Falling For My Cruel Mate
Chapter 67

He pauses mid pace and looks up at me. His blue eyes were distant. "The guard just told me that you've been up here for two hours."

Two hours?! I look down at my finger tips to replace them wrinkled like a raisin. I dip my hand into the water, it was much too cool to be a relaxing bath. A shiver makes its way down my back at the realization of how cold the water is.

Ajax walks over to me with a towel in hand. I watch as he unfolds the towel and holds it out, waiting for me to stand from the tub. I was a bit nervous. He's seen my naked before but now it's different. I actually feel something for him now. I would be completely embarrassed if he saw me now.

As if sensing my uneasiness he turns his head away, while maintaining the towel in the same position. I stand quickly, wanting to get out of the cold water and into something cozy and warm. I wrap the towel around myself in a rushed manner, like if I didn't have the fluffy white material around me in under twenty seconds I would freeze into a popsicle.

"I'm sorry about not telling anyone where I was. I was looking for you and then I just lost track of time." I say resisting the urge to shiver violently.

"You were looking for me in the tub?" He looks down at me, his blue eyes back to normal and smirk adorned on his lips.

"Oh gosh, no!" I smile and push him away playfully.

"You're not very good at replaceing people then, especially when you take a bath break."

"Can I borrow some fresh clothes?" I ask, ignoring his previous statement. I didn't want to put on the clothes I had before because they were light and fitted. I wanted something warm and comfy.

"No." He says, following me out of the bathroom and into his bedroom.

"Fine." I huff and begin walking over to the door. "I guess I'll have to walk the halls in nothing but a towel until I reach my room. I sure do hope the guards aren't there."

His mood changes instantly and in a flash he's standing in front of the door, a stern look on his face. "That's not funny ducky." He whispers down to me. His eyes had gone slightly darker but all I could do was give him a bright smile.

"Then can I borrow some clothes?" I ask again in a sickly sweet voice.

He rolls his eyes before stepping away from the door and heading over to his closet. He comes back with a pair of jogging pants and hoodie. He tosses them at me and I struggle immensely to catch the pieces of clothing. "Asshole." I mumble as I pick the jogging pants off the floor.

"What was that?" He asks teasingly as he takes a seat on the couch and begins to untie his dress shoes.

"Nothing!" I say quickly as I move back into the bathroom.

I dry myself properly and pull the large hoodie over my head. It landed just past my mid thigh and there was no point in wearing the pants except for the fact that I had no clean underwear with me. So I pull on the pants and roll them as high as I possibly can and even then they were too long for me. At least I was warm and comfy now.

I pull my hair out of it's messy bun and I comb my fingers through my hair in a feeble attempt to tame the wild mess.

I exit the bathroom to replace Ajax in his previous position on the couch. He was unbuttoning his shirt and beginning to peel it off just as I walked into the room.

"What are you doing?!" I turn my head away, not wanting to invade his privacy. My wolf shook her head at me in a disappointing way. She was eager to see any part of his body nude, while I on the other hand was more shy and timid. I was in no way ready to be that imitate with Ajax. Our relationship is so strained and... well fragile.

"Getting comfortable." He replied sassily as if it was the most obvious thing ever. I roll my eyes even though he can't see me. I guess its a good thing that he can't.

"Ugh, whatever. I just wanted to talk about whats been going on this past week, but I guess it can wait until later when you have time." I say, beginning to make my way over to the door.

"Wait," He says causing me to turn around almost immediately. "I have time now." I watch as he reaches to grab the tv remote that sat on the coffee table.

"Oh really? Is that why you're undressing and getting ready to watch tv?" I ask, sarcasm lacing my tone heavily. I cross my arms over my chest in a stubborn way as he shoots me a small smirk. He pats the spot next to him gingerly in a teasing way. Must he always be so annoying?

I move towards him but refuse to take a seat next to him on the couch.

"What is that you have to say?" He asks. His cool blue eyes were focused on the tv as he opened the Netflix app. I roll my eyes once more and shift slightly on my feet in annoyance. I want apologize to him properly, but instead here he is shirtless and paying more attention to the tv.

"I just wanted to apologize for my behavior lately, but seeing as you're more concerned with watching tv we can do this later." I turn on the heels of my feet quickly and I could barely take one step before he was up in a flash, grasping my upper arm. He turns me around faster than I could process. I stare at his naked chest for a moment before a take a step back, focusing my eyes on his face. His stupidly gorgeous face.

"I'm listening." His blue eyes dig around in mine and for a moment! I lose all ability to speak. My lips part to form some type of words but nothing comes out. He reaches out and tucks a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"I'm sorry for wigging out this past week and acting like a big fat baby." I blurt out. Wigging out? What the hell? Did I really just say that? I've never even said that before in my life. Why am I such a moron?