Page 8 of The Alpha's Addiction
Adeline flinches away from me, and I realize I said it out loud.
I see fear, nerves, and confusion swirling in my mate’s pretty blue eyes, and I know I’ve messed up.
Shit.
FIVE
Adeline
What the heckis going on?
Rhodes seems normal one minute and crazy the next.I’m not sure what to make of him or this interaction.My body is going haywire.I feel hot and achy.I can’t seem to tear my gaze away from him, and I think he feels the same way.
Rhodes is so intense.He’s so focused on me, like I’m the center of his universe and he can’t look away.
“What now?”he asks me.
I blink.“What?”
“Do you have more deliveries?”he clarifies.
“No, that was the last one.I’m headed home now.”
He steps closer.“Where do you live?”
“Um…” I hedge, retreating until my back hits my car.
He lets out a rough breath and scrubs a hand through his hair in agitation.“I’m sorry.I’m messing this all up.”
“Messing what up?”
His coat cocoons me, his scent wrapping around me like a hug.I take a deep breath, my body relaxing and lighting up as I breathe him in.
“This,” he says, waving a finger between the two of us.
I have no idea what he’s talking about.My brain works overtime, trying to piece together everything that has happened in the last fifteen minutes.“I’m sorry, but what are you messing up?”
“This.Our romance.”
“Romance?”I squeak.Oh my gosh.He’s crazy.That’s the only explanation.
No one has ever shown an interest in me.I’m the chubby, shy girl who always has her face buried in a book.No one notices me or asks me out.Certainly, no one ever walks up to me and tries to romance me.
“Is this a joke?”I blurt.
He frowns.“What?No?What would the joke be?”
“Well, uh,” I stammer, motioning between the two of us.
“What?”
“Guys like you don’t go for girls like me,” I finally spit out.
“And what kind of guy am I?What kind of girl are you?”
“Are you serious?Open your eyes!”
“They’re open,” he says, growing angry.
