began to kiss and caress each other gently. I grabbed her butt and squeezed them while kissing her, and she responded perfectly. Her hands ran freely from my neck down to my back. I was breathing heavily as I felt tiny bits of excitement from her touch. 

I felt my groin getting hard. 

I wouldn't do this. I didn't want to go further, even though I so badly wanted to go down with Mira at that point. She didn't seem like she was not enjoying what was going on but it was not right. I didn't want to be like Lesley or make her see me like she saw him. 

I placed my hands on her shoulder and gently pushed her away. 

"Do it at your pace," I reminded her before walking away from the room. 

I was proud of myself for being able to stop myself from doing what I badly wanted to do. I didn't want Mira to think that I was only after her body. 

I was smiling like a complete idiot as I walked back to my room. This was the second time I was making out with Mira, and she didn't even push me away like she did the first time we made out. I knew she would probably not push me away even if I wanted to go down with her right there.