Page 33 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

I frowned, unable to find the plain chocolate bars. I closed the drawer and headed to the pantry, looking at the lined shelves of goodies. No plain chocolate, I almost gave up when my gaze caught a stack on a shelf above my head. I smiled at the large slabs of Dairy Milk whole nut chocolate. I could use those.

Why the hell were they so far up? Tiptoeing, I grabbed two bars, turning as a shadow loomed in the door. I almost dropped the bars, gasping in alarm before the familiar intoxicating scent hit my nose.

"I don’t like anyone stealing my chocolate."

My heart thumped. I wasn’t expecting him to come downstairs. I refused to look him in the eyes, but even that was a mistake as I was now looking at his perfect shirtless body. His pierced nipples, refined abs and his tattoos made my core throb.

Oh, Goddess….

I looked away, trying to move past him, but he didn’t budge. Reaching up, he grabbed a bar. I closed my eyes, trying not to inhale his intoxicating scent.

His arm brushed my shoulder and I pulled back, feeling those strong tingles rush through me. I felt his eyes on me before he stepped out of the pantry. I let out the breath I didn’t know I was holding and made my way back over to my bowl.

Opening the first bar of chocolate, I began to break it up, placing the nutty parts in a separate bowl. My heart was pounding, and I wished it wasn’t.

Leave the kitchen. Please.

I didn’t look at him as he walked to the fridge and got some milk out. Oh great…

I ignored him, measuring the cocoa powder out. To my utter dismay, he took a seat opposite me with a glass and the milk. Just great. His eyes were fixed on me as he poured himself a glass and I walked off to put some water on in a pan to melt the chocolate. I could feel his intense gaze on me, and I frowned.

"If you want to say something, say it." I said coldly.

I felt my wolf's sadness at that, I was glad she was making her presence known, but I was also pissed at her too. What did Alejandro have that she couldn't live without? She whimpered and I almost growled in annoyance.

"I have nothing to say."

"Really? For once you don’t?" I remarked, placing the bowl of chocolate pieces into the simmering water pan.

"Don’t get fucking feisty." He muttered.

"Don’t tell me what to do." I snapped, turning my gaze on him.

My blazing purple eyes met his dark ones. He frowned as he picked up some of the chocolatey nuts that I had separated, popping them into his mouth.

"Why didn’t you allow me to reject you?" I asked, mixing the chocolate chunks before I returned to the rest of my mixture, my eyes trained on him.

He frowned, and for a moment the only sound I could hear was the bubbling water, the crunch of the nuts he was eating and our own hearts.

"I don’t know." He said quietly, his words stung and I really wished he had more to say than that…

A harsh reply was at the tip of my tongue when he spoke.

"You smell like hazelnut chocolate."

I looked at him, surprised at the random comment. Our eyes met and I wasn’t ready for the emotion in his, emotions he tried to hide and sure enough, he had his mask back on almost instantly.

"Well, you smell of smoke and sweat." I lied, I was not going to be nice.

He gave me a cold smirk. "So that’s the smell you fucking like?"

"Excuse me?" I said coldly.

"You like it. A mate smells good, regardless of what the fuck it is." He said, giving a cocky look.

"No, you don’t." I said.

A spasm of pain went through me, I tried to push it away as I took the melted chocolate from the cooker, mixing it into the rest of the mixture before I lined a baking tray and scooped all the mix into it. I placed it into the oven, setting the timer.

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