Love's POV
Jake wasn't lying when he said that the night has just started. We both laughed so much that we got hiccups.
After the little foot fish massage, we contemplated our next target.
"Ooh I want to go throw daggers" I jumped and pulled his arm when I saw the shop in front of me.
Another hiccup.
"Do you want candy floss?" Questioned Jake, with the following hiccup.
"No, I want daggers" I protested, with a hiccup.
Without waiting for his response I dragged him to the shop where the guy was handing out customers daggers to throw at the balloons he had on the wall.
"Well if you do want" Jake spoke. A hiccup.
We took our passes and waited for our turn.
When it was my turn I focused on the balloon with narrowed eyes and aimed. Just as I threw the dagger, my body emitted a violent hiccup as I shook. Oh dear lord!
The dagger missed the balloon and found its way to the dustbin next to it. Oh, the irony.
Jake laughed and moved forward. "Guess it's my chance now" he smirked and stood in front of the stall. I prayed in my head for him to miss and that's exactly what happened when a hiccup made his dagger bounce off the wall and fall. Huh.
"Didn't look like you took it" I smirked challenging him.
"Why don't you try challenging me then? If you're that good" Luke smirked in arrogance.
"Challenge accepted."
"If I win, you'll make out with me," he said with a grin and I rolled my eyes. Such a childish thing to do.
"And if I win, you will have to do something I have in mind" I smirked, thinking about the look on his face when I'll tell him
"So we both have 2 rounds left. Let's see who wins"
"May the best man win"
"'May the best man win"
We challenge each other and I take my position. I can't miss it this time.
With my head held high, I withdraw my arm and focused. Narrowing my eyes, I withdrew my arm even more, only for a hiccup to make me miss and throw the dagger directly into the dustbin again.
"Ughhh these stupid hiccups" I groaned.
"Don't be so sour will you" Jake smirked and stood in front of me to take his turn.
" oh, and did I tell you that I took archery classes back in the pack?" His smirk grew wider if that was even possible. My eyes went wide then narrowed on him.
Before I could say another word or accuse him of cheating, his dagger burst into a balloon and I shrieked.
"You cheater" I pushed his chest with my finger.
"Go on, it's your turn" he motioned me to throw the dagger and I focused. This time hitting an exact balloon in the center.
This still left me with no chance to win because if Jake as much scores, I'll lose.
"Only a matter of seconds" Jake smirks as he steps forwards to make the winning shot.
There's no way in hell I'm letting him win. Without thinking much, I throw my hands on his chest and push him back. This caused him to mistakenly miss the target.
Two things happened.
Jake's hard glare, which fell on her.
And her laugh echoed through the stall.
The laugh warmed his heart and his glare.
Her coffee brown eyes were pretty against her crimson red hair. Her olive tan skin was shining in the night.
That is when he remembered, she was his mate. This settled an oddly proud feeling in the pit of his stomach and he watched her with what seemed like admiration.
Love stopped laughing.
"Such a shame" I smirked, happy by the smug expression on his face. There was something unreadable on his face but I thought against trying to understand that.
Right now, sweet victory was on my hands and that's what I would love to focus on.
"Yes, a shame" he muttered, his eyes now low.
•••••••••
After around three hours of barricading the fare, we were back home.
"That was fun" I spoke as I saw him getting into the kitchen.
Curiosity got hold of me and I followed him. He was making himself another smoothie. I rolled my eyes. Such a weird guy. We're just back from a fair, after eating god knows how much junk and this is what he does when he comes back home.
"If I were you I would stop drooling," said Jake arrogantly with his face still pointed towards the blender.
"And if I were you I'd stop being so delusional" I retorted. It was fun to taunt him, to see him roll his eyes arrogantly. As if not drooling on him is a joke he dismissed it.
"Are you sure about that, Love?" He looked up at me and smirked, something shining in his eyes.
