Chapter 0004

                                                  DOMINIC

My mouth went dry and I felt my wolf rattle in my chest as I stared at Katie. My eyes dipped down from her face to her body and the sight of her long and flawless legs nearly made me lose my mind. 

I had to fist my palms to keep my wolf under control because if I didn't do that, I'd be pulling her into my arms and devouring her before I could help myself. 

Fuck, her legs were too smooth and flawless and I imagined running my hand on them, inching them up towards her upper thigh and...

Fuck! My wolf surged to the surface as an insane desire took over my entire body.

"If that's all, I'll like to return to my room."

Her words were like cold water, slapping me back into reality and when I tried to talk, what came out was a dry cough. She turned and was about to retreat into her room when I spoke up.

"Wait,"

She stilled before turning back, her stance and looking defensive.

"What?"

My eyes, having a mind of their own skimped down from her face to catch a glimpse of her long, flawless legs again and torturing myself in the process.

"Limit your skimpy clothes to the confines of your bedroom," I gritted out in a hoarse voice that did nothing to soothe the beast from rattling against my chest, "your nightgown is revealing and distracting as fuck."

She looked at me blankly for a second before my words registered in her brain and she looked as if to confirm if her gown was really that skimpy and when she confirmed it, she shrieked and wrapped her hands protectively over her body before bolting to her room.

I stared blankly at her closed door before my wolf senses started picking out the words she was murmuring to herself in the room.

“For fuck's sake, Katie, you're living with a male. How could you have not double-checked before going out in a skimpy and almost transparent nightwear?” 

“Calm down, it's not your fault, you were in a rush to open the door. ”

Geeeezzz

A smirk tugged the corners of my lips at the words she was saying to herself and the fact that she was shy that I had seen her like that made the smirk widen. 

My sleep was a mess and even when it was dawn, I was still a mess and I couldn't blame my distracting thoughts on the fact that it was dark again but it was now morning and I still woke up to the thoughts of her body. 

The slenderness of her body, the narrowness of her hips, the swell of her breasts, her long legs that I couldn't help but imagine being wrapped around me in the throes of passion...

Damn. I dashed into the bathroom and instead of turning on the warm water, I turned the cold one on because I needed the cold shower to wash the illicit thoughts away from my head and to calm my body down. 

Nothing works magic like cold water when it comes to a male acting like he was in heat. 

When I was done with the shower, I wrapped my towel around my loin and stepped into the room, and put on casual wear to go and get something in the kitchen.

I opened the door and immediately, a body fell into mine and my hands automatically flattened over her lower back. Blood rushed to my ears and again, my wolf rattled against my chest as my whole body went into overdrive. Her body flushed against mine, soft feminine curves blending against the hard planes of my body and stroking me up in places I didn't want to think about. 

She bolted away from my arms as if I was a fiery furnace and I was burning her up. 

"Sorry, I just wanted to..."

"It seems you're forgetting the rules," I interrupted her and her face contorted into confusion, "I clearly said to avoid body contact but you've barely spent a day here and you've been parading around in thin and short skirts and now, you're practically flinging yourself at me."

"What?" she exploded in my face with figurative fumes coming out of her ears, "in case you didn't know, I was going to bring up those same rules if you didn't bring them up and of course, I wasn't flinging myself at you, I just wanted to ask you to eat breakfast."

With that and without waiting for me to reply, she stormed off. 

She kept silent throughout breakfast and even though I didn't care whether we were talking or not, a part of me didn't really like the awkward silence in the air so I had to break the silence.

"I'm going to invite my family over this weekend so you can meet them," I started, "how about you invite your sister too?" I knew she had only one sister and it was only fair that she invites her over too for lunch or dinner.

She didn't even look up from her food as she muttered, "Aah," under her breath. 

She didn't say anything after that, she just continue eating her food as if I didn't just say anything. I kept looking at her, expecting her to reply properly and when it was obvious that she wasn't going to, I sighed and massaged my forehead.

We'd barely spent 12 hours together and she was already giving me attitude. Weren't humans trouble after all?

Still undeterred by her silent treatment, I reached for my wallet and fished out a credit card. I slid it to her over the table and that finally got her to look up.

"That's a credit card, I'm rarely at home so the kitchen is empty, you can buy whatever you want with the card but you need to remember to keep account of whatever you're paying for. I don't care what you buy but I only need to know where you pay."

My lips curved into a smile at that solution because now, I'd be able to coax her since everybody likes money. I went back to eating my food just in time for the card to slide back to me.

That was the last thing I expected so I looked up with my brows furrowed in confusion, Katie was looking at me with a tight expression on her face. 

"I don't appreciate the tone you just used on me and I'll like it if you don't talk to me in that tone again," she started, hurt evident in her voice, "and also, I'll be leaving freely in your house without paying rent so there's no need for you to give me money to stuck up the house. In case you haven't noticed, I'm a working-class woman and I can afford to foot the bills.-

And if I can't afford some things, then I'll tell you so we'll split the bills and you don't need to pretend like you're wealthy when you're not."

Wow! My mouth dropped open and I started to choke. I felt my wolf smirk within me and I snickered. That beast was having field time because a woman just spoke down to me.

Not just any woman but my wife.

She went back to eating her food quietly and realization dawned on me, I had hurt her feelings by giving her my card out of the blue. 

"Hey," I started in a soft voice that was unlike me and my wolf had the nerve to smirk at me within me and I couldn't even blame him.

"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I just wanted to be sure that your stay is comfortable here, you don't have to pay without the card every time, just keep it with you in case of any emergency."

I slid the card back to her and she looked up and she stared at me for a minute longer than usual. Just when I was about to think that she was going to ignore me and go back to her food, she picked up the card and dropped it in her pocket before diving into her food again. 

We didn't say a single word after then. 

After Katie went out, I called my beta, Damon and he picked up immediately.

"Alpha," he greeted.

"Get a word across to my Nana that I need the family to come to Grey Yard this weekend. She'll know what I mean."

"Sure Alpha."

"Good."

I cut the call and on the way to my room to dress up for work, I passed by Katie's door and the memory of her hot body in front of the door flashed unbridled in my mind and it sent a wave of desire straight to my groin. 

Oh fuck.