Chapter 4

Darius' POV

I was horrible at this whole commitment thing, want to know how I know that? The rest of the uneventful night my mate avoided me like the plague, she talked to Isabella mostly and kept calling her baby and love, I know it's fucking stupid but like, is it so hard to refer to me as baby and love?!

'You weren't loyal to her and basically just told her you are ashamed of her, yea the only nicknames she's calling you is asshole and prick', Luciane grumbled showing me his annoyance at me treating her like that.

If I listened to this dog I'd be at her feet right now, something that an Alpha never does, our pride is far too important.

'And you mate isn't?', Luciane asked. I sighed out knowing he is right, we were living in the Trainers League house for a while to closely inspect the Trainers, well mostly for me to creep on Jacqueline without seeming whipped. 'You need help to win her back', Luciane growled. I nodded at him and proceeded to go into the room of the only person who could give me good relationship advice-Peter. To my luck Logan was crashing in Peter's room, he is never going to let me live this down.

"Hey guys, so I need to have some bro-talk", I said cautiously, I didn't want to seem like a simp infront of them even though they would never use it against me, they wouldn't let me forget how I was simping or let my future generations forget either.

"Sure, whaddup?", Logan said popping the 'p'

"So I have a good friend, and he was unloyal to his mate and now that he met his mate he screwed up again and was a total dick to her, he wanted me to ask an experienced person, you know, how to win her back or you know gain her trust and shit", I said trying to come off casual.

Peter narrowed his eyes at me, "good friend, you say?", he asked quizically.

I nodded and Logan smirked, "who she be doug?", Logan rose an eyebrow.

"his mate? I don't know he didn't tell me but yea", I cleared my throat. Logan was going to say something when Peter cut him off,

"Do we know this friend of yours? I mean I'm pretty sure I have been with you throughout your childhood and I never saw any 'good friend' other than me and Logan around you.", he rose a brow at me.

"He-he's from foreign you guys don't know him.", I excused and they looked at each other with a knowing look before coming closer to me.

"Who is it brother?", They asked together and I sighed, damn them for knowing me this well.

"Jacqueline", I spoke, even saying her name made me feel all tingly, I don't like that. They looked at me in disbelief.

"The trainer?", Peter asked with a shocked face. "Damn you Darius! Of course he gets the hottest chic around, I mean really? Jacqueline? Why would she have to handle Mr.grumpy pants, she should have someone sweet and caring", Logan chuckled.

"Not to mention someone romantic", Peter added and I rolled my eyes,

"I can be sweet, caring and romantic when I want to be", I grumled out. They laughed so hard they were shaking,

"You are not sweet,caring or romantic buddy, I don't know who told that to you, but they lied", Peter laughed. I rolled my eyes and urged him to tell me what to do.

Which brings me to where I am right now, hanging on the ledge of Jacqueline's balcony, I shook my head, this is a bad idea. I climbed into the balcony and was about to knock on the door when I saw my mate, sitting at her study table with nothing but an oversized hoodie which barely reached her thighs, her specs were on and she was sorting some paperwork, her legs were on either side of her giving me a great view of her long and tan legs, she would scrunch up her button nose adorably everytime she couldn't understand something. Another thing I noticed was her biting her lip every few minutes, that was a turn on, the things I would do to her body.

I don't mean fuck her, I mean cherish and worship each and every spot on her skin. Memorize her body like it was my own. I hadn't known when I got a hard on just thinking about her and all she did was sit there and sort paperwork, I am getting too soft too quick.

Suddenly, she stopped her paperwork placing it down and her eyes snapped to mine, they widened before she took fast steps towards her balcony and opened the door, letting me in, she was going to say something but I walked into her room without allowing her to. "How did you know I was there?", I asked her, I had been very silent and made not a single sound.

"Your scent", she replied blankly.

"But you noticed the scent after what? 20 minutes?", I asked, still confused as to why she didn't call me out the first second.

"Gosh, I could smell your arousal!", she said shyly and I chuckled, this girl is something else. "What are you doing here? What if someone sees you?", she asked closing her curtains.

"Well then they see me and think you got lucky enough to have me as your mate.", I joked and she narrowed her beautiful violet orbs at me

"What happened to, 'I don't want people to know you are my mate'", she said in a deeper voice trying to imitate me,

"I don't sound like that", I pointed.

"Well sorry to disappoint you but since I am a woman I can't sound manly", she rolled her eyes.

"Don't you roll your eyes at me!", I pointed an accusing finger her way.

"Sorry Royal Alpha", she said sheepishly, and I chuckled at her mockery. "But what if you aren't a woman? I mean gay mates aren't unheard of and if you are my mate, how do I know that you are actually a woman?", I rose a suggestive eyebrow at her and her eyebrows pulled together in confusion until she realized my enuedo, and scrunched up her nose in the cutest fucking way! She then threw a pillow my way, but I dodged it.

"Can your thoughts ever not go south?", she grumbled. And I shook my head 'no', "But for real, why are you here?", she asked sitting in a criss-cross position on her bed, she then proceeded to crawl over to her side-table to take her water bottle, her rear facing me, making me growl out of lust. She faced me again, and realized why I growled, her face heated up becoming a deep shade of red, "Right, why are you here?", she asked yet again. She sat back down in that criss-cross position and started sipping water through her straw, if only she knew how innocent and cute she looked here, like and angel.

"Look, I am sorry for, saying that I don't want people to know that you are my mate, I didn't mean for it to come off as though I am ashamed of you, I guess I just, never thought about how I would meet my mate, I had begun to think she-you were dead, forgive me?", her eyes held shock before getting overcome with her usual mischievious glint.

It was unheard of for an Alpha to leave their pride and apologize to anyone and when I spoke these words with the amount of emotions that I did speak them in. I knew this woman would have me begging for her on my knees, that is just how important she has become for me in this short period of time.

"The big bad alpha wants me to forgive him?", she teased. I shook my head and chuckled at her childishness, "Ok fine, I forgive you but you are going to have to pay for it", she concluded, i looked at her confused.

"How?", I asked.

"Let's play 21 questions! We can get to know each other better that way",she suggested and I nodded while smiling.

We asked each other several questions back and forth, "Biggest fear?", I asked, "ok... this is a weird one alright, so no judgements, I have this weird fear of, well, dicks, not dicks as in people, just dicks in general, the organ, I was like 15 when someone sent me a nude which was meant for my friend and I have been traumatized ever since.", she giggled and her cheeks reddened again.

I guffawed in laughter and she hid her face in her palms, as my laughter died down, I realized she was staring at me, I looked at her questioningly.

"You look good when you laugh, you should do it more often", she sighed. I could feel the blood rushing to my ears, "look who's blushing now", she teased and then pulled my cheeks in a mocking manner. I slapped her hand away and she pouted her plump lips, I don't know what came over me, but one second I was on the chair of her study table and the next I was hovering above her my lips inches from hers, she didn't push me away.

"Can I kiss you?", I whispered, she nodded.

I wasted no time in crashing my lips to hers, I licked her bottom lip demanding entrance which this little tease denied and I growled, a vicious smile made its way onto her lips and I smirked before grabbing her butt roughly, making her gasp, which gave me the chance to envade her mouth with my tongue, our tongues battled for dominance and I won. I carressed her tongue with mine, lightly grazing her lip with my teeth. Before anything could escalate she pushed me away softly.

"Let's go to sleep", she said softly making it known that she wasn't rejecting me, she just needed time to take things that far. I nodded at her and that's how we fell asleep entangled in each other's arms.