"Well I can't even be in doubt" I smirked back, walking towards him and the counter "because that, is how sure I am"
I leaned on the counter and looked at him. Surely he was attractive, he was really attractive and on top of that, he was my mate. Which made this even harder for me.
"I think I can cause some inflicts in your mind then," he said and without waiting for a second, his hands went to the hem of his T-shirt and he pulled it above his head. My mouth fell open.
Holy crap.
His body was even better than I imagined. Strong abbs looked back at me and I tinned my eyes upward. My eyes seemed to have hunger of their own as they raked all over his body. His biceps were strong and his shoulder broad. His pectorals were smaller compared to the rest of his swollen muscles but that didn't make much of a difference. His pink-skinned chest will be such a contrast to my olive-tanned hand running all over it.
"Like what you see," he said with an air of arrogance but that left his voice and face when I looked up at him.
Something radiated off of me and he reciprocated it.
DESIRE
Desire was written all over his face and in an abrupt motion, his hands went to below my knees and pulled me up on the counter.
His hungry lips soon attacked mine and his hands opened my legs as he came to stand in between them.
Desire was rolling off of his body and I'm sure that's exactly how he would describe me right now.
My hands went to his shoulders and I touched my way up to his neck. Once on his neck, I pulled him even closer if that was possible
His hands went to my waist and he gripped it hard, grinding on it with slow friction. I moaned back against his grinding and he grew even more furious.
He broke away from the kiss as his teeth held my lower lip, pulling it lovingly when his mouth enclosed mine again.
We were as close as we could have been at that moment. But something inside me felt weird. Something inside me felt silent.
I couldn't feel the mate bond!
His hands, now free from my waist started touching me all over my body, that's when his hand went to my neck and it started burning.
"Fuck, shit!" I exclaimed and removed my body away from his. My hands went to my neck of their own accord.
"Shit, Love I'm sorry," Jake murmured in sympathy and fear. It was not like it was his fault. We were in the middle of something and this accident happened.
"It's alright," I said understandingly. "I think I should go and take a shower. I'm sure my body will thank me" I laughed. Jake laughed with me and gave me a peck on the cheek as I left for the bathroom.
Closing the bedroom door, I stripped naked in the bedroom and picked up my towel. It was a habit of mine. I always stripped out of my clothes in the bedroom and then took my towel and dirty clothes to the bathroom.
Once I entered the bathroom, I closed the bathroom door as well. Call me paranoid if you want but I don't want anybody coming in when I'm taking a shower. Especially after what happened back in the kitchen.
I walked into the glass shower and let the glass door stay a little open. Turning on the hot water, I ran my fingers through my hair. So much has happened in the last month of my life. Or has it been more than a month? I lost count.
Reality settled in me, of what was happening and of what has just happened.
I kind of promised myself that I will try not to take matters with Jake further until I meet Lucian and find out whether he is my mate or not. But after today, I'm left even more confused.
Not confused about Lucian, confused about Jake.
If I were his mate, I should've felt more when I was with him. But there was nothing, nothing like a mate's band. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I still have Lucian's mark, but it's fading. The mark will fade soon and then I can be sure.
Turning the shower off, I step out of it, now in a towel.
I walk to the closet and pick up the pajamas Jake got for me. They were cute, with the white fur and big rabbit ears on the top I can be easily mistaken for a rabbit.
Thoughts run across my mind, maybe I should wait till the mark fades. Then I can be sure about the bond with Jake. Only then I can contemplate everything going on with Lucian.
A delicious smell was coming from the kitchen which made me happy.
Wrapping the towel around my head, I walk to the door.
Maybe I should let my hair air dry today. All the heat products have made my already dry hair even drier.
Opening the door of the bedroom, the delicious smell made me close my eyes.
God, it was so good.
My feet, on their own accord, took me to the kitchen as I opened my eyes.
But nothing could've prepared me for what I saw next.
"Love" exclaimed Lucian as he ran to me, crushing my body into his.