Rik picks me up, right on time. | head out to meet him and he seems perturbed, jogging up to me and taking my bag. He kisses


    me on the nose and | blush.


    Romantic Rik is bewitching.


    He opens the door for me. Ok, | can totally get into Gentleman Rik as well. I''d be lying if | said | didn’t like the attention.


    As we head out, he reminds me to ask my question. | don’t know why it’s important to me that he joins me when | visit my mom,


    but | want him to say yes. My desire for him to join me only makes me feel insecure in asking him, so | start off by telling him he


    can say no. | swear | hear him scoff.


    | get so nervous, | can’t get the words out. I’m rubbing my hands together, looking out the window, trying to find the words, when


    | feel his hand on mine. | look up at him and he’s got me locked in his intense gaze. Without thinking, | ask


    him.


    As he repeats it back to me, like he can’t believe | would ask that, | hear how dumb it sounds and immediately start


    backpedaling, telling him he can say no.


    When he says he''lle with me, | feel relief, until he adds the stiption of a date.


    Here’s the thing. I’ve been focused on my training and my studies my entire life. Two hours of training in the morning, school, two


    hours of training at night, dinner, homework, sleep, repeat. Even my weekends are focused on training and studies. You see


    where I’m going? There has never been room for dating in my life. Ever. The most I’ve ever done over thest year, is go


    dancing on Friday nights and more recently Liam would drive me home. Sometimes we''d stop for food, like thest time. But,


    that’s not a date. I’m nearly 18 years old and | have no idea how to act or what to do on a date.


    I''m not used to feeling insecure, but | do now. What if Rik thinks I’m too immature to date? What if | do it all wrong and he


    realizes he’s wasting his time on me. He says it’s not as his girlfriend and he just wants to go to dinner. | can do dinner, right? |


    mean, we had dinnerst night with our parents and it was fine. How hard can it be having dinner at a restaurant, just the two of


    us?


    As I''ve been contemting all of this, we’ve arrived at school and | realize | haven''t given him an answer. ‘Just go. It can’t be that


    hard.‘ Artemis pipes in and makes up my mind. When | say yes, | get Rik’s mega—watt smile. I’m not sure there is anything in the


    world more amazing to see then when he turns that smile


    on you, and right now, it’s aimed at me. | feel my heart flutter in my chest.


    When he thanks me because | agreed to our date, that piece of my heart that already belonged to Rik, got a bitrger. His quick


    kiss on my lips makes me feel special, so when he takes my hand as we head into school, | don’t say anything.


    When we get to my ss, he kisses me again. | know | told him we could do this if 1 agreed to be his girlfriend, but I really like


    this side of Rik. He doesn’t care who sees us. He doesn’t care who may be watching. All he seems to care about is me. It’s


    intoxicating.


    The rest of the day is exactly the same. He walks me to all my sses, sneaking in kisses before he leaves to go to his ss.


    At lunch, Chase is still giving it his best shot with Lacey. Her icy exterior doesn’t seem to have thawed overnight and | swear it’s


    only making Chase try harder. Good luck with that.


    When we leave the lunchroom and get to my next ss, | decide to turn the tables and before he can sneak in a kiss, | reach up


    grab the cor of his shirt and pull him to me. | don’t just peck his lips, | go all in and it only takes him a second to respond.


    Before | know it, I’m pushed against the wall beside my ssroom, his lips bruising in their passion. | run my tongue across his


    lips and he opens them giving me entrance. | only have a minute before he takes control, dominating the


    kiss.


    When he pulls back, his eyes look as zed as mine feel. | give him a smug look, pecking his lips again before sliding out from


    under his arm. | look at him over my shoulder. “See you after ss Alpha.” And | walk into my room. Before the door closes, |


    hear a growl of pleasure rumble in his chest.


    At the end of the day, we walk to our lockers, get our work for the weekend and then walk hand in hand to his car. He pulls me to


    the trunk to put our bags in and then walks me to the passenger door. He pushes me against the car and takes my mouth ina


    kiss so possessive that | can do nothing but try to keep up. When he pulls away, he leans his forehead against mine. “That''s for


    getting me so turned on in the middle of the school day little guardian. | thought | should return the favor.”


    He smiles and pulls back, opening my door. | feel unsteady on my feet. The man seems to steal my sense of reality every time


    he kisses me.


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