The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue – Chapter 181
Leo’s POV
Raven walks silently beside my hospital bed as they wheel me to my permanent room. I watch her out of the corner of my eye as she mutters under her breath. It is like she is trying to talk herself into something or practicing a speech.
The orderly carefully pushes me through a door and places my bed against the far wall. After hooking me up to all the monitors, he quietly leaves the room, leaving Raven and me alone.
y,” she says quietly.
was that?” I sa
her in a thin line and can hear her teeth grinding together. “You aren’t making this any easier,” she says through gritted teeth.
I am sorry,” I sm
aven sucks in another sharp breath. “Like I was saying,” she begins. “I owe you an apology. I think
re. But I never know when to keep my mouth shut. “Does this mean you are madly in love with me now?” I ask jokingly.
“Now, let me get a better look at your wound.”
on’t think that is necessary,” I
tect her. Since I am still groggy from surgery, her fingers are too nimble for me to stop, and she manages to lift my gown. Her eyes flicker from the wound on my side to my eyes and back to
’t know it was that bad.”
t have been able to sustain the injuries. I am lucky to be here.
will be back on my feet in no time.”
our indefinitely,” she says quietly.
eas. You can’t postpone things just because I am injured.”
for everyone’s safety. I cannot risk attacks happening at all of the
e the grin on my face.
without you, it isn’t safe,” Raven says grum
odyguard?” I ask her.
ce.
ll I must do is lean in and kiss her. But not now. This isn’t how I want our first kiss to be.
I want her to like me because she loves me. After all, Goddess knows that I am falling for her and falling for her fast.
en her plump lips, and I want to kiss her badly.
,” and wrap my arms around her waist and pull her to me when there is a tiny knock on the doorframe of my room. A closed curtain blocks our view, but I know from the scent of vanilla
enters the room and pulls back the curtain. “I came to make you feel better.”
my side as Raven spins on her heels to face Elise.
ven growls at Elise.
hink the Alpha could use a little cheering up,” Elise says with a smirk. “I have always cared for the Alpha when he was sick.”
o the pack house.”
the bed, I watch with amusement at the catfight g
he sees the look of amusement on my face. “Is this funny?” She snarls.
“I mean… a little,” I admit, instantly knowing that was the
mooths her hands down the front of her oversized t-shirt. “I will be at the pack house handling this mess, and Elise can care for you.”
agree to this.’
but I am not here to play some stupid game with my mate.
nt,” I tell Raven, and I see anger flash in her eyes.
her hair over her shoulder, Raven