The Alpha's Gamble - Chapter 34: Chapter 34

NOAH
I left Maddie in her room, my first mistake. I followed Logan out of the mansion and headed into town where people were gathering to welcome Olivia and her family back, we walked through the crowd and neared the fence to their house, my second mistake.
As though she sensed me, Olivia lifted her head and locked eyes with me over the heads of everyone who had come, her smile stretched from ear to ear, her thick hair tied in a high ponytail with two front pieces framing her face. She walked through the crowd; her smile grew even bigger and her white teeth were blinding under the sun. I didn’t think, I didn’t move but when she wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed her lips against mine, I also didn’t push her away. Olivia closed her eyes, her black lashes fluttered when she melted against me and I watched her cheeks grow pink and flustered, listened to her heart race in her chest, and choked on the nausea that rushed up. What the fuck was I doing.
I grabbed her shoulders and was about to push her away when I made eye contact with Mrs. Davis, Olivia’s mother, who was smiling nearly as wide and blissfully as her daughter. Fuck me. Instead of pushing her away and exposing her to the embarrassment, I pulled her in, continued the kiss for three seconds- yes, I counted, and then I wrapped my arms around her in a hug.
“I’ve missed you so much, baby!” she squealed and fisted my shirt to pull me closer, but the feel of her tits flattening against my chest and her mouselike squeals in my ear made me shiver. Not how I expected to react to her homecoming.
We pulled apart and I forced a smile. With her arms still around my neck I felt like a boa instructor, but I didn’t want to be a dick either. We had talked about this moment: Olivia would go out of state for a few years while her mom taught at some high-end school for humans, and I would go off to the Academy and learn my duties as Alpha. We planned to meet up once we were both back and resume from where we’d left off.
But all I saw was Maddie’s face, I still tasted her gorgeous fucking lips and the taste of her mouth was still on my tongue. The blood had rushed to my dick, and I deserved a fucking medal for not ripping her clothes off earlier and fucking her on that ocd-pristine bed of hers.
The twitch in my dick didn’t help the situation when it wasn’t Maddie who stood in front of me, it was Olivia, and I needed to get my shit together.
“I can’t wait to hear all about the Academy. Oh! And let me tell you what happened at school. There was this guy, human of course, who saw me walking in on the first day and you know what he said? Finally, some fresh meat,” her jaw dropped, she was flabbergasted by her own story, but I smiled and nodded along. Acting like I gave a shit.
“But don’t worry, I told him that I was taken. I’ve just been waiting to get back to you, my brooding Alpha,” she whispered and leaned in, pressing her lips over mine again. Mrs. Davis came up behind her and I shifted Olivia to my side.
“Alpha Reed,” she said and hugged me.
“Not quite yet,” I reminded.
“But soon, surely. It’s been too long, and this one has missed you a lot,” she said, looking at Olivia.
Mr. Davis came out of the house and greeted everyone on his way over to us.
“Reed! I hear your dad has a new ass to tap,”
“Marvin!” His wife scolded but I nodded because he wasn’t wrong. That’s all Clara was.
“Whatever happened to the last one, the blonde with the gaudy gold fetish?” when his wife wasn’t looking, Mr. Davis gestured in front of his chest, pushing his hands out to remind me of the tits my father’s girlfriend had.
“That was two girls ago, Julia. He got bored and switched her out,” I said. Logan chuckled next to me and bit down on his lip. Julia and Logan fucked whenever my dad was out of town, she was closer to us in age than my father.
“I hear the new one has a daughter, what’s that been like? You boys haven’t had a sister before,” oh fuck, don’t call her that.
“It’s been an adjustment,” I said, keeping it formal.
Olivia stroked my back, but the jealousy was growing rapidly across the surface of her eyes and her pats were getting rougher.
“I can’t wait to meet her,” she mused.
That’s not happening.
The crowd was starting to dissipate, people went home, and Olivia told her girlfriends that she’d call them later and they’d catch up.
“Come on, babe, let’s go inside,” she grabbed my hand, pressed a peck on my cheek and her mother beamed.
“Yes! Oh, how fun, just like old times. I’ll get started on dinner,” she clapped her hands and we walked to the white picket fence. Logan glared and shot his hands out behind us.
“Hold up, I need to talk to Noah about something, but he’ll be in soon,” Olivia grinned, cupped my cheeks and shoved her tongue in my mouth. I grabbed her waist, and gave it a good squeeze, pressing her against me and using that as an excuse to pull back. She got what she wanted, and I could end the kiss.
I turned to face Logan, but his wasn’t the only face I saw. Standing by the tree with the rest of the crowd that was spreading was Maddie. Her eyes fell but she picked herself up and shielded her face with a mask. A muscle in my jaw clicked when I clenched it hard enough, I thought I’d crush the bone.