I clapped my hands together in excitement. “Now that’s more like it! I can even teach you how to make them, too.”
“Works for me. We’ll do that sometime. I like the thought of you in the kitchen showing me how to make something you love to eat.”
I practically melted into a puddle at his sweet words and the hot look he sent my way. “Me too.”
“Anything you need to do today?”
“Nope, I’m all yours for the day.”
“Baby, you’re not just mine for the day. You’re mine period. I’ve had a taste of you now. Not letting you get away.”
Shivers went up my spine at his possessive tone. I looked down at my plate and sighed. I didn’t want to encourage his pushiness, but I knew he could tell it got to me. I never thought I’d be the type of girl to get all mushy inside when a guy turned all alpha on me, but I guess I was wrong. Drake was quickly working his way past all my defenses. In an odd sort of way, I felt safe with him because he was so upfront with his bossiness and he let me know that he felt jealous when other guys were around. How could I not be affected when he made me feel so wanted?
chapter 10
Drake must have been serious when he’d said our night together made me his because he certainly acted like it after. He wasn’t shy of PDA, kissing me all the time and touching me whenever and wherever he pleased. I knew I should probably be offended by his behavior, but I found myself turned on even more. After Brad had cheated on me in such a public way, I’d felt like it had to have been my fault. He’d been my first and only lover, so I figured that I just wasn’t desirable enough to keep his attention. Drake blew that negativity out of my head by showing me daily that he wanted me. Heck, he made it pretty damn clear to everyone that he wanted me. Everyone but that girl from the frat party, at least.
She didn’t live in my dorm, but you’d think she did with how often we saw her in the mornings when Drake stopped by to pick me up for our walk across campus. I never saw him treat her any differently than any of the other girls who still tried to gain his attention, but she seemed to think she was special. I would usually find her standing closer to him than anyone else, talking with her hands, and using that as an excuse to touch him. It drove me crazy, not knowing what had happened between them. I understood that he had a past, but I would have preferred it to be dead and buried instead of in my face every day.
A couple months into our relationship, I finally discovered what their relationship had been before I met Drake. As I walked up to them leaving the dorm, I glanced at her hand patting his arm as she tried to keep his attention. Drake wasn’t even watching her. His eyes were on me, devouring me as I neared. “Morning, baby,” he greeted me with a small smile on his face that pissed me off even more.
I didn’t find anything funny about this situation, and his smug grin was about to buy him a load of trouble he wasn’t expecting this morning. I’d taken about as much as I was going to from this girl, regardless of their past relationship. If our roles were reversed, he wouldn’t put up with this shit. He’d just beat the crap out of the guy and pull me away.
I pointedly looked at her hand and then back to his face as I stood next to them with my arms crossed, not saying a word. Drake swatted her hand away and looked back at me with an amused expression on his face, shrugging his shoulders as if to ask what he could do about it. Arrogant bastard.
The blond girl barely registered the fact that he’d rebuffed her as she gazed up at him adoringly. “Ugh! I think I just threw up in my mouth a little,” I muttered under my breath. At Drake’s chuckle, I realized I hadn’t said that as quietly as I’d thought. His laughter earned him a death stare from me.
“Sasha, you’ve met my girlfriend before,” he said as he pulled me closer. “Alexa, I think you know Sasha. Our families are close since our moms are best friends.”
“Really? How nice for you both,” I said sarcastically as he began to unravel the mystery of how they knew each other.
Sasha looked down at our entwined fingers and then back up at Drake’s face with an irritated expression. Her eyes trailed over his chest hungrily on the way up. Yay, what a good morning for me. I got to watch as a close family friend ogled my boyfriend. Yippee. She finally acknowledged my presence by looking at me like I was a bug she’d like to squash under her foot.
“Yes, it’s great to have so much in common with such a great guy. I can’t wait to see your family over the holidays, Drake,” she said as she sent a triumphant smile my way.