Falling For My Cruel Mate
Chapter 71

His scent invades my nostrils and I can't help but feel excited... I take in a deep breath, trying to relax my hormones but it was useless. Its becoming harder and harder to control myself. I allow my hands to drift down slowly, pressing my palms against his warm chest lightly. His large arms snake their way around my waist and pull me flush against him.

I lay my cheek on his chest and relish in the safety I felt. I hated that I felt safe in his arms. I never wanted to feel this way towards him, but now its too late.

"You're warm." I whisper.

A chuckle vibrates through his chest and he places a kiss on the top of my head.

"I told you I never get cold."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I say in a playful manner as I take a step back to look up at him.

His eyes roam my face as he tries to fight the smile wanting to take over his lips.

"You are..." He trails off slowly as his our eyes meet.

"Amazing, beautiful, wonderful, lovely, funny, fantastic, gorge-"

"Yes, yes, yes. All of those." He cuts me off with a chuckle.

"Are you sure you're not just saying that to shut me up?" I ask teasingly with a beaming smile.

"I'm sure." He hums and places a sweet kiss on my forehead. "Come on lets go relax for a while before we head over to dinner."

I nod my head in agreement and we both head up stairs and towards his room.

Immediately I snatch up the remote to the tv and try to hide my creepy excited smile. Ha, now I get to pick what we watch. I didn't like any of the shows that Ajax was interested in. I replace them all a bore.

"Who said that you get to pick what we watch?" His buff arms cross over his bare chest as one of his eyebrows perk up.

I send him a bright smile and put on the newest show that I've been loving, Gossip Girl. "Because my taste in shows is much better than yours."

"Sure, whatever floats your boat." He rolls his eyes at me as I plop down onto the couch.

"It does float my boat, thank you very much." I clutch the remote close to my chest just in case he tries to pull any tricks.

"How about we fight for the remote?"

I raise a skeptical brow at him. Is that a joke? We both knew that he could over power me in a matter of minutes. I might as well just hand him the remote now. Although my wolf was eager to play fight with her mate. She found it cute while I on the other hand had many suspicions.

"Fine." I stand up from my seat on the couch and place the remote down on the coffee table. "Winner gets to pick the show and loser as to get snacks and watch with no complaints."

An evil smirk arises on his beautiful face and for a moment fear washed over me. You can do this Octavia. You can totally win.

"Bring it on, ducky." He takes on a fighting stance.

"Wait..." I trail off and look around the room questioningly. "Do you hear that?" I unconsciously move closer to him. A frown etches itself on his lips as he tried to concentrate on his hearing.

"Hear what?" He asks, confused.

"The sound of you losing, love." An evil smile takes over my lips as I give him hard shove and a kick to the chest.

A deep chuckle rises from his chest as he regains his balance and returns to a fighting stance.

"You're going to regret that."

"Highly doubt it."

And so our play fighting began. I could obviously tell he was being extremely careful with me and not intentionally causing me any harm, but it was a play fight after all and I already had a few scratches on me. Although I'm sure he would end with a few good bruises. We moved all around the room, knocking various things over and throwing any type of soft or plush thing at each other.

I reach over the bed and try to grasp the last remaining pillow but I'm instantly tackled. I land with a groan onto the large king sized bed with a heavy Ajax on top of me. "No more throwing my expensive pillows everywhere."

"You started it." I squirm underneath him. Once he realized he was suffocating me with all of his muscles he lifts himself up in his forearms, giving me room to turn onto my back.

"You totally lose." His smile was a rarity, but I got to see it so many times during our play fight and now as he hovered above me. It was great to say the least. It's been such a nice change to see him let loose and have fun for once.

"The game is paused." I smirked. There was no way I was watching any of his shows. I would rather play fight some more than sit through the boring documentaries he enjoys so much.

"Sure it is ducky." He returns the smug smirk as his head dips downward towards me. I could feel my cheeks heat up when he places a small kiss on my nose.

Ajax's hums in satisfaction. His lips move across the top of my cheeks and down my jawline, placing small kisses everywhere he went. He continued to trail his way down my neck, I move my head slightly giving him more access. My back arches in pleasure as he places a lingering kiss on my mark. I bite back a moan as he begins to lick and suck on it tenderly.

My hands move up his toned biceps and grasp onto his broad shoulders as he continues his assault on my neck. A small wave of pleasure makes its way down my body and to my core, I bite back another moan.

His lips separate from my neck and we come face to face. His once light blue eyes were turning darker by the moment, greed and lust swimming in the dark ocean blue. I bite my lip as another pulse of pleasure aches over my core.

A low growl emitted from his throat and before I knew it his plump lips came crashing down on mine. Our lips danced hungrily, not being able to get enough. My legs unconsciously wrap themselves around his waist, bringing him closer to

me.