THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

Derek restrained himself from laughing as he watched his mate question his cousin about her identity. Although it pleased him greatly that she was possessive over him, he still found the scene funny.

“Emma..” He called out to her, as he stepped into the driver’s seat. “Get in.” He stated, as he closed his door and stared at her with a smirk which Maya didn’t find funny at all.

She thought that her cousin should be explaining the situation to his mate, not smirking. This was not the right time for his signature smirk.

Perhaps she would do the introductions herself, and save themselves the time. They were late for the quiz already.

“Uhmm, Emma..” She started tentatively. “My name is Maya and I’m Derek’s cousin.” She said, taking note of the shade of relief that coloured the red head’s face. She thought she looked familiar though; her red hair actually, but she couldn’t place the where and how they had met.

“Oh, okay.” Emma muttered, almost knocking herself for being so silly. She should have waited for Derek to make introductions instead of asking for the girl’s identity rudely.

‘Oh Emma, what has gotten into you.’ She thought, as she stepped into the car, and shut the door.

Wrapping the seat belt on herself, she turned a bit to the back, staring at the girl whom she thought looked so familiar.

“Maya, I’m sorry for my rude actions earlier. Seems I woke up from the wrong side of the bed.” She apologized, and sighed with relief as she noticed the girl’s lips stretching with a smile.

“It’s okay. I understand.” Maya replied, knowing she might have done worse if was the one in the human’s shoes.

“Not like he recognizes us.”

She heard Sia, her wolf, say and sighed as she remembered the sad event that occurred three days ago. She wondered which one was worse; a mate who didn’t recognize you, or one who rejected you.

“Okay, thank you.” She heard the human say, and nodded, resting her back properly on the car’s seat, as she motioned Derek with her eyes through the tiny mirror in front, to start driving already; to which he shrugged off before kicking start the ignition.

Ten minutes into the driving, Maya noticed the human stealing glances at her, with a hand mirror she had picked out from her back pack as she tried to powder her face; and she couldn’t help but wonder what was wrong this time around.

She didn’t think Derek had told his mate about her betrayal seven years ago; he hadn’t even told her about his wolf identity.

“Is anything the matter?” She finally asked the human, who looked perturbed at being caught in the act.

“What?” Derek asked, not knowing who and how the question came about. He had been sorely focused on his driving, although he knew that his little witch was a little bit annoyed with him, at least for smirking when he should have been doing introductions.

‘Well, I would apologize later.’ He thought, already thinking of ways to do that, forgetting for a second what he had asked earlier, until he saw Emma turn her head backwards towards his cousin.

‘What’s going on now?’ He thought, staring at the duo from the tiny car mirror beside him.

Emma dithered with nervousness, as she turned towards Derek’s cousin who sat, staring at her calmly.

“I’m sorry.” She finally said. “I just thought you looked familiar.” She answered, ignoring the gaping look from Derek.

“Really? I thought the same too.” She heard the beautiful blonde say, and smiled a bit. Her intuition was never wrong.

“But could you remember where? I can’t seem to recall.” Maya stated, smiling as she saw a small smile on the human’s lips.

Perhaps this was the chance to make a new friend. She thought.

“Well…” Emma drawled as she stared keenly at the beautiful blond with deep blue eyes as her boyfriend.

She gasped as she remembered exactly where she had seen her. At her workplace!

“Do you remember?” Maya asked, a bit excited, as she looked upon the human with a smile.

“Yeah, at the cafe. You were with your brother!” Emma exclaimed, remembering the cute guy who had tried flirting with her tired self after her first day at work.

“That’s true!” Maya exclaimed, laughing as she remembered how she had dragged her brother by the ear that day. He was a flirt.

“I’m sorry again, for my brother’s fowardness that day.” She stated, still smiling as she contemplated on the smallness of the world. She had met her cousin’s mate unknowingly, and she was glad that their first meet up hadn’t ended up badly. If it had, well, she wouldn’t know how to go about it now.

“Oh, it’s okay.” Emma replied, waving off the apology with her hand.

“You know Curtis?” Derek asked her, cutting into the conversation which had piqued his interest, unknowingly interrupting his cousin who had just opened up her mouth to mention something about her brother’s flirty nature.

“I think you should focus on your driving, Mr.” Emma answered sardonically, still pissed off at him. “You wouldn’t want us to have an accident; would you?” She queried, ignoring the pang of hurt she felt when she saw for a second, the flash of hurt that cut across his face. He hadn’t been expecting her not-so-good reply.

She sighed, as he nodded before looking straight ahead.

Maya, noticing the thick tension in the air, soughed as she sought for what to say to lighten the atmosphere.

“Emma, have you farted in public before?” She asked, smiling as she saw fast change on the human’s countenance.

“Well, what do you think?” She heard her say, and laughed out.

Derek slowed down the car, as he tried to tune off from the banter between the two girls. Turning aside, he watched the duo chattering animatedly; his mate was filling Maya on college life, and his funny cousin watched intriguingly, soaking everything in, as though she hadn’t heard everything from him already a day ago.

‘Wheew, girls.’ He thought, as he increased the speed of his car, still thinking of ways to placate his little witch. He had known she was pissed off, but he hadn’t seen her harsh reply coming.

“Well you caused it.” He heard Maru say, and shrugged. He would fix it then.

He sighed in relief as he reached the school’s driveway. He drove into the car park, and smiled, as he saw a space by the far left of the area.

“Let’s go.” He said to the girls who were still chatting animatedly of a topic he knew nothing about, as he switched off the ignition after parking appropriately